Coconut Lime Cookies (gluten-free, vegan, with Lime essential oil)

1 cup Trader Joe's organic white sugar

1/2 cup Trader Joe's coconut oil, in liquid form

1 flax egg (1 tbsp. ground flax seed + 3 tbsp. water)

Juice of one organic lime

Zest of one organic lime

10 drops food-grade lime essential oil

1 cup unsweetened shredded coconut

1 1/3 cups Pamela's gluten free flour blend

1/2 tsp. sea salt

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. baking powder

Preheat oven to 350. Combine everything except the flour, salt, baking powder and soda, then stir those in. Then take a bite of the dough because it is delicious! Scoop onto baking sheet and bake for about 8 -12 minutes.

You could roll these in more sugar first; they were a little on the tart side. You could also roll them in coconut.

This recipe is still a work in progress as I wasn't able to get them to puff up and crinkle down as they would if I had used butter, so you will either want to flatten them after scooping, or roll them out and cut them out with cookie cutters.