Yesterday we were out most of the day. Everywhere I turned there was chocolate, hearts and sweet red/pink gifts. To my surprise there were even Easter decorations. I’m OK with both Valentine’s and St. Patrick decorations in the same time, but Easter, well, I think it’s a little too early. Now that I take a moment I actually remember Halloween and Christmas decorations in the same time. I guess it’s just me that doesn’t get it.
Anyhow, there’s plenty of time to talk about St Patrick (I’m not close to being Irish but love the green) and Easter.
Let’s talk chocolate!
Remember my friend Tabitha I made the chocolate chip cookies for? Guess what? We meet again! I also found out other moms in my circle are going gluten free. That’s good news, right?
More gluten free cookies coming out of my oven!
Now I have to find someone who loves cake. A lot of cake.
They idea of these cookies came from a walnut cookie recipe I had, but made a couple of substitutions to have them gluten free.
The original recipe was :
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flourI knew I had to get rid of the wheat flour and egg yolk.
That was a starting point. I kept my fingers crossed and start measuring the ingredients and chopping the butter which I forgot to take out of the fridge and was no where close to being soft.
After deciding on the almond flour I thought it’s better to use finely chopped almonds instead of ground walnuts. Making it an almond cookie and not an almond walnut cookie 
Having chocolate on my mind I added some cocoa powder to the cookie dough.
The egg yolk was substituted with one egg white.
The cookies turned out better than the original recipe and they were so soft, rich and chocolatey. I was so happy with the way they turned out.
After baking and letting them cool completely you can either leave them plain, cover completely in chocolate (like I did) or just drizzle some chocolate on top. Totally your decision.
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Ingredients
- 10 tbsp small diced butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 egg white
- few drops vanilla extract
- 1 cup finely chopped almonds
- 1/2 cup (40 gr) cocoa powder
- 1 1/4 cup (150 gr) almond flour
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add the egg white and vanilla extract. In a separate bowl mix the almond flour, chopped almonds, cocoa powder and salt.
- Add them to the wet ingredients and mix well.
- Shape the dough into a ball, cover in plastic wrap and let it cool in the fridge for a couple of hours (I kept mine 4 hours) or overnight.
- When the dough is chilled heat the oven to 325F.
- Take small pieces of dough, shape them into small balls and place them on cookie sheets.
- Bake in preheated oven for about 15-17 minutes.
Sending love your way,
Roxana
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Wow looks yummy
These looks amazing! I can’t wait to try them out! Sending you some #chocolatelove !
These are so pretty and sound delicious!
So lovely and pretty!
I love these, Roxana! Soft, rich, chocolaty AND beautiful.
Roxana these are beautiful, so festive! I am loving the sprinkles on these! Hope you are having a wonderful weekend!
Great flavor pairing as well as stunning! I think if I had a choice I would opt for cookies over chocolate candy at Valentine’s. Also, this is another example that gluten free does not mean that you have to be deprived when it comes to delicious baked goods. Yum!
So sweet and pretty! I’ve no idea what to make for Valentine’s Day yet. Will bookmark yours
Lovely and delicious!These look so cute and pretty
Sending you some #Chocolate love!
These are just so pretty! I love the combination…fantastic recipe
Hope you are having a great weekend sweetie, hugs
Beautiful cookies!! They look very festive for Valentine’s day. I agree… Easter decorations are way too early.
Adorable and delicious looking cookies, Roxana!
delicious looking cookies wonderfully done
How cute! And elegant too. Great job!
Roxana, these cookies are so pretty but never mind that; I can see from the ingredients that they would also taste great. Your substitutions didn’t sacrifice any flavor at all. Love this one.
Roxana, the cookies look so cute decorated and so healthy, I like the almond flour substitution.
Both versions of the recipe look great! A question – I’m new with using almond flour and I haven’t been chilling my almond flour doughs…should I do this with every almond flour recipe? What is the benefit to refrigeration?
Hi Julia,
I don’t have much of experience with almond flour, but I did bake a couple of things. The dough is chilled because it’s a cookie dough. Most of the cookie recipes require chilling, making it easier to handle and shape the cookie dough.
If you baking brownies/cupcakes or other pastries with almond flour they don’t need to be chilled.
Hope I answered your question
love the decoration and hearts.. so perfect for vday!
How cute are they! I love how you covered them in chocolate, so yummy looking.
Roxana,
These cookies are super cute with heart sprinkles, and they are GF besides. Lovely presentation. Sending #chocolatelove your way!
Aw, pretty little cookies!! They’re perfect for Valentines – love those pink and red sprinkles
Pinning! I love the red lip sprinkles and of course will be pinning this to my cookies I want to bake board, thanks for sharing;-)
Roxana, Your chocolate almond cookies are oh, so pretty, decorative, so perfect for Valentine’s or any time of the year.
I just joined Pinterest and will want to pin this! Will try to find my way around there, as well.
Love the recipe, thanks for sharing!
BTW. I’m getting used to your new changes…quite a long ways from your bright “green” colors as “green girl”…so modern, and innovative:DDD
Hugs,
Amazing! Love nuts with my chocolate especially almonds!
Roxana, you decorated those cookies so beautifully! You should sell your creations online one day. They look so picture perfect. I’m SO excited you joined yoga!!
These cookies are beautiful!!
Jen
I love seeing these gf goodies! I would definitely go for the total chocolate dunk! They sound delicious!
Oh my! These cookies look so adorable… so perfect for Valentine’s Day… and I bet super-yummy too! Thanks for sharing, Roxana!
Sending you some chocolate love! These cookies are just adorable! Hugs, Terra
These cookies look absolutely divine! Love how you’ve presented it.
The sprinkles on cookies are way too beautiful, i want all of them, can you pl ship some cookies for me PLEASE
Love!
so cute and what a great blog hop..so many great vday ideas!!
These are so adorable! Li love the Valentine’s Day theme (and definitely agree that it’s too early for Easter decorations! LOL)
looks so pretty! the perfect val day treat
Mmm, I adore almond cookies, and these sound like they’d melt in your mouth. And then you throw in chocolate? What a winner!
These are beautiful and sound delicious! The perfect cookie for Valentine’s Day great post!
As always this is amazing and so beautiful! Great photos and delicious recipe Roxana! Loving this post!!!!
I don’t even think I’d miss the gluten!! These look fabulous. And the v-day decor is so adorable
whoohoo for gluten free baking, roxana! once you get started, you get hooked on it! i love using almond flour because of the flavor. i usually like to add in a bit of sweet rice flour to bind it together (rather than using xanthan gum). sending some #chocolatelove to you!
Such pretty cookies! I used to use almond flour a lot when my son was on a gf diet, but haven’t in a long time. I really like the flavor it gives baked goods!
Those are gorgeous, Roxana, and so perfect for Valentine’s Day!
Such beautiful cookies!!!!
Best part they are gluten free…Yayyy…
Love the pictures…
White chocolate covered chocolate cookies?! Oh yes!
Love these cookies! And in honor of #chocolatelove, today is the last day to enter my 4 chocolate inspired giveaways! http://cookingwithbooks.blogspot.com/2012/02/foodie-love-for-your-foodie-lover.html
I love the valentines day theme, these are so cute!
These are so cute! Love that you used almond flour – sounds so good!
These are such pretty little cookies!
a perfect chocolate snack
they are very cute too!
nice meeting you via lovebloghop
more #chocolatelove your way!
Never tried almond flour, these are so darn cute and very special for a Valentine… lovely~
Dear Roxana, I made these cookies. They were perfect. Thank you for sharing…
I use homemade chestnut flour instead of almond four, I only add a few spoons of flour.
See you…
Hi Sare,
I’m so glad you made my cookies and you liked them! It makes me happy knowing that.
If you have a phot of them I’d love to see it. Maybe you can share it on my Facebook wall or email me at roxana@roxanagreengirl.com.
I’m trying to close my jaw here these look so good! Love the layers of flavor, and so beautifully decorated. Thanks for sharing, looks fabulous as always! Have a beautiful weekend =]
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