Would you like a cookie?
Or would you prefer a brownie?
These double chocolate chip cookies are a must-try for chocolate lovers!
By the way:
No one should ever make you choose between brownies or cookies.
That is just cruel.
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Chocolate Cookies
- 1/2 cup spelt flour (or ww pastry or white flour. You can use Arrowhead Mills’ gf mix if you add a little extra liquid so the dough is less crumbly.) (70g)
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder (20g)
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt (just under level)
- 1/4 plus 1/8 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 cup xylitol or sugar (45g)
- 1 NuNaturals stevia packet, or 1 tbsp extra sugar
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 5Â tbsp vegetable or coconut oil (50g)
- If needed: 1-2 tbsp milk of choice or more oil
- 1/3 to 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips (50-65g) (Technically, you can omit… but the recipe is so much better if you don’t! Mini chips are ideal; if you must use regular-sized, I recommend chopping them up to be smaller so you get chocolate in every bite.)
- optional: a few drops of pure almond extract, for a fun flavor variation
In a mixing bowl, combine all dry ingredients and stir very well. In a separate bowl, mix all liquid ingredients. Now pour wet into dry, stir to combine fully, transfer the dough to a big plastic bag, and smush into one big ball while still inside the bag. Remove from bag and make mini balls, place on a greased cookie sheet, then fridge at least 30 minutes, or freeze 15 minutes. (If you want crispy healthy cookies, you can skip this step and bake immediately.) Preheat oven to 325 F, then bake 10 minutes. They will look underdone when they come out, but that is ok. Just be sure to let them cool at least another 10 minutes before trying to pick the cookies up. (If you want flatter cookies than the ones in the photos, you can flatten them before or after they go in the oven.) Makes 14-17 cookies. For soft cookies, store in a lidded plastic container; for crispy cookies, store in a glass container.
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What is your favorite holiday cookie?
Mine is probably chocolate-chip. I’m boring! But I also used to really like these mini pecan tarts my grandmother made, with a buttery cream-cheese crust. At some point I want to create a healthy and vegan cookie from that recipe. Also: thanks for all the unusual cookie suggestions the other day. I’m still trying to decide which idea to play around with first. The cream puff suggestion seems to be winning at the moment, even though it’s not a cookie!
Link of the Day:
….No-Bake Peanut Butter Cookies
One of my favorite cookie recipes ever… Happy National Cookie Day!!
Yum! Who says you have to pick between cream puffs and cookies either? Just do something similar to your cinnamon cream cheese recipe, only cream puff flavored.
These look and sound awesome! I love that your recipe calls for spelt flour….I’ve had really good results cooking with it. I may try a peppermint version of these. My favortie Christmas cookie would have to be this one..can’t get enough of it!
http://www.hungryhealthygirl.com/2012/12/03/santas-favorite-cookies/
Wow these cookies look AMAZING! I wish there was a picture for one that’s been bitten into though, I love those pics and they give me a good idea of how the texture of the cookie is… these look kind of crumbly, how do they behave when you bite into one? Does it fall apart?
No, not at all. Just be sure to let them rest at least 10 minutes after removing from the oven.
You really expect me to pick a favorite kind of cookie?
That’s like picking a favorite child.
Vegan cream puffs sound AMAZING, by the way
Holy crap, Katie! I’m sitting here with the bowl of batter eating it with a spoon… I don’t know if I’ll even get to baking these. It’s SO GOOD!
I want these right now. Especially because it’s national cookie day!
These look so good! Since you are using 5 T coconut oil in them, do they have a slight coconut flavor? I have been wanting to start using coconut oil in baking, but have been afraid because of the strong taste.
I can comment on this. I have been surprised before when people have tasted the coconut oil in my cooking (I can’t). What I noticed is that these are people that probably don’t love coconut oil, or is different enough from olive oil that they can simply tell.
I just halved this recipe easily. Give it a try. Even if you detect coconut oil (which I can’t) strong is not the word I would use. It is good stuff.
I know what you mean! I’m not a huge coconut fan either. I’d say go half coconut oil, half vegetable oil to start with. That won’t leave a strong taste.
I love that you don’t write so much. All these other food blogs just yap and yap, paragraph after paragraph. You’re funny and get straight to the recipe. These other food bloggers would gain me as a fan but they just bore me with their incessant talking!
Anyway, These look awesome! Bookmarked for this Christmas.
Lol, I agree. I think it’s kinda nice that they are willing to share so much with their fans, but I usually just scroll down to the recipe. When this site has posts that are more personal I do read though, it’s actually one of two blogs I will read completely, The rest that I see I don’t regularly visit though, if I did I would probably read them more.
Katie
Wish you had a print button for all your receipes. It would be so much nicer.
My favourite holiday cookie without a doubt is shortbread! My mums shortbread is the best!
When I was younger (and not yet vegan) my mom and I would do holiday baking sprees, making all these fancy cookies like peanut butter cookies with mini Reeses cups in them, peppermint swirl cookies with Hershey’s kisses on top, walnut-thumbprint cookies with raspberry jam filling, and these really good sweet cherry bars! Personally, for the holidays, I love anything involving peppermint and chocolate… Last year I made these peppermint sugar cookies with a chocolate-peppermint frosting, and they are a definite repeat for this year!!
You are making me want to try peppermint extract on this recipe! You are right, with chocolate that is a great mix.