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Healthy Baked Goods Recipes Made Without Gluten and Sugar

Chocolate Walnut Cookies

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These are cakey chocolate cookies with walnuts and believe me no one can tell that dates have been snuck in. So shhhh and let’s eat cookies.

Chocolate Walnut Cookies

Ingredients

  • 1/2 stick non-salted butter- room temp
  • 1/2 cup Organic Palm Sugar
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped dates
  • 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 square of unsweetened chocolate
  • 1/2 cup brewed decaf coffee
  • 1/4 cup Organic Palm sugar
  • 1 egg – room temp
  • 2 cups gluten free flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon xanathan gum
  • 1/4 teaspoon Kosher salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 1/4 chopped walnuts

Takes

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  2. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
  3. In the standing mixer combine ingredients 1 thru 4.
  4. Melt the unsweetened chocolate in a bowl over a pan of boiling water (aka double boiler) with ingredients 3, 6 & 7.
  5. While the chocolate is melting in a mixer combine the butter and 1/2 cup of Organic Palm Sugar (ingredients 1 and 2). Slowly add the melted chocolate mixture to the butter mixture in the mixer and combine well. Add the vanilla extract and egg and continue to mix until well combined.
  6. In a separate bowl whisk ingredients 9 thru 12 together and slowly add to the wet mixer, combine until well mixed.
  7. Stir in the chopped walnuts.
  8. Using a scoop place cookies on line sheets about 2 inches apart and bake for 9 to 11 minutes.

Oatmeal w/ Peanut Butter & Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Not sure what kind of cookie you want, oatmeal? peanut butter? chocolate chip? peanut butter and chocolate? well with this cookie you don’t have to decide as you get three great flavors in one.

Oatmeal with Peanut Butter & Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 cup gluten free oats (I use Bob’s Red Mill)
  • 1/1/4 cup gluten free flour (I use Pamela’s brand)
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon Xanthan
  • 1 stick room temperature unsalted butter
  • 1/2 cup Organic Coconut Palm Sugar
  • 1/2 cup XYLA
  • 1 cup crunchy peanut butter (I use Trader Joe’s brand of natural peanut butter)
  • 2 large eggs – room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup chocolate chips (I use Enjoy Life brand)
  • 1/2 cup chopped peanuts (I use the Trader Joe’s 50% less salt kind)

Takes

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  2. In a standing mixer combine the butter with the Palm Sugar and XYLA.
  3. While butter mixture is combining whisk flour, baking soda,xanthan and salt in a small bowl.
  4. With the mixer still running add in the peanut butter, eggs and vanilla. Mix till combined.
  5. With the mixer on low add the flour mixture. Add in the oats, chopped peanuts and chocolate chips.
  6. Using the small scoop place the dough on the parchment lined cookie sheet about 2 inches apart and bake for approx. 15 minutes.
  7. Let cool on cookie sheet for about 5 minutes than move to a cooling rack to continue the cooling.

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Brownies

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chocolate chocolate chip brownies

Fudgy chocolate brownies with chocolate chips…..yummy yummy yummy!

Preheat oven to 325

Spray 5 x 9 baking pan with cooking spray

Ingredients:

  • 1 bag + 3/4 cup Enjoy life mini chocolate chips
  • 1 stick unsalted butter
  • 3/4 cup XYLA
  • 3/4 cup Coconut Palm Sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 cup Pamela’s Gluten Free Flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt

Melt the stick of butter in a saucepan over a low heat, when butter is almost completely melted added in the 1 bag of chocolate chips and melt together.

Remove pan from heat and stir in the both the 3/4 cups of sugars and the vanilla extract.

In a separate bowl whisk the four eggs, add in the flour and salt and combine well.  Add the chocolate mixture to the egg/flour mixture to combine.  Stir in the additional 3/4 cup of chocolate chips to the mixture.  Pour mixture into prepped baking pan.

Bake at 325 for 45 minutes.  Let cool in baking dish for about 1/2 hour or longer before cutting and serving.