Add chocolate chips or other mix-in and stir to combine.įorm dough into medium-size balls (like a ping-pong ball). Then, add wet ingredients and stir to form a dough. ½ cup chocolate chips, coconut, raisins, or other add-inĬombine coconut flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and coconut sugar (if using – if using maple syrup, add it with the other wet ingredients) in a medium bowl.1/3 cup coconut oil or high-quality butter, melted.1/3 cup coconut sugar OR maple syrup (your preference).Healthy Gut Nut-Flour-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies Whether you want to experience the joy of baking with your kids, or just want a special afternoon snack, I hope you enjoy it.
This healthy gut cookie recipe is the one I use when I’ve got a cookie craving. Freeze on cookie sheet for 30 minutes, then transfer frozen dough balls to an airtight container and keep frozen for a hot, fresh cookie anytime. Once dough is assembled, scoop into balls (forming round balls with your hand will result in the prettiest cookies). That’s why I recommend portioning and freezing the dough. Plus, these cookies are best fresh from the oven. ) One For Me Now, One For Me LaterĪs with ANY food, cookies – even healthy gut cookies – should be eaten in moderation. (Are you stuck on a restricted diet, unable to introduce more foods? That can be a sign of leaky gut. I’ve included substitutes and suggestions in the recipe as a starting point.
Make substitutions as you need to to suit your own body. Remember, you’re the boss of your own diet. Or, you can do like I sometimes do and add a little extra cinnamon and skip the chips altogether! If you do tolerate nuts, you could also add some chopped nuts to the dough. įor those who avoid chocolate, some other options are dried fruit like raisins, unsweetened flake coconut, or carob chips. I use Enjoy Life allergen-friendly chocolate chips. If you’re including chocolate, choose a high-quality dark or semi-sweet chocolate. (Carob is illegal on SCD, too – but it may be OK if you’re following AIP or another gut healing diet.) If you’re strictly following the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, chocolate is considered illegal. That means some members of our community eat chocolate, while others avoid it. Let’s Talk About ChocolateĪt SCD Lifestyle, we are all about finding the customized diet that works for you. Trust your intuition when you’re baking with coconut flour – if your cookie dough is too dry, you can always thin it with a little more liquid or fat. While it’s true that a nut-flour baked good is usually more moist than a coconut-flour baked good, you can still make a great cookie with coconut flour (I have eaten LOTS of cookies that prove it!). For this reason, coconut flour has developed a reputation as being hard to work with and dry. If you don’t tolerate nut-flour, or just want to stop eating so much nut flour, coconut flour might be your new go-to.Ĭoconut flour is very absorbent, though – it’s like a sponge and will suck up lots of liquid. It’s gluten-free, grain-free and well-tolerated by most people. Enter Coconut FlourĬoconut flour is my favorite nut-free, grain-free flour to bake with. And if you’re eating a lot of nut flour and not seeing progress in healing your gut, you may want to consider cutting back on it. If you’ve tried other grain-free baked goods and not tolerated them well, it could be because of nut flours. (For more on healthy fats, check this out. But most people eat far more Omega-6 than they do Omega-3. If you’re eating lots of fats rich in Omega-3, like wild-caught fish, this may not be a problem for you. For optimal health, Omega-3 and -6 fats need to be balanced in the body. Nut flours are also high in Omega-6 fats. They cause issues for so many people that we call nuts one of the “4 Horsemen of SCD.” Most grain-free baking recipes use nut flours like almond as a replacement for traditional wheat flour or gluten-free flours like rice.īut, nut flours can be really difficult for those with a compromised gut to digest. (Hey, there’s nothing wrong with wanting to enjoy a cookie sometimes! After all, delicious food is one of life’s greatest pleasures.)Įven if you’re following a healthy gut, grain-free diet like SCD or paleo, you shouldn’t have to give up the occasional cookie.īut here’s the problem: a lot of gut-healthy, grain-free recipes rely way too much on one ingredient that may be holding you back from healing: nut flour. There’s nothing else like it… warm, gooey, chocolate chip cookies fresh from the oven.
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