These Paleo Peppermint Sandwich Cookies just might be my new favorite Christmas cookie! Made with almond flour , grass fed butter and cacao powder, they're easily festive with natural food coloring and seriously addicting!
6tbspcoconut sugarground in food processor to make extra fine
1tspvanilla
FILLING:
6tbspVital Farms Grass Fed butter
7tbspSwerve confectioners
2tbsparrowroot starch
1tbsphoney
1tspvanilla extract
1/8tsppeppermint extract
Watkins Natural Food Coloring
Instructions
Preheat Oven to 350 degrees.
Add 1 cup 2 tbsp almond flour, 1/2 cup tapioca starch, 6 tbsp cacao powder, 3/4 tsp baking soda, and 1/2 tsp sea salt in large bowl. Whisk together.
Melt 6 tbsp grass fed butter in a small bowl, add 6 tbsp coconut sugar and 1 tsp vanilla, stir until well mixed.
Stir melted butter mixture into almond flour mixture until a dough is formed. You may have to use your hands at the end to finish mixing it. Roll dough in a large ball.
Line a large, flat surface with parchment paper, put ball of dough on parchment paper, top with another layer of parchment paper, and use rolling pin to roll dough out into 1/16-1/18 thickness. Use a small round cookie cutter (about 1.5”) and cut out small cookies.
Line baking sheet with parchment paper and bake 8 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool 10 minutes before trying to remove to a cooling rack. If you try to move the cookies right away they’ll likely fall apart. Once cooled, they are sturdy and hold together well.
Repeat process with remaining dough until all dough is used.
Add softened grass fed butter to mixing bowl along with vanilla and peppermint extract. Mix on medium unit butter is creamy, add in arrow root starch, swerve sweetener and honey.