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Sugar-free Chocolate Cookies

These cookies are a tasty treat for kids and a guilt free dessert for adults. This is a simple, quick and zero skill recipe for you to try with few ingredients. These cookies can be stored for a long time and can become a pantry staple.

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup oat flour
    • 1 cup almond flour
    • ¼ cup cocoa powder
    • 1 egg
    • ½  cup chocolate chips
    • 1/3 cup maple syrup
    • 3 tbsp olive oil
    • ½ tsp baking soda
    • ½  tsp salt
    • 2 tbsp warm milk
    • 1 tsp instant coffee
    • 1 tsp vanilla extract
    • ½ cup almond flakes

Tips:

  • Use the egg at room temperature.
  • Try to keep the size of the dough balls same, using 2 tbsp spoon, so that each of them takes same time to bake.
  • The shape will come out like a ball but after baking when cookies are just out of oven and warm press them at the top with a spatula for a more cookie like shape.
  • Baking time depends on the kind of oven you are using so keep an eye on the cookies after 10 mins minutes. They can easily get over-baked.
  • Don’t open the oven often while baking, it can soften up the cookies.

Directions:

Sugar-free Chocolate Cookies
  •  Preheat the oven to 350 degree F.
  • Warm the milk in microwave for about a minute and add instant coffee, mix well and keep aside to cool.
  • Take a big bowl and add all the wet ingredients including maple syrup, olive oil, milk+coffee mixture, vanilla extract, egg and mix well.
  •  Add the  almond and oat flour, baking soda, cocoa powder and salt into the mixture.
  •  At the end, fold in the almond flakes and chocolate chips.
  • Cover the dough and put it aside for 15 mins.
  •  Prepare a baking tray by lining it with a parchment paper baking sheet.
  •  Use a 1tbsp spoon to make cookie balls and arrange them on the baking tray about 2-3 inches apart.
  •  Bake for 15 minutes until brown at the bottom.
  • Let the cookies cool and then enjoy.
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Lemon Cookies

This is one of the classic recipes that goes with the weather and your current spring mood. Amazing tangy taste and goodness of lemon in a mouthwatering cookie.Trust me you are going to love it. Now make it already.

Ingredients:

  • ½ cup unsalted butter
  • ½  cup powdered sugar
  • 1 and ½ tsp lemon extract
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 3-5 drops of yellow food coloring
  • 1cup and 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
  • ¼ tsp salt

       For Snowball Cookies:

  • ½ cup powdered sugar
Lemon cookies

Tips:

  1. Use ingredients at room temperature.
  2. After the mixture is ready keep it in refrigerator for 15 minutes so that it becomes easy to manage but if it still sticks to the hand lightly grease your hands with butter.
  3. Try to keep the size of the dough balls same, using 1 tbsp spoon, so that each of them takes same time to bake.
  4. Baking time depends on the kind of oven you are using so keep an eye on the cookies after 10 minutes. They can easily get overbaked and very hard to bite.
Lemon Cookies

Directions:

  1.  Preheat the oven to 350 degree F.
  2.  Mix all the wet ingredients in a big bowl with a whisk.
  3.  Sieve and fold in the dry ingredients slowly.
  4.  Prepare a baking tray by lining it with a parchment paper baking sheet.
  5.  Arrange the dough balls on the baking tray about 2-3 inches apart.
  6.  Bake for 10-12 minutes until brown around the edges.
  7.  Let the cookies cool and keep aside to cool.
  8. When cookies are slightly warm roll them in the powdered sugar to make them into snowball cookies.
  9. Cool them in the refrigerator and dip them in powdered sugar again so that the sugar sticks to the cookie and enjoy.
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Chewy Chocolate Cookies

This is one of those recipes that goes with anything and everything milk, tea, coffee or ice cream, liked by kids and adults alike. There can be a lot variations to this recipe depending on what kind of cookie you want dense, cakey or chewy. Here, is a very simple, quick and tasty recipe for a chewy chocolate cookie.

Ingredients:

  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 4 oz semi sweet baking chocolate
  • 1tbsp unsalted butter
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • ½  tbsp corn starch
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ½  tsp salt
  • ¼ cup chopped walnuts
Chewy Chocolate Cookies

Tips:

  • Use the unsalted butter and egg at room temperature.
  • Do not work the dough too much, it will make the cookies hard to bite.
  • After the mixture is ready keep it in refrigerator for 15 minutes so that it becomes easy to manage but if it still sticks to the hand lightly grease your hands with butter.
  • Try to keep the size of the dough balls same, using 2 tbsp spoon, so that each of them takes same time to bake.
  • The shape will come out like a ball but after baking when cookies are just out of oven and warm press them at the top with a spatula for a more cookie like shape.
  • Baking time depends on the kind of oven you are using so keep an eye on the cookies after 9 minutes. They can easily get over baked and very hard to bite.
Chewy Chocolate Cookies

Directions:

  • Preheat the oven to 325 degree F.
  • Melt the chocolate and butter in the microwave by putting the bowl in microwave for 30 second intervals twice.
  •  Mix the egg with brown sugar in a big bowl with a whisk.
  •  Add the vanilla extract and room temperature melted chocolate to the mixture and mix well.
  •  Sift the flour, corn starch, baking soda and salt into the mixture
  •  At the end, fold in the chopped walnuts. And make a soft dough.
  • Cover the dough and put in the refrigerator for 15 mins.
  •  Prepare a baking tray by lining it with a parchment paper baking sheet.
  •  Arrange the dough balls on the baking tray about 2-3 inches apart.
  •  Bake for 11-13 minutes until brown around the edges.
  •  Let the cookies cool and then enjoy.
Chewy Chocolate Cookies