Description
Thick and chewy healthy almond butter thumbprint cookies that are naturally gluten-free, dairy-free, and refined sugar-free. A must-bake to kick that afternoon sugar craving.
Ingredients
Scale
Healthy Thumbprint Cookies
- 2 tbsp. dairy-free salted butter, melted
- ½ cup coconut sugar *
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- 1 cup instant whole grain oats **
- 1 cup almond flour
- ½ tsp. fine sea salt
- 4 tbsp. powdered almond butter ***
- 4 tbsp. water
Instructions
Equipment
- Medium Mixing Bowl
- Small Mixing Bowl
- Spatula
- Cookie Tray
- Cookie Scoop
- Parchment Paper
Healthy Thumbprint Cookies
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and parchment line a cookie sheet.
- In the medium mixing bowl, combine the melted butter and the coconut sugar and stir until fully combined.
- Add in the egg and mix until fully combined and smooth.
- Stir in the oats, almond flour, and sea salt and combine until a dough forms. Set aside.
- In the small mixing bowl, combine the powdered almond butter and water and mix until smooth and creamy.
- With a 1 ½ tbsp. cookie scoop, scoop the dough into balls, and place on the parchment-lined cookie sheet.
- With the back of a teaspoon measuring spoon or your thumb, gently press down in the middle of each cookie dough ball to form a small indent.
- Fill each indent with approximately 1 tsp. of prepared almond butter.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes or until the edges are lightly golden brown.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes on the tray and then move onto a cooling rack to fully cool. Enjoy!
- Store leftover cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 7 days.
Notes
- You can use regular brown sugar or stevia instead of coconut sugar.
- Ensure the whole grain oats are certified gluten-free if you are celiac.
- You can easily swap out the powdered almond butter and water for jarred nut butter or even jam.
- Prep Time: 10 Min
- Cook Time: 12 Min
- Category: Cookies
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories: 137
- Sugar: 8 Grams
- Sodium: 152 Miligrams
- Fat: 5 Grams
- Saturated Fat: 1 Gram
- Unsaturated Fat: 0 Grams
- Trans Fat: O Grams
- Carbohydrates: 9 Grams
- Fiber: 0 Grams
- Protein: 4 Grams
- Cholesterol: 95 Miligrams
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