Healthy Eats | Chocolate Caramel Coconut Shortbread Wheels
Anyone in the mood for Cookies?
Good day my foodie friends! Finally made the trip to Colorado…geesh it’s really cold here! And snow! Well lots! It’s okay, it’s well worth the trip to spend time with kids.
Before I left I told you I was making cookies! And I also mentioned my love for Girl Scout cookies. Well today I wanted to share another favorite. My recipe is definitely not the same recipe used by the mother master chef of Girl Scout cookies. This recipe is gluten and dairy free, with no processed sugars.
With that being said…I think you'll like them!
Chocolate Caramel Coconut Shortbread Wheels
Shortbread
- Gluten Free Flour (2 cups)
- Baking Soda (1 tsp)
- Sea Salt (1/2 tsp)
- Non-dairy butter (6 tbsp.)
- Maple Syrup (3/4 cup)
- Vanilla (1 ½ tsp)
Caramel
Coconut Oil (melted) (1/4 cup)
Maple Syrup (1/4 cup)
Almond Butter (3 tbsp.)
Unsweetened Dried Coconut (1 ½ cup)
Dairy Free/Sugar Free Dark Chocolate Chips (1/2 cup)
The Shortbread of it!
Blend the Maple Syrup, Vanilla and butter in your mixer until blended, and then add dry ingredients. When well combined roll into a ball and place between parchment paper. Flatten and refrigerate for at least an hour. This will be pretty sticky, that’s quite okay! When you’re ready to make these little treasures take the dough from the freezer and roll the dough to about ¼” thickness. (Keep the dough in the parchment when you’re doing this. Your life will be so much easier, trust me!) Then using a 2” glass or cookie cutter cut shortbread rounds and place on a parchment lined baking sheet. Use your thumb to press a hole in the center to make your shortbread wheel. Bake these at 350 degrees for 14 minutes. Don’t overbake! Allow them to cool for about 20 minutes.
The Caramel!
This is so easy you’ll love it! Place all of the ingredients in your favorite blender. Blend until everything is smooth and well combined. It is so tasty! (Try not to grab a spoon and eat all of it!) I use this caramel in so many recipes. It is so versatile!
Layer a thin layer of caramel all over the top of each cookie. Mix the coconut with the remaining caramel and press the caramel/coconut mixture on each cookie. Place the cookies in the freezer for 20 minutes.
And finally…Chocolate!
Melt the chocolate in a double boiler or microwave. Be careful you don’t want to burn the chocolate!
Bring the cookies out from the freezer and “paint” the bottom of each cookie with chocolate. Place them back in the freezer for about 15 minutes to allow the chocolate to harden.
Chocolate has hardened! Now let's drizzle, drizzle the remaining chocolate on the tops of the cookies.
Cookie Time!
Wonderful with Coffee, Tea or Milk!
So glad to see you today! Thanks for stopping by the Bird nest. These were welcomed with open arms in Colorado! I hope you’ll try them and let me know what you think!
And as always, blessings to you all!
Oh my a healthy take on one of my favorite cookies! You had me at “Eats” 😂! Your food posts always cause mouth watering and today it caused it a little too much lol! Now I want to go out and get the ingredients for these...they look sooooooo good! Thanks so much for sharing ~
Oh good! I hope you will try them and let me know what you think. We have always had just a weakness for Girl Scout cookies but I just couldn't do the sugar thing...so I played around and made these. We always loved to warm them a bit and dunk them in hot tea or milk....yikes ;) Let me know what you think. Thank you @c rosheille, you're so kind, I truly appreciate it.
Magic gluten free cookies, the Bird family certainly are lucky!
You'll have to try something like this for t he hubby! Perhaps one cookie? Thanks my sweet foodie friend!
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Your cookies look amazing. You did a great job caputuring the process and prsentation in your photos.
Thank you! I bet you and your daughters would have so much fun making them! Although I warn you....they're messy to make! lol But hey, little chocolate-y hands are the best!!!
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These are just gorgeous. Each one is its own tiny work of art.
But ok ... let's say you don't want to live to be 150 years old and be healthy enough to look down on your neighbors. I assume you can make these same things with "real food" -- you know. With flour like you buy in the store. Not made from wheat you grew and reaped and milled all by yourself (like that little red hen in the story.) And butter that came roundabout from an actual cow ... whether or not you spent four hours yesterday churning it. And real chocolate chips ---> Hersey's dark chocolate minis. Yeah, I could get excited about this. Especially when I look at those babies again and see what a great job you did with them.
Actual cookies. Like grandma used to bake. Or is that too big a leap?
lol, sure you could make these the old fashioned way! I just can't do that with my family....otherwise they spend the day in the bathroom. Love your honesty....and humor. I certainly don't plan to grace this earth at 150 years, woo that would be scary for everyone. Call me crazy! I love it :) If I lived near you, I would win you and cw over in no time! lol
They look like the Samoa cookies! Yummy! You really are sinful, but, I would not be able to resist!
Nice presentation on these! You are a foodies fairy godmother! Thank you!
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:) I am so glad you liked these cookies. I have to tell you Samoas never stayed around our house very long. My favorite was to warm them in the microwave for a few seconds and them dip them in my morning tea....ahhh so wonderful! So I thought, hey I could make them and make them a bit healthier (I know they're not really Samoas, lol) They work! You so nice to compliment! Thank you @dswigle I truly appreciate it!
OMG, I love your post. I just discovered steemusa today and I am so glad to find people who post healthy foods. These cookies look amazing and I am most sure they taste as good as they look. I have all the ingredients in my pantry right now, I just might make them tomorrow. Thanks for your post.
Thank you! I like to modify recipes so they are healthier for our bodies! We used to eat these as Girl Scout cookies all the time. I hope you'll try them and let me know what you think!
If I saw these when I was out somewhere i would never have guessed they were healthy
Awwww, that is so nice of you to say @tatoodjay. I really enjoyed making them, my daughter says they taste like "the real thing!" That says alot! Have a wonderful, warm day!
Ohh yes that is a big compliment from our daughter :)
I just saw the forecast for the next few days, and if I can stat indoors then I may be able to sty warm but outdoors not a chance
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