I know, we’re running out of time for Christmas baking. I get it.
But every now and again a little bit of magic happens in the kitchen and you’d just feel guilty keeping that magic all to yourself. That’s this cookie. I don’t want to get arrested by the Cookie Police and harshly sentenced on account of not sharing. I’m going to share. I promise. Chill out, Cookie PD. Get those cookie cuffs off my wrists. I’m going to need these hands for baking.
So… what is the perfect thing to go with chocolate? Yes, the answer is MORE chocolate. You’re totally correct. So… let’s do that. Let’s make a grain-free chocolate cookie and bombard it with chocolate chips. Feeling crazy? Perhaps we can jazz it up with a hit of peppermint extract. Yes. Yes. YES. Christmas just exploded in your cookie. Not like overstated-ugly-sweater-wearing-Christmas with a blow-up Snowman in the front yard, but instead, sexy understated chocolate-Christmas with a tasteful yet low cut peppermint sparkle dress and a totally accidental mistletoe kiss with Ryan Gosling. You get it, right? Nothing weird going on here. Perfect.
Hmm… how does one tie this together? I’ve created an organization called the “Cookie PD” and likened this cookie to some sort of sexy Ryan Gosling fantasy. I’m not mad at it, but we might have metaphorically left Kansas (I’m actually in California) and taken some sort of Christmas-themed cookie tornado straight to Oz. Are we Judy Garland in this metaphor? Yes. Yes we are. Does this make Ryan Gosling the Tin Man? I really don’t know. Speaking of Judy Garland, do you know about her rendition of Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas? Love it. Did I make it full circle? Not quite. But, the effort was there.
Wishing you all the VERY best holiday! I hope you enjoy your day… please fill it with buckets of these cookies. Eat all of them. Come back here and tell me if I over-exaggerated when I likened them to making out with Ryan Gosling at a Christmas party. Probably. But, ya know… if it falls a little short, that still means they’re pretty dang good.
Alright gotta go… I’m on the lamb from the Cookie Cops. #What #ThisIsWeird #IFeelUncomfortable #JudyGarlandHelpMe #MerryCookiemas #RyanGoslingOfCookies
xoxox
Grain-Free Double Chocolate & Peppermint Cookies
Adapted from The Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook
Ingredients
- 2 3/4 cup almond meal
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup coconut oil, melted
- 3/4 cup maple syrup
- 1 tsp peppermint extract
- 1 tbs vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a large bowl mix together your almond meal, salt, baking soda and cocoa powder. Stir until they are well combined.Set aside.
- In a medium bowl whisk together your coconut oil, maple syrup, peppermint extract, and vanilla. Make sure to whisk until they are well combined.
- Add your wet ingredients into your dry ingredients and mix together until they are completely combined and there are no patches of dry ingredients anywhere.
- Fold in your chocolate chips.
- Spoon your dough onto your parchment lined baking sheet one heaping tablespoon at a time. Leave approximately 2 inches of space between cookies.
- Bake for 10-15 minutes or until the tops of the cookies start to look set and start to crack. Be careful not to overcook. Check them half way through.
- Let your cookies cool on your baking sheets for fifteen minutes or so and then serve! They are incredible when they are still all warm and melt-y!
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Oh. Hey there, double chocolate & peppermint cookies. Where have you been all my life?
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So much chocolate!
OMG I feel like ‘Charlie’ in the chocolate factory- dizzy with happiness. 😀
Thank you. 🙂
Now you’ve got me wishing I had gotten these cookies for Christmas. Hand-delivered by Ryan Gosling. Over-reaching? Meh. Maybe for New Years. But even minus Ryan Gosling I need these cookies in my life. I’m a big fan.
If Ryan Gosling hand delivered these cookies… I don’t even know.
These sound divine! Unfortunately, I can’t do almonds. Can I replace the almond meal with another flour?
Can you do cashews? I know that Trader Joes just started carrying cashew meal. They won’t taste as buttery, but they would probably work out. Let me know if you try it.
Ah sorry I should have said I cannot do any nuts/nut flours. I did not know about cashew meal!
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No binding agent, like egg or flax?? Is the syrup sticky enough to hold them together? I’ve never made grain-free cookies before, but i want to try these out. Mint-chocolate is my flavor fav! 😉
Nope! You will be surprised what the coconut oil combined with the maple syrup can do. 🙂
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Just made these and they are delish! Nice and easy and love the hint of peppermint.