Sweet Tea… in Italia!

Italy, Amazing Food, Love and Wine Y'all!

I have ran out of ideas for my elf Floki…. so the last thing he did was wind up in Zeus’s mouth.. haha

I made some Gluten Free chocolate chip cookies and made them with palm sugar instead of sugar.. and they came out awesome.. actually…

I think i’ll make them more often.. they weren’t horrible… Like I figured they would have a bad texture and everything..

But, they really did taste great.

Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1/4 cup coconut oil, softened
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar (or coconut palm sugar)
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3 cups blanched almond flour (see note below)
  • 1 1/4 cups chocolate chips of choice
  • 2/3 cup toasted walnuts (optional)
Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the butter, coconut oil, and brown sugar. Add the vanilla and eggs, mixing until incorporated.
  3. Mix in the baking soda and salt. Add the almond flour, 1 cup at a time, beating well after each addition. Fold in the chocolate chips and walnuts with a wooden spoon.
  4. Form the dough into tablespoon rounds and place on the lined baking sheet about 3 inches apart. Bake for 11-13 minutes, or until golden brown around edges. Cool and enjoy! These cookies are best enjoyed the day they are baked.
I went out into the pasture to check on Maggie.. her baby has turned.. and she is fattttt and pregnant πŸ™‚ I am so excited for her to have her baby…  and scared… scared for her it’s her first baby…  and she is very dear in my heart… 
I was rubbing her belly with my finger nails and her baby started just kicking.. and I was so excited πŸ™‚ we are going to have a baby!!!!  she’s getting closer to having her baby…. her due date is early-mid January πŸ™‚
So I was talking to my friend who came across another off the track thoroughbred.. and he was going to keep her…  then he called me back and said he didn’t want her…
So Sunday I went up to go get her.. and brought her home… her name is Brazil Belle… her dad is a bad mofo… won a metric shit ton of money on the racetrack… πŸ™‚
I’ve called her BB..
Not a very good picture, but it was wet and raining bad today πŸ™‚
That is about all that is going on here.. about to go run the great american rat race of Christmas… yay….