Dark Chocolate & Walnut Coconut Flour Cookies

I’ve discovered that the combo of coconut flour and almond flour makes the perfect gluten free cookie - chewy and crispy at the same time. Dark chocolate and walnut is just the ultimate addition. I had a lunch with a colleague on Friday and when we were sitting together at our client site later that day I thought she was munching on leftovers from our date - which seemed super odd because she had ordered a smoke trout toast - but it turns out she had purchased a dark chocolate and walnut cookie and was willing to split half with me! When I was invited to a dinner party on Saturday night, I was tasked with the dessert and I decided to recreate those cookies, but much more lightened up. I don’t think I even told the fellow dinner party attendees that these also only sweetened with dark chocolate chips and maple syrup. At the dinner party, we ate shrimp and grits, so a light-ish dessert was appreciated all around. For my first project in consulting right out of college, I traveled to New Orleans for a year. By the time my tenure on the project ended, I could barely handle any more traditional New Orleans cuisine. I was so tired of “blackened red fish” and jambalaya that I honestly don’t think I was ready to eat anything with those flavors until well…this weekend! Coconut flour can be a tricky beast because it’s super absorbent - that took me several tries and stop by at my good friend Google to spell. But the combo of coconut and almond flours somehow makes the perfect chewy yet crispy cookie. Try it - I promise you’ll be surprised! I started out this blog sharing 3 recipes a week and now I’m down to one or two a month, but I promise that all the recipes I’m taking the time to photograph and test are either things I eat all of the time or things that are really stellar! Thanks for sticking around.

Dark Chocolate & Walnut Coconut Flour Cookies

 

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Prep time

5 mins

Cook time

15 mins

Total time

20 mins

 

These gluten free cookies are made with almond and coconut flours, and are studded with dark chocolate and walnuts. Based off a Cookie and Kate recipe!

Author: Dani California Cooks

Ingredients

• ¾ cup almond flour
• ¼ cup coconut flour
• 1 egg
• ¼ cup melted butter or coconut oil
• Dash of salt and cinnamon
• ¼ tsp almond extract (optional, but makes them so decadent tasting!)
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ½ cup maple syrup
• ½ cup dark chocolate chips
• ½ cup chopped walnuts

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
2. Mix dry ingredients together, and then whisk in the egg, maple syrup, and butter
3. Fold in the dark chocolate chips and walnuts
4. Scoop out onto a baking sheet, greased or lined with parchment paper
5. Bake for 15 minutes
6. Remove and let cool. Store in the fridge

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