How to make healthier choc chip cookies

Want a healthier biscuit to dunk in your tea? 🙋‍♀️ 🙋 

Hello perfectly gooey but crunchy cookies! This delicious homemade biscuit recipe is dairy free and refined sugar free.

Benefits of these homemade cookies over shop bought biscuits?

The mood-altering properties of raw cacao are well recognised (thank you polyphenols, serotonin, phenylethylalanine and theobromine) and 85% dark chocolate improves mood in association with gut bacterial changes, yippee! 

Coconut sugar has a much lower impact on blood sugar than castor sugar which means it won't mess with your energy or drive you bonkers with cravings. It also adds a caramelly flavour which is simply devine. 👌I've written more about how sugar impacts mood and anxiety here. And if you'd like to know which sugar is best for gut health check out my earlier blog post here.  

These biscuits will satisfy your sweet craving without ingesting tons of hydrogenized fats (the worst kind of fat) and refined sugar which is what you get in shop bought biscuits. 

What you'll need:
100g plain flour
85g coconut sugar 
1 tsp. baking powder
25g coconut oil, melted
35g oat milk (I find barista milk works best)
20g raw cacao nibs
4 squares Lindt 85% dark chocolate, broken into pieces 
2 pinches of coarse sea salt 

​Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 190 degrees Celsius (fan)
2. Melt the coconut oil gently so it doesn't burn. 
3. In a mixing bowl, sieve the flour, coconut sugar, baking powder and salt and mix with a fork to combine. 
4. Pour in the oat milk and melted coconut oil. Stir with a fork to bring the mixture together then switch to using your hands to bring the dough together.
5. Now add the cacao nibs and broken pieces of chocolate and use your hands to bring the mixture together into a large lump. 
6. Break the dough into six balls and place on a lined baking tray. Use a fork to flatten the balls down into cookie shapes. (Using a fork also gives them a nice textured finish). Space them evenly on the tray as they will expand in the oven. 
7. Bake for 10 minutes. 
8. Remove from the oven and allow to sit for 10 minutes during which time they will harden perfectly. 
9. Eat immediately or store in an airtight container. They keep well for 2 days. 

Recipe inspired by a Deliciously Ella recipe.

Where can you buy these ingredients?

You'll find all these ingredients at Planet Organic who deliver all over the UK and Ireland. You are welcome to use MARY15 for 15% off any orders and this discount can be used multiple times. Just a little extra gift from moi to you 😘Enjoy, Mary xx