Looking for a sweet treat that won’t derail your nutrition goals? Check out these delicious and easy to make Almond Butter Protein Cookies, they’re dairy and egg free!
Any Pinterest fans reading this? Duh…of course! Pinterest can be an amazing source for recipes, but sometimes I get discouraged when I see all of the recipes I miss out on because of food allergies. But, I decided that I am not going to feel sorry for myself!
I am convinced that just about anything can be made for people with food allergies as long as you have creativity, ingenuity, and you aren’t afraid to make a few mistakes in the process.
I have seen plenty of recipes for protein cookies on Pinterest and I have made a few versions before but none of them worked out well for me or tasted good with my substitutions. Very disappointing!
I was craving cookies yesterday and wanted to have a healthy, protein-packed version for myself so I started from scratch and created my own nut-butter protein cookies that don’t have eggs or whey powder in them.
These cookies turned out perfect! They are soft, flavorful, and delicious, and best of all, healthy! They are an excellent treat if you want some cookies with benefits.
You can add some mini chocolate chips to this recipe to add some flair, or you can completely skip baking these and make cookie dough truffles (irresistible!!). If you want to make these vegan, use agave or maple syrup in place of the honey, just don’t add the Tablespoon of milk.
Nut allergies? No worries: just use SunButter in this recipe and adjust the amount of protein powder if your SunButter is a little runny.
Almond Butter Protein Cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup almond butter
- 2 Tablespoons thick honey for vegan, use maple syrup
- 3 Tablespoons ground flax seed or ground chia seed
- ½ cup SunWarrior Vanilla protein powder
- 1 Tablespoon almond milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a medium bowl, beat almond butter and honey together with a hand blender.
- Beat in the flax meal, protein powder, almond milk, and vanilla until well blended.
- Scoop cookie dough by level Tablespoons onto a parchment-lined cookie sheet and flatten with a fork.
- Bake for 10 minutes. Let cool thoroughly on a wire rack.
- Enjoy!
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Sarah Jane Parker is the founder, recipe creator, and photographer behind The Fit Cookie. She’s a food allergy mom and allergy friendly food blogger of 12 years based in Wyoming. Sarah is also an ACSM Certified Personal Trainer, ACE Certified Health Coach, Revolution Running certified running coach, and an ACE Certified Fitness Nutrition Specialist
I bought a tub of Sunwarrior protein and never enjoyed making smoothies with it’s the texture was way too gritty so I was excited to try baking with it after seeing your post. these cookies seem so delicious. But this recipe was a total fail for me.
I followed to t but the dough was a too dry and it wasn’t coming together well so I had to added more liquid.
I don’t know if it’s the brand of Almond butter I used but a lot of oil started to seep out of it while baking.
Sorry this didn’t work out for you Aron, I appreciate the feedback! It has been quite a long time since I developed this recipe and made it again myself, so I’m not sure if I can help pinpoint what might have gone wrong. It’s possible it was the almond butter, but I can’t say for sure since brands can differ in thickness/oil content. This is one of the recipes I hope to remake at some point to improve it and make the results more consistent for people, but I can’t have brown rice protein powder anymore so I have been putting off remaking it since I’m not sure what to use to make them again (most protein powders are off the table for me these days).
I had to add liquid to be able to physically stir it. When making, think about how thick or runny your almond butter might be compared to other brands. As long as it doesn’t get runnier than peanut butter, I think you can add liquid to make this recipe an easier consistency
Thank you for sharing those tips!
would this work with dairy-free chocolate chips?
also is it celsius or farenheit?
Farenheit, I’ll check to make sure I add that note to the recipe card
Yep it would work with dairy free chocolate chips
Would these work with protein powder
I meant chocolate protein powder
Yep, you can definitely use chocolate instead of vanilla 🙂
Hi Chad, are you asking about whey protein? I am not entirely sure how these would turn out using whey protein since I made these with brown rice protein powder. I’m pretty sure you can make them with whey protein, but you might have to adjust the amount to get the texture right
Hi! This looks amazing, but was wondering if i could do it without the protein powder/liquid. Thanks !
Hi Lydia, I haven’t made these without protein powder, but you could try using almond flour or maybe some rice flour (maybe less) instead of the protein powder to see if that would work (but I can’t guarantee the results since I haven’t tried that)
These work okay without baking soda or powder?
Yep! These work great without rising agents like baking powder or baking soda
These look awesome! Making them this weekend! Are they soft or crunchy? What about using peanut butter instead of almond butter?
Hi Christina! These are a softer cookie, and you can certainly use peanut butter in place of almond butter if you like 🙂
Do you have the carb count on these? Just curious
Sure! I just added the carb count to the nutrients: 7 g, which is mostly from the honey. If you wanted less, you could use liquid or powdered Stevia instead of honey.
yum!! I have been looking for a good/healthy almond butter cookie :] so excited to try this!
Thanks for stopping by! 🙂
Yum..look great. Is Sun Warrior a whey protein?
Hi Elle! SunWarrior is a brand of brown rice protein powder. It is the brand I use and it is one of the best protein powders for people who have sensitivities to dairy, soy, eggs, and legumes (like me!). I am sure you could use just about any kind of protein powder in this recipe with good results if you wanted to use something different 🙂
I am afraid I would eat every last one! 🙂
These are pretty yummy! I used the Chai Spiced honey from Republic of Tea and it added a nice flavor to the cookies, too!
yummy! I love me some almond butter! I think I have everything for this recipe! Pinning! (:
Thanks Danielle! 🙂
Oh, these look fantastic! Can’t wait to try them!!
Be sure to let me know how they turn out for you 🙂
Yum! Pinning this recipe and making them for sure 🙂
Jen, you could even eat these without baking them! The cookie dough is just as good as the cookies 😉