Tony and I are at the moment snuggled in on the sofa, rewatching the present Vikings on Hulu and feeding our little boy Sidney. He’s now Three weeks outdated — are you able to imagine it?

Ultimately I’ll share his beginning story on the weblog, however for apparent causes my time has been VERY restricted, so these sweetheart almond flour chocolate sugar cookies must do for now. Sure, they’re an older AK recipe, however one that’s excellent for Valentine’s day, Galentine’s day or simply baking with the kiddos.

These chocolate sugar cookies are a tackle my almond flour sugar cookies, that are most undoubtedly in my prime 5 favourite cookies of all time. Critically, UNREAL. When you haven’t made them but, put together for a life changer.

This time I’m displaying you make a chocolate model as a result of what’s Valentine’s day and not using a little chocolate?

Elements in chocolate sugar cookies

Excellent news! These gluten free chocolate sugar cookies can both be rolled into balls and baked or made into cute sugar cookie cutouts, frosted and adorned. Excellent for making with youngsters, bringing to events or birthdays, or simply having fun with them at house. Or in fact, Valentine’s Day. In fact, they’re a lot better for you than conventional sugar cookies thanks to a couple easy ingredient swaps:

• Almond flour and coconut flour: each flours are gluten free, grain free, decrease in carbohydrates and better in fiber in comparison with common flour. Plus these two flours even have a pleasant sweetness to them, that means we don’t have to make use of as a lot sweetener. I like to recommend utilizing advantageous blanched almond flour in baking as a result of it bakes up completely and has a texture just like common flour.
• Unsweetened cocoa powder: you need to use any good high quality unsweetened cocoa powder. I personally love Ghirardelli 100% unsweetened cocoa powder.
• Coconut oil: I selected to make use of coconut oil on this recipe for yummy taste, nonetheless, you’re greater than welcome to make use of melted butter or melted vegan butter.
• Egg: ensure your egg is at room temperature once you make this recipe. I like to do that by operating them underneath heat water for 1 minute.
• Sugar + honey: As a result of these are sugar cookies, I wished to make use of actual deal sugar. The complete recipe solely requires a small quantity of natural cane sugar, however you too can be at liberty to sub coconut sugar, though the cookies could come out softer. I additionally use honey within the recipe to maintain a pleasant tender texture to the cookies plus add extra sweetness. Don’t skip it!
• Vanilla extract: each good sugar cookie ought to name for almond extract. It simply provides an irresistible candy cookie taste. We’re additionally utilizing vanilla extract for a stunning trace of pure vanilla.

The frosting is optionally available, however really useful! It’s a easy chocolate frosting that’s silky clean and scrumptious. I’ve additionally supplied choices on make it dairy free within the recipe beneath, if desired.

Suggestions for making gluten free chocolate sugar cookies

1. Don’t use substitutes. Almond flour shouldn’t be changed with another flour, nor must you try to exchange the coconut flour. The cookies actually are excellent as is, promise.
2. Pack your almond flour. I wish to pack my almond flour identical to I might with brown sugar. It makes all of the distinction! No have to pack the coconut flour although.
3. This recipe is grain free, gluten free and simply dairy free. To make utterly dairy free, simply use vegan butter as a substitute of standard butter within the frosting.
4. Chill the dough for at the least 1 hour (however ideally 2 hours or extra) within the fridge. It makes the dough MUCH simpler to work with, plus it helps the cookies to carry their form.
5. Roll the dough between sheets of parchment paper. This prevents the dough from sticking to your floor since parchment paper is nonstick.
6. Be sure your rolling pin is nicely floured with coconut flour. In any other case the dough is prone to stick with the rolling pin.
7. Roll dough in order that’s it’s 1/4th inch thick. Sure, we would like a thicker dough in order that the cookies are simpler to chop out. Plus, the thicker dough actually permits the cookies to maintain their tender center texture, but nonetheless have crispy edges.

See make the chocolate sugar cookies:

Hope you’re keen on these almond flour chocolate sugar cookies as a lot as we do. We’d additionally love so that you can go away a remark + price the recipe beneath. We vastly admire your suggestions! xo.

Almond Flour Chocolate Sugar Cookies with Velvet Chocolate Frosting

Prep Time 1 hour 10 minutes

Complete Time 1 hour 18 minutes

Scrumptious almond flour chocolate sugar cookies which might be each grain free & gluten free. This simple one bowl cookie recipe will be made into minimize out shapes or rolled into dough balls! Prime with a silky velvet chocolate frosting if you would like.

• 1/3
  cup
  melted and cooled coconut oil
• 1/4
  cup
  natural sugar (common sugar or coconut sugar may even work)
• 2
  tablespoons
  honey
• 1
  egg, at room temperature
• 2
  teaspoons
  vanilla extract
• 1 half
  cups
  packed advantageous almond flour (don’t use almond meal)
• 2-3
  tablespoons
  coconut flour (begin with 2)
• 1/4
  cup
  unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/4
  teaspoon
  baking soda
• 1/4
  teaspoon
  salt
• Chocolate Buttercream (optionally available):
• 4
  tablespoons
  butter, softened (or use vegan buttery stick)
• 2
  tablespoons
  unsweetened cocoa powder
• 3/4
  cup
  natural powdered sugar
• 2
  teaspoons
  vanilla extract
• splash of almond milk to clean/skinny out frosting

1. In a big bowl add within the coconut oil, sugar, honey, egg and vanilla extract; whisk till nicely mixed and clean.

2. Subsequent add in almond flour, 2 tablespoons coconut flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. Combine with a wood spoon (not a whisk) till dough comes collectively. Enable dough to take a seat for five minutes. If dough is WAY too tender to kind right into a disc after 5 minutes, add in one other tablespoon of coconut flour and blend once more.

3. Type dough right into a disc and wrap in plastic; chill dough within the fridge for at the least 1 hour (ideally 2) or 30-45 minutes within the freezer. Additionally optionally available to sit back in a single day if you wish to save time.

4. As soon as able to bake: preheat oven to 350 levels F. Line a big baking sheet with parchment paper.

5. Place dough massive sheet of parchment paper that’s been dusted with quantity of coconut flour. Add one other massive sheet of parchment paper on prime of the dough ball after which start to roll out into a big rectangle till the dough is about 1/4th inch thick. The dough is tender, so it’s worthwhile to work rapidly in order that it doesn’t heat up an excessive amount of! That is additionally the most effective methodology to forestall the dough from sticking to the rolling pin. Use your favourite cookie cutters to chop the dough into shapes, then use a spatula that will help you switch the cookies to the ready baking sheet.

   When you do not need to make cutouts, there isn’t any have to refrigerate the dough. Merely roll cookies into dough sized balls, then place on a baking sheet, flatten the cookies with a glass, or your hand, then bake at directed.

6. Place cutouts on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper and bake for 8-10 minutes. Take away from oven, switch to a wire rack and permit cookies to chill utterly earlier than frosting. Makes about 15 cookies.

7. For the frosting: Beat butter, powdered sugar, cocoa powder and vanilla on medium excessive till clean and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Frost every cookie then beautify nonetheless your coronary heart needs.

Tip: Maintain the dough scraps and make small cookies if you would like.

Diet for 1 cookie with out frosting: 143 energy | 11.4g fats | 9.7g carb | 2.2g fiber | 6.1g sugar | 3.3g protein

To make these dairy free: Use vegan butter as a substitute of standard butter.

Melted and cooled butter will work instead of the coconut oil.

Diet

Servings: 15 cookies

Serving dimension: 1 cookie

Energy: 197kcal

Fats: 14.6g

Saturated fats: 5.3g

Carbohydrates: 16.1g

Fiber: 2.5g

Sugar: 11.9g

Protein: 3.4g

Recipe by: Monique Volz // Images by: Sarah Fennel

Recipe initially printed on February 6, 2017 and republished on February 3, 2020