I received Lindsay almond butter for review way back in 2018, but am still making these gluten free, flourless, almond butter chocolate chip cookies cookies today. 🙂
So, what if I told you that you could use a tasty-on-its-own jar of Lindsay honey cinnamon almond butter to quickly whip up an even tastier batch of flourless, gluten free, dairy free homemade cookies. This one uses simple ingredients you probably already have in your house, and makes chewy-delicious, kid-friendly cookies. Are you in? Read on to see how I did it!
Gluten free, flourless, almond butter chocolate chip cookies
When I've made flourless nut butter cookies in the past, I've just used a very old three ingredient recipe with the 1 cup granulated sugar, 1 egg, 1 cup almond butter ratio. Recently, however, I was talking to a friend who said that she liked the texture better when she instead used ¾ cup brown sugar and added a touch of baking soda -- so I went with that thought here, threw in a little vanilla to complement the honey cinnamon flavor of the almond butter, and added chocolate chips per the kids' request.
If you (or your kids) like chewy, gooey, sweet chocolate chip cookies, these will be right up your alley! They disappeared pretty darn quickly in this house. 🙂
Flourless Almond Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
1 cup honey cinnamon almond butter (see Note)
¾ cup brown sugar, packed
1 large egg
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon vanilla
Dash sea salt
½ cup mini chocolate chips (I used dairy free)
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line two rimmed baking sheets with silicone baking mats or parchment paper.
Combine almond butter, brown sugar, egg, baking soda, vanilla, and sea salt in a large bowl, then stir in the chocolate chips.
Form dough into 1" balls and arrange on the baking sheets, leaving space between the cookies, as they'll spread more than you might expect. Flatten each ball of dough slightly, then bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes or until bottoms are browned, rotating trays between baking racks halfway through.
Let cookies cool on the pan for 3-5 minutes before removing.
Note: The dough will be pretty gooey -- roll with it, literally, because that goopy dough magically transforms into soft, chewy cookies. If you're dairy free, use dairy free mini chocolate chips and you're all good with this recipe. If not using cinnamon almond butter, add ½ teaspoon cinnamon to the mixture.
So, how easy are these flourless, gluten free almond butter cookies?
I mean, how easy is that? And, no special gluten free flours required. Let me know if you give these cookies a try! Lindsay Honey Cinnamon almond butter worked particularly well in these cookies, but if you use a more classic creamy almond butter, you'll want to add in about ½ teaspoon cinnamon to the recipe.
Flourless Almond Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies, printable recipe
Flourless Almond Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup honey cinnamon almond butter (see note)
- ¾ cup brown sugar packed
- 1 large egg
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- Dash sea salt
- ½ cup mini chocolate chips I used dairy free
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line two rimmed baking sheets with silicone baking mats or parchment paper.
- Combine almond butter, brown sugar, egg, baking soda, vanilla, and sea salt in a large bowl, then stir in the chocolate chips.
- Form dough into 1" balls and arrange on the baking sheets, leaving space between the cookies, as they'll spread more than you might expect.
- Flatten each ball of dough slightly, then bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes or until bottoms are browned, rotating trays between baking racks halfway through.
- Let cookies cool on the pan for 3-5 minutes before removing.
Lori Bauer
Sunday 19th of August 2018
Could you also use peanut butter?
rachel
Sunday 19th of August 2018
Sure!