Healthy Matcha Cookies (AIP, Paleo, Vegan friendly)
These Healthy Matcha Cookies are a fun, quick and easy AIP dessert. The honey and matcha pair perfectly in this cookie for the ultimate green matcha treat, and as always they are AIP, Paleo, and Vegan Friendly.
Ingredients
- ½ Cup Cassava flour
- ¼ Cup Arrowroot flour
- 2 Tablespoons Coconut flour
- 1 ½ Teaspoon Matcha powder
- ½ Teaspoon Baking soda
- ¼ Teaspoon Salt
- ¼ Cup Coconut oil Room temperature
- 2 Tablespoons Palm shortening Room temperature
- ¼ Cup Honey
- 1 Tablespoon Coconut milk
- 1 Teaspoon Vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a small bowl, mix together the cassava flour, arrowroot flour, coconut flour, matcha, baking soda, and salt. Set this bowl aside to add into the wet ingredients later.
- In a larger bowl mix together the coconut oil and palm shortening until smooth. You may need to add the oil to the palm shortening a little at a time to make sure that the palm shortening does not clump up and mixes well with the oil.
- Next, add in the honey, vanilla extract, and coconut milk to the oil and shortening. Mix again until everything is well blended.
- Take the bowl of dry ingredients and slowly add them to the wet ingredients.
- Scoop the dough into 9-12 balls of dough. The dough will spread on the cookie sheet, so make sure there is plenty of room between the cookies.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes on 350 degrees fahrenheit. Let the cookies cool on the cookie sheet before moving them so that the cookies don't fall apart.
Notes
If you want a bright green cookie, go with the ceremonial grade matcha instead of the culinary grade matcha. Culinary grade matcha is a duller green color and will not be as vibrant (these cookies in the picture have a half and half mix).
If you want this recipe to be vegan, simply swap the honey with maple syrup or another liquid sweetener. The measurements should be an easy one-to-one swap.
These cookies do have caffeine in them. This recipe is the equivalent of one and a half cups of matcha. If you are super sensitive to caffeine, be careful about eating these cookies before going to sleep!