These chocolate-dipped butter cookies are healthier than your average cookie. They’re made with whole-grain flour and less sugar. The chocolate adds some added flavor and a nice twist to the classic holiday cookies. Enjoy as a holiday dinner dessert, with a cup of coffee, tea, or hot cocoa!
Why you’ll love these chocolate dipped butter cookies
- As easy as can be – Just throw all the ingredients into a bowl at once and mix them using your hands. Then just roll the dough, cut it into shapes, and bake!
- Healthier than your average butter cookie – these chocolate-dipped butter cookies are made with whole-grain flour and have less sugar than the average cookie. Whole grain flour, also called spelt flour, is high in protein and fiber, making it easier to digest. Plus, it also has essential nutrients such as iron, magnesium, and zinc.
- Can be made gluten free – just swap the spelt flour for 1:1 gluten free flour.
- Fun holiday activity – these cookies are holiday approved! They’re also fun and quick to make.
Ingredients you’ll need
A butter cookie dipped in dark chocolate, yes, please!Whole grain spelt flour – you can also use regular flour or 1:1 gluten free flour.
- Butter – classic holiday cookies require unsalted butter. Use good quality butter for great flavor.
- Coconut sugar – coconut sugar is lower in glycemic index, making these cookies refined sugar free, but feel free to use whatever you have on hand!
- A pinch of salt – perfect to balance out the flavors.
- Egg – this will bind our dough together.
- Dark chocolate – to dip the cookies. Here you can use dark chocolate chips.
- Coconut oil – to soften the chocolate and make it smoother.
- Chopped nuts – chopped hazelnuts, almonds, or pecans.
More cookie recipes to enjoy
- Healthier easy olive oil chocolate chip cookies (GF, DF, RSF)
- Life-changing chocolate chunk cookies (V, GF, DF, RSF)
- Easy chocolate chip banana oatmeal breakfast cookies (V, GF, DF, RSF)
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Healthier Easy Chocolate-Dipped Butter Cookies
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 25 cookies 1x
Description
These chocolate dipped butter cookies are made with whole-grain flour and less sugar, healthier than your average cookie!
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cup spelt flour (150 g)
- 1/3 cup unsalted butter (75 g)
- 1/4 cup coconut sugar (50 g)
- 1/2 egg
- A pinch of salt
- 1 cup dark chocolate
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
- Chopped nuts (hazelnuts, almonds, pecans)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 340 F / 170 C and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, add the flour, sugar, a pinch of salt, and cubed butter. Mix using your hands and work the butter into the flour, until you’re left with a wet sand-like consistency. It’s okay if you are left with tiny chunks of butter.
- Scramble the egg and add only half of it to the dough. Mix until the dough comes together. At this point the dough should be soft, but not sticky.
- Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface.
- Use cookie cutters to cut out shapes or use the top of a round cup to cut out a perfectly round circle. Place each cookie on your lined baking sheet.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until the edges are light golden brown.
Melted chocolate:
- In the microwave in 20-second intervals, melt the dark chocolate and coconut oil.
- Dip each cookie in the melted chocolate and sprinkle chopped nuts on top.
- Let chill for at least one hour for the melted chocolate to dry.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert, Snack
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American
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