Almond Meal Cookies with Chocolate + Coconut

Cookies are my weakness, especially a good cookie.  Despite not being a huge sweet fan, I rarely turn down a cookie. I also love coconut and feel it is greatly underrepresented in the dessert world. This lovely cookie recipe is not my own, it is from The Sprouted Kitchen Cookbook by Sara Forte. This entire cookbook is truly fantastic and I am a big fan, so much so, I highly recommend this cookbook if you are looking for a great one (and you still buy them…).

I have been making these cookies forever. My older son (the one who also loves my soft frosted pumpkin cookies) adores them. Not surprised, he, like me, loves anything with coconut in it. I wanted to post about these cookies today because tomorrow (May 4th) is his 15th birthday. But I’m feeling a bit sad for him, he’s stuck inside with us. No friends to hang out with, no special dinner anywhere… But I’m trying my best to make his birthday special anyway, because no matter what, it’s still a very special day to me–because it’s when I became a mom. And despite the ups and downs and multiple miscarriages, motherhood is my greatest achievement. So today, my firstborn gets his favorite coconut almond meal cookies and tomorrow he’ll get his favorite coconut cake. Honestly, I think the quarantine justifies both.

I have tweaked just a few things in the original recipe because that’s what happens when you go to culinary school, you adapt everything. Both recipes are great, I encourage you to try them both, mine may be slightly sweeter (unusual for me) but mine also has a bit more coconut, because it’s my favorite and life is short–enjoy it!