22 January, 2014
coconut almond cookies with a hint of chocolate (gluten free)
Ever had the experience of breaking open a fresh coconut, only to find it rotten? It happens to me every once in a while. Thankfully, there is frozen coconut which works just as well, not in all recipes, but at least some.
Here’s one, a very simple recipe to make delicious, soft cookies.
Preparation time: 15 minutes to prep dough, 16 minutes to bake. Makes 20-24 cookoies
Ingredients:
shredded coconut- 1 cup
almond flour/meal- 1 cup
Ragi (finger millet) flour- 1/2 cup
cocoa powder- 2 tbsp.
dark brown sugar- 4 tbsp.
melted butter- 1/2 cup
Method:
1. Preheat oven to 350 °F.
2. Mix all ingredients together in a bowl.
3. Shape into small balls with hand and flatten onto a parchment-lined baking sheet.
4. Bake for 16 minutes and cool on a wire rack.
5. Store in an air-tight container.
Simple as that!
8 thoughts on : coconut almond cookies with a hint of chocolate (gluten free)
If I used olive oil or coconut oil instead of butter, and sugarfree powder instead of brown sugar do you think this would still work? Looks lovely and I’m tempted! 🙂
Thanks for visiting and the comment, Priya!
I have used coconut oil instead of butter in many cookie recipes and they work well. But I suggest using an oil that doesn’t have an overpowering smell. You may have to use a lesser quantity of coconut oil than the suggested butter amount to account for water content of butter.
I’m not sure about the contents of powder-free sugar. Does it have aspartame? I would recommend using powdered raw sugar because brown sugar contains molasses. Raw sugar also would contain molasses. Maybe jaggery would be a good choice too.
Let me know how it turns out!
Love coconut and happy to see these are gluten free!
thanks, Victoria!
🙂
What’s FINGER millet? We do millet. And thx for the follow. =)
finger millet is a type of millet very popular in India, known for its iron content and cooling property.
Yes, I’m familiar with the properties of millet. =) Huh. Haven’t come across that type in the U.S. Thanks. =)