Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Sugar-Free, Grain-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies

Santa gets enough sugary cookies at everyone else's house. When he comes to casa de Etheridge...he gets these tasty treats. He can eat as many as he wants and not feel the least bit guilty about it. Mrs. Clause also approves.


Ingredients:

  • 2/3 cups almond flour (I've also used cashew flour)
  • 1 cup stevia
  • 3 eggs
  • 8oz cream cheese, softened
  • 2 tbs butter, softened
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tablespoon coconut flour
  • 1 tablespoon almond butter (peanut butter would also work)
  • 1 1/2 cups dark chocolate chips
Steps:
  • Preheat the over to 350 degrees
  • Cream together butter, cream cheese, almond butter and stevia.
  • Scrap bowl to get all the cream cheese off the sides
  • Add in eggs, stir until smooth (you may want to scrap the sides one more time to make sure all the cream cheese gets fully incorporated)
  • Add remaining ingredients - except chocolate chips, stir well
  • Fold in chocolate chips to mixture and put bowl in the fridge for about 10 minutes.
  • Spoon cookies into rows onto baking sheet using a tablespoon. Make sure they're even.
  • Bake for 20 minutes or until the top of the cookie begins to brown.


Zucchini Brownies

So this recipe saved my life...okay...maybe a little dramatic but dang a girl just needs some chocolate sometimes.

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup of almond butter (peanut butter would also work)
  • 1 1/2 cups grated zucchini - I typically use one small-medium sized zucchini and grate it in  my food processor with the small shredder blade)
  • 1/3 cup of stevia
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 cup dark chocolate chips (or the whole bag if you've had a bad day)
  • 1 box of sugar-free chocolate pudding mix


Steps:

  • Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
  • Combine all ingredients except chocolate chips to a large bowl  
  • Once all ingredients are fully mixed together, fold in the chocolate chips
  • Pour into a greased 9x9 baking dish
  • Bake for 30 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
Don't let the veggies scare you people. I have fooled my daughter, husband, dad, and teenage nephews with this recipe...and as you can see in the picture below...they tear them up. Enjoy!