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Hi hi hi!! I need to send a little apology out for not having a blog post up yesterday. On Thursday night, things got a little weird in our house when Jackson (our little pup) began getting constantly sick. We ended up going to the emergency vet on Thursday and he had to move to three different vet offices. At this point, he’s up at Colorado State University in their vet school because he may need dialysis. At one point, we really weren’t sure if he would make it through the night. But he has crushed it and he continues to look better each day. All of this to say, the blog has come second to the pup. I’m hoping I can get things back on track today once I head up to Fort Collins (it’s about an hour and a half from our house) to get a hotel nearby. That way I can easily visit him without all the driving. Fingers crossed for progress today!! If you’re a puppy lover like me, I’m sharing regular updates on my instagram stories!
But let’s talk about something a little less heavy. Like cookies. Cookies totally aren’t heavy, right? Right. Well I don’t know if you’ve played around much with tahini, but I sure have and I’m in love. Tahini is freaking delicious. I use it in my Ginger Tahini Cookies, it’s awesome in Loaded Cauliflower Hummus, and I love it in my Tahini Pistachio Banana Bread. If you don’t know what tahini even is, I’ll tell you – it’s ground up sesame seeds. Just like how they make almond butter or peanut butter. The sesame seeds give the tahini is smooth, rich flavor with a bit of bitterness, but in a good way. So when you mix it with a little maple sugar, it’s just simply delicious!
Are you doing a holiday cookie swap this year?! I always love that idea, but then I have 39301139248 cookies at my house with no self control. I really envy the people who can have treats around and not go HAM on all of them. Whenever I make treats, they either leave my house immediately OR I freeze them. And since I have a ton of meat in my freezer, the treats normally get lost until they have frostbite and I’m so desperate for a Friday night treat I eat them anyways. Nothing like stale treats to satisfy that sweet tooth. Anywho, I’m still crazy distracted with worry for my little pup so I’m going to get a move on! So excited to have him home someday soon.
Chocolate Tahini Cookies
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 16 cookies 1x
Ingredients
- 1 cup tahini
- 1/2 cup maple sugar
- 1 egg, whisked
- 1 tablespoon tapioca flour
- 1 tablespoon coconut flour
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder (I used 1tbsp black cocoa powder & 1tbsp regular cocoa powder)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- pinch of salt
- 3–4 tablespoons sesame seeds
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, mix together tahini and maple sugar using a large spoon. Then add egg and mix again until well combined.
- Then add tapioca and coconut flour, cocoa powder baking soda, vanilla, and salt and mix until completely combined.
- Place sesame seeds in a bowl.
- Use a cookie scoop to scoop out around 2 tablespoons of dough and make into a round ball and set aside. This dough will create 16 cookies. Once all cookies are shaped, roll in sesame seeds to completely cover each cookie and place throughout the baking sheet.
- Place baking sheet into the oven and bake for 15 minutes.
- Remove from oven and let cool for 5-10 minutes until removing from baking sheet to place on cooling rack. If you try to remove these from the baking sheet early, they will come apart. So don’t be stupid here. Patience is a virtue!
- Then all you have to do is chow down!
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Wishing Jackson the best! I had a scare with my Heidi Bear last month, so I know how scary it can be!
Was wondering if I could sub the tapioca flour with something else? Its not the easiest to find where I am.
Thanks, love this recipe!
you could always use arrowroot flour instead!
Your baby is most certainly the priority! Your loyal followers are always here for you and can miss an update without going bonkers! Thanks for the IG updates as we call care and are praying for your little Panda!!
Alternative to the maple sugar? I’d like to make this for my newly gf/df (due to allergies) teen and don’t want to wait for an amazon shipment.
you can always use coconut sugar instead!
Hi,
This recipe looks amazing .. i am addicted to tahini. What can I substitute for the tapioca and coconut flour? I love your blog but I am not GF so I don’t need to shell out the money for those items. Thanks
no clue, i’ve never baked with non-gluten free flours
You are such a good mama to that pup-it has been so good to see your IG posts as he continues to improve! Being a dog mom always comes above this stuff!!
That being said, I love tahini treats and am super excited to try these out. Thank you for all the great recipes!
agreed Emily! thanks for the love! and i hope you like this recipe!!
Can you tell me the carb and sugar content?
oh man, i have zero clue. but you can add this recipe into nutritional calculator online to figure those details out!
Great recipe. I made it today. Love the taste. Samples provided to friends and they also enjoyed them.
One thing I found is that after scooping the cookie dough with a cookie scooper and trying to roll it in the sesame seeds, it is too tacky to roll and it doesn’t keep its shape. I wonder if the dough should be chilled before it is rolled in the sesame seeds. I ended up adding the 3 tablespoons of sesame seeds to the dough batter as I needed to bake the cookies (time consideration) and not try to chill them first.
hmmmm i didn’t run into this issue whatsoever. it could be just a difference in tahini brand
Oh these look sooo good! I have to be careful and not devour the entire batch in one sitting haha thank you for the recipe!
hope you like them bryan!
Dear Juli,
These cookies were AWESOME!!! Even though I swapped out a couple items (using what I had) they were a huge hit at the office party. I used raw cacao instead of cocoa and coconut sugar instead of maple sugar. Wishing you and your family a wonderful holiday season.
awesome!! so glad to hear it! thanks for trying out my recipe Renée!
Juli, I hope by now Jackson is fully recovered. I made your Tahini Cookies and wow! They’re my new favorite. Just the right amount of sweetness and great texture. Crispy and slightly chewy and so delicious. Most Paleo cookies just don’t have that chewy texture and get too soft, but these don’t. Someone was asking about the amount of sugar per cookie: there are 24 teaspoons in half a cup of sugar. Maple sugar has 3 grams of sugar per teaspoon. So for 16 cookies that’s 4.5 grams per cookie. Not bad. The only problem is, they’re so good it’s hard to just eat one or two.
awesome!! so glad you like them Valerie!