• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Grass Fed Salsa

  • Bloglovin
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Recipes
  • Wellness
    • Autoimmune Protocol
    • Beauty
    • Detox
    • Essential Oils
    • Nutrition
    • Wellness Entrepreneur
  • Programs
    • Courses & Ebooks
    • Student Log In
  • About
    • Work With Us
  • Contact
  • Business
    • Biz Building Tips
    • Podcast
    • Online Course
Home » Recipe » AIP » Paleo Cranberry Grapefruit Cookies (AIP, egg free, nut free)

Paleo Cranberry Grapefruit Cookies (AIP, egg free, nut free)

Published October 10, 2016. Last modified September 27, 2020 By Anne Marie 3 Comments

296 shares
Jump to Recipe - Print Recipe

This Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) friendly recipe makes the perfect egg free and nut free Cranberry Grapefruit Cookies you'll ever try.  No one will guess that they're gluten-free, nut-free, and autoimmune paleo friendly. Health, fall flavors, and dessert, all in one fluffy cookie. Grab the recipe below.

AIP Cranberry Grapefruit Cookies

AIP Cranberry Grapefruit Cookies

If you've been following my AIP reset, you know my goal is to kick up the autoimmune diet by focusing my meals on healing and nourishing foods. The first time I followed the Autoimmune Protocol, I prided myself on being able to recreate many of my favorite recipes with 100% AIP compliant ingredients. Now 2 years later, I'm expanding my AIP recipe repertoire to include insanely delicious recipes that are not only AIP compliant, but also include incredibly healing ingredients. Believe it or not, this recipe for Cranberry Grapefruit Cookies is one of them.

AIP Cranberry Grapefruit Cookies

Let's break down the ingredients included so you can understand just how these AIP Cranberry Grapefruit Cookies can boost your AIP healing.

HAPPY SWEETENERS

These cookies are relatively low in sugar. At the most, they each have about 1-1/2 tsp of pure, grade B maple syrup. This is only about 6 grams of carbs/sugars, and since it's in the form of pure, grade B maple syrup, it also comes loaded with vitamins and minerals.

In addition to the maple syrup, these cookies also include prebiotic fiber from xylitol, which is incredibly beneficial in the gut healing process. Most of us are familiar with probiotics, which promote and replenish the healing bacteria in our digestive tract. Prebiotics are just as important, as they feed that healing bacteria. One component I find missing from many of my client's diets is a focus on all four “Rs” of the protocol:

  1. Remove: AIP takes care of this with removing the common food allergens – eggs, nuts, grains, gluten, dairy, soy, corn, legumes.
  2. Replace: If you have an autoimmune disease (even if you don't!), you can bet you have some degree of digestive distress and inflammation. This means you'll want to add in things that promote healthy digestion and absorption, such as digestive enzymes, bile acids or salts, and/or hydrochloric acid. In my free AIP ebook, I suggest drinking a homemade apple cider vinegar drink 30 minutes before eating to promote healthy digestion.
  3. Re-inoculate: This is where the prebiotics and probiotics come into play. In addition to replenishing the good bacteria in your gut with probiotics, you'll want to support them by consuming both prebiotic foods (like the xylitol in this recipe) and fruits and veggies that are high in soluble fiber (like the coconut in this recipe).
  4. Repair: If you've made a strong effort to focus on the first three steps in this 4 R protocol, then “repair” should happen fairly quickly. A few ways to promote the repair of your gut would be to add gelatin (which this recipe includes), collagen, and aloe vera juice into your daily diet, and choose to supplement with L-glutamine, zinc, foods high in omega-3 fats (like the palm shortening and beef tallow in this recipe), and vitamins A, C, and E.

AIP Cranberry Grapefruit Cookies

HEALTHY FATS

The palm shortening in these AIP Cranberry Orange Cookies is what gives them their height and fluffy texture, while the beef tallow adds a level of richness. Beef tallow is high in healing omega 3s, while the palm shortening is a type of saturated fat is similar to coconut oil. Which means these cookies help to promote energy production and a healthy metabolism… Well, that’s my story and I’m stickin’ to it ;).

VITAL PROTEINS GRASS FED GELATIN

Gelatin is often referred to as “cooked collagen”. The benefits, vitamins, amino acids, and minerals are almost identical to collagen peptides, but the differences lie in the application. Hydrolyzed collagen is easier to mix into cold liquids and won't gel up, while gelatin does just that, specifically when blended into hot drinks. In this recipe, the gelatin acts as a replacement for gluten. Gelatin, like gluten, acts as a glue to give these cookies stability.

AIP Cranberry Grapefruit Cookies

If the beneficial aspects of the ingredients haven't convinced you of trying these Autoimmune Protocol Cranberry Grapefruit Cookies, the flavor and texture should. I brought them to my Paleo Girls Night (full of girls who are grain free, but not necessarily AIP), and I received numerous texts the following day about how my friends were still thinking about how perfect these cookies were.

So whether or not you subscribe to the Autoimmune Protocol diet, try the recipe below and report back. You won't be sorry!

AIP Cranberry Grapefruit Cookies

AIP Cranberry Grapefruit Cookies
Print Recipe
No ratings yet

Paleo Cranberry Grapefruit Cookies (AIP, egg free, nut free)

Prep Time10 mins
Cook Time10 mins
Servings: 8

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup beef tallow, grass fed butter or ghee works as well
  • 1/4 cup palm shortening
  • 1/4 cup xylitol, replace with coconut sugar for AIP
  • 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
  • 1/2 Tbsp grapefruit juice
  • 1 tsp grapefruit zest
  • 1/2 cup coconut flour
  • 1/2 cup arrowroot starch
  • 1 Tbsp. grass fed gelatin
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 1/4 cup dried cranberries or cherries

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  • In a large bowl, combine tallow, shortening, xylitol (replace with coconut sugar for AIP), maple syrup, grapefruit juice and zest with a high hand mixer.
  • In a second bowl, combine the coconut flour, arrowroot starch, gelatin, baking soda, cream of tartar, and vanilla.
  • Slowly add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients until well combined. With a spatula, stir in the dried cranberries or cherries.
  • Form into 8 large or 12 small cookies, and place on a parchment lined cookie sheet. Press down lightly on each cookie to flatten slightly.
  • Bake for 10-12 minutes, and let cook on a wire cooling rack.
Did you try this recipe?Tag me @GrassFedSalsa so I can send you some love!

Click here to pin this recipe!

Other Healing AIP recipes you might like:

AIP Chocolate Chip Cookies (coconut free!)

AIP Perfect Coconut Matcha Latte

AIP Caramel Apple Parfaits

Anne is a certified Integrative Nutritional Health Coach and Interior Designer who is passionate about whole home and body detox, as well as personalized nutritional therapies tailored to the individual. She's the creator of several online programs and ebooks including Ditch Your Nutritionist, Autoimmune Accomplice, and Detox Your Life.

When she's not creating content for her wellness business and website Grass Fed Salsa, you can find her snuggled up to her daughter GG, her husband James, and their pups Cohen and Kiki.

Previous Post: « Perfect Coconut Matcha Latte (AIP, Dairy Free)
Next Post: AIP Salted Caramel Apple Parfaits »

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Joanna

    April 10, 2017 at 2:50 pm

    Is there any substitute for the xylitol? Would something like coconut sugar or maple sugar work?

    Reply
    • anne

      April 11, 2017 at 1:43 pm

      I’d think any granulated sugar like coconut or maple sugar would work, but I haven’t tested it. If you try it, please let me know how they turn out!

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




Primary Sidebar

Yo, I’m Anne Marie.

I’m a Nutritional Health Coach showing you how to make detoxing your body, home, and diet simple and successful.

Learn More

Fall Favorites

a skillet of ground beef, bacon, dairy free cheese sauce, and avocado sprinkled with cilantro on a grey background

Bacon Cheeseburger Casserole (Whole30 & AIP)

Whole30 Pizza Casserole (Low Carb, AIP)

Paleo and AIP Cranberry Orange cookies! A healthier version of the classic holiday treat. These Cranberry Orange Cookies have a lightly sweet buttery taste with a fluffy inside and crunchy outside. Grain free, gluten free, AIP and paleo friendly! Simple to make in 30 minutes.

Cranberry Orange Cookies (AIP, Paleo)

A white bowl full of coconut, nut free, Paleo Granola Cereal with raisins and a gold spoon.

Cinnamon Raisin Nut Free Paleo Granola Cereal

AIP Salted Caramel Apple Parfaits

Ready to live less toxic & heal your autoimmunity?

Join over 15,000 others and get access to my free library of e-books, cookbooks, and resources for holistic wellness.

Reader Faves

Glass jar of Nomato Sauce on a marble background with a white towel, wooden spoon, and basil on the side.

Best Ever Nomato Sauce (AIP Nightshade Free Marinara)

8 Whole30 & Keto Sauces & Dips That Don’t Suck

White bowl with 3 lettuce wrapped Bang Bang Shrimp tacos inside with a few lime slices.

Bang Bang Shrimp Tacos (Whole30 & AIP)

wooden bowl holding an AIP breakfast of mashed cauliflower, sauteed mushrooms, bacon, and arugula.

Mashed Cauliflower Breakfast Bowls (Whole30, AIP)

Bacon Chicken Ranch Casserole (AIP and Whole30)

Footer

  • Recipes
  • Wellness
  • Wellness Business Coaching
  • About
  • Contact
  • Programs
  • Privacy Policy

Copyright © 2023 · Grass Fed Salsa

296 shares