These easy and delicious thumbprint cookies are the perfect Valentine’s day treat. They are completely paleo, dairy free, and nut free, so whoever your Valentine is can enjoy this sweet treat.

You can make these cookies anytime of year, but by imprinting a heart shape, they make the cutest and easiest Valentine’s day cookies! The sweet jam in these gluten free cookies compliments the shortbread cookie perfectly. Feel free to use your favorite jam or Nutella for a chocolate kick, but using a red jam will give the heart shape a better effect.

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Gluten Free Thumbprint Cookies

These delicious and easy gluten free thumbprint cookies are the perfect Valentine’s Day treat with their heart shape! They are also completely paleo, dairy free, and nut free so your favorite Valentine can enjoy them. Sweet jam compliments the shortbread cookie perfectly, so I know you’ll love this fun holiday treat.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword allergy friendly, autoimmune paleo, dairy free, gluten free, nut free, valentine’s day

Servings 16 cookies

Author Victoria Faling

Ingredients

• 1 cup Tigernut flour or almond flour
• 2/3 cup tapioca starch
• 1/3 cup cassava flour
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
• 1/4 cup raspberry or strawberry jam or your favorite jam or Nutella

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 350 F.
• Whisk the dry ingredients together in a small bowl.
• Blend the all wet ingredients, except for the jam, together in a larger bowl.
• Add your dry ingredients to the wet and mix well to combine.
• Scoop tablespoonful amounts of dough onto a parchment lined baking sheet. Use your thumb or first finger to gently press a heart shaped indent into the dough (See my video on Instagram for a tutorial).
• Fill each cookie crater with jam or Nutella.
• Bake for 12-14 minutes until just beginning to golden.
• Let cool for 10 minutes on cookie sheet before moving to wire rack to finish cooling.
• Enjoy!