Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies
These gluten free, butter free, cookies are perfect with coffee for breakfast or even for dessert – after breakfast!
Some people say we dream every night; but, most times, I have a hard time remembering any of mine. Sometimes, I’ll wake up feeling like I ran a marathon, but have no idea why or what or how…am I the only one?
However, every once in awhile, a dream will poke through into my subconscious state and I will remember it vividly! One such dream happened a few nights ago… in it, I woke up and came to the kitchen to get the coffee brewing (much like I do every morning) when I stopped, shocked to see someone in my kitchen. Now, it’s just my daughter and I and our dogs at home… and … my daughter is not a morning person!
At first, I wasn’t sure I recognized the person – but then – then it became clear that the person in my kitchen was a smiling, younger version of my dad. He was standing at my microwave in a red plaid shirt, reheating his coffee, and smiling. Maybe it’s because we are coming up on the anniversary of his passing that I remembered that dream…or, that I even dreamed that dream in the first place. Between my mom, sister and I, I am supposed to be the strong one, the one who holds it together and doesn’t fall apart, the one who can always manage to put the fact that he isn’t suffering anymore, over the fact that he is missed.
But, appearances are sometimes just appearances. I think about my dad often, I miss his gentle spirit, his smiling face, his ability to always look for the good in people and always ask them how they were doing. And, his unwavering love of all things sweet!
So, in honor of his love of dessert – after dinner and after lunch, and, sometimes even after breakfast, I made these Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies.
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Now, these are not as buttery and melt-in-your-mouth as traditional thumbprint cookies, nor do they have “prints” of jam. Heck, I didn’t even use my thumb to make the prints (I used a spoon). These are, however, gluten free, oat filled, cookies – made with coconut oil instead of butter and flavored with anti-oxidant rich dark chocolate and Saigon cinnamon. I would let my daughter eat these after dinner or after lunch or even after breakfast – heck – actually – these were breakfast this morning!
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I rarely remember my dreams! Only every so often if they are super crazy! 🙂
Thumbprint cookies are the best! These look fantastic! Want to send me some for after dinner??
Haha – sure – send me some of that blueberry lime coconut cobbler and you gotta deal! deal?
Love the mix and match of chocolate and PB! Glad to hear you can pay some homage to your poppa through your cooking 🙂
Thanks so much Dani! Pb & Chocolate is a match made in heaven right? 🙂
Dear Shashi – your dad would have loved your decadent cookies. And more importantly, he would be very, very proud of you. Just sayin’. XO
Awww Allie – you are the sweetest! Thanks so much my friend! xo
I dream every single night and almost always remember them. It’s weird how vivid they seem and how sure I am they happened when I wake up. I’m glad you got to spend some time with you dad in your dreams 🙂 These cookies looks great too!
WOA Brandy – your recollection is pretty awesome!
BTW – thanks so much
I always dream about exams and the ones I didn’t prepare well… even now..LOL!!! I can see myself being tensed in the dream. I get the funny feeling when I wake up in the morning… hope I am not talking loud in my dreams 🙂
The thumbprint cookie looks just like the buckeye candy!! I can almost taste the gooey goodness of melted chocolate and peanut butter.
Shibi, it’s been awhile since I had Buckeye candy – there’s a little farm not too far from me that makes them fresh – now I need to go back and get some! Thanks so much!
I love how you made these in honor of your dad. What a lovely tribute.
I would like to come to your house for breakfast, lunch and dinner please. Especially if you are having these delicious items after each course! 😀
Thanks Neil!
I do love sweets – and you and Lynn are welcome for breakfast, lunch and dinner – so long as you bring that peanut butter chocolate chip cheesecake – mmkay?
What a wonderful dream Shashi. SO happy that you saw this beautiful dream. These cookies look so divine. So yummy and healthy! Your dad would loves these delights! 🙂
Aww Anu – thanks so much! Hope you and your famiy have a wonderful weekend
What a great dream, Shashi! I would love to remember more of my dreams. I’ve been remembering a few lately, but mine are always so messed up. Yours are so sweet! Speaking of sweet, one of those cookies would be a great addition to my morning coffee right about now. Your Dad knew how to roll in the morning!!
David – it was just this one that was sweet – maybe mine are so messed up too that my mind blocks them off – though, these cookies would help drown out any messy dreams 🙂
Yes my dad knew how to roll – he used to have cake for breakfast somedays – and I’m not talking about the flourless/glutenfree/ butter free kind either!
I spent a lot of time yesterday thinking about my dad also! He hated chocolate, so I’m not sure he would have loved these (weirdo), but I sure would!
Haha! Well – guess growing up, you got to have ALL the chocolate to yourself!
These here, these are the cookies of my dreams. I know your dad would love them!
Thanks so much Kim – hope your weekend is wonderful and new job not too stressful! xx
This brought a tear to my eye Sashi. So lovely that you got a little visit from your dad. These thumbprints look sinful, but glad to hear they are not so bad for you.
Awww – Katie – you are soo sweet – thank you.
How lovely and tasty do these look!? Chocolate for breakfast? Count me in.
I am thinking chocolate is the breakfast of champions! 🙂 Thanks Ashley!
These are beautiful! Almost too pretty to eat 😉
Thanks so much Rachel
Although your Dad is not here in person, I 100% believe he’s looking down in awe of how talented of a cook (drooling over these cookies for sure), and what a beautiful mom and person you are. I’m sure the dream was bittersweet, but never forget it.
Thanks so much Jessie!
I bet he is also laughing at the first time I decided to cook some sort of pasta dish for everyone when I was around 10 – it smelled so good, but, gosh, it tasted so so bad! We ended up having pizza that night!
These cookies look so decadent that I can’t believe they are even good for you!
Thank so much Angie
Talking about appearances, have you ever watched this video? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VioWjgdP4PI scary stuff…
These thumbprint cookies are not scary, not scary at all. They’re instead so awesmazing I could gobble em’ up with reckless abandon!
Mike – that was one creepy video! As creeped out as I am to see videos and images and whatnot with “ghosts” or whatever they might be – every city my daughter and I visit, we end up taking a ghost tour of it! Best one to date was a twilight one in Washington DC! The only place we have visited and not taken a ghost tour in is NYC!