My parents seem to opt for all of the cookie-sharing possibilities. There’s cookie exchanges at work, the cookie walk at church, and then they make some for when the kids come home, of course. That’s a lot of cookies, and baking. But these days, there are a lot of gluten-sensitivities and allergies to worry about when passing around a plate of cookies. These chewy chocolate cut-out cookies – say that five times fast – offer a tasty alternative to share. Unless you are allergic to chocolate, in which case I am truly sorry.
Cut-out cookies are also a fun activity to make with kids. As I remember, they were fun to make as a kid as well, because it was really easy to sneak some of the cookie dough. This dough resembles more of a brownie batter and tastes just as delicious. It will need to cool in the refrigerator for about half an hour in order to harden.
The serving size will depend on the size of your cookie cutters, but just keep rolling out the dough until it’s all used up! Ideally, if I had a reindeer cookie cutter I would have used that. But alas, it is simple shapes for me. I think these chocolate cookies would also go great with some coconut cream frosting. Enjoy!
Ingredients
- Ingredients
- 2 tbsp and 2 tsp coconut oil
- 3 oz. unsweetened dark chocolate
- 1/4 cup honey
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup coconut flour
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
Directions
- In a large microwave-safe bowl, melt the coconut oil and chocolate in the microwave, stirring intermittently. Let cool for 5 minutes.
- Add the eggs, vanilla, and honey to the chocolate mixture. Stir well to make sure not to scramble the eggs. Add in the coconut flour and cinnamon and mix well. Place in the refrigerator for approximately 30 minutes, until slightly hardened.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Roll out the dough between two pieces of parchment paper until 1/4-inch thick. Cut out shapes with a cookie cutter and carefully place on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Repeat this step for remaining dough.
- Bake cookies for 12-15 minutes. Allow to cool before serving.
Yum yum yum! I love the idea of a simple chocolate cookie…I will definitely have to try these.
Is there a way to use unsweetened coco powder instead of solid chocolate?
That’s a good question Katie. Perhaps try adding a little cocoa powder to the batter instead of the solid chocolate, and taste it to see if it needs more. I would just be careful that the batter does not become too dry. If you try it out let us know how it goes!
I love these too 🙂
could I use maple syrup instead of honey?
I could not get this dough hard enough to successfully roll out, even after over two hours in the refrigerator. I eventually took out small batches of dough and tried to work with that, but by the time I had rolled out the dough and used the cookie cutter, the cookie cutout was too soft and sticky to lift onto the cookie sheet. It just drooped all over and stretched apart. I ended up grabbing wads of dough and flattening them between my palms just to get them onto the cookie sheet for baking. The end result was also VERY dark and rather dry, and looked nothing like the pictures above. What did I do wrong?
This happened to me too! I couldn’t even use the cookie cutter. It was to wet for me.