​This time of year offers an invitation to enjoy group cooking projects and make creative foods that also feel wholesome to the body. I love this recipe, inspired by the Baking at Home cookbook, because it’s delicious and family friendly.

GF Coconut Sugar Cookies​

​You will need:​

• 1/3 cup butter or coconut oil, at room temperature

• ​1/3 cup coconut sugar

• 1 ​teaspoon vanilla extract

• ​1 egg

• 2 cups​ ​blanched almond flour

• 1/4 cup​ arrowroot​ flour

• 1/4¼teaspoon each: cinnamon, baking soda, and ​salt
  
  In a large bowl, cream together the ​butter/coconut oil​ and ​coconut​ sugar​.

​Add the vanilla and egg and continue and mix well. ​

​Stir in the almond and ​arrowroot​ flours, baking soda​,​ cinnamon, and salt until a dough forms. 

Form the dough into a ball and then flatten into a circle. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.

Preheat ​the oven to 350​ degrees F and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.

Place the dough on a separate sheet of parchment paper and roll out ​about a half ​inch. Use cookie cutters to cut ​out ​shapes, then place cookies on the parchment lined baking sheet.

Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, or until the cookies are barely browning. 

Remove from the oven and cool for 15 minutes. If you lift the cookies after about 5 minutes and place them on a wire rack to cool, you can re-use the same piece of parchment paper to bake more batches.

If the dough becomes tacky, put it in the freezer for 5 minutes and then roll it out again.

​You can decorate the cookies after they have cooled for 15 minutes.

Enjoy!