crispy cinnamon thin cookies on tigernut flour, coconut-free AIP baking

If coconut flour has ever left you with a stomach ache you could not quite explain, you already know how short the list of AIP treats gets once you take it off your shelf. Tigernut steps in here, a small root vegetable that only sounds like a nut, and it bakes crisp without a trace of coconut.

Tigernut has its own fiber content worth noting, and it bakes lighter and more neutral tasting than coconut flour ever did. What actually holds these cookies together is the gelatin standing in for eggs, and the glycine in this batch comes from that same gelatin, part of what the body uses to rebuild the gut's inner wall. About 12 minutes in the oven gets you a treat that does not ask you to choose between crisp and compliant.

Bake the whole batch in one go and let cinnamon sit in the kitchen a while. A tin of something crisp and ready means one fewer decision on a tired afternoon.

Ingredients

• 1 cup tigernut flour
• 3/4 cup arrowroot flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 cup palm shortening
• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 1 tablespoon gelatin powder

Method

1. Heat the oven to 350 F and line a baking sheet with parchment.
2. In one bowl, whisk together the tigernut flour, arrowroot, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
3. Melt the palm shortening, stir in the maple syrup, then whisk the gelatin into the warm liquid until it is fully dissolved and lump-free. The gelatin replaces eggs and helps the cookies crisp.
4. Pour the wet mixture into the dry and stir into a uniform dough.
5. Roll tablespoon portions into balls, set them on the parchment, and flatten each one.
6. Bake for about 12 minutes. The cookies spread slightly as they bake. Let them cool to firm up and crisp.

Notes

• Tigernut flour bakes lighter, drier, and more cohesive than coconut flour, with a more neutral taste.
• This is one of the source site's most-commented recipes, developed specifically for people who reacted to coconut flour.

*Adapted from asquirrelinthekitchen.com*