Double Chocolate Chip Almond Flour Cookies - FOOD PHOTO SHOOT

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I forgot how weird it is when the days start staying light so late.

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Where we live is pretty far North so the sun doesn’t set right now until nearly 9 pm and it’s not completely dark until about 10 pm. It’s kind of bitter-sweet to me because I’m not a night owl, but I to enjoy a tiny bit of nighttime. As it is the days are nearly long enough that I have to wait up to go to bed.

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Honestly, I’m sometimes an old lady when it comes to bedtime. I really love how I feel when I’m on an earlier schedule and it’s something I’ve never had to try to do. I just naturally wake up with the sun. Most of my family are night owls and it’s always been hard for me to understand how anyone can sleep in as late as some of them do. Hey, but to each their own.

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Another thing I can’t understand is how some people don’t like dark chocolate. I mean, that’s just messed up. These cookies are a celebration of dark chocolatey goodness and they’re really pretty easy to make. Are they healthy? Haha, nope. On the other hand, they could be a lot worse.

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I was pretty happy with how they turned out and even happier when one of my sisters fell in love with them. Mostly that was because this particular sister is pretty hard to please with things like this, so I’d say they’re a major win. This recipe is basically the double chocolate version of these chocolate chip cookies I made a while back so if you happen to have tried those you might also like these.

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Before I go, a quick note on the ingredients for anyone who cares. I used this gluten free flour mix for the main flour along with the almond flour. As for the butter, this was my first time ever trying earth balance brand butter. I figured it was time for me to test it out since I’ve been doing this for a while and I’ve never used vegan butter. I don’t think it’s something I’d use very often, but for special occasions or family events it worked very well.

Double Chocolate Chip Almond Flour Cookies (V+GF)


Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Yield: 2 1/2 - 3 dozen

Time for a bake break to make these chewy, chocolatey treats that your friends and fam are gonna love!

Ingredients

1 1/2 sticks earth balance butter, softened
1 cup granular sugar
1 cup brown sugar, packed
2 tablespoons coconut milk
1 teaspoon chia seeds
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 cup blanched almond flour
2 cups gluten free flour mix flour blend
1/2 cup (85g) mini semi-sweet chocolate chips or chopped chocolate (be sure your brand is gf and vegan if necessary)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 C). Stir the chia seeds with the coconut milk in a small dish and set aside to thicken.
Cream together the vegan butter and the sugar in bowl of stand mixer or large bowl. Scrape sides of bowl and add the coconut milk/chia seeds; beat until fluffy. Add vanilla, baking powder, salt, and cocoa. Add flour one cup at a time and beat after each addition. Stir in chocolate until combined.
Line a cookie sheet with parchment and roll dough into balls, about 1 inch in diameter, and place about an inch apart on baking sheet. Press the cookie dough balls down slightly and place tray in oven. Bake for 10 - 12 minutes until the edges are golden.
Remove and cool for at least 5 minutes and enjoy.

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Greetings, Beautiful Gringaliceous

Funny you put this because, I'm doing otherwise hehehe. I want to lose more or less 8kg. For that, I'm on a diet. I buy low carb products or products with more protein. Today I bought cheese, chicken roll and 2 low carb dumplings that are delicious. Did you know that???

I'm weighing 83kg and I want to reduce my weight to pounds. When I reach my first goal, which is to stay below 80kg, I'll eat a little something that fattens. So I thought I'd eat something like this candy you put on. It's a delicious biscuit right!!!! Then I'll keep the pike to stay below 75kg.

Thank you for posting and Good morning!!!!

I feel like your going to get diabetes soon with all the cakes and cookies you bake!

They look tasty AF though.

@makesushi Haha, well it's good I share them then.

What a beautiful and we'll prepared receipt I will try this at home.

What a beautiful
And we'll prepared receipt I
Will try this at home.

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wow am again you are the best
and your recipe also one of the best.

Yummy. These look very delicious and the beautiful thing about these cookies is that they are GF.
Love the photography. Very creative.

no other word for you @gringalicious, keep the spirit and success always, I always support you.

Thanks alot for the recipe. I had been looking for recipes to learn from steemit and you orovude a wonderful chance. Hmm cookies ezpecially chocolate ones just water my mouth. I will make them and share a photo. Good photo shoot.

I, too, wake up with the sun, and LOVE dark chocolate! Your photos are amazing!!!! I don't have a sophisticated camera and use my iPhone camera for everything. Hmmm... chia seeds... interesting! Another recipe to try. WOW... how long does it take you to develop these vegan recipes and test them out? Your friend must always consult you or asks for your recipes! Have a beautiful day, my friend! Take care.

47A4515D-16CE-41F5-90F6-93A09F89F110.jpeg That cookie reminds me a whole lot of this guy!! Also, WHAT KIND OF HUMAN BEING DOESNT LIKE CHOCOLATE? I mean , have you actually done DNA testing to make sure these are your real siblings?

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I really love chocochips. it's feel like heaven.

In my part of the world, it gets dark earlier as it is Winter. These biscuits are just the right snack to take to bed with a cup of hot chocolate. Thanks for the post, definitely going to give them a try.

@trendygran I really hope you enjoy them! 😀

It's always a pleasure to watch your photos, especially when the chocolote is one of the ingredient ^_^ These cookies look really yummy!

howdy today @gringalicious! well hey it's half healthy at least with Almond flour and gluten free, that means you can eat twice as many!

@janton 👍Haha, that's one way to think about it.

Yummy I love cookies and I love chocolate so this is perfect to me!

It looks delicious, it is true that something is wrong with those who do not like chocolate, I do not trust them.

Santa might come early this year for those Milk and cookies.
Having cream between cookies would also be a good combo. XD

Now that's looking so yummy and interesting i am feeling hungry :D

Skip the cookies! I will take the chocolate chips instead.

That is the story of me baking...almost every time.

@enforcer48 Thank you so much for taking the time to comment!

Wow! Amazing cookies with nice photos. I used to love sweet things. Right now I try to take less sweet, but your post made me missing choccolate cookies. Thank you for sharing a nice article.

Wow! Amazing cookies with nice photos. I used to love sweet things. Right now I try to take less sweet, but your post made me missing choccolate cookies. Thank you for sharing a nice article.

Aunque hay ingredientes que no conozco (o no por ese nombre) siempre unas galletas de chocolate son las ganadoras!!! Gracias por compartir la receta!

Aunque hay ingredientes que no conozco (o por lo menos no con ese nombre) siempre unas galletas con chocolate son las ganadoras! gracias por la receta!

Que ricas galletas. Gracias por compartir tu receta, tratare de hacerlas.

Those cookies look incredible! My brother's wife and kids are all gluten and dairy free, I bet they would love these cookies. :) I actually just filmed an episode of my cooking show with them, we made a gluten and dairy free chocolate strawberry tart. I will post it in a few days. :)

Nice cookies! This and a big cup of coffee please... best wishes!

It's look delicious, great work. I love chocochips, it's yum.

Chocolate is always good. I love especially your cookies. :)

It looks delicious, wonderful work

All your recipes are so fantastic! I am hungry hahahaahahaha
All looks really delicious! ♥