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A pink plate of slice and bake cookies with a green christmas tree design.

Gluten Free Slice and Bake Cookies

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These gluten-free slice-and-bake cookies are the perfect nostalgic holiday magic. They're even better than store-bought!
Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 12 hours
Resting time 14 hours
Servings 12 cookies
Calories 262
Author Michelle

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Using a large bowl, combine the ghee, palm shortening, sugar, egg, and vanilla extract. Cream together with a hand mixer (you can also use a stand mixer) for 2 minutes or until fully combined and creamy.
  • Combine the almond flour, arrowroot starch, coconut flour and baking powder in a separate bowl, and add to the bowl with the wet ingredients.
  • Combine with the mixer for about 1 minute. Use a silicone spatula to form the dough into a ball.
  • Separate out 1/4th of the dough (about 5 oz) into a separate bowl. Add the green coloring and stir to combine until you reach your desired color.
  • Wrap the green dough in plastic wrap, and the remainder of the dough in plastic wrap and store separately in the fridge for 2 hours.
  • Remove the green dough from the fridge and add it to a sheet of parchment paper. Place another sheet on top and roll out the dough into a thin sheet.
  • Using a small cookie cutter (about 1.5-1.75") cut the green dough into christmas tree shapes. You should have about 20.
  • To form the christmas tree log, get a small bowl of water and lightly wet your finger. Brush your finger over one christmas tree to lightly wet in and layer on a christmas tree on top of it. Repeat with all of the christmas trees.
  • Carefully transfer your log of dough to a parchment lined glass container. Transfer to the fridge until frozen solid. I prefer to let this freeze overnight.
  • Once your log in frozen, remove the uncolored cookie dough from the fridge for 30 minutes before removing the log from the freezer.
  • Place your frozen log on a large piece of parchment paper. Get a small amount of uncolored cookie dough and roll it with your hands into a long strip of dough. Mold it around an edge of the frozen log, filling in the gaps. Repeat until the log is fully encased in dough and there are no gaps. You'll do this about 6 times with a small amount of dough each time.
  • Roll out the rest of the cookie dough and place your log on top. Use the parchment paper to assist in rolling into a dough log. Trim any of the excess dough on the edges. Wrap tightly and chill in the fridge for an hour.
  • Preheat the oven to 325 F and line a large baking sheet with lightly greased parchment paper.
  • Remove from the fridge and carefully slice into 1/4" cookies. If the bottom of the cookies is a little flat from slicing on a cutting board, simply mold it with your fingers!
  • Evenly space on the baking sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes or until baked through.
  • Allow to sit for a minutes before carefully transferring to a cooling rack and serving!

Notes

For the coloring: I prefer to use spirulina for a richer color, but matcha could also work. I recommend adding the coloring 1/2 tsp at a time. 

Nutrition

Calories: 262kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 23mg | Sodium: 50mg | Potassium: 12mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 22IU | Vitamin C: 0.04mg | Calcium: 64mg | Iron: 1mg