Description
Grain-free orange cardamom cookies will be your next favorite afternoon treat!
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups blanched almond flour
- 2 tbsp orange zest
- 1 tsp lemon zest
- 1 tsp cardamom
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 cup avocado oil (melted coconut oil, melted butter, or vegetable oil work too)
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
glaze (optional)
- 1/4 cup icing sugar
- 2 tsp almond milk
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line a baking pan with parchment paper.
- Mix the almond flour, orange zest, lemon zest, cardamom, and baking soda together in a bowl.
- Next add the avocado oil and maple syrup and mix together until a dough forms. (you can also use a mixer for this if you prefer)
- Using your hands, form a ball with the dough.
- Wrap in some parchment paper and place in the fridge for 10 minutes to firm up.
- Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough between 2 sheets of parchment paper until it is about 1cm thick.
- Use a round cookie cutter to cut the cookies.
- Place on a baking sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes until golden brown.
- To make the glaze, mix the icing sugar and almond milk together.
- drizzle on top of the cookies.
- Store in an airtight container.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 65
- Sugar: 6g
- Fat: 3g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 9g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 1g