Crispy Crunchy Melt-in-Your-Mouth Coconut Almond Cookies

These crispy, crunchy, melt-in-your-mouth coconut almond cookies, made with healthful ingredients, are perfect for easing your sweet tooth or soothing a mean period craving. You can quickly and easily whip up a batch of these and, if you’re not the best at controlling your portions, divide the dough into 4 equal parts, wrap separately in plastic wrap and freeze 3 for future use. Bake the remaining dough into one giant cookie and enjoy with a cup of unsweetened earl grey tea.

Whether it’s peanut butter, chocolate chip, or coconut sugar, cookies are delicious, comforting, and sometimes we just got to eat them, right!? If you’re trying to lose weight, it’s important to keep in mind that a reasonable 200-calorie snack usually consists of 2 medium-sized cookies.

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Crispy Crunchy Melt-in-Your-Mouth Coconut Almond Cookies Recipe

Prep Time: 5 min | Cook Time: 10 min | Yields: 10 cookies

Ingredients

+ 1/3 cup coconut sugar
+ 1/2 cup shredded coconut, unsweetened
+ 1/2 cup almond flour
+ 4 tbsp melted ghee
+ 1 tsp finely grated lemon zest

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). In a small bowl, whisk together almond flour, shredded coconut, and lemon zest. In a medium bowl, beat melted butter and coconut sugar until light and fluffy, and then mix in flour mixture.

Drop the dough by tablespoons, 1 inch apart, onto one baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes until golden. Let cool for 2 minutes on the baking sheet, and then transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool completely. Enjoy!

Amount per cookie