Overflow~Food For The Journey

*Recipe of the Week*

Healthy Dairy and Gluten Free Almond Flour Cookies

We must nourish our body as well as our soul. Let us steward well the temple God has given us! 

Ingredients

2 cups of Almond Flour

1/4 cup Maple Syrup or Honey

1/4 cup Coconut oil (melted and cooled)

1/2 tsp Baking Powder

1/3 cup dairy free dark chocolate chips.

1/4 tsp Salt

1tsp Vanilla Extract

Directions 

• Preheat the oven to 350 °F (180 °C). Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and lightly oil the paper with coconut oil. Set aside.
  
• In a large mixing bowl, add all the ingredients except the chocolate chips: almond flour, baking powder, maple syrup, melted coconut oil, vanilla extract, and salt.
  
• Stir with a wooden spoon or the paddle attachment of a stand mixer, until the cookie dough forms.
  
• Fold in the chocolate chips and stir to incorporate.
  
• Divide the dough into 12 small balls, lightly oil your hands to handle the dough as it's a bit sticky.
  
• Place each dough ball onto the prepared baking sheet, leaving a thumb of space between each cookie. Lightly press the top of each one with the palm of your hand. They will not spread a lot, the shape you create now is what you get at the end.
  
• Bake the cookies on the center rack of the oven for 14-16 minutes at 350 °F (180 °C) until golden brown on the edges.
  
• Let them cool them down for 10 minutes on the cookie sheet, then slide a spatula under each cookie and cool down on a wire rack for 1 hour.

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