Paleo Skeleton Gingerbread Men (Chocolate Sugar Cookies)
Paleo and gluten free chocolate sugar cookies that are so fun, easy and delicious. Decorate them into skeleton gingerbread men for Halloween!
Servings: 18 gingerbread men cookies (approx)
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup coconut oil or ghee
- 1/2 cup coconut sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1½ cup almond flour
- 1/4 cup coconut flour
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
Icing
- 1 cup organic powdered sugar or powdered monkfruit sweetener, for paleo
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 tsp almond milk
Instructions
- In the microwave or a double boiler, melt the chocolate chips until liquified. Set aside.
- Add coconut oil and coconut sugar in a large bowl. Using a hand mixer or a stand mixer at medium speed, cream together until combined fully.
- Add the egg and vanilla extract to the mixture, and beat until smooth.
- Add in melted chocolate, almond flour, coconut flour, cocoa powder, salt, and baking soda. Beat this mixture at low speed until fully combined and a wet dough is formed.
- Pour the dough on a plastic wrap and wrap tightly. Refrigerate for 1 hour to overnight.
- When ready to bake, let the dough sit at room temperature for 5 minutes then preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper - you may need to use 2 baking sheets.
- Roll out the dough between 2 sheets of parchment paper so it's about ¼-½ inch thick.
- Use a cookie cutter to cut out desired shapes, then carefully transfer the shapes to the prepared baking sheet using a spatula. If the dough softens up too much while cutting, chill in the freezer for 5 minutes until set, then continue.
- Re-roll any scraps of dough and repeat the previous 2 steps until all the dough is used up.
- Bake in the oven for 13-15 minutes until set.
- Cool for 10 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack until cooled completely.
- Stir all the icing ingredients until smooth. Transfer to a piping bag with a fine tip, or you can use a resealable plastic bag with the corner snipped off.
- Decorate the cookies as desired, then let the icing set for 10 minutes until dry and hardened. Enjoy!
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Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie without icing - makes 18 | Calories: 145kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 9mg | Sodium: 63mg | Potassium: 22mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 13IU | Calcium: 23mg | Iron: 1mg