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Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies!

2/2/2015

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PictureC is for COOKIES!!!
"Dude, these are like - literally - the best cookies I've ever had", said my sister, scarfing. She wasn't lying (though she may have been exaggerating just a tad): these cookies are dank diggity. Our household was feeling the need for some heart-warming, belly-filling treats on this snowy Imbolc, and these turned out to be exactly what we needed. It snowed another 6 inches today, it didn't get above 5 degrees F, and the duckies just stayed in their coop and shivered all day. It was time for cookies. No joke. 

As usual, I mashed up a few internet recipes together (mostly based on this recipe from Primal Palate) to fit the ingredients that I had in the pantry, and it turned out perfect. Definitely the best grain-free/gluten-free/paleo/refined-sugar-free/dairy-free cookies I've ever had. Next to a regular glutenous, dairy-filled, sugar-laden cookie, I'd best most people wouldn't be able to tell the difference. These were moist and browned very nicely. And the dough... oh the dough. I'm a fiend when it comes to cookie dough, so I chew gum while baking so I don't pick at it. Beware: if you OD on these cookies, this is what happens to you:

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We used duck eggs in this recipe, from our little troop of duckies in our backyard. They are miraculously laying eggs in the winter, even when it's -10 degrees outside. And it's their first winter. We love our ladies, and they love us. 
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Okay, enough with the chit chat, let's get down to business:

Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies
Makes about 20 cookies (we doubled this recipe and got 38 medium-sized cookies). 

1/2 cup coconut flour
3/4 cup arrowroot flour or other light flour (I used equal parts buckwheat, tapioca, and brown rice flour, because that's what I had laying around)
1/2+ tsp sea salt
2 tsp real vanilla extract
1 tsp baking soda
2 pastured eggs (duck or chicken or whatever)
1/2 cup unrefined coconut oil, melted
1/2 cup unrefined sweetener (I used 1/4 local maple syrup and 3/4 local honey)
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 metric shit tonne of LOVE

1) Melt the coconut oil and get the honey soft and liquidy. I recommend putting it in a glass jar and immersing it in a pot of boiling water. I'm not a fan of microwaves for these things. 
2) Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. 
3) Mix the dry stuff. 
4) Mix in the wet stuff. 
5) Add in the chocolate chips. 
6) Spoon out on an ungreased cookie sheet. 
7) Bake for ~10-15 minutes. Watch them closely, as all ovens are different. I harvested them when they were golden-browned but still a little floppy and gooey on the inside. 
8) Let cool about 10 minutes. Eat with a milk-like substance. I prefer unsweetened hemp milk. My sis had them with some raw goat milk from our neighbor. 

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COOOOOOKIES!
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"But... I can haz a cookie?". Well no, but you can have bacon.
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"BACON?!"
1 Comment
Farny
5/3/2015 03:40:29 pm

Love your writing style, Cuzin'! Hugs to you from Farny

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