Paleo Valentines Shortbread

ingredients

For the cookie

• 1 and 1/2 cup tigernut flour

• 1/4 cup coconut oil or butter

• 1/4 cup honey or maple syrup

• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

For the icing

• 100g chopped white chocolate

• Pink food color

instructions

1. Combine all the ingredients to form a sticky dough. If it's too liquidy, add some more flour

2. Place the dough in the fridge for about 30 minutes

3. Remove the dough from the fridge place it between two pieces of parchment paper and roll out to about 1/4 inch thin

4. Using cookie cutters, cut out your cookies and using a flat spatula place them on a baking tray lined with parchment paper. Make sure there is approx 0.5cm between all the cookies

5. Repeat with left over dough

6. Freeze the cut out cookies for 30 - 60 minutes and in the meantime make the icing by melting white chocolate in a microwave until thin and smooth and adding food colouring

7. Pre-heat your over to 180 Celsius and then bake the cookies for 8-10 minutes until lightly golden. Please keep an eye on your cookies as oven temperatures can differ and these can burn very quickly!

8. Remove from oven and let cool completely.

9. Dip cookies in the coloured chocolate and let any excess drip off

10. Place on a parchment and let the chocolate harden