Almond Butter Cookies (Vegan + GF)

These Almond Butter Cookies are soft and fudgy, perfectly chewy and super easy to make! They require just 3 ingredients and make the best healthy sweet treat!

Why you’ll love these Almond Butter Cookies:

• they’re soft and chewy
• they’re fudgy
• they’re date-sweetened
• they’re refined sugar free
• they’re oil-free 
• they’re gluten-free
• they’re grain-free
• they’re paleo-friendly
• they’re easy to make
• they require just 3 ingredients to make
• they’re ready in 25 minutes
• they make a great edible gift!

How to make these Almond Butter Cookies

Scroll down to the bottom of the post for the full recipe.

• Place the dates and almond butter in a food processor or blender.

• Whizz until completely smooth.

• Transfer to a glass mixing bowl, add the ground almonds and mix well.

• Take a heaped tablespoon of the mixture and use your hands to form it into a small, circular, thick patty.
• Lay it out onto a rectangular baking tray lined with baking paper.
• Repeat until the rest of the batter is used up – you should be able to make 9 cookies.

Tip: If you find the mixture too gooey to shape with your hands, you can use a cookie scoop instead, and use your hands or the back of a spoon to flatten them slightly.

• Bake in the oven for 10 minutes – don’t worry if they’re quite soft when you take them out as they will firm up as they cool down.

How long do these Almond Butter Cookies keep for?

These Almond Butter Cookies keep in an airtight container for a few days.

Substitutions you can make to this recipe:

• you can substitute the almond butter with any other nut or seed butter: peanut butter, cashew butter, sunflower seed butter etc
• the ground almonds can be substituted with ground walnuts or ground sunflower seeds
• you can add chocolate chips, desiccated coconut or dried cranberries to the cookies!

More gluten-free vegan cookie recipes:

• Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
• Blueberry Breakfast Cookies
• Peanut Butter Cookies
• Snickerdoodles
• Sugar Cookies
• Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Carrot Cake Cookies
• Millionaire Shortbread

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Almond Butter Cookies (Vegan + GF)

These Almond Butter Cookies are soft and fudgy, perfectly chewy and super easy to make! They make the best healthier sweet treat!

4.5 from 6 votes

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: almond butter cookies, paleo cookies, vegan gluten-free cookies

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes

Servings: 9 cookies

Calories: 110kcal

Author: Rhian Williams

Ingredients

• 90  g  (1/2 cup) pitted dates  soaked overnight in cold water or in hot water for 10 minutes90  g  (1/2 cup) pitted dates  soaked overnight in cold water or in hot water for 10 minutes
• 65 g (1/4 cup) smooth almond butter  (or sub cashew or peanut butter)65 g (1/4 cup) smooth almond butter  (or sub cashew or peanut butter)
• 60  g  (1/2 cup) ground almonds (almond meal) *60  g  (1/2 cup) ground almonds (almond meal) *

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius (350 degrees Fahrenheit)
• Drain the soaked dates and place in a blender or food processor with the almond butter
 
• Whizz until completely smooth
• Transfer to a large mixing bowl, add the ground almonds and mix well
• 
Take a heaped tablespoon of the mixture and use your hands to form it into a small, circular, thick patty**

• Lay it out onto a baking tray lined with baking paper (no need to grease it)

• Repeat until the rest of the batter is used up - you should be able to make 9 cookies

• Bake in the oven for around 10 minutes, until golden brown - don’t worry if they’re quite soft when you take them out as they will firm up as they cool down
• Keeps in an airtight container for a few days

Notes

*You can alternatively use almond flour

**If you find the mixture too gooey to shape with your hands, you can use a cookie scoop instead, and use your hands or the back of a spoon to flatten them slightly

 

Nutrition Facts

Almond Butter Cookies (Vegan + GF)

Amount Per Serving

Calories 110 Calories from Fat 63

% Daily Value*

Fat 7g11%

Potassium 119mg3%

Carbohydrates 10g3%

Fiber 2g8%

Sugar 6g7%

Protein 3g6%

Calcium 43mg4%

Iron 0.6mg3%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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