Cookies & Cocoa

Nothing says its Holiday time like cookies and warm cocoa.  I love to gather my kiddos, snuggle together by a warm fire, munch on some homemade cookies and sip some delicious cocoa, while watching our favorite holiday movies.  The kids really enjoy this!  We bake during the day and watch movies in our jammies at night.  It is one of my favorite holiday things to do as a family.   

Since I love you guys and want you to have the best Holiday season, I have gathered my favorite doTERRA recipes below…just for you!!

Hot Cocoa

Ingredients

• 1 cup water
• 5 teaspoons cocoa powder
• ¼ teaspoon liquid stevia or 1 ½ teaspoon powdered stevia (amount of sweetener can be adjusted to taste)
• 1–2 tablespoons sugar or agave (optional)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or ¼ teaspoon almond extract
• 3 cups almond milk

Recommended Essential Oils: Cinnamon Bark, Lavender, Wild Orange, or Peppermint oil

Instructions

1. Heat water, cocoa powder, and sweetener on stove until ingredients are smooth.
2. Add vanilla and milk and bring to a simmer. Pour into your favorite mug.
3. Introduce flavor by swirling a toothpick dipped in your favorite essential oil.

Tip: For extra creamy cocoa, replace the water with equal parts milk or almond milk. 

Coconut Hot Chocolate (Non-Dairy Option)

Hot Chocolate Ingredients

• 1 cup coconut milk
• 2–3 scoops of unsweetened cocoa powder or your favorite cocoa mix.
• 1–2 toothpicks Cinnamon Bark oil
• 2–3 tablespoons of sugar or agave

Coconut Whipped Cream Ingredients

• 1 13-ounce can of coconut milk
• 1 tablespoon sugar or agave (optional)

Instructions

1. Start the whipped cream by refrigerating the can of coconut milk overnight. Open can and put the thick chunks in a bowl. Set aside the remaining milky liquid substance for making hot chocolate.
2. Add optional sweetener to the coconut cream chunks. Using a hand mixer, beat until you get a light, whipped texture. Set aside.
3. In a saucepan, put the remaining liquid coconut milk from the can, or coconut milk from a carton. Warm to desired temperature. If you use milk from the can it will be a more creamy hot chocolate.
4. Once warm, add in cocoa powder and sweetener.
5. Dip a toothpick in the Cinnamon Bark oil bottle and swirl in mixture.
6. Place a dollop of fresh coconut whipped cream onto your hot cocoa, and enjoy!

Gingerbread Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 ⅓ cup buckwheat flour
• ⅔ cup tapioca flour
• ⅔ cup sorghum flour
• 1 tablespoon chia seed meal
• 1 tablespoon flax seed meal
• ⅓ cup of coconut palm sugar
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon nutmeg
• 2 drops Cinnamon Bark oil
• 2 drops Ginger oil
• 2 drops Clove oil
• ½ cup coconut oil
• ¼ cup unsweetened applesauce
• 3 tablespoons water
• 3 tablespoons molasses
• 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
• 45 drops liquid-Stevia

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350° F
2. Combine dry ingredients in bowl and whisk.
3. Combine wet ingredients in bowl and mix until well combined.
4. Add essential oils.
5. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients on slow speed until combined.
6. Put a small handful of buckwheat flour onto clean surface and place dough on top.
7. Roll until ¼–½ inch thick.
8. Take cookie cutter and cut out shapes.
9. Place cutouts onto cookie sheet.
10. Bake for 12–15 minutes or until done. Remove from oven and let cool.
11. Top with icing if desired.

Spearmint Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

• ½ cup coconut oil 
• ½ cup butter 
• ¾ cup raw sugar 
• ½ cup honey 
• 1 teaspoon cocoa 
• 1 tablespoon molasses
• 1 egg 
• 1 ½ cup spelt flour 
• 1 ½ cup soft white wheat flour
• 1 cup quick oats 
• ¼ cup chia seeds
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt 
• 1 cup chocolate chips 
• 1 drop Spearmint oil

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350° F.
2. Combine refrigerated coconut oil and butter, whisk until smooth.
3. Once smooth add raw sugar, honey, cocoa, molasses, and egg, mix until creamed together.
4. In a separate bowl combine spelt flour, soft white wheat flour, quick oats, chia seeds, baking soda, and salt. Slowly pour into the liquid mixture while mixing.
5. Add one cup of chocolate chips and mix.
6. Scoop 12 cookies onto a cookie sheet and bake for 12 minutes. 

I hope you enjoy these amazing holiday favorites!!  What are some of your favorite holiday traditions?  I would love to hear about them in the comments below.  

Wishing you sugar cookie smiles and warm cocoa bellies.

Blessings

XOXO—Alisha