• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.

  Whisk the dry ingredients together, breaking up any clumps. Stir in the melted coconut oil (or applesauce), maple syrup and extracts.
• Either chill the dough and prepare later, or make into cookies now.
• Circle cookies (highly recommended): Roll into balls and flatten slightly on the cookie sheet.

  For shaped cookies: Roll the dough out to 1/4 inch thick directly on a cookie sheet (so you don't have to transfer them) lined with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper. Peel the surrounding dough off. Dough is fragile, so you may need to re-shape the cookies on the pan a bit.
• Bake 8 minutes for soft and chewy cookies, or 10 minutes for more crispy cookies. Let cool on the pan, then transfer to a cooling rack or plate to frost.

Frosting Ideas

• Pink: Thaw out 2 frozen strawberries in the microwave. Put into a small blender with 1 cup powdered sugar for a pink strawberry icing.
• Although I haven't tried it for lack of access to coconut butter, I've seen this idea several times as an excellent frosting:

  3/4 cup melted coconut butter (blended up coconut)

  1/4 cup maple syrup

  1/4 cup plant milk

  Freeze dried berries crushed into powder for color and flavor

  Stir together.
• Look up cashew frosting recipes (Minimalist Baker has a delicious one).
• Simple frosting: Stir together 2 cups powdered sugar with 1 tablespoon plant milk, dash of salt and drop of almond or vanilla extract.