Lupus and Food: Coconut Flour Peanut Butter Cookies. Recipe inside! GF DF

I'm thinking of starting a blog series called Monday Munchies. Or maybe Tuesday Treats. Or perhaps Wednesday Delights. Since I'm scouring the internet for good gluten free/dairy free recipes to accommodate my oldest daughter, I might as well share the winners that I come across here.

They won't just be GF and DF, mind you. Only 25% of the Gorman household is truly gluten free and dairy free, although another 25% of us (me!) could probably benefit from being GF, too. 

As our household has refined our meal offerings to semi-accommodate the GF DF diet, my youngest daughter and I have both experienced the GI benefits from skimping on or skipping dairy altogether. Funny what becomes apparent when you start to pay attention! 

Most of this focus on nutrition stems from working with a Functional Medicine doctor,  which you can read about here. (I'll warn you. We are BIG fans.)

Whatever I name the blog series, I'm gonna kick things off with this one - Coconut Flour Peanut Butter Cookies. It's one of our favorites. We made them three times so far, and each time we've increased the batch size. They're THAT good! (And everyone's always blown away that they're DF/GF. 

Credit goes to Arman Liew over at The Big Man's World for the original recipe, to which I've made some changes. Hope you make a batch this weekend! 

Coconut Flour Peanut Butter Cookies (with Despite Lupus tweaks)

1/2 cup granulated sugar 

1 egg

2 Tablespoons coconut flour*

1 cup peanut butter

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 cup dairy free chocolate chips**

Preheat oven to 350. Mix first 6 ingredients together with wooden spoon until well- blended. Mix in chocolate chips. Use cookie scoop to drop onto foil or parchment lined cookie sheet. Use fork to press cross lines into cookie balls for that traditional peanut butter cookie appearance! 

Bake 10-12 minutes until set. Let cool 5 minutes.  Makes 12-15 cookies. Enjoy!! 

And yes, before you ask, the measurements are correct.  Just 2 Tbs of coconut flour (it's known as a very adsorbent flour!), and a full cup of peanut butter.  

*Many thanks to my cousin-in-law Caitlin Pio for suggesting we try Coconut Flour instead of the grainy GF flour or heavy Almond flour we were using. We also have a tree nut allergy in the house (epi pens are stashed everywhere), so finding a good alternative to anything almond has been a game changer!! 

Available at Safeway 

**We are LOVING Trader Joe's DF GF semi sweet chocolate chips. At just $3.49-$3.99 a bag, they taste delicious and don't break the bank! 

Available at Trader Joe's 

Will update this post with cookie photos the next time I make these. Making a batch of these yourself? Send us your photos and we'll post!! 

And leave your favorite DF/GF recipes in the comments. When I post a non-DF/GF recipes, those recipes are welcome, too!!