Salted Almond Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

SALTED ALMOND BUTTER CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Makes 1 dozen cookies

Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 9 minutes
Total time: 19 minutes

INGREDIENTS:

2 eggs
½ cup creamy unsalted almond butter*
½ cup coconut sugar
½ tsp. vanilla extract
2/3 cup oat flour
¼ tsp. baking soda
¼ tsp. baking powder
½ cup chopped dark chocolate, or dark chocolate chips (I used Hu Gems – SO good)
2 tsp. flaky sea salt, for garnishing

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 350F and line a large baking tray with parchment paper. Set aside.

2. In a large bowl whisk eggs. Add almond butter, coconut sugar, and vanilla. Stir well to combine.

3. Add oat flour, baking soda and baking powder to mixture. Stir very well. The cookie batter will be thick and sticky!

4. Fold in chocolate chips.

5. Scoop a tablespoon of batter onto lined baking tray. Repeat with remainder of batter. You should have about 12 cookies!

6. Bake cookies for 9 minutes. Remove cookie tray from oven, sprinkle each cookie with flaky sea salt, and let cool on tray for 5 minutes. Transfer cookies to a wire cooling rack and let cool completely.

7. Enjoy cookies warm (yum) or store in an airtight container in the refrigerator once cooled.

NOTES:

- *Use almond butter with one ingredient: almonds. Almond butter with added oils will make this cookie spread much more – but will still taste delicious. If your almond butter contains salt, simply sprinkle less flaky salt on top of cookies once baked – or not at all!
- Although I haven’t tried this recipe with another nut butter, I suspect peanut butter would make a delicious substitution for almond butter.
- Feel free to make this recipe vegan by swapping the eggs with flax eggs. Mix together two tablespoons finely ground flax seeds with six tablespoons warm water. Let sit for five minutes to thicken and use in place of egg!