{"id":94,"date":"2012-10-17T05:08:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T05:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anjaschwerin.com\/food\/?p=94"},"modified":"2017-02-14T20:52:35","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T20:52:35","slug":"grain-free-orange-chocolate-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anjaschwerin.com\/food\/10\/grain-free-orange-chocolate-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Grain Free Orange Chocolate Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"667\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anjaschwerin.com\/food\/10\/grain-free-orange-chocolate-cookies\/orangechocolatecookies\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anjaschwerin.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/OrangeChocolateCookies.jpg?fit=652%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"652,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"OrangeChocolateCookies\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anjaschwerin.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/OrangeChocolateCookies.jpg?fit=522%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-667 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anjaschwerin.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/OrangeChocolateCookies.jpg?resize=261%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"261\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anjaschwerin.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/OrangeChocolateCookies.jpg?resize=391%2C600&amp;ssl=1 391w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anjaschwerin.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/OrangeChocolateCookies.jpg?resize=450%2C690&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anjaschwerin.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/OrangeChocolateCookies.jpg?resize=600%2C920&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anjaschwerin.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/OrangeChocolateCookies.jpg?w=652&amp;ssl=1 652w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px\" \/>One of my favorite autumn and winter flavors is orange zest in combination with dried dates or some deep dark chocolate. Or both. It cannot be deep or dark enough.<\/div>\n<p>Here are some of my other orange zesty recipes:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/anjaschwerin.com\/food\/?p=127\">Orange Coffee Nut Bars<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/anjaschwerin.com\/food\/?p=190\">Orange Date Granola<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/anjaschwerin.com\/food\/?p=262\">Orange Scented Hazelnut Prune Truffles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/anjaschwerin.com\/food\/?p=183\">Orange Date Nut Clusters aka Paleo Granola <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/anjaschwerin.com\/food\/?p=194\">Orange Date Bread<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/anjaschwerin.com\/food\/?p=263\">Orange Scented Molasses Cake<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/anjaschwerin.com\/food\/?p=378\">Orange Molasses Granola<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/anjaschwerin.com\/food\/?p=376\">Cocoa Orange Granola Bars<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/anjaschwerin.com\/food\/?p=192\">Chocolate Orange Muffins<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/anjaschwerin.com\/food\/?p=382\">Orange Cocoa Oatmeal Truffles<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There we go: all sorts of flavored granolas, granola bars, snack bars, cakes and truffles. Notice something? Yes, no cookie recipe yet. That will change with today&#8217;s recipe that I am particularly proud of: Grain Free Orange Chocolate Cookies, sweetened with date syrup and honey. First of all: my kids absolutely love them. They are grain free and nut free (so I can pack them into my son&#8217;s lunch box for school). They can be whipped in no time with very little ingredients that might have sitting in pantry and fridge anyway.<\/p>\n<p>I usually do small amounts when cooking and baking (who wants to eat the same stuff for days in row&#8230;), but these cookies have disappeared so quickly, that it is not necessary halving the recipe. Enjoy!<br \/>\n<b>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- <\/b><br \/>\n<b>GRAIN FREE ORANGE CHOCOLATE COOKIES<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/anjasprintablerecipes\/grain-free-orange-chocolate-cookies\">Print Recipe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2 cups dried coconut flakes<br \/>\n1\/2 cup cocoa powder<\/p>\n<p>2 eggs<br \/>\n1\/4 cup date syrup (or alternatively honey)<br \/>\n1\/4 cup honey<br \/>\n1 orange, zest of<\/p>\n<p>Yields 20-25<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nPreheat oven to 180C. Line baking sheet with parchment paper.<\/p>\n<p>In a bowl, combine coconut flakes and cocoa powder. Mix well.\u00a0 In another bowl, lightly beat the eggs. Stir in date syrup, honey and orange zest. Combine wet and dry ingredients.<\/p>\n<p>Take one tablespoon of the batter and form discs of about 1,5 inches diameter. Place them onto the prepared baking sheet. Bake for 18-20 minutes. Or until golden brown.<\/p>\n<p>If you want your cookies slightly more crispy, switch off the oven after 18-20 minutes. Flip the cookies upside down and put back into switched-off but warm oven\u00a0 for another few minutes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my favorite autumn and winter flavors is orange zest in combination with dried dates or some deep dark chocolate. Or both. It cannot be deep or dark enough. Here are some<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anjaschwerin.com\/food\/10\/grain-free-orange-chocolate-cookies\/\">Read More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17,12,4,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","author-Anja","post-94","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cookies","category-dairy-free","category-gluten-free","category-grain-free"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8TjFz-1w","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":159,"url":"https:\/\/anjaschwerin.com\/food\/12\/my-favorites-of-2011\/","url_meta":{"origin":94,"position":0},"title":"My Favorites of 2011","author":"Anja","date":"December 31, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Wishing you all a very happy New Year. 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