Month: March 2023

Ultimate Paleo Chicken Salad
March 20, 2023

Ultimate Paleo Chicken Salad

For years and years, we ate strictly paleo in my house. Then we were all feeling so well (and the kids got older) and we started easing up a bit. We ate more dairy and we ate more gluten free foods like bread and pizza. …

A Different Way to Fast
March 13, 2023

A Different Way to Fast

I am not the originator of this idea so I’m going to refer you to other resources in this post, but I wanted to let you know about something I’ve been doing to help my gut heal. If you’re new here, a quick recap: I …

Luscious Lemon Cookies
March 6, 2023

Luscious Lemon Cookies

When the weather starts to warm, I want everything in my life to feel like spring! I want a fresh, bright color on my front door, a wreath with pretty flowers, pretty colors in my wardrobe and light and luscious foods on my table.

To me, lemon just screams spring and these lemon cookies will hit the spot if you’re craving a little taste of spring.

If you’re interested, here’s a little insight into the creation of this recipe…While we were traveling over Thanksgiving, I was cruising some of my favorite recipe websites looking for meal ideas. The internet wizards started showing me commercials for food items and Crumbl cookies kept popping up. Being entirely gluten free and mostly paleo, I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about chain bakeries. But those cookies looked amazing! I found a copycat recipe for Crumbl lemon cookies and decided I would try to make those gluten free. But come mid-February, I was feeling really ready to get back to my paleo ways and even a gluten free cookie didn’t appeal. So instead of working to make a gluten free version of this cookie that very closely resembled the original, I opted to keep it paleo and just make a delicious lemon cookie suitable for those of us who really need to keep it paleo and still want a treat from time to time.

I hope you enjoy these cookies even if they don’t look just like the pretty fancy once you find in a bakery at the mall.

Luscious Lemon Cookies

A little chewy, a little crispy, a lot lemony!
Print Recipe
Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 15 mins
Rest time 30 mins
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American, Comfort Food
Servings 24 cookies

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup palm shortening
  • 3/4 cup honey
  • 1/4 cup maple sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice
  • 1 Tbsp. fresh lemon zest
  • 3 cups finely ground almond flour
  • 1 1/4 cups arrowroot
  • 3/4 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp. salt

Optional Glaze (this will be brown due to the maple sugar)

  • 1 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice
  • 1 tsp. fresh lemon zest
  • 1/4 cup maple sugar
  • 1 Tbsp. arrowroot

Alternative Glaze if you don't like the look of brown glaze

  • 1 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice
  • 1 tsp. fresh lemon zest
  • 1 Tbsp. water
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar maybe a little more

Instructions
 

  • To the bowl of a stand mixer or a large mixing bowl, add palm shortening, honey, maple sugar, and egg and mix until smooth, light in color and creamy.
  • Wash and zest a large lemon. This should yield enough zest for both the cookie recipe and the glaze. Then juice the lemon. Add 1 Tablespoon of juice to the cookie dough and mix in well.
  • Add the almond flour, arrowroot, baking soda and salt and mix thoroughly.
  • Refrigerate for about 30 minutes.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line three large baking sheets with parchment paper (or work in batches if needed) and scoop approximately 2 Tablespoons of dough for each cookie. I fit about 8 cookies per cookie sheet. Bake approximately 15 minutes or until just starting to look golden brown all over.
  • Allow cookies to cool completely before drizzling with glaze.

To make glaze

  • Combine all glaze ingredients in a bowl, mix well and drizzle over cookies. Allow to set before storing cookies in an airtight container. As with all paleo cookies, they will keep longer in the refrigerator, but you can keep these at room temperature for a couple days if you prefer.
Keyword Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Paleo