Prot: 6 g, Carbs: 6 g, Fat: 10 g, Cal: 135

I recently came across this recipe post from Love Health Fitness for vanilla almond cookies. I knew I’d have to make a protein version, complete with chocolate drizzle! So here you have Vanilla Almond Protein Cookies – my best cookies to date!

These cookies are so flavorful! The vanilla bean really shines in this recipe. Delicious! And if you make them raw vegan and dehydrate them, I’m sure the flavor will be even more powerful!

I used a medjool date here as the original recipe did, and processed it all in a food processor. But if you don’t have a food processor (needed to break down the date) you can use a tablespoon of maple syrup or agave in place of the date.

I wish you all could taste these through the computer, because they are so incredibly delicious! You absolutely must give these Vanilla Almond Protein Cookies a try!!

Seriously, try them! :)

Vanilla Almond Protein Cookies

 

Author: Andréa

Nutrition Information

• Serves: 6

• Serving size: 1 cookie
• Calories: 135

• Fat: 10g
• Carbohydrates: 6g
• Sugar: 4g
• Fiber: 2g
• Protein: 6g

Prep time:  15 mins

Cook time:  10 mins

Total time:  25 mins

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Makes 6 cookies.

Ingredients

Cookie dough:

• ⅓ cup almond butter (80g)
• 1 medjool date, pitted (24g)
• seeds of ⅓ vanilla bean
• a pinch of sea salt
• ¼ cup vanilla Warrior Blend protein powder (25g)

Chocolate drizzle:

• 2 teaspoons coconut oil (10ml or 9g)
• 2 teaspoons cacao powder (4g)
• a dash of stevia powder (<1g)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325F (163C).
2. In a food processor, mix all cookie dough ingredients.
3. Line your counter with parchment paper.
4. Form dough into a ball and press down to flatten with your hands (or roll it out, if you prefer). Use a cookie cutter to cut shapes. (Or, form the dough into 6 balls, and press each flat as round cookies.)
5. Lay cookies on a parchment-lined cookie sheet. (If dehydrating, lay directly on mesh dehydrator sheet.)
6. Bake for about 10 minutes, until firm and just beginning to brown. (Or dehydrate for 16-18 hours at 105F.)
7. Meanwhile, mix ingredients for chocolate drizzle.
8. Let cookies cool, then drizzle with chocolate.
9. Set cookies in the refrigerator or freezer for a few minutes to set the chocolate drizzle.
10. Serve, and enjoy! Store in the refrigerator.

Notes

A note about substitutions: because each type of protein powder has a distinct flavor and texture when baked, I would not try substituting different types of protein powders in this recipe. (See my Recipe Basics video for examples of what goes wrong when you use the wrong protein powder.) You can substitute a tablespoon of maple syrup or agave for the date, if you like. I suggest keeping the vanilla bean (instead of substituting extract) to keep all the flavor of this recipe.

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