Light and airy Coconut Flour Funfetti Cookies made with coconut flour - gluten, grain, dairy and refined sugar free!
Coconut flour cookies have been on my to-bake list for a long time, and now for Valentine's Day, I finally came around to it. These cookies use solely coconut flour, which makes them gluten and grain free! They are also dairy free and refined-sugar free.
Well... Aside from the funfetti sprinkles, that is. For entirely healthy coconut flour cookies, you can leave out the sprinkles and/or add dark chocolate or carob chips instead.
If you still want them to be colourful, have a look at these homemade all natural rainbow sprinkles.
Amazing Fluffy Texture
The texture of these cookies is not like your typical soft-baked wheat flour cookie. These coconut flour cookies are light and fluffy with more of a cake-like consistency.
If you are a cookie snob who likes only chewy edges & soft-centered cookies, these might not be for you.
In my family, no one had a problem with the texture of these cookies. I told them before offering that these cookies are different, but no one seemed to be bothered at all.
Definitely no cookie snobs around here. Or are we just not refined enough?
Quick and Easy and Made with Healthy Coconut Flour!
I love how quickly these cookies come together. Just one bowl and no mixer are required. Basically, you just stir together all ingredients until a batter forms.
It starts out a little thin-looking, but then the coconut flour does its magic and absorbs a lot of the liquid.
Lastly, I gently stirred in some funfetti sprinkles (I used rainbow non-pareils). Do NOT over-mix here, since the sprinkles will transfer their coloring to the batter.
If you mix too long, you'll just end up with a uniformly grey batter instead of a colourful funfetti look.
The cookies won't spread in the oven, so drop heaping spoonfuls of dough on a lined cookie sheet and shape them they way you want them to look.
To make the cookies more fitting for Valentine's Day, I also topped each cookie with a few funfetti heart sprinkles.
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Coconut Flour Funfetti Cookies
Ingredients
- â…“ cup coconut flour
- ¼ cup coconut oil melted
- ¼ cup pure maple syrup *
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 whole eggs
- 2 tablespoons sprinkles I used rainbow non-pareils *
- heart sprinkles optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F and line a baking sheet.
- Stir together coconut flour, melted coconut oil, maple syrup, vanilla, salt and eggs until a batter forms. It will seem too thin at first but after a couple minutes the coconut flour will absorb a lot of the liquid.
- Gently fold in sprinkles (or chocolate/carob chips). Do NOT over stir sprinkles.
- Drop heaping spoonfuls onto prepared baking sheet. Shape cookies as desired - they will not spread in the oven.
- Bake cookies for 12-14 minutes. Allow to cool on sheet for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
This changes nutrition values per cookie as follows: 73 calories, 4 g carbs
Nutrition
Recipe adapted from Detoxinista
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Samantha
Hi there! Could I substitute half vegan butter for coconut oil? I find too much coconut to be hard on my digestive system
Jennifer @ Leelalicious
Hi Samantha! Yes, you should be able to replace half of the vegan butter with coconut oil successfully. Let us know how it goes! 🙂
Tamara G
I was looking for cookie recipes using coconut flour simply because I ran out of regular flour. Tried these today & they are quite good! I added shredded coconut & white chocolate chips to mine. I’d definitely make them again. I never made cookies with coconut flour before!
Jennifer @ Leelalicious
I'm so glad that your first foray into baking with coconut flour was a success! The combination of coconut and white chocolate chips sounds like perfection!
Stephanie Gilley
Okay so I made these cookies and was all set to leave a low rating because even though the recipe says they will NOT spread they absolutely DID and formed one giant cookie. But then I tasted them. These cookies are SO GOOD! They taste like a Funfetti cake but I don't feel guilty eating them because they don't have refined sugar (except for the sprinkles) and I pretend there is a bunch of protein because of the eggs.
Regina | Leelalicious
Oh no, I wonder why yours spread so much, when I couldn't get my to spread. But I am glad to hear you still enjoyed the flavor so much to leave a great review. I wonder if a little extra flour will help with spreading issues next time
Aly
Hey there! Did I miss the caloric intake/macro/net carb listing on these? Thanks!
Regina | Leelalicious
Oh you are right Aly, at the time of posting this cookie recipe I wasn't including nutrition information yet. Let me go back in to fix it for you
karen
love this recipe idea - I care for two df /gf kids. I followed it exactly, but the cookies are incredibly oily....still in the oven after 16 minutes, hoping they'll dry a bit and bake! what did I do wrong??? Could it be because I used a stone instead of an aluminum sheet?
Regina
Interesting, I have never used a stone for baking cookies and never had an issues with oiliness. Maybe there is something about a baking stone that draws out oils? You could definitely try using less oil next time you bake these on a stone, but when I use a regular sheet, this is the amount of oil needed to "hydrate" the coconut flour.
Jen Lee
Stumbled upon this recipe cause I'm baking with coconut flour for the first time! This looks so delicious! But if we do want soft and chewy cookies, what are your recommendations?
Regina
Hey Jen,
these cookies are definitely soft - cakey soft.
I don't think it is possible to imitate the crisp edges+chewy centers of regular bakery-style cookies with coconut flour.
GiGi Eats
These look absolutely stunning and mouth watering, however you say that these are refined sugar free but.... Aren't those sprinkles refined sugar?
Regina
Yes, the sprinkles are refined sugar. The 'disclaimer' is above 😉 And I also included options for truly sugar free and still colorful cookies.
Martha A Cheves
I've never seen coconut flour but I bet my local health food store carries it. I'll check and see how I like. Coconut is my favorite flavor so I have a feeling I'll really enjoy discovering the flour.
Regina
Yes, a health food store should definitely have it. My grocery store even carries it in the health food/organic section. Glad I was able to introduce you to coconut flour 🙂
Kimberly
I made these over the weekend and my fiancé loved them. I have been experimenting lately with gluten free baking and he said this recipe was a keeper! Thanks:)
Regina
I am so happy to hear these cookies were a success! Thank you Kimberly
Faith @ Pixie Dust Kitchen
I love these! they're so fun and bright with all of the sprinkles. I love how easy they are too!
Regina
Yeah, cookies could hardly get any easier than this. Aren't sprinkles always so much fun?
Jacquee @ I Sugar Coat It!
These are just delightful! So pretty and colourful. I was experimenting with coconut flour the other day and had forgotten how it absorbs liquid/moisture - I added way more than needed and had to throw out the batter. I'll continue to play with it until I have success. Definitely pinning these!!
Regina
Coconut flour is definitely in a league of its own. It really seems like magic how it just soaks up any liquid.
Thanks for pinning 🙂