Almond, Hemp Heart & Chia Protein Cookies
I wanted to try creating a cookie that had ingredients that are gluten-free, and that tasted good enough to keep making even if you don’t have a restricted diet. They are great to take with you on a hike or to throw in a packed lunch to take to the office. I found with a nice salad and a couple of these cookies, I could keep my head in the game all day at work.
I had several lovely taste-testers vet this recipe for me during some volunteer work for our local Romance Writers chapter and they all gave it a thumbs up. I’m curious to hear what variations people come up with!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter (unsalted)
- 1/2 cup almond butter (unsalted)
- 3/4 cup xylitol (or sugar)
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 8 drops vanilla cream liquid stevia or 1 tsp alcohol free vanilla
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 cup shredded/flaked, unsweetened coconut
- 1/4 cup hemp hearts
- 1/4 cup chia seeds
- 1/2 cup buckwheat flour*
- 1/4 almond flour*
- 1/4 cup quinoa flour*
- 1/4 cup coconut flour*
- 1/4 cup ground flax*
*to simplify this recipe, you can substitute 1 1/2 cups of gluten-free flour mix for the 5 starred ingredients. These ones are chosen to be appropriate for a Candida Cleanse.
*if your butter and almond butter are salted, you may want to reduce or completely leave out the salt in the recipe.
*you can add raisins or chopped dates if you want them a little sweeter
Instructions
I usually mix these in a bowl with a wooden spoon (I justify the exertion of mixing by hand allows me at least one extra cookie for my efforts), but you might want to use a food processor if you have one and don’t need the justification for the extra cookie.
- Blend the almond butter, xylitol and eggs until smooth.
- Add salt, baking powder and vanilla/stevia and blend.
- Add all dry ingredients and blend until smooth.
Dough should be a bit firm (not runny) but not so dry it’s crumbling. Adjust your flour amount as necessary, as different brands of almond butter will be more or less solid.
Put teaspoon size amounts of dough onto a cookie sheet. (You can press a whole almond into the middle if you like — great way to show they contain nuts if you’re sharing them in a group situation) Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. They should be a bit firm on the outside, and be browning slightly in colour.
xo Crystal
Originally published at wellthyliving.ca on August 28, 2014.
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