Healthy Anginetti Cookies

Healthy Anginetti Cookies are the perfect healthy Christmas cookie! Packed with lemon flavor and gluten free, these cookies are a treat everyone will love!

Prep Time10

Cook Time15

Total Time25

Servings: cookies

Calories: 80kcal

Ingredients

For the Cookies:

2 eggs
1/2 cup coconut oil melted + cooled to room temp
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
2/3 cup coconut sugar
1/2 cup cottage cheese
1/2 cup greek yogurt
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free 1-1 flour

Glaze:

1 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup milk
Sprinkles

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and prepare lined baking sheets with parchment paper or silpat liners
In a bowl, beat eggs. Whisk in coconut oil, vanilla extract, lemon extract and sugar until combined.
Add in cottage cheese, greek yogurt, baking powder and baking soda. Stir to combine.
Slowly add in Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free 1-1 Flour until batter is combined. It will be thick and somewhat chunky due to the cottage cheese.
Drop the cookies in 1.5 tablespoon balls on the lined baking sheet (You can gently roll them in circles for prettier presentation)
Bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes, watching carefully for the last few minutes not to burn them.
Allow cookies to cool completely before icing.
When ready to ice, whisk together powdered sugar + milk. Gently dunk the tops of the cookies in the icing mixture and sprinkle with sprinkles of choice. Allow icing to harden (about an hour) and store in an airtight container

Notes

Substitutions for this Healthy Anginetti Cookie recipe:

Powdered Sugar: If you want to make your own unrefined powdered sugar you can follow this tutorial. I chose not to do this because the holidays only come once a year, and a little bit of refined sugar won't hurt anyone :)
Extract: If you want to sub anise extract for the lemon extract in the recipe you totally can! Either extract tastes delicious in the batter, it's all about your taste preference!

Storage:

I recommend storing these cookies in an airtight container for up to a week

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