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flair Espresso Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies

Flair Espresso Cookies!

It’s COOKIE time!!

For those of you new to Luv Cooks, there are three foods I will almost always choose. Peanut butter, coffee and COOKIES. This week’s recipe combines two of my faves in a Paleo chocolate chip cookie full of caffeinated goodness! Welcome to the flair espresso paleo chocolate chip cookie!

 

flair Espresso Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies (HUGE shoutout to Fooduzzi for her inspiration for this recipe!)

What You Will Need: 

  • 1.5 cups almond flour
  • 3 tablespoons coconut flour
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup melted coconut oil
  • 1 shot flair espresso (or about 35 grams strong coffee) made in a flair espresso maker
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup
  • 2.5 ounces chopped Paleo chocolate or dairy-free chocolate of your choice

What You Will Do:

  1. Whisk flours, baking soda and salt together until evenly combined.
  2. Whisk coconut oil, fresh shot espresso (or strong coffee) and maple syrup until somewhat combined (the oil will separate a bit).
  3. Pour wet ingredients into dry, stirring with a rubber spatula until combined.
  4. Add chocolate to wet dough and stir until combined.
  5. Roll dough, a generous tablespoon at a time, out into small balls.
  6. Place on a parchment-lined baking sheet; use hands to lightly flatten each dough ball.
  7. Preheat oven to 350.
  8. Put dough into freezer to set for 15 minutes. Remove from freezer to oven to bake for 12 minutes.
  9. Move to rack to cool for about 5 minutes, and enjoy!

 

 

Taste Testing Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies!

Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies from Callie Blount on Vimeo.

PALEO!!!!!!!!!!

For some reason I felt I needed to shout that OUT. In my mind, I also equate “Paleo” with the Geico Caveman at the Country Club.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27Q5RE0q9Lo

 

Not sure where that correlation began, but Paleo eating (in my mind) equals Cross Fit equals foraging for grass-fed meat in my neighbor’s yard (they built a Cross Fit gym in their tool shed).

WOW have I been wrong!! But let’s be real- nutrition has never been my strong suit.

However, I also realize that lots of the people I love, and love to cook for, are eating like cave people these days. No bread, no cheese, no cheese puffs, no Pumpkin Spice Oreos. Alas, they are all eating how we are probably supposed to eat- like our ancestors did- but our ancestors also did not have access to Tootsie Rolls or The Best Nachos in the World List. I rest my case.

Anyway, because I want to ALWAYS make my table about bringing people in, making them feel comfortable and always welcoming anything food-wise that makes them happy, I decided to pursue this paleo business and learn more about it. I found Against all Grain (listed below). I bought it. The rest, as they say, is in the books.

I adore Danielle Walker, a Paleo recipe pioneer, for many reasons. One- she took her health seriously enough to make changes in her life that blessed her body. Two, her recipes are legit, and three- actually taste good. Four- ok one more- her Thai peanut dressing is life-changing and you must buy her cookbook if not for that recipe and the cookie recipe ALONE.

But the cookies. Ohhh, the cookies.

This cookie was the recipe that shook my knowledge of “health food” to the core. These Paleo chocolate chip cookies made with almond flour, coconut flour, vegan palm shortening, and dark chocolate chips. They were SO good, in fact, that I was actively comparing them to my alted brown butter chocolate chip cookies (which I dig SO hard.) Y’all, fresh out of the oven and warm- well, you’ll have to see my response on Facebook or Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookie Taste Test!.

So, check out This week’s Luv Cooks video for paleo chocolate chip cookies, make them, and everrrybody get your cave man on.

Here’s Danielle’s link to the recipe too!

Luv y’all and happy foraging!