Paleo, gluten-free Girl Scout cookies made with sunbutter, dark chocolate andan almond flour cookie will rock your world. photo provided courtesy of elanaspantry.com

These Girl Scout cookies are called Peanut Butter Patties or Tagalongs, and guess what? I’ve made them gluten-free and Paleo. Now you can enjoy more gluten-free, Paleo Girl Scout Cookies. No need to give in to cravings for the regular (sugar-filled, gluten-filled) Girl Scout Cookies which are everywhere this time of year.

When I was a girl I was in a troupe called the Blue Birds. It was very similar to the Girl Scouts, except we sold Blue Bird candy instead of Girl Scout cookies. I had great fun going door-to-door selling candy to our neighbors. This was good preparation for the canvassing I later did for NYPIRG after I graduated from Columbia.

ingredients
2 cups blanched almond flour
¼ teaspoon celtic sea salt
½ teaspoon baking soda
2 tablespoons vegan shortening
2 tablespoons honey
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
½ cup sunbutter
1 cup dark chocolate chunks

directions

1. In a food processor, combine almond flour, salt and baking soda
2. Pulse in shortening, honey and vanilla until combined
3. Roll out dough between 2 pieces of parchment paper to 1/4-inch thick
4. Chill dough in freezer for 20 minutes
5. Using a 2-inch cookie cutter, cut out dough
6. Press your thumb in center of each circle to make indentation
7. Bake at 350° for 4-6 minutes
8. Cool cookies for 1 hour
9. Place one teaspoon of sunbutter on top of each cookie
10. Freeze for 10 minutes
11. Melt chocolate over very low heat
12. Dip cookies in chocolate
13. Place on a parchment lined baking sheet
14. Freeze for 30 minutes
15. Serve

makes (18) cookies

These peanut-free, dairy-free, vegetarian Tagalong cookies are best stored in the refrigerator or freezer –your choice will depend on the level of crunch that you like in your cookie.

recipe courtesy elanaspantry.com