These cookies were inspired by my Chocolate Medallions. I do like chocolate, but I have to say these were ever more delicious. They are lighter and softer, and the orange zest lends a delicate orange flavor. If you are at a stage with GAPS where you cannot yet handle cocoa powder, these are very delicious and will hit the spot for a little something sweet (although be sure you tolerate coconut flour well as it is quite fibrous). The Orange Medallions in the image above are filled with a GAPS Legal Butter Cream Frosting which contains honey, eggs, vanilla, butter and salt, although these cookies taste wonderful alone. The Butter Cream Frosting recipe can be found at Modern Alternative Mama. You will find a printable recipe for the Orange Medallions at the bottom of this post.
Orange Medallions Coconut Flour Cookies
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1/2 cup room temperature butter
- 1/2 cup Bob’s Red Mill Organic Coconut Flour
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon orange zest
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 vanilla bean, optional
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Place all ingredients in a bowl and mix thoroughly with a mixer until well blended, a minute or two. Allow to sit for five minutes so that the coconut flour can absorb. Like the Chocolate Medallions, this cookie dough is very soft.
Drop by measured even tablespoon onto a greased cookie sheet. Butter your fingers lightly and pat and tap the cookie into a round shape.
Bake for 8 minutes at 350°F.
Makes 24 small cookies.
Be sure to scrape the bowl with a spatula. I did and garnered two tablespoons of dough – two more cookies!
I tried plopping rather large spoonfuls onto a cookie sheet, but it took 15 minutes for the cookie to be done. They were delicious and I couldn’t stop myself from gobbling three of the four I’d baked. I saved one for my son to try. There was a problem, however. The larger amount of dough required a longer baking time, so long that the bottom of the cookie was very close to being burnt. Not quite, but almost. I decided to continue with my method for the Chocolate Medallions using the measured even tablespoons.
One more thing… I would have taken a photo with these cookies in towers, as I did with the Chocolate Medallions, but they were apparently a huge hit with my younger non-GAPS son who must have eaten a dozen by the time I got back in the kitchen to snap photos.
This post was shared at Fat Tuesday. This recipe was shared at GAPS Friendly Fridays #13 and oops, again on GAPS Friendly Fridays #17.
- ½ cup honey
- ½ cup room temperature butter
- ½ cup Bob’s Red Mill Organic Coconut Flour
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon orange zest
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ vanilla bean, optional
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Place all ingredients in a bowl and mix thoroughly with a mixer until well blended, a minute or two.
- Allow to sit for five minutes so that the coconut flour can absorb. This cookie dough is very soft.
- Drop by measured even tablespoon onto a greased cookie sheet. Butter your fingers lightly and pat and tap the cookie into a round shape.
- Bake for 8 minutes at 350°F.
- When done, they will lose their glossy look.
- If you press lightly on the cookie and it leaves an indent, put them in for another 2-3 minutes.
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I just made these and they are DELICIOUS! I used twice the amount of orange zest because I wanted them to taste like the orange glazed donuts Friehoffers made when I was a kid. I am a kitchen novice. These were easy and quick.
Do you think they would stay together with less honey next time I make them? I think GAPS must be working, because I am very sensitive to sweetness now and think I could appreciate them just as much if they were a bit less sweet.
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Starlene Reply:
April 27th, 2012 at 8:28 pm
Hi Nicole! Yes, I had a report on my Facebook page that one person used half as much honey so try it, I think it would work great with less honey. I’m glad you liked them, thanks for letting me know!
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Oh yum, I’m adding these cookies to my Must-Make-List!
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Starlene Reply:
May 4th, 2012 at 5:48 pm
Hi Laureen, would love to hear back from you if you get a chance to try these.
Thanks for visiting and leaving me a comment. I love comments! 
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Regarding my prior comment, I just made these again using 5 tbsp of honey. They are not quite sweet enough for me, but they are still very good. Next time I will try 6 tbsp.
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Starlene Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 10:14 am
Hi Nicole, I am finding if I taste the cookie dough I can tell if I should add more honey at that point. They do taste a little less sweet once baked though. Thanks for the feedback!
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Nicole, The Non-Toxic Nurse Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 9:31 pm
Yes, the taste of the dough was perfect, but they got a bit less sweet after baking! Thanks for all of the wonderful recipes here on your site!
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Starlene Reply:
May 12th, 2012 at 9:53 am
You’re welcome, Nicole, I’m glad you are enjoying my recipes!
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