Sup peeps!
Oh. Em. Gee.
I have discovered not one, but TWO heavenly treats recently. First things first, I have discovered the joys of homemade almond butter, and it is even more joyous than my previous Artisan Butter. I found THIS recipe thanks to the Fitnessista, and I am so glad I did! My almond butter oats will never be the same again. Roasting the almonds makes SUCH a wonderful difference, and I really think the extra taste and creaminess is worth any potential “nutrient loss”, especially since I don’t believe much in that anyway… not sure why I ever bought raw almond butter… hmm. Anyway, the only differences I made to this recipe were that I realized I didn’t need to add any additional maple syrup in while processing – I thought the butter was sweet enough from just the syrup the nuts were roasted in! PS, it is very hard to resist just eating the plain maple roasted nuts straight off the pan and burning your mouth in the process… that may have happened one… or three… times. Let’s follow the path of dreaminess from almond to butter…
Just gettin’ started…
A little more…
Making progress!
Is it ready yet? Nope!
I think we’ve made it!
Goodbye dry, raw almond butter… helloooo dreamy creamy!
Okay, and the second delight I have discovered is even MORE AMAZING. I have been meaning to make these foreverrrrr and just finally made those dreams a reality, and holy smokes I can’t believe I waited so long!
These are the yummiest, most melty-in-your-mouthiest deliciousiness peanut butter cookies. Except the beauty is, they are gluten-free, and vegan, and no actual peanut butter is used. But instead, the most famous flour of the blogosphere lately, peanut flour. Most people jumped on the Trader Joe’s peanut flour bandwagon, but for some reason I never got my hands on their version, the timing was just never right, but while placing an order at Netrition for a refill of Sun Warrior I saw their peanut flour and decided to give it a go. Because I had seen these cookies by the vegan baking mastermind, Averie, and I knew I had to create something similar, STAT. However, I don’t own white sugar, and I wanted to see if they would work with less sugar in general. I also decided to do a vegan butter and coconut oil combo, just for fun, since I’m such a big coconut oil fan. But I’m sure it would work fine with all Earth Balance instead.
So here’s what I did…
Dreamy Peanut Cookies
Inspired by Averie
(Gluten free, vegan, DREAMY)
Makes 16 small cookies
Ingredients:
- 1 cup Peanut Flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp xanthan gum
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 cup Earth Balance, softened
- 1/4 cup coconut oil
- 1/4 cup Palm Sugar
- 1/4 cup Stevia in the Raw Cup for Cup
- 2 tablespoons Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk
- 2 tablespoons Agave nectar
Steps:
1. Preheat oven to 350°
2. Sift together peanut flour, baking powder, xanthan gum, salt, and cinnamon in small bowl. Set aside.
3. Beat together Earth Balance, coconut oil, palm sugar, stevia, agave and almond milk. Slowly add in dry mix until fully incorporated.
4. Drop rounded tablespoons of batter onto an un-greased cookie sheet. Bake for about 15 minutes.
5. Let cool. DEVOUR.
I totally get why Averie said these were the best thing she has ever made, and she has made A LOT of delicious treats. They seriously might be among the best cookies I have ever had… maybe the best… which is a pretty serious statement. Legit melt-in-mouth cookies. I’m sure her real sugar version was even better, but this slightly healthier version was SO GOOD. I had to use serious self control to not eat the entire tray. I was able to stop myself at 3… but it was hard. I had actually made a half batch of these, foolishly, as I wasn’t sure how they would turn out, so the recipe above is what I did but doubled. Next time I’m definitelyyyy making the double!
Another awesome thing about these is that as peanut flour is so high in protein, these can totally fit into my healthy high protein obsession, without needing any additional protein powder or eggs! Delicious, and high protein? It’s a win-win!
Try ‘em!
xoxo
Hilary
Nutritional Facts
Dreamy Peanut Cookies
Svg Size: 1 cookie. Svgs per Recipe: 16. Calories: 95, Total Fat: 6.8g, Sat. Fat: 3.9g, Carbs: 6.6g, Fiber: 1.4g, Sugar: 4.6g, Protein: 4g
*Please Note* All calorie and nutritional information is approximate and based on the exact ingredients I used. Any changes or substitutions to the recipe will result in changes to nutritional information. As measurements and nutrients vary from ingredient to ingredient, the exact accuracy of this data cannot be guaranteed.
Those cookies look absolutely delicious! I am always looking for new gluten free recipes!