We all love homemade holiday cookies- at least I do anyway.
The only problem is that I don’t always feel like tying on an apron and slaving away in the kitchen to get my cookie fix.
Thankfully, I have an easy recipe that involves absolutely no baking at all.
Oh and did I mention that it isn’t terribly unhealthy?
Chocolate Coconut No-Bake Cookies
(yields approximately 16 cookies)
Ingredients:
1 cup coconut sugar
1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk (use unsweetened chocolate almond milk if you’re a chocoholic!)
1/4 cup coconut oil
1/3 cup cocoa powder
3 cups gluten-free oats
1/2 cup natural peanut butter or almond butter
1/2 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
2/3 cup organic cacao chips
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions:
1. Line a cookie sheet with wax paper and set aside.
2. Place the oats, peanut butter, coconut, chocolate chips, cinnamon, and vanilla in a large bowl and set aside.
2. Combine the sugar, almond milk, coconut oil, and cocoa powder in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Allow the mixture to boil for about 1 minute.
3. Pour the mixture over the oat mixture and stir until all ingredients are thoroughly combined.
Tip: You’ll have to mix extra hard if you’re using almond butter since it isn’t as soft as peanut butter.
4. Using a tablespoon, spoon the dough onto the cookie sheet. Place in the refrigerator until firm.
Here are nine additional recipes that are just as easy (some involving even fewer ingredients and steps than the one above).
1. No-Bake Healthy Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal Cookie Balls
2. Skinny Chocolate Peanut Butter No-Bake Cookies
6. No Bake Cookies ‘n Creme Protein Balls
7. Vanilla Walnut “Shortbread”
These recipes are just perfect for all of those office parties, pot luck lunches, and cookie swaps that are probably overtaking your calendar at the moment. Most of them are gluten-free and their ingredients are far healthier than those usually found in traditional cookies.
Even better- you’ll get your cookie fix in just minutes without having to stand in front of a wire rack while impatiently waiting for a batch of cookies to cool before you can eat them.
Enjoy!
