Creme de Pirouline

These piroulines are also known as cigarettes russes. Crispy rolled wafers with chocolate. My brother loves these. I can't wait for him to try some without trans fats.

STORE-BRAND Pirouline Ingredients (BOLD = Trans-fats): Wheat Flour, Sugar, Vegetable Oil (Hydrogenated Coconut Oil, Peanut Oil, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil), Reduced Fat Cocoa Powder, Soy Flour, Malt, Rice Flour, Cornstarch, Whey (Milk), Soy Lecithin, Salt, Natural Hazelnut Flavor, Caramel Color and Vanilla Beans. Contains: Wheat, Soy, Milk, Peanuts (all are major allergens).



1/2 cup vanilla whey (Jay Robb...no sugar)
3/4 cup almond flour (doesn't need to be blanched, but helps:)
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp Celtic sea salt
1/4 cup butter or coconut oil
2 TBS Swerve(or a few drops stevia glycerite)
1-2 TBS vanilla almond milk OR water (just enough to hold dough together)

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. In a medium bowl, stir together the whey, almond flour, baking soda and salt. Cut in the butter using a pastry blender or your fingers until the butter lumps are smaller than peas. Stir in the almond milk and sweetener to form a stiff dough. On parchment paper (lightly sprayed with olive oil spray), roll the dough out to 1/8 inch in thickness. Cut into desired lengths. Roll around a piece of parchment paper (so there will be a hole for chocolate filling. And place on cookie sheet. Bake for 7 minutes. Leave in oven to cool to crisp up.

CHOCOLATE GLAZE
6 TBS Swerve or erythritol, powdered
1/4 tsp stevia glycerite (if using erythritol)
4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
2 TBS unsweetened almond milk (or heavy cream)

Place chopped chocolate, and almond milk in a microwave safe bowl. Heat for 30 seconds, and stir until smooth. Mix in sweetener until smooth. Dip each cookie into the glaze, or drizzle over each cookie. (***For an easy option: Melt a ChocoPerfection bar with 1 TBS almond milk...that is what I did:) Makes 12 cookies.

NUTRITIONAL COMPARISON (per cookie):
Traditonal Creme de Pirouline = 150 calories, 19 carbs, 0 fiber
"Healthified" Creme de Pirouline = 92 calories, 2.5 carbs, 1.75g fiber

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