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.
Servings 16 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup Tigernut flour or almond flour
- ⅔ cup tapioca starch
- ⅓ cup cassava flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- ¼ 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!