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Almond Joy Cookies (gluten-free, dairy-free option)

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 13 minutes
Total Time 28 minutes
Servings 24 cookies
Calories 141 kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups gluten-free all purpose flour
  • 2 tsp cornstarch
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup coconut oil, softened (or butter)
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 tsp coconut extract
  • 1 cup shredded coconut (sweetened or unsweetened)
  • 3/4 cup chocolate chips (dairy-free if necessary)
  • 1/2 cup almonds, finely chopped

Instructions

  1. To begin, preheat your oven to 350 and line two pans with parchment paper.

  2. To a small mixing bowl, add your dry ingredients (flour, cornstarch, baking soda, salt) and stir them together.

  3. To large mixing bowl, add your coconut oil, brown and white sugar and use a mixer to cream them together for a couple minutes. Add your egg, vanilla and coconut extract and blend again briefly, till combined.

  4. Pour your dry ingredients into your wet ingredients and stir them together till well combined. Add your coconut, chocolate chips, and almonds and fold them into your batter. Your batter will be loaded, and may not stir together entirely, that's okay.

  5. Using a small cookie scoop, scoop out a ball of cookie dough and press it against the side of your bowl to help the dough and mix-in's stay together. Then, squeeze it out into your hand and gently roll the dough together till you form a cookie dough ball with all of the mix-in's incorporated. Continue till all of your cookie dough balls have been formed.

  6. Bake 12 cookies per sheet, evenly spaced out, and in the oven for 11-13 minutes (or till the edges are set but the middle still looks a touch underdone).

  7. Let cool, then devour!

Recipe Notes

These cookies last about a week, stored in an airtight container at room temperature.