Aunt Rocky’s Low Carb Anise Cookies (Gluten-Free)

Preheat oven to 350ºF. Line a large cookie sheet with silicone or parchment, set aside.

In a large mixing bowl, melt butter in microwave. Whisk in extracts and eggs, mixing until well blended. Add sweetener, baking powder, salt, and glucomannan. Whisk well.

Add coconut flour and stir with a large spoon or spatula. Let sit for a couple of minutes until thick enough to scoop cookie balls without losing their shape (3 or 4 minutes).

Drop by 1-tablespoon cookie scoop onto baking sheet. (The cookies can be pretty close together, they will not spread while baking. I got all of them on a single large cookie sheet.)

Bake for 18–20 minutes, or until cookies are lightly browned. Allow cookies to rest on cookie sheet for about 5 minutes to set before transferring to cooling rack. The cookies will be soft/chewy when cooled, but if allowed to sit out on the cooling rack for about 24 hours they will dry out and get crisp.

Once cookies are cooled, make the glaze. Mix all ingredients together in small bowl with a fork. Using a small spoon, drizzle some glaze onto each cookie. Leave glazed cookies out until glaze is completely set and hardened. For a crisp cookie, store uncovered in pantry for up to 2 weeks. For softer cookie, store in covered container.

Notes:
• The traditional Italian version of anise cookies has little round candy sprinkles added into the glaze. If sugar is not an issue for you, go ahead and add them. For a less sweet cookie, omit glaze.
• I don’t get any kickback for products I use in my recipes. Brand names are included only to assure more accurate nutritional estimates. Nutrition information is based on My Fitness Pal’s online recipe analyzer. The recipe is stored there and available to MFP users for logging in their food diaries. Sugar alcohols and liquid sucralose are excluded from nutrition counts, as they are not absorbed by the body and rate zero on the glycemic index.
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Each cookie: Calories 37, Total Fat 3 g, Saturated Fat 2 g, Sodium 214 mg, Potassium 6 mg, Total Carbohydrate 1.2 g, Dietary Fiber 0.8 g, Net Carbs 0.4 g, Sugars 0 g, Protein 1 g. Macros: 70% fat, 25% protein, 5% carbs.

© March 27, 2018 Roxana Lopez for Aunt Rocky’s