I know what you’re thinking. These cookies don’t look very good. But you know what I’m thinking? “You’re dumb. These cookies are super delish. And making paleo cookies look good is real hard. Because I suck at it. Just trust me.
So I am sitting in Breckenridge right now, on an absolutely gorgeous day, and blogging. Seems weird, but sadly enough, I absolutely LOVE it. I like going to different places to blog because I get so sick of sitting on my couch, blogging in my underwear, smelling like cooked meat for the rest of my day outside of my house. Smelling like Starbucks is kind of better. Have you ever eaten lunch in a Subway and smelled like that afterwards? You’d think it would smell good, right? Baked bread. But no, you smell like soiled socks afterwards. If that’s not a sign that you shouldn’t eat gluten, I don’t know what is.
And as I type this, there is a couple sitting next to me, not being able to take their hands off each other. It’s a bit obnoxious all while being ridiculously adorable. I’m not a huge PDA person but if a guy wants to hold my hand and stare at me while saying how much he likes me, I’d be down. AND this couple is looking at engagement rings. Oh go f*ck yourself. I’m kidding, don’t hate me. I don’t even really want to get married and I still think that’s stupid cute. I’m a total hopeless romantic. I don’t want to get married, but I want someone who would actually like me enough to want to marry me. Catch 22 anyone? Well, I don’t think so. But every man out there thinks we are just after marriage. You men, are dumb. I just want a simple, nice guy who likes me as much as I like them. Is that too much to ask? Ok, I’m done complaining.
I can’t stop staring at this couple. I’m such a creep.
Have you ever been to Breckenridge? It’s gorgeous and super cute. Especially this time of year. The aspen leaves are changing to yellow so these huge bundles of yellow trees are placed throughout the greenery and it’s CRAZY cool looking. I grew up around the mountains and never cared. Now I finally like it a little more. Unless it’s snowy. Being cold blows. And dressing yourself in warm clothes is expensive. Damn you Colorado winter. I know you’re coming for me.
Speaking of dressing yourself, I went shopping this weekend. AND I didn’t even cry. I was actually happy. Weird, I know. Staring at yourself in dressing rooms is not exactly happy fun times when you have cellulite like I do. But I moved past that the other day. I said “holy sh*t, your ass is huge” and then I bought the jeans that my ass fit into. 2 pairs, actually. That means I have FOUR pairs of the same kind of jeans. I bought them at Old Navy if you were wondering where an ass my size could find jeans. The Rock Star style. They’re awesome. So stretchy, I will be able to increase my thigh size by at least 4 inches around and still be able to fit into them. Genius. Oh, and they were only $20! F*ck yeah. My mom would be so proud.
Thank god this couple is finally leaving. I almost told them I hated them for how awesomely loving they are. That would have been weird. For all of us.
Oh, and if you’re wondering where the hell I got nutella? Well, it’s not exactly nutella. It’s Nikki’s Coconut Butter Chocolate Hazelnut Brownie Coconut Butter. To die for. I’m not even kidding. I would eat this before I died. If you haven’t seen their products yet, you gotta do it. Truly fantastic flavors.
Nutella Banana Bread Cookies
- Yield: 12 1x
Ingredients
- 2 bananas, the browner the better
- 8 medjool dates, pits removed
- 4 tablespoons coconut flour
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon raw honey (optional-it’s naturally sweet already)
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 cup Nikki’s Chocolate Hazelnut Brownie Coconut Butter
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
- Place your dates in a food processor and pulse until you get a paste.
- Then add your brown bananas to mix.
- Next add your vanilla extract, eggs, honey, and coconut oil and puree.
- Pour your batter into a bowl, then add your cinnamon, coconut flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Lastly, fold in your Nikki’s Chocolate Hazelnut Brownie Coconut Butter.
- Use a large spoon or ice cream scoop to scoop out a large ball of batter and place on a parchment paper line baking sheet.
- My batter made 12 cookies
- Baking for 22-25 minutes.
- Let cool.
- Eat em and love em.
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OH MY GOSH. I am no longer allowed to read your blog at work. I just sat here crying from laughing so hard at the ‘go f*&! yourself’ line. If I tried explaining this to anyone they would make some paleo comment. Oh man……good stuff.
And yes, Old Navy loves the ladies with a bootie. I refuse to get jeans from any other store because if the jeans fit in the waist, they don’t fit in the the thighs, or the other way around. Sorry I am a beef cake you jean designers!
Made these tonight and they turned out amazing. I used chunky almond butter instead of the coconut butter since i’m impatient and poor, and just added a bit of extra vanilla, unsweetened coconut flakes, and dark chocolate chunks to make up for it. I’m sure they’d be way better with the proper ingredients, but the girlfriend and i still devoured almost all of them.
Been non-stop cooking ever since finding your blog, it’s amazing, thanks so much!
I was wondering if you could use another nut butter to replace the coconut butter, because like you I am impatient and poor! Good to know, I’ll have to try these today!
Yeah I’m sure almond butter would probably work…
You crack me up. How I did not regularly read your blog before I do not know. (Yes, I do know — I mostly only troll for recipes and avoid content because most paleo recipe bloggers aren’t that interesting).
Cellulite and love-longing are hard to write about without sounding like a sap. But I just want to high-five you after every sentence.
Way to be 🙂
These look great! Super excited to try them….
I am here to tell you these cookies are yummmmmy! There are perfectly sweet without the honey and really cake-like and spongey (yum!) right out of the oven. I’m pretty sure I am going to skip dinner just so I can justify having all 12 of them 🙂
I love banana bread and I bet paired with Nutella it is incredible!
LOVE this recipe, LOVE your blog, LOVE Ms. Juli! 🙂
Ok, correct me if I am wrong….which I may be. On a Paleo diet aren’t you suppose to avoid salt? I am new to Paleo and love checking out your blog everyday. I was looking for a treat to make that would be healthy and these cookies caught my eye. I see that you talk about Nikkis Coconut butter A LOT so I thought I better go online and order this…sounds good! However I see that they all have salt in them…and so do most of your treats recieps. Now, I have been avoiding 100% of salt added to foods because I assumed I wasn’t suppose to have it….am I wrong?……either way looking forward to trying this out and thanks for keeping your blog up to date! Love it.
Hey Kolby,
Salt is not a problem with the Paleo Diet. It’s filled with certain minerals that your body needs, especially if you’re active. The main things you want to avoid with this diet are sugar, gluten and most dairy.
Nikki
Nikkis Coconut butter FAIL. Doesn’t ship to CANADA…Really? wow
Can you use Nutella? Its much more accessible, or is there anything comparible at Whole Foods or Trader Joe’s?
nutella isn’t considered paleo and doesn’t have the same ingredients as Nikki’s coconut butter, but im sure it would still be awesome!