Grain Free Egg Free Coconut Flour Cookies With Grapefruit

Let me start by saying this is not your typical cookie. This is more of a cookie that you make when you are either limited by the ingredients in your fridge(which I was today), or limited in the ingredients you can use because of allergies or food restrictions. But, bearing that in mind, it is a pretty tasty little morsel.  The recipe that inspired this cookie is here. After reading the comment section, I knew some tweaking may help, and I think I did all right. The chocolate drizzle, and coconut sprinkles, while optional, brings a balance to the flavours that really works. The recipe only makes 9 cookies, perfect for when that cookie craving strikes, but you don’t want a ton of leftover goodies to snack on.

Grain Free Egg Free Coconut Flour Cookies With Grapefruit

6 tbsp organic coconut flour

5 tbsp organic butter, softened

2 tbsp coconut nectar (I am sure honey would work well too)

1 Tbsp ground Chia seeds

3 tbsp shredded organic coconut

1 tsp  organic grapefruit zest, **

3 tbsp organic grapefruit juice **

¼ tsp sea salt

Optional, but yummy additions:

1 tbsp melted Enjoy Life chocolate chips (or chocolate chips of choice)

1 tbsp shredded organic coconut

Preheat oven to 350F.

Mix together everything but the optional add ins in a bowl until thoroughly mixed and in a soft ball. Let rest for  3-4 minutes then divide dough into 9 equal balls. Roll each ball with the palms of your hands and then flatten to about ¾ inch thickness and bake for 9-11 minutes on a parchment lined pan, or until just starting to brown slightly on the edges.

Let cool, and drizzle with optional chocolate, and sprinkle with shredded coconut if desired.

Plain cookies

**I am going to try these again with both lime zest and juice, as well as orange! I will update the recipe when I do.