These Double Chocolate Cookies (gluten-free) are moist, chewy, and will satisfy even the most intense chocolate craving!
When I was attempting to cure my 3-year old son’s severe eczema (and had tried what seemed like every cream and lotion ever made) I finally decided to try an elimination diet.
What is an Elimination Diet?
Many people suffer from food intolerances or sensitivities without even knowing it. These people have difficulty digesting certain foods (for example wheat, dairy, or nuts). But unfortunately food intolerances don’t just affect the digestive system. We now know that they are linked to a long list of problems, including:
- asthma and allergies
- autoimmune disorders
- skin conditions (such as eczema)
- arthritis
- depression
- ADD/ADHD
- migraines
So with an elimination diet, you temporarily cut out certain foods from your diet, and then slowly reintroduce those foods one at a time until you (hopefully) discover which food you were reacting to.
With my son, we started by cutting out the foods which most often cause eczema to flare: all wheat and gluten products, eggs, dairy products, nuts, fish, citrus, and soy. It was challenging, to say the least! But alhamdulillah we eventually discovered that he was reacting to dairy and nuts.
At one point in the diet, we were feeling very overwhelmed and discouraged. We felt like there was so much we couldn’t eat, and it was nearly impossible to go anywhere without bringing our own food.
Then, I discovered these cookies, and they literally saved us alhamdulillah! We finally had a treat which my son could indulge in. And it was wonderful that everyone else in the family also loved these cookies!
Even now, after my son’s eczema has completely resolved alhamdullah, we still make these cookies often.
These cookies contain no wheat flour or refined sugar. We make them with sunflower seed butter, but you can use any nut or seed butter you prefer.
This recipe has been modified from ohsheglows.com
Double Chocolate Cookies (gluten-free)
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup butter or coconut oil softened
- 1/2 cup nut or seed butter of choice sunflower seed butter, almond butter, cashew butter, or peanut butter
- 1/2 cup sweetener of choice honey, maple syrup, unrefined cane sugar, coconut sugar
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 cups oats blended into flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon natural salt
- 3/4 cup chocolate chips or a finely chopped chocolate bar
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C).
- Add all the wet ingredients in a large bowl (egg, butter, sweetener, and vanilla) and beat until smooth. Add the cocoa powder and mix well.
- Add the dry ingredients (oat flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt) and stir well.
- Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Form the dough into balls and place on a buttered cookie sheet. Leave some space between each ball for the cookies to expand. Gently press down on each ball to flatten slightly.
- Bake for about 8-10 minutes, until just set. Don't over-bake or your cookies will be hard!
I found your website through Foodgawker. Healthy foods with a healthy dose of chocolate! Right up my alley! Your “about” page is also very interesting. Congratulations on finding what works for your family! I’ll be following!
Hi Charlotte, thanks so much for the sweet comment. And yes, chocolate is basically the 6th food group in our house! I hope you enjoy the recipes and articles on our site. Thanks again! (I have an aunt named Charlotte, beautiful name by the way!)
I used too many exclamation points in my comment! Wonder why I did that! Btw, chocolate is the first or second food group, not the sixth, lol.
Hahaha, my 4 year-old son would really love you!
Hi Laura, so glad your mom told me about your website- you’ve created such a wonderful resource for people to learn how to improve their health through home-cooking. Also, kind of amazing how the world can shrink through the internet! This recipe looks great, I’ll definitely give it a try. Would love to know if you could share your recipe for your famous peanut butter cookies- I recall that they were delicious! Love the photos, too!!
Thanks so much for your kind comments! I haven’t made those peanut butter cookies in a while (because they aren’t very healthy lol), but I’ll search for the recipe and email it to you. I hope you are doing well!
please also post the dairy, gluten and nut free recipes, as you’ve written about elimination diet can cure food allergies
Most of my recipes can be made dairy free by substituting coconut milk for the dairy milk. And I’m in the process of posting more gluten free recipes inshAllah. Thanks for your comment!