Orange Cardamom Paleo Almond Butter Cookies

These Orange Cardamom Paleo Almond Butter Cookies are crispy on the outside, chewy on the inside and loaded with festive flavor! Vegan and gluten free too!

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There are only 2 times in life that I think cranberries deserve to be eaten <–That may sound bold to you, but I just RLY RLY DO NOT like cranberries.

Nope. Not even cranberry sauce on my turkey. I’m THAT GIRL who puts ketchup on it.

And now you’re judging me.

Those “approved cranberry” times are:

1. Any time that they are in the form of cranberry wine (it’s a thing that exists and it is GOOD.)
2. When they are packed into CHEWY, CRISPY cranberry orange COOKIES.

Because we’re talking about cardamom cookies here and NOT wine, let’s just elaborate on point 2.

For now.

I’ve been having this moment with cardamom lately. And by “moment” it’s really been about a year, so it’s a VRY VRY loooong moment. Cardamom is just one of those INTENSELY flavorful spices that you can make sweet like vegan gluten free oatmeal no bake cookies OR savory like in a cumin healthy chicken stir fry. Whatever way you add it to your real-life food, it is going to make your mouth ALL KINDS of happy and excited.

Especially when your tongue gets the tasty cardamom tingles in combination with bright, ZESTY orange, chewy and tangy cranberries and swirls of RICH and creamy almond butter.

Boy oh boy oh boy. These gluten free almond butter cookies. You guys are in for a TREAT.

Fun things that you’re about to learn:  you can make the most magically chewy and crispy paleo gluten free almond butter cookies using almond butter without the need for other binding ingredients like eggs!

Helloooo vegan friends, these cookies are also 4 U 2.

You can even make them flourless almond butter cookies by using almond flour!

Can basically still taste the DOUBLE DECKER almond butter flavor EXPLOSION on the tip of my tongue as I type.

INTO IT.

This almond butter cookie recipe is just working with the most simple, pantry-essential kind of ingredient list, just like I know you love. You could probably get off your couch right now, peep your cabinet, and break out into your secret happy-cookie-baking-dance because you’re going to find that the GANGS ALL THERE.

You CAN make orange cardamom paleo almond butter cookies RIGHT NOW.

Side note: don’t pretend like you don’t have a secret cookie baking dance. Mine looks something like “the shopping cart.”  Which is also my dance for any life occasions that require any kind of happy dance.

The more you know.

Anyway.

These fruity and tangy and fresh and ZESTY cookies will work for you whether you’re embracing the holiday life and waking up to a cookie with a morning cup of coffee, OR whether you’re serving them up after your Christmas feast.

They’ve got the perfect balance of sweet and spicy that you can include them in any situation of your life that would just be THAT much better accompanied by a BLISSFULLY crispy and chewy spiced cookie, bursting with holiday cheer.

Which, ummm, is EVERY SINGLE situation of your life?

Happy cookie dancing, with a sprinkle of cheer, alllll holiday season long.

I also shared the paleo cookies recipe on Food Fanatic, so be sure to check it out there!

Other Recipes You Might Like:

Spiced Paleo Cookies with Almond Butter

Healthy Ginger Snap Recipe

Paleo Whipped Gluten Free Shortbread Cookies

FOR THIS RECIPE, I RECOMMEND:

• Almond flour
• Tapioca starch
• Digital Kitchen Scale
• Measuring cups

WEIGHT WATCHERS POINTS PER SERVING: FREESTYLE POINTS: 6 POINTS+: 4. OLD POINTS: 4

(per 1 cookie based off the recipe making 20 cookies)

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