minty cacao swirl superfood cookies
we almost called them "closet cookies" because you'll want to eat them hiding in a closet where you know you won't have to share! bonus: they are gluten/refined sugar free + a vegan option
minty cacao swirl superfood cookies
{spirulina + mint | reishi + cacao} with vegan chocolate chips
recipe by: The Gut Lab
prep time: 15 minutes | cook time: 9-10 minutes | yield: 15-20 cookies
ingredients: (we encourage you to use organic ingredients when possible!)
base:
1 large pasture raised/organic egg (or 1 flax egg)
5 Tbsp coconut/cane sugar
3 tsps pure organic vanilla extract
1/2 cup melted grass fed butter/ghee (or coconut oil)
1 1/2 cups gf oat flour
1/2 cup almond flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp himalayan salt
3/4-1 cup mini vegan/refined sugar free dark choc chips (or crushed dark chocolate chunks)
for spirulina cookies:
4-5 Tbsp spirulina + tocos by The Gut Lab*
2 tsps or more (to taste) pure organic peppermint extract
for reishi + cacao cookies:
2-3 Tbsp reishi powder by The Gut Lab*
3/4 cup cosmic hot cacao by The Gut Lab*
directions:
1. preheat oven to 350 F + combine all BASE ingredients with an electric hand mixer
2. combine dough into 2 balls - add in honey or maple syrup if its a wee bit dry! (okay we added it in anyway - sweet tooth over here!)
3. add tocos + spirulina + mint to one dough ball + combine well
4. add reishi + cosmic hot cacao to the other dough ball + combine well
tip: at this time, you can place the dough in the fridge if you want it to firm up a bit - makes for softer cookies, however we want our cookies and we want them now, so we skipped that step)
5 make 1 inch dough balls - combining 1/2 inch + 1/2 inch balls for a combo cookie if you're feeling extra adventuresome + place on parchment lined cookie sheet
6. bake cookies at 350 F for 9-10 minutes while staring impatiently through the glass
7. sprinkle cookies with more superfoods when they come out + allow to cool so you don't burn your mouth - safety first!
store in a lidded glass container + eat your cookies while pretending to be cookie monster saying "me so hungry, me love cookies num num num"
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