Like whaaaaaaaaaaat. Why a dream cookie, you ask? Because it’s made with wholesome fabulosities like almond meal, coconut sugar, arrowroot. That’s it! Six ingredients straight out of your healthy-cookie-but-you’d-never-ever-know-it-dreams. Let’s rewind for a second. Before taking on Simple Mills’ 12 Days of Cookies challenge, I had never made cookies out of cake mix. Like most cake mixes, this one called for eggs. I wanted to keep them vegan so I threw equal parts chia seeds and water into the mix and prayed for a miracle. And a miracle I received.
These are some of the best cookies I’ve ever made. Ever. And it was a complete, utter, total, ridonculous ACCIDENT. These sorts of life-changing accidents need to happen more frequently. The best part about these cookies is that the mix is naturally gluten-free, paleo and vegan-friendly, dairy free, soy free, and low carb. The second best part is that despite all those healthy words, they truly have an incredible flavor and texture. I swear to you that no one would know they’re good for you. They’d think you were joking. Pulling their leg. Yanking their chain. The mix is made with just six ingredients, not counting rainbows and butterflies: almond flour. Organic coconut sugar. Arrowroot powder. Organic coconut flour. Baking soda. Salt. One cupcake/cookie/slice of cake using this mix has a mere 100 calories, 4.5g fat, 2g fiber, 6g sugar, and 2g protein. That’s like a fourth of the sugar as a normal cookie.
I had a feeling these cookies would be game-changers because the weekend before these, I made the boyf chocolate chip pancakes using Simple Mills pancake and waffle mix. They were insanely delicious and I then became insanely excited to experiment with the cake mix. And how fun is it that the mix worked with chia seeds rather than eggs?! So the deal is that each cookie in this campaign is based on a certain personality type. Mine assignment was “lives for a surprise.” This person lives for the unexpected and is constantly filled with curiosity. I think this cookie fits me quite perfectly. If you know me personally, you know I go from one thing to next in the snap of a finger. I’m always looking for the next adventure, whether it’s trying new food, collaborating with a new company, writing for a new publication, or dreaming about future Alchemy locations. I love for creative freedom and I have a serious zeal for life. Enthusiasm is my middle name.
Actually it’s Lauren. But really. Who doesn’t love a good surprise? Who doesn’t love to not know what adventure is hiding around the corner? I hope you didn’t read the title of this post in great detail so as not to ruin the surprise. Cookies > cake, in my humble opinion. Cookies stuffed with chocolate stuffed raspberries > everything, in my humble opinion. Print [Tweet “The BEST grain-free raspberry chocolate chip cookies via @TheHummusapien @simplemills”]
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