Chocolate Decadence Cookies

This scrumptious Chocolate Decadence Cookies recipe is my gift to you, dear readers! I’ve been making these healthy cookies for family and friends for a couple of years now and everyone loves them. A base of rich dark chocolate, studded with pecans and MORE dark chocolate, they remind me of my Chocolate Pecan Pie in a cookie.

Every time I make this easy cookie recipe I think of my mother-in-law. Why? First, like me she has celiac disease. Second, she loves dark chocolate. Third, she likes cookies with tons of nuts in them, and these have a lot!

The batter for this recipe is very runny. It’s more like brownie batter than cookie dough, but don’t alter the recipe, follow it, and the cookies will bake up into chocolate perfection.

Chocolate Decadence Cookies

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Servings 40 cookies

Ingredients

• 6 ounces chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons palm shortening or salted butter
• 2 large eggs
• ¼ cup maple syrup
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• ½ cup blanched almond flour (not almond meal)
• ¼ teaspoon celtic sea salt
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda
• 6 ounces chocolate chips
• 1½ cups pecans, coarsely chopped

Instructions

• In a medium pot, melt 6 ounces chocolate chips and shortening over very low heat
• Remove pan from heat
• Using a hand blender, mix in eggs, maple syrup, and vanilla
• Blend in almond flour, salt, and baking soda
• Stir in additional 6 ounces chocolate chips and pecans
• Scoop batter 1 tablespoon at a time onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet
• Flatten dough with the palm of wet hands
• Bake at 350°F for 10-12 minutes
• Cool for 1 hour
• Serve
• Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator

Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 20 mins

Total Time 30 mins

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Chocolate Decadence Cookies are fantastic all year round, and make especially fabulous Christmas cookies! Since these healthy cookies are made primarily of luscious dark chocolate they’re also perfect Valentine’s cookies.

My Chocolate Decadence Cookie recipe is based on one by Alice Medrich. That one had loads of gluten and white sugar in it. While it was fabulous inspiration in terms of an idea, there was much work to be done in “Elana-fy-ing” it. So this recipe was entirely different when I was done with it. Still, I think it’s nice to give credit to an author even when a recipe is merely referenced, don’t you?!

Cookies are my favorite thing to make because they’re easy. Because my grain-free cookie recipes are extra simple, I can make the batter made in less time than it takes the oven to pre-heat. While the cookies are baking, I clean up. The entire process takes around 10 minutes. Writing quick and easy recipes is now second nature. I’ve been doing it since 1998 when I was diagnosed with celiac disease.

Lately, though I’ve been focusing on creating healthy meals. If you are too, you’ll want to take a look at my easy Paleo Meals recipe page. And since the boys are getting bigger than big (look at this year’s Hannukah photo!), I’m focusing on making as many healthy snack recipes as I can! Though to be honest their favorite category of food may be my cake recipes, with my Paleo Birthday Cake  and Cinnamon Coffee Cake topping that list!

I’m delighted that the boys bring so many of their friends home and that all of the guys are so great about taste testing for me. What an incredible tribe they have built, and I feel beyond lucky to be a part of it. So much to be grateful for this year!

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