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    Recipes » Recipes » Baking & Desserts

    Almond Butter Cookies (Vegan + GF)

    Last updated - July 13, 2021; Published - December 24, 2018 By Rhian Williams 7 Comments

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    Four golden brown cookies stacked on top of each other on a sheet of brown baking paper against a grey background

    These Almond Butter Cookies are soft and fudgy, perfectly chewy and super easy to make! They require just 3 ingredients, are ready in 25 minutes and make the best healthy sweet treat! They're vegan, gluten-free, grain-free, paleo-friendly, oil-free, refined sugar free and date-sweetened.

    Five almond butter cookies on a sheet of brown baking paper

    How to make this recipe

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

    • Place the dates and almond butter in a food processor or blender.
    Dates and almond butter in a food processor
    • Whizz until completely smooth.
    Blended dates and almond butter in a food processor
    • Transfer to a glass mixing bowl, add the ground almonds and mix well.
    Raw almond butter cookie dough in a mixing bowl
    • 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.

    Nine raw almond butter cookies on a baking tray lined with baking paper
    • 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.
    Nine almond butter cookies on a sheet of brown baking paper

    How long do these keep for?

    They keep in an airtight container for a few days.

    Substitutions you can make

    • You can replace the almond butter with any other nut or seed butter: peanut butter, cashew butter, sunflower seed butter etc.
    • The ground almonds can be replaced with ground walnuts or ground sunflower seeds.
    • You can add chocolate chips, desiccated coconut or dried cranberries to the cookies!
    Four almond butter cookies stacked on top of each other on a sheet of  baking paper

    More gluten-free vegan cookie recipes

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    • Carrot Cake Cookies
    • Millionaire Shortbread

    If you try out this recipe or anything else from my blog, I’d really love to hear any feedback! Please give it a rating, leave a comment, or tag a photo @rhiansrecipes #rhiansrecipes on Instagram! Thank you.

    Watch how to make it

    Four almond butter cookies stacked on top of each other on a sheet of baking paper

    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!
    4.63 from 8 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  (½ cup) pitted dates  soaked overnight in cold water or in hot water for 10 minutes
    • 65 g (¼ cup) smooth almond butter  (or sub cashew or peanut butter)
    • 60 g  (½ 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.

    Video

    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.
    Made the recipe?Tag @rhiansrecipes on instagram and use the hashtag #rhiansrecipes!

    Disclosure: This posts contains affiliate links to Amazon. If you purchase any of these products, a small percentage will come to me with no extra cost to you! This income will go towards the running of this blog – thank you.

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    1. Jenny

      December 24, 2018 at 9:03 pm

      5 stars
      Delicious! Perfect for the holiday season!

      Reply
      • Rhian Williams

        December 25, 2018 at 3:07 am

        Thank you so much!

    2. Anonymous

      May 04, 2019 at 4:41 pm

      5 stars
      Love these cookies! Our guests were so impressed!!

      Reply
      • Rhian Williams

        May 04, 2019 at 9:53 pm

        Thank you so much, so glad you liked them!

    3. Anonymous

      September 11, 2019 at 12:06 am

      We added vegan chocolate chips to your recipe and it made the best (and easiest!) plant-based cookies I’ve had. This pregnant lady thanks you!!!!

      Reply
    4. Anonymous

      September 11, 2019 at 12:09 am

      5 stars
      We added vegan grain-sweetened chocolate chips to your recipe. It made the best (and easiest!) plant-based cookies I have ever had...this pregnant lady thanks you!!!

      Reply
      • Rhian Williams

        September 11, 2019 at 11:49 am

        Thank you so much, so glad you liked them!!

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