Sugar Free Thumbprints
These allergy-friendly thumbprint cookies are fun to make, whether it’s the holidays or not! Filled with my homemade sugar free chia seed jam, these are going to become a staple sugar free Christmas cookie for me. These were extremely popular among my taste testers this year, and voted the most popular cookie!
Thumbprints are a tradition in my family around the holidays. My mom would always bake the version in the traditional Betty Crocker cookbook, which rolls the dough in egg and then chopped walnuts. Thumbprints weren’t my favorite cookie as a kid, but I grew to appreciate the tradition. When I went dairy free, gluten free, and sugar free for health reasons, I knew I had to find a way to still participate in Christmas baking. That’s when these sugar free thumbprint cookies were born.
How to make sugar free thumbprint cookies
These thumbprint cookies use arrowroot flour and coconut flour to make them gluten free. They also contain quite a bit of coconut oil. This gives them an incredible texture that is soft and pillowy.
The homemade chia seed jam gives them just a touch of sweetness. If you end up making these cookies, please let me know how they turn out in the comments. FInally, here’s how to make these cookies!
Sugar Free Thumbprint Cookies
Course: DessertDifficulty: Medium8
minutes12
minutesIngredients
3/4 cup coconut flour
1/4 cup arrowroot powder
1/2 cup coconut oil, melted
1 scoop Paleo Valley protein powder, vanilla flavor
1 tsp. vanilla extract
jam of choice (see notes for my homemade chia seed jam recipe)
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Mix together the dry ingredients, then stir the wet ingredients in until combined.
- Using a tbsp sized scoop, scoop the dough and roll into balls. Set the balls of dough onto the baking sheet and use your thumb to press an indentation into the center of each.
- Scoop about 1 tsp. jam into the center of each cookie.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes or until lightly golden. Watch for burning.
- Transfer to a cooking rack and let cool. Enjoy!
Notes
- Use whatever sugar free jam you like, or try my homemade sugar free chia seed jam.
