A healthier, gluten-free, homemade version of every child’s favorite cookie: an oreo!
Say what?!
We all know how much we loved dunking oreos in milk as a child. But with watching our health nowadays, sometimes foods like this go on our “do not eat list” (which just as a side note, I don’t believe in making such a list…moderation is key).
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But whether you have deprived yourself or these or not, now you can enjoy a HEALTHY version!
And guess what? They are gluten free, dairy free, and could even be considered paleo friendly besides the sweeteners.
Which brings me to the highlight of this post.
I decided to use as part of the sweetener in this recipe. Why? Because it measures cup for cup like sugar, and cuts some of the calories out! It’s made from delicious vine-ripened monk fruit, also called luo han guo. Not to mention, it still gives the same wonderful taste, no weird after taste 🙂 Raw. Zero Calories. Baking-friendly. That is my kind of sweetener!
I also used which you can buy at www.Kevala.net. It was my first time trying out Coconut Butter, and it was so delicious! The perfect filling for these little babies.
Did I mention I made these for my oreo-loving boyfriend for our three year anniversary? Well I did!
He specially loves peppermint, so I decided to make half mint oreos, and half regular!
He doesn’t like recipes when they “taste healthy”. But he absolutely loved these! Oh and my mom loved them. How did she try them do you ask? Well, as I had a little extra dough I let her try it, and she was so obsessed, that she begged to have one when I made the extra oreo before packaging them up!
That’s when I knew it was a winner. And a recipe that was blog worthy 🙂
Enjoy your health and cookies too!
Especially during this holiday season as it seems like you can never get away onhealthy valium from the sweets. Literally, they are everywhere.
But you don’t have to feel guilty about these!
Hope that you enjoy these as much as my boyfriend and mom did 🙂
- 3/4 cup Almond Meal
- 3 tablespoons Coconut Flour
- 1/2 cup Cocoa Powder, unsweetened
- 1/4 cup Monk Fruit in the Raw (or other sugar for paleo diet)
- 1/4 cup Applesauce, unsweetened
- 3 tablespoons Raw Honey (I use Kevala’s brand)
- 2 tablespoons Coconut Oil
- 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1/4 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1/8 teaspoon Sea Salt
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit
- Combine all dry ingredients for cookies together in bowl
- Combine all wet ingredients in smaller bowl
- Mix wet ingredient into dry ingredients
- Roll dough in ball and place in between parchment paper
- Flatten with rolling pin to desired cookie thickness
- Using a small circle cookie cutter, cut dough into small circles
- Bake on cookie tray sprayed with nonstick spray for about 7 minutes
- While cookies are baking, make coconut cream by whipping coconut milk(recipe below).
- Allow cookies to cool, and place about 1 tablespoon cream mixture on one cookie. Top with another cookie
- Makes about 12 oreos, or 24 cookies.
- 1 can full-fat Coconut Milk (must be canned, and must not be “lite”)
- 1/4 cup Coconut Butter, softened (I use Kevala’s brand)
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- Sweetener to taste
- Optional: Mint Extract, Sweetener, Crushed Peppermint, Chlorophyll for coloring
- Open can of milk, and scoop only the hardened milk from top of can into bowl, leave water textured liquid in can
- If no thick substance is on top, leave can opened uncovered in fridge overnight
- Whip thick coconut milk with beater for about 3 minutes, or until cream forms
- Fold in any other ingredients desired for specific flavors (coconut butter and vanilla extract for oreos)
- Add sweetener to taste.