Cookie Dough

1. Preheat oven to 350F and line a baking tray with parchment paper.
2. In a large bowl combine cassava flour, tapioca starch, baking soda and salt.
3. In the bowl of a stand mixer/hand held mixer or using a large bowl and whisk combine palm shortening, maple syrup and vanilla extract and beat until well combined.
4. Use a spatula to fold palm shortening mixture into flour mixture and then your hands to bring the dough together.
5. Place dough between two pieces of parchment paper and roll out to a rectangle 1/4-inch thick*
6. Refrigerate sheet of dough 5-7 minutes.
7. Cut out cookies from dough using a fluted cookie cutter.
8. Transfer cookies to prepared baking sheet. Bake in the middle rack of oven for 11-12 minutes until slightly golden.
9. Allow cookies to cool at least ten minutes before removing from cookie sheet and transferring to cooling rack to complete cooling. 

Jam Filling

1. To a small saucepan, add frozen berries, lemon juice and honey on low-medium heat. Allow berries to melt, stirring intermittently until mixture comes to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until the mixture has thickened.
2. Once cookies have cooled completely, spoon 1 tsp of filling into the center of half the cookies, and top with remaining cookies.