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low-carb breakfast (or anytime) cookies

Adapted from Nicole Hunn of Gluten Free on a Shoestring

Low-carb, grain-free, gluten-free snack loaded with nutrition and deliciousness.

Servings 15 cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 cups raw nuts and seeds, roughly chopped (cashews, sliced almonds, pumpkin seeds or any combo to equal 150 grams)
  • 1 cup raw coconut flakes (80 grams)
  • 1 1/2 cups blanched almond flour ** (168 grams)
  • 3 tablespoons coconut flour (24 grams)
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 2 tablespoons coconut palm sugar (24 grams)
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted & cooled
  • 2 large eggs, beaten (at room temperature)
  • 4 tablespoons honey (84 grams)
  • 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  • 3 ounces dark chocolate chips (optional)

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 300°F.  Line a rimmed baking sheet with unbleached parchment paper and set it aside. 

  2. Place the raw nuts and coconut flakes on a separate rimmed baking sheet in a single layer and place in the preheated oven. Bake until lightly toasted, about 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and set aside to cool briefly.

  3. In a large bowl, place the almond flour, coconut flour, baking soda, salt and coconut palm sugar, and whisk to combine well.  Add the melted butter,  beaten eggs, honey and vanilla, and mix to combine well.  The dough will be very soft.  Add the toasted nuts and coconut flakes, and mix until they are evenly distributed throughout the dough.  Allow the dough to sit until it begins to firm up so it will be easier to handle (about 5 minutes).

  4. Divide the dough into 15 equal portions, each about 2-3 tablespoons in volume, about 2 inches apart from one another.  With wet hands, shape each portion into a ball, return to the baking sheet and then press into a disk about ½ inch thick.  Scatter 5 or 6 of the optional chocolate chips on top of each disk and press gently to help them adhere.

  5. Place the baking sheet in the center of the preheated oven and bake until the cookies are puffed, pale golden all over and brown around the edges, about 12 minutes.  Remove the tray from the oven and allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet until firm (about 10 minutes) before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.

Recipe Notes

**  According to the author of the original recipe, "do not use Bob’s Red Mill brand or Trader Joe’s brand almond flours. They will not work in this recipe."  I used Oh Nuts! brand (which I order from Amazon) and it worked very well.