Vegan Sugar Cookies with Coconut, Lime & Pepitas

These are wicked good cookies...no exaggeration...I love them so much. Took 3 test batches to get them to taste like I imagined in my head. Sweet with toasty coconut, crunchy pepitas & bright lime flavour. Somehow these make me want a margarita. The recipe is for a small batch of cookies that will fit on one pan. I got 8 cookies but this obviously depends on how big you make them. 

Recipe

 Ingredients:
1/2 cup raw sugar (I blitzed it in a spice grinder)
1/4 cup solid coconut oil (room temp)
1 tsp vanilla
2 tbsp almond milk
zest of 1 lime + 2 tbsp of lime juice
1 cup AP flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup shredded unsweetened coconut, toast in oven until lightly browned
6 tbsp pumpkin seeds, toasted in a pan, they will pop!


Method:

1. Preheat oven to 350 F
2. Cream together sugar and coconut oil for a couple minutes. 
3. Mix in one at a time the vanilla, almond milk, lime zest & juice. 
4. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt, then add it to your wet mixture. On low speed mix until just combined. 
5. Fold in the toasted coconut and pumpkin seeds. 
6. Shape dough into balls and place on parchment lined baking sheet. Flatten down with your hand. 
7. Bake for approx 12 minutes or until lightly browned on the bottoms. 
8. Let cool and then try to eat just one