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Chocolate Peppermint Cookies

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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 eggs*
  • 3 TBSP oil: walnut, almond
  • ¼ C unsweetened applesauce
  • 1 ½ tsp. vanilla
  • 1 tsp. peppermint extract
  • 2 TBSP stevia brown sugar*
  • 2 TBSP monk fruit, stevia, or other sweetener
  • 1 ¼ C + 2 TBSP flour
  • ¼ C cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • ½ tsp. sea salt
  • 60 g white chocolate chips* dairy-free

Instructions
 

  • In a bowl, mix the wet (first 5) ingredients, stevia brown sugar, and stevia (or other sweetener) together
  • Add the dry ingredients and mix until combined
  • Cover and chill the dough in the fridge for at least 30 minutes, up to overnight
  • While the dough is chilling, preheat the oven to 325°F
  • Fold the chocolate chips and optional sprinkles in
  • Drop ~2 TBSP sized balls of dough onto a prepared baking sheet; they don’t spread much while baking so they can be closer together than the traditional 2” rule of thumb for spacing for cookies
  • Using a rubber spatula (or your fingers, although that can get messy quickly as the dough is a little wet, so if that’s your tool of choice lightly oil or run your fingers under water before handling the dough), flatten the tops of the cookies*
  • Bake for 10 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean

Notes

  • *Eggs: the eggs don’t need to be room temperature, the cookies taste the same whether they eggs are room temperature or straight from the fridge!
  • *Stevia brown sugar: could also use regular brown sugar or date sugar
  • *White chocolate chips: could be swapped with regular or dark chocolate chips as well
  • *7. The flattening of the cookies can also be done mid-baking, remove the cookies about halfway through and lightly press down on each cookie (careful because they’ll be hot!) to flatten – this way is efficient and not messy at all
  • Storage: store in an airtight container for about a week
  • Highly recommend taking these up a notch by sandwiching a thick layer of this chocolate frosting (icing option 2) between 2 cookies!
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