Recipe for Paleo Dandelion Cookies
Here's a grain-free version for dandelion cookies that every kid will love. These make a great breakfast cookie, FYI.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup palm shortening or coconut oil
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup coconut sugar
- 2 Tbls honey - you don't have to use raw since this will be baked
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups blanched almond flour
- 2 Tbls coconut flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1-2 cups dandelion flowers*
- 1/2 cup dairy free chocolate chips cacao nibs or carob chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F
- Mix shortening and egg until relatively smooth; add coconut sugar, honey, and vanilla and blend until combined.
- Add the flours, baking soda, and salt and blend again. Make sure you've incorporated all those dry ingredients, especially the coconut flour.
- Fold in dandelion flowers and then the chocolate chips.
- Scoop onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet (or you can use silicone baking mats) with a nice sized spoon. Press them down a bit to flatten them to 1/2 inch.
- Bake 10 minutes or until browned around the edges. Cool on a baking rack completely. These set up beautifully but you must let them cool down all the way or they will break.
Notes
*To prepare dandelion blossoms: Pick dandelions when they're fully open. Make sure you're gathering your blooms where they haven't been sprayed with herbicide. Pinch off or snip the green end of each bloom; this doesn't take as long as it may seem and its a fun chance to sit and talk. Your fingers will turn yellow with pollen, FYI.
Collect your blossoms with as little green parts as possible - some will get in there so don't worry too much about it. How many dandelion blossoms you put in is entirely a matter of taste. For our oatmeal batch we did two cups; for our Paleo batch we did 1 cup. I liked the two cups better.
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