Double Chocolate Almond Flour Cookies

INGREDIENTS:

• 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1/4 cup light brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 1/2 cups almond flour
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• 3/4 cup chocolate chips, or Dark Chocolate finely chopped

METHOD:

1. Preheat oven to 190 degrees.
2. Sift cocoa powder into a medium bowl. Stir in almond flour using a wire whisk.
3. Cream butter and sugar until very light, about 2-3 minutes.  Add egg and vanilla and beat until incorporated.  Add salt and baking soda and beat until incorporated.  Mix in cocoa and almond flour mixture.  Stir in chocolate chips.
4. Scoop about two tablespoon mounds onto a parchment-lined cookie sheet (or use a medium sized cookie scoop), placing about an inch and a half apart.  Gently smoosh dough to make almost 1/2-inch thick disks.
5. Bake at 190 degrees for 8-10 minutes, or until puffed and cracked.
6. Allow to cool on cookie sheet for about 5 minutes before moving to a cooling rack to finish cooling.

Makes about 28 cookies.