I love these cookies. No seriously. I absolutely love them. I got them out of my house right away. I get that question a lot if I eat all the desserts I make. The answer is, kind of. If I have nut free desserts, I freeze a lot of them for the future and give some of them away. If the dessert is made with nuts, I try them then I try to give most away because I’ll keep wanting to eat them and my stomach doesn’t do well with nuts. Don’t make a dirty joke out of that. That’s gross.
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Speaking of my book…It’s official. I have my second cookbook, The Paleo Kitchen, in my hands!! I couldn’t be more excited. They overnighted the book after it was printed so after working the morning shift at my gym, I came home to the book on my front door step. Even though I was so excited to see the book, I was even more excited to see my dog. Yep, Jackson won over the book. So after kissing him for at least 5 minutes and using my really annoying voice to show how excited I was to see him, I decided to move to the book. I couldn’t be more happy with how it came out. The photography looks gorgeous, the designer drawn elements pull the book together, and the colors fit perfectly. The book is wonderful. I absolutely cannot wait to share it with you come June 10th! If you preorder it now, it will ship right to you! And if you’re still wanting to see/know more about the book before you buy it, head over to amazon to check out a 60 page preview of the book!
Enough about the book. Let’s talk about more important things. Like Jackson. Jackson had his first play date with another Frenchie this past weekend. A girl frenchie. A girl frenchie only two weeks older than him. He pretty much fell in love right as they sniffed each other’s butts. I mean, met eyes. They played for 2 hours straight and this girl, even though probably weighing 6 pounds less than him, completely put him in his place. She would chase him, she would knock him down, and she would kiss him non stop. All he wanted to do was hump. TOTAL married couple right there. They seriously loved each other so much that it was hard to separate them. I could tell all day that Jackson was depressed after leaving her. Hopefully they get to play soon. And hopefully Jackson stops humping her face. That’s unlikely, she’s really cute.
Did you ever notice that dogs look just as ugly as humans when they yawn? I’m serious. It’s just a random fact I have for today.
OMG. I could not be more excited with this fact. Did you know that Avatar is making a second movie?? YESSSSSSSSSS. Avatar is probably my favorite movie of all time. Don’t judge me. I totally like sci-fi hot alient dudes. And ladies. I’m just into them, ok? Well, I found that a second movie is in the making. I think it’s more in the talking, they haven’t actually started filming, but I’m still over the moon with excitement. Probably as excited as I am about my book. How sad is that? I just really wanted to be one of the Avatar people after that movie. Earth was so lame.
But these cookies aren’t!!!
Soft & Chewy Double Chocolate Cookies
- Yield: 13-15 1x
Ingredients
- 1 cup thick almond butter (I used Barney Butter Smooth Almond Butter because it’s similar to thick nut butters. If you use too oily, the cookies won’t come together. You were warned.)
- 1 cup coconut sugar
- 1 egg, whisked
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- pinch of salt
- 1/4–1/2 cup Enjoy Life Mini Chocolate Chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl, mix together almond butter and coconut sugar using a large spoon. Then add egg and mix again until well combined.
- Add 1/4 cup of cocoa powder at a time. At this point, I used my hands to incorporate the cocoa powder into the dough. Add all the cocoa powder and completely combine.
- Then add baking soda, vanilla, salt and chocolate chips and combined until everything is well mixed. This was all hands for me. It’s a dirty job, but someone has to do it. (This should be a very thick dough at this point. If it’s not, you need a thicker almond butter like I said before).
- Use a cookie scoop to scoop out around 2 tablespoons of dough and make into a round ball. Place on silpat or parchment paper lined baking sheet. This dough will create 13-15 cookies that size.
- Once you’ve placed all the balled dough onto the baking sheet, use a fork to press the cookies down just slightly. No need to really flatten them out, just get them to look more cookie shape instead of ball shape. If you press them down too much, they’ll come apart when they bake so be careful.
- Place baking sheet into the oven and bake for 10 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.
- Eat up!
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Just checking out your site. Recipes sound delish! I have 2 carb additcted kids that I am sneakily going to try to move to more paleo eating. They need treats. One kid is allergic to nuts. Do you know of a workable (and still yummy) alternative to using almond butter and almond flour (or meal)?
you could use sunflower seed butter for this recipe
These cookies have been a huge hit in my home, so delicious. I use hazelnut almond butter and they are a little reminiscint of Nutella cookies I used to make pre-Paleo. Thanks for posting this great recipe!
Seriously yum! I made them as a get well gift and she was so happy!!
Fantastic cookies! Made them twice this weekend. Family loved them. Simple and delicious!
These cookies are easy to make and absolutely amazing. I bring them to my gym and they are gone within seconds! Can’t wait to purchase the new cookbook!!
Is there a way to make these without the coconut sugar? Anyone tried it without? I’d assume you could sweeten with a super ripe banana or apple sauce, but I’m worried about the consistency of the batter as well as the overall texture once it’s baked. Starting to cook WLC style…
These cookies were absolutely FANTASTIC!! A new favorite for sure! Thanks for sharing recipes with us, we love your blog!
I just made these and they are amazing!!! I substituted unsweetened bakers chocolate for the choc. chips mentioned and they were perfect. Hopefully still paleo-ish. Seriously, amazing!
I just made these last night and they came out PERFECT. WOW. They might just be too dangerous to have around the house!
Your instructions are absolutely spot on. I followed them closely and the cookies came out picture perfect.
Girllllll, these cookies are AMAZE-BALLS! I’m a chocolate fanatic and the most I could eat was 2. Your recipe was dead-on and a lifesaver because I was near having aa “OMG-I-can’t-have- chocolate-anymore??!!!” panic attack.