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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These look incredible! The recipe sort of reminds me of peanut butter cookies.
Btw, congrats on the book. Looking forward to making those pancakes!
same!! that’s what i based them off of! if people eat peanut butter, they would be awesome made that way!
I did 2/3 almond butter to 1/3 PB (after running out of almond butter because I had made 2 batches in a week!) And they were awesome. I love chocolate and peanut butter together. These cookies are fabulous either way!
Does anyone know about how many calories per cookie ?? they are delicious but i am trying to count calories and want to know how many are in each cookie
Count up the total in the entire batch, then divide that number by the number of cookies you split it into.
Hi Juli! I love your site and check it every day! Can you tell me if unsweetened cocoa powder is the same as using Cacao powder? I never know if I can sub the two!
Thanks!
That would work!
I want to make these tonight, do you think stevia/truvia would be ok in place of the coconut sugar?
Thanks for the recipe and congrats on the book!
if it’s a granulated sugar
Hi Juli,
New to the site and I was wondering if you know of any Almond Butter Brands in Canada that are good to use for baking? Barney Butter isn’t available in Canada and not sure what a comparable brand would be. Thanks John!
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Hey John, I’m in SK and I can get Maranatha Almond Butter at Costco, it worked great for these cookies!
i used creamy Maranatha almond butter and i ended up with cookie crumble:(
what did you use almond butter for in the recipe? it doesn’t call for that so that makes sense that the recipe would not come out correctly
I’m from Canada and I use Maranatha from Costco as well. You can also find a giant bag of coconut sugar there. Costco has (almost) everything!
The cookies are in the oven right now…they smell soooo good and it was such an easy recipe to whip up.
Holy Moly! These cookies are fantastic!!! They were easy to make, although mine look a lot bigger than yours., but that’s fine;) I’m only eating one b/c I just ate a double chocolate espresso muffin. Thanks for the great recipes!
Amazing 🙂 Just made these with my daughter and they turned out great!!! So tasty 🙂
Also I didn’t have any thick almond butter on hand, so I used a cup of almond flour (Honeyville) and an extra egg…
Those cookies look amazing!! Where do you get your headbands? They are super cute! Can’t wait to get my hands on a copy of the cookbook! Haven’t pre-ordered yet out of sheer laziness but totally planning on it!
lululemon!
Oh come on! Cookies and Frenchie puppies in one post? Too much cute deliciousness!
Hi Juli!
So I desperately want to make these cookies, and I am looking everywhere for the Barney Butter, but I can’t find a proprietor that carries it. Any suggestions on another brand? Or did I read in earlier posts that peanut butter would work as well? (Though I would prefer the almond butter)
Thanks! Love your stuff, I make at least two of your recipes a week! Can’t wait for the new cookbook either!!
Hi–I used “Justin’s” almond butter and the cookies came out great. I found it at Fresh Market.