Elana's Pantry Paleo Samoas | Homemade Girl Scout Samoa Cookies

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Gluten-free, grain-free, dairy-free Paleo Samoa Girl Scout Cookies will rock your world.

This recipe for gluten-free Paleo Girl Scout cookies is based on one from the wonderful cookbook Paleo Indulgences by Tammy Credicott (the book also has a fantastic forward by Robb Wolf). This Paleo cookbook is packed with healthy substitutes for your favorite treats. Tammy has done an amazing job in compiling nutritious, yet mouthwatering recipes that range from all sorts of fun gluten-free baked goods and candies to healthy entrees and vegetable dishes.

My favorite part of this gluten-free Paleo Girl Scout cookie recipe? The vegan caramel sauce recipe that Tammy includes in it, which is a true piece of culinary genius. There are dozens of other treats that you’ll want to have at hand as well, so I recommend getting yourself a copy of this delightfully healthy cookbook.

For about a week I was calling these cookies Samoras instead of Samoas. I’m not really sure what got into me as I used to call them by the correct name. If you like cookies with toasted coconut, vegan caramel sauce and dark chocolate, then these are right up your alley, regardless of the name.

Paleo Samoas

Cookies:

2 cups blanched almond flour
½ cup unsweetened shredded coconut
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ cup honey
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 egg
3 tablespoons coconut oil, melted

In a food processor combine dry ingredients
Pulse in wet ingredients until dough forms
Refrigerate dough for 30 minutes
Roll dough between 2 sheets of parchment paper to ¼ inch thick
Use a 2-inch cookie cutter to cut out rounds
Use a knife to cut holes in center of rounds if desired
Bake at 350° for 6-8 minutes
Cool cookies completely on baking sheet

Topping:

1 cup (6 ounces) dark chocolate chunks
1 cup coconut sugar
¼ cup coconut nectar
½ cup coconut milk
½ cup unsweetened shredded coconut, toasted

Melt chocolate over very low heat
Dip base of each cookie into chocolate
Place on parchment paper to set
To make caramel, place coconut sugar, coconut nectar and coconut milk in a saucepan
Bring mixture to a boil, then decrease heat and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring frequently
Remove mixture from heat and stir in toasted coconut
Use a small spoon to drizzle caramel-coconut mixture onto cookies
Drizzle additional chocolate over cookies and sprinkle with extra coconut if desired
Place cookies in refrigerator to set, then serve

Makes 36 cookies

While the ingredients for these homemade Paleo Girl Scout cookies are based on a recipe from Tammy Credicott’s Paleo Indulgences, much of the method is based on that from the Samoa recipe by David Leite at Leite’s Culinaria. Leite has one of the best cooking sites around. His photography is beautiful and the instructions for his recipes are full of detail, yet at the same time quite simple.

Finally, a bit of Girl Scout cookie trivia –did you know that in 2002 Bruce Willis purchased 12,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies and had them sent to troops in Afghanistan?

What is your favorite Girl Scout Cookie recipe? If you could see another gluten-free Girl Scout cookie recipe over here which one would it be?