When I first saw this recipe, I thought it was too good to be true. How can you make a delicious cookie with no flour and no butter? The answer is…almond butter. I made these for a birthday for a friend at work who does not eat flour. The best part was they were so simple to make!
Almond Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Clean Eating Magazine, March/April 2010
(Makes 24 Cookies)
1 cup unsalted almond butter, stirred well
3/4 cup Sucanat (I don’t know what this is, so I used regular sugar!)
1 large egg
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp sea salt
3 oz dark chocolate (70% cocoa or greater), broken into small pieces
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a medium bowl, stir together the first five ingredients until blended. Stir in chocolate. Drop the dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto parchment paper-lined baking sheets. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Let cool on baking sheets for 5 minutes. Remove to a wire rack and let cool for 15 more minutes ( I let mine cool overnight because they were still really soft and I didn’t want to break them.)
Nutrients per cookie: Calories: 110, Total Fat: 8g, Sat. Fat: 1.5g, Carbs: 10g, Fiber: 1g, Sugars: 3g, Protein: 2g, Sodium: 55mg, Cholesterol: 10mg
