Coconut Chocolate Whoopie Pies
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Serves: 4 whoopie pies
 
Ingredients
For the cookies:
  • ¼ cup coconut flour
  • ½ cup oil
  • 2-3 tbsp date puree (depends how sweet you want your cookies)
  • 1 ripe banana
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • pinch salt
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • 1 cup of coconut
For the filling:
  • ½ cup coconut cream
  • 150g /5oz sugarless chocolate
Method
For the cookies:
  1. Heat the oven to 350°F/180°C.
  2. Mix the flour, butter and date puree in a food processor.
  3. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix.
  4. Add all other ingredients except the coconut.
  5. Remove the mixture from the food processor to a bowl and add the coconut.
  6. Place a sheet of baking paper on an oven tray.
  7. Drop big spoonfuls of the dough onto the paper and shape them into circles.
  8. Bake about 10 minutes until they are golden but still soft.
  9. Remove from the oven and leave to cool on the tray for half an hour so they firm up a little.
For the filling:
  1. Heat the coconut cream gently in a saucepan.
  2. Break up the chocolate into smallish pieces.
  3. Pour the hot cream over the chocolate and let it stand for a while.
  4. Stir vigorously to a smooth paste.
  5. If there are still pieces of unmelted chocolate, place in the microwave for 20
  6. seconds and stir again.
  7. Place in the fridge to firm up - about 15 minutes.
  8. Pipe the chocolate ganache onto half the cookies and cover with the remaining cookies.
Recipe by The Low Fodmap Diet at https://www.strandsofmylife.com/coconut-chocolate-whoopie-pies-grain-dairy-nut-and-refined-sugar-free/