Chocolate Almond Fudge Brownies..

Even the little ones like Paleo!!
Jaydin and I spent some fun baking time together last night. We rolled up our sleeves and dove right into making some nummy fudge brownies.. it was Jaydin's idea to add the walnuts... not a bad idea!

If you haven't purchased the Make it Paleo cookbook yet.. you should!

Ingredients:

1 cup coconut oil  or Palm Shortening

5 oz. bittersweet baking chocolate (make sure it's like 72% or higher)

1 cup pure maple syrup

1/4 cup cocoa powder, sifted

4 eggs

1 tsp. salt

1tsp. baking soda

2 tsp. vanilla extract

12 oz. raw almond butter,  ( I used creamy and added walnuts)

1/4 coconut flour

Combine coconut oil (or Palm shortening), baking chocolate and maple syrup in a small pan and heat on low heat until chocolate is melted.. stir frequently..

Sift in cocoa powder, stir to distribute evenly, set aside and let cool a bit.

Preheat the oven to 350 F

Blend eggs, salt, baking soda, and vanilla in a medium sized mixing bowl.

Once smooth, slowly add almond butter and continue blending together.

Add in melted chocolate mixture, blend

Add in coconut flour and continue mixing until smooth and mixed completely

Pour batter into lightly greased (with coconut oil) 9"x13" baking pan.

Bake at 350 F, for approx. 30 minutes.

Option: Add nuts to the mix or sprinkle on top... Try folding in chunks of chocolate to the batter and bake for a "lava" brownie..

Make it Paleo...

I recently purchased a new Paleo recipe book: Make it Paleo, by Bill Staley and Hayley Mason.
There are several really good and SIMPLE recipes!  I highly reccomend this book! Well worth the $23 from Amazon. Make it Paleo at Amazon
Check it out!  Laura and I are thinking of having a "recipe" night and having several people make and share different Paleo recipes.  Let's get ourselves prepared to succeed in the upcoming nutritional challenge in January!

Chocolate Mocha Cupcake!!!

Catina's Cookies.....mmm, good!

Day 28 Paleo / Zone Challenge

Busy weekend for me so far....... I haven't had a chance to post anything until now.

Not that I am keepin a score card or anything, but the Paleo world has a new convert!
Welcome Catina! Hoping Cat enjoys all things Paleo! (she was "in the zone" before)
Anyway, Catina is a kick butt chick at OCF in all she does, and apparently, she kicks butt in the baking category too!!
This is her Paleo Cookie recipe she served up at Friday's poker game......... Let me just say one word about these cookies.........YYYYUUUUUUMMMMMM!!!!!!!

Paleo Cookies

Ingredients:
2 cups raw honey
2 cups ground walnuts
4 cups almond flour
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ginger
1/2 cup dried fruit (Cat used Raisins)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease cookie sheets, or line with parchment paper. Warm honey in a saucepan. Let mixture cool slightly. Sift together flour and spices. Place honey in mixing bowl; gradually add flour mixture and stir until well blended. Stir in dried chopped fruit.
Roll dough about 1/4-inch thick on a floured board; cut into squares and rectangles with a pastry wheel or sharp knife. (If you prefer, you can also make drop cookies, dropping the dough by teaspoonful.) Bake ten minutes. Makes four dozen.

Making a batch right now.......... I'll let you know how they turn out and post I'll post pics too!