INGREDIENTS:

Cookie dough

• ⅓ cup butter or coconut oil
• ⅓ cup Lakanto monkfruit sweetener
• 2 large eggs
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon sea salt
• ½ cup coconut flour
• 1 scoop LonoLife Vanilla Collagen Peptide Powder

Cream Cheese Frosting

• 4 oz Cream cheese (softened, cut into cubes)
• 2 tbsp butter(softened, cut into cubes)
• 1/2 cup powdered Lakanto monkfruit sweetener
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tbsp Heavy cream (or more if needed)

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

In a deep bowl, use a hand mixer to beat together the butter and sweetener, until fluffy.

Beat in the eggs, vanilla, baking powder, and sea salt.

Gradually beat in the coconut flour.

Baking option 1:

Use a small cookie scoop to scoop the dough onto the baking sheet. Flatten with your palm to 1/4 inch thick (they will not spread much during baking), keeping them at least an inch apart.

Baking option 2:

Form the dough into a ball and chill for 1 hour. Once the cookie dough is firm, remove it from the fridge and place between two pieces of parchment paper. Roll out to about 1/4-inch thick. Cut into shapes using cookie cutters. You can remove the excess dough away from the cut outs and just leave the cookies on the parchment paper, then slide onto the baking sheet. Alternatively, you can carefully use a thin turner to transfer the cutout cookies to the parchment lined baking sheet. Any cookie dough you tore away from the cutout, you can form a ball with it and roll out again to make more cookies.

Bake for about 7-8 minutes, until cookies start to firm up, but are still soft. (They won't darken much, and don't firm up fully until after they cool.) Remove from the oven and cool completely before moving or adding icing.

Frosting Instructions

Use a hand mixer to beat together the cream cheese and butter, until fluffy.

Beat in the sweetener and vanilla, until well incorporated.

Add cream and beat again, until creamy. You can adjust the amount of cream to desired consistency.

For fun colors, simply split the frosting into small bowls and use a drop or two of food coloring.

Recipe adapted from: www.wholesomeyum.com