How to NOT lose weight on Paleo...

1.) Let your husband keep his donut maker from the company gift exchange! (blog to follow soon~Yum!)
2.) Have a cookie party with the Davisons !


Lastnight we had a holiday cookie party with our fellow Paleo friends Wes and Erin and their adorable kids. We got into the holiday spirit and enjoyed a wonderful night of great food, great friends and  delicious Paleo Gingerbread cookies.
We used the recipe from Make it Paleo:

Ingredients:

• 3 c. blanched almond flour

• 1/2 c. molasses (if you have an aversion to molasses, another option would be to use yacon syrup, although the molasses is a key ingredient to getting the classic "gingerbread cookie" flavor and color.)
• 1/4 c. pure maple syrup
• 3 TBS palm shortening (Coconut Oil works fine as a substitute!  That's what we did!)
• 1 TBS coconut milk
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ground ginger
• 1/2 tsp ground cloves
• 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tso baking soda

Process:

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. In a sauce pan, heat molasses to a boil.
3. Add maple syrup, palm shortening, and coconut milk to sauce pan. 
4. Stir ingredients until combined, then remove from heat.
5. In a small bowl, combine all dry ingredients.
6. Pour dry ingredients into wet, and mix with a wooden spoon until batter is fully blended.
7. Roll out dough between two sheets of parchment paper, until about 1/4 inch thick.
8. Cut batter with cookie cutters of choice.
9. Bake for 10 minutes on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet.
10. Let cool, decorate as desired, and enjoy. 
 

Making the dough!





Baking Time



Even Baby Joel is enjoying cookie night





Boys getting busy in the Kitchen



For the big cookies we used parchment templates and the kiddo's got to cut them out! CUTE



Enjoying their "Gingy man"





Primal "Gingy men" by: Elliot



What a great night! So glad we have awesome friends in the area :)