{"id":28934,"date":"2019-01-02T18:59:51","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T00:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentialoilsage.com\/?p=28934"},"modified":"2019-01-02T19:04:23","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T01:04:23","slug":"recipe-peppermint-hot-cocoa-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentialoilsage.com\/?p=28934","title":{"rendered":"Recipe: Peppermint Hot Cocoa Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/essentialoilsage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/recipe-peppermint-hot-cocoa-cookies.jpg\" alt=\"Recipe: Peppermint Hot Cocoa Cookies\" class=\"wp-image-28935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/essentialoilsage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/recipe-peppermint-hot-cocoa-cookies.jpg 640w, https:\/\/essentialoilsage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/recipe-peppermint-hot-cocoa-cookies-300x159.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">INGREDIENTS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>4.5 ounce semisweet chocolate chips<\/li><li>1 tablespoon coconut oil<\/li><li>1\/4 cup coconut sugar<\/li><li>1 large egg<\/li><li>A pinch of fine sea salt<\/li><li>2 tablespoons natural (non-alkaline) cocoa powder<\/li><li>1\/4 teaspoon baking soda<\/li><li>1 scoop Pure Protein Complete &#8211; Chocolate<\/li><li>2 drops Peppermint Vitality<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">INSTRUCTIONS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Makes 12 cookies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.<\/li><li>Place the chocolate chips and coconut oil in a heat-proof glass bowl set over a small saucepan of gently simmering water. Stir with a spatula until fully melted. Remove from heat and set aside until the mixture is cool enough to handle.<\/li><li>Combine the egg and coconut sugar in a medium bowl and beat the mixture with a hand-held mixer until it thickens, lightens in color, and increase in volume.<\/li><li>Sift in cocoa powder, baking soda, and Pure Protein Complete. Gently whisk until combined. Fold in the cooled melted chocolate mixture.<\/li><li>Chill the batter in the fridge until it&#8217;s thick enough to scoop, about 10 minutes.<\/li><li>Using a small cookie scoop, scoop the batter about 1 1\/2 inches apart onto a parchment-lined baking sheet.<\/li><li>Bake until the cookies begin to crack on top, about 8-10 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>By Sylvie Shirazi of&nbsp;Gourmande in the Kitchen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: The Essential Edge, December 2018 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INGREDIENTS 4.5 ounce semisweet chocolate chips 1 tablespoon coconut oil 1\/4 cup coconut sugar 1 large egg A pinch of fine sea salt 2 tablespoons natural (non-alkaline) cocoa powder 1\/4 teaspoon baking soda 1 scoop Pure Protein Complete &#8211; Chocolate 2 drops Peppermint Vitality INSTRUCTIONS Makes 12 cookies Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F. Line a baking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[722,348,355],"class_list":["post-28934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-peppermint-vitality","tag-pure-protein-complete","tag-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essentialoilsage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essentialoilsage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essentialoilsage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essentialoilsage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essentialoilsage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28934"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/essentialoilsage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28939,"href":"https:\/\/essentialoilsage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28934\/revisions\/28939"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essentialoilsage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essentialoilsage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essentialoilsage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essentialoilsage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}