Valentine's Day Pomegranate Cookies (paleo, AIP, vegan)

Valentine's Day Pomegranate Cookies

Author: Julie Hunter

Recipe type: Paleo, Autoimmune Protocol, Vegan-friendly

Cuisine: Dessert, snack, cookie/treat

Prep time: 15 mins

Cook time: 10 mins

Total time: 25 mins

Serves: 20 cookies

Yes we must needs make heart-shaped, sparkly red cookie-biscuits on this day, indeeds we must. (And so crunchy and toothsome they are too.)

Ingredients

Cookie Dough
¾ c tigernut flour
1 c cassava flour
½ tsp sea salt
¾ tsp baking soda
2 tsps grassfed gelatin (omit for V or sub agar agar)
¾ c ghee (AIP re-intro, non-V) or coconut oil (V)
1 tb vanilla
¼ c honey or maple syrup (to taste)
2 tsps apple cider vinegar
Icing
½ c coconut oil (slightly softened, but not liquid)
½ c coconut cream (slightly softened, but not liquid) or solid coconut milk (scooped from chilled can)
2 tsps vanilla
½ c tapioca flour or arrowroot starch (add more if icing seems too liquid)
¼ c honey or maple syrup
½ c of pomegranate seeds for decorating

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit
Mix cookie ingredients together, in order listed.
Roll out on floured parchment paper to about ¼ inch thickness. Cut out heart shapes and place on parchment-lined baking tray.
Bake for about 10-12 minutes, until cookies have browned.
While cookies are baking, beat icing ingredients together with electric mixer until icing forms. Taste and adjust sweetener/flavoring as needed.
Once cookies have cooled, ice and decorate with pomegranate seeds.

Recipe by J.S. Hunter Fiction at https://jshunterfiction.com/valentines-day-pomegranate-sugar-cookies/