Christmas Spice Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup superfine brown rice flour
• ¾ cups superfine sweet rice flour
• ½ cups tapioca flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon xanthan gum
• ½ teaspoons sea salt
• 4 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ½ teaspoons ground cloves
• ½ teaspoons ground star anise
• 1 cup organic palm shortening
• 1 cup maple sugar (or coconut sugar)
• ¼ cups unsweetened applesauce
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract