Carob Date Cookies – A Yummy “Chocolate Chip” Cookie Swap for Allergies (and Acid Reflux)

These Carob Date cookies are gluten-free, egg-free and acid watcher friendly, too! With almond meal for the base, 100% date syrup, unsweetened coconut and carob, they are sweet enough for your “chocolate chip” urge without the guilt (or distress).

If you’re like me, you crave a cookie once in a while. But having acid reflux has made it a challenge to enjoy any of the treats I used to savor from my favorite bake shops. So I’ve been experimenting to come up with delicious treats I can enjoy and feel good about too. And when I say “feel good,” believe me, I know when something doesn’t go down well (I feel the throat burn).

So here’s a recipe my family enjoys that I can enjoy with them, too! Because whether or not you have medically based food restrictions, these simply taste great! And Carob-Date is a pretty yummy combination.

Carob Date "Chocolate Chip" Cookies

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 12 minutes mins

Total Time 17 minutes mins

Servings 14

Ingredients

  

• 1/4 cup softened butter or coconut oil, melted
• 3 Tablespoons 100% Date Syrup
• 2 Tablespoons finely shredded coconut unsweetened
• 1/4-1/2 tsp vanilla
• 2 Tablespoons almond butter
• 2 Tablespoons flax meal
• 4 Tablespoons water
• 1 cup almond meal
• 1/3 cup gluten-free raw oats
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp Celtic salt
• 1/4 cup chopped walnuts or Macadamia nuts
• 1/4 cup Carob Chips unsweetened (I used Sunspire Unsweetened Carob Chips)

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 375ºF.
• In a large bowl mix flax meal and water and set aside.
• In another bowl add butter (or coconut oil), date syrup, vanilla, almond meal and finely shredded coconut; blend well.
• Transfer butter batter to flax/water mixture and stir together.
• Add almond meal, oats, baking soda, Celtic salt and mix until well combined.
• Fold in chopped nuts and carob chips.
• Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Scoop batter with a mini scoop onto nonstick pan, separating each cookie by 2".
• Flatten slightly with a spoon.
• Bake for 12 minutes until firm and just slightly golden.

Note: If you don’t have acid reflux issues, you can omit both the Date Syrup and shredded coconut and add 1/2 cup Sugar 2.0 + probiotics instead. This sugar/fiber blend is half the sugar of granulated white sugar and works surprisingly well.

Disclaimer: I was not compensated for any of the products mentioned in this post. These are simply items I have used and keep in my cupboard.