Recipe: Paleo Thin Mints

Recipe: Paleo Thin MintsINGREDIENTS

Cookie:

  • 1 cup + 1 Tbsp blanched almond flour
  • 1 Tbsp tapioca
  • 1/3 cup cocoa powder
  • 1/4 cup + 1 Tbsp grass-fed butter or vegan butter spread
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1-2 drops Peppermint Vitality essential oil
  • Dash of Himalayan sea salt
  • 2 Tbsp pure maple syrup or raw honey
  • Chocolate Coating
  • 1/2 cup dark chocolate
  • 1-2 drops Peppermint Vitality essential oil

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  2. In a bowl combine dry ingredients; roll dough into a ball, wrap in parchment paper, and chill for 30-45 minutes.
  3. Remove dough and place onto a new piece of parchment paper. Sprinkle with additional tapioca.
  4. Place a second sheet of parchment paper over the dough.
  5. Using a rolling pin, flatten the dough to approximately 1/4 inch.
  6. Use a cookie cutter to shape cookies and then gently lift cookies with a spatula to place them onto a lined baking sheet.
  7. Bake for 15 minutes or until crisp.
  8. Remove and let cook completely, Cookies with be crunchy.
  9. Once cooled, melt chocolate and add  in Peppermint.
  10. Dip cookies and let set in the refrigerator.

By Alexis Kornblum of LexisCleanKitchen.com

Source: The Essential Edge, April 2015

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