A healthy cookie…it’s possible! These bad boys are gluten free, dairy free, nut free, refined sugar free, and candida friendly! Plus, they satisfy a serious chocolate craving and sweet tooth, without the bad ending for your gut ecology. Lets get right to this mocha chocolate chunk cookie recipe.
Purpose
The purpose of this cookie recipe is to create something that avoids all the health pitfalls of the traditional cookie (hard to digest wheat flours, processed sugar, non-organic butters, and aluminum filled baking powders), yet is still something you can expect the children to chow down on like cookie monster.
This recipe accomplishes both in spades.
Equipment Required
- Food processor
Ingredients
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup coconut sugar
- 4 tbsp raw cacao powder
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract (non-alcohol based)
- 1/2 cup coconut oil or raw butter
- 1/2 tsp himalayan sea salt
- 1 cup buckwheat flour (preferably sprouted)
- 1/2 tbsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp aluminum free baking soda
- 2 tbsp of dandy blend
- Optional: 1/2 cup cacao nibs, 1/4 cup hemp seeds, 1/4 cup goji berries, 1/2 tsp mint extract
Directions
- Preheat oven to 375F
- In a food processor, process egg and sweetener until fluffy.
- Add softened butter and vanilla extract and process until completely combined.
- Add dry ingredients and process until combined.
- Add in desired optional ingredients.
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and use a tablespoon to drop rounds of dough onto paper, leaving 2 inches between each cookie.
- Bake for 8 minutes or until lightly golden brown.
- Remove from oven and with spatula remove from cookie sheet and place on cooling rack or piece of foil.
- Cookies will harden as they cool.
Consumption
- Try not to eat them for breakfast, and eat them on their own as a snack.
Derek A. Henry
Derek A. Henry, Founder of Healing the Body and the THRIVE Academy, used nutrition, supplementation, and a holistic lifestyle to naturally unravel 13 chronic disease conditions that conventional or alternative medical professionals couldn't help him resolve. As a result of this one-in-a-million health transformation and the knowledge acquired in the process, he is now happier and healthier than he has ever been and now educates, coaches, and inspires thousands of others to transform their health through a natural and holistic approach. Since 2014, he has helped his THRIVE Academy participants heal over 20 different chronic disease conditions, primarily related to digestive and autoimmune concerns.
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