Vanilla Coconut Cookies

Since we have been having so much trouble getting my autistic son to eat anything but gluten/sugar filled foods, we had to stop him cold-turkey.  I learned that if we were giving into his cravings, he wouldn't eat anything else.  Stopping, so far, has been good.  He is gradually introducing different foods back into his diet.

Because we stopped, we also had to get his teachers to stop.  They regularly reward him with goldfish crackers, animal cookies, M&M's etc.  The only problem with this is that the teachers do like to have edible rewards when the child behaves appropriately, or does something good.  The teachers asked me to send in something my son could eat.

So, I went Pinterest surfing and found a bunch of great SCD cookie recipes. They're amazingly simple and quick....which got me to thinking "why didn't I look into this sooner!?!?!?"

I digress....

Having all of the ingredients, I pulled a Vanilla Coconut Cookie recipe from Ramble On.

4 eggs

1/2 cup honey (I used Huckleberry honey because I had it on hand)

1/2 cup solid coconut oil (I melted mine a little)

1 1/2 tsp vanilla

1 tsp lemon juice

1/2 tsp baking soda

3/4 cup coconut flour

1/4 tsp sea salt

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.

Combine the eggs, honey, and coconut oil in a large bowl and beat with an electric mixer on med speed until well combined.

Add the lemon juice and vanilla, lower the mixing speed to low. 

Combine the baking soda, coconut flour and sea salt in a small bowl and whisk together well. 

Add the dry ingredients slowly to your wet ingredients keeping the mixer on low.

Scoop your cookies (little more than a tbsp in capacity) on to your prepared baking sheet.  They will not spread, so what you put down is how they're going to cook and come out. (I made mine pretty small since they were going to be used as little treats at school).

Bake for 12-15 minutes 

I baked mine for 12 minutes, which is when the tips and bottoms started turning a darker brown.  They're very soft when you first get them out, so let them sit a few minutes to harden.

The texture of the cookie was VERY soft and fluffy...no crunch to it at all (I like that).

As far as taste goes, they're very mild, not really sweet....so I worried these were not going to work as a "treat" at school.  Thankfully, the teacher said they worked like a charm.  

I will be trying out additional recipes in the coming days/weeks so he doesn't get bored with the same old treat all the time.