| Prep Time | 10 minutes |
| Cook Time | 12 minutes |
| Servings |
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- 5.4 ounce can of coconut milk (full fat) or 2/3 cup
- 1/2 cup lemon or orange juice fresh squeezed is best, but concentrate is fine
- 10 Medjool dates pitted
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 tsp. lemon or orange zest dried, or finely grated peel
- 1/2 tsp. sea salt
- 1.25 cups oat or almond flour see notes below
- 2 Tbsp. tapioca flour
- 2 Tbsp. ground flax seed
- 1 tsp. baking powder
Ingredients
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- Preheat oven to 350.
- In a high speed blender, puree coconut milk, lemon or orange juice, dates, vanilla, zest and salt until creamy and smooth.
- In a mixing bowl, mix flour, tapioca, flax and baking powder. Add the date mixture from the blender and stir thoroughly.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Use a spoon to transfer batter. Cookies will not spread, rise or fall, so create the size and thickness you desire.
- Bake cookies for ~12 minutes. Remove from oven, and transfer to cooling rack (or just pull parchment paper off the hot baking sheet and place on the counter.
- Garnish. Dust with powdered sugar, coconut flakes or even ginger powder. Grate a bit more zest to add a pop of color and flavor.
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The oat flour creates a very creamy texture. The kind that sticks to the roof of your mouth (which is why I didn't bother to make icing for these. They didn't need it!). The almond flour is a little more nutty, but nothing close to crumbly. (Look closely at the pictures: the lemon cookies were made with almond flour, the orange with oat.) You could also substitute another GF baking flour. The textures will be various shades of smooth, and the flavor is consistent.
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Colleen Kachmann is a health coach, writer, teacher, yogi, mother of 4 (+3 bonus stepkids), and personal chef. She has a B.S. in education from Indiana University, and a master of science in health coaching from International Health Coach University. She also successfully completed the Women’s Functional & Integrative Medicine Professional Training Program through the Women’s Integrative Medicine Institute. Buy her book on Amazon. Find her on Twitter Pinterest Instagram YouTube Facebook
