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Gluten-free tahini cookie

the tahini cookie

McKenna Garrison
Course Dessert
Keyword Cookies, Gluten-free

Ingredients
  

  • 150 g 1 1/4 cup brown rice flour
  • 130 g about 2/3 cup coconut oil
  • 123 g 1/2 cup runny tahini
  • 3/4 cup coconut sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
  • 1 Tbsp maple syrup
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp sea salt
  • large handful of chocolate chips or 150 g of chopped 70% dark chocolate
  • flaky sea salt to top

Instructions
 

  • *read through all before starting*
  • Over medium heat, warm the coconut oil in a saucepan. Once melted, stir in the coconut sugar and maple syrup, mix continuously to avoid burning the sugar.
  • In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and sea salt. Keep an eye on the saucepan.
  • After the sugar is combined (this will only take a minute or two), add the egg to the saucepan and stir until your mixture is golden. Remove from stove top then add the vanilla and tahini, give it another mix.
  • Add half of the flour mixture to the saucepan, mix until the flour is fully combined - you should see no clumps of flour. Once fully incorporated, add the remaining half. After the two are combined, cover the saucepan and place in the fridge for 1 hour. This step is important! Although timely, it's key to helping the cookies hold their shape.
  • Because of the time delay, I don't recommend preheating your oven until now - 350 F.
  • Line 2 baking trays with parchment paper. After the hour has passed, check on your dough. It should be firm enough to hold its shape when you shape it into a ball. If it doesn't flatten, go ahead and shape the remaining cookies. A cookie scoop is ideal if you're looking for perfectly shaped cookies, alternatively, you can use a tablespoon measurement to shape them. My cookies were each about 1 large tbsp of dough. Note - these will flatten in the oven so place them far enough from one another.
  • Bake for about 10 minutes.
  • Let cool.
Keyword Cookies, Gluten-free