Only 4 ingredients to make these delicious very strawberry protein cookies, and you can whip them up in just 15 minutes! They make a great high protein snack or breakfast.
🍓 Ingredients
- 1 cup (134 g) fresh strawberries
- ½ cup (48 g) Strawberry whey concentrate protein powder
- 2 tablespoons (14 g) coconut flour
- ½ teaspoon (2 g) baking powder
🥣 Equipment
- kitchen scale highly recommended for best results and easier cleanup
- oven thermometer highly recommended for best results. Once you bake with an oven thermometer, you'll never go back!
- mixing bowl
- fork and spoon
- parchment paper
- cookie sheet - I like these Airbake cookie sheets because they keep the bottom of cookies from burning.
- measuring spoons
👩🏼🍳 How to
1. Preheat oven to 325F (163C).
2. Mash strawberries with a fork or pulse in a food processor a few times.
3. Add protein powder, coconut flour, and baking powder. Mix well.
4. Spoon onto parchment-lined cookie sheet as 6 cookies.
5. Check after 10 minutes, and remove from the oven when the cookies are just firm. Don't overbake!
6. Remove from oven and slide the parchment onto a wire cooling rack. Let the cookies cool, and ejoy!
🥥 Substitutions
This recipe works well with whey concentrate. I wouldn't recommend using whey isolate, as the results will likely be dry and rubbery. I also wouldn't recommend using plant protein powders, as they bake very differently from whey.
If you want to use a whey/casein blend like Quest protein powder, you'll likely need more strawberries or other liquid (milk, water) since the casein is more drying than whey.
If you'd like to use a different flour, you'll likely need more than we're using of coconut flour since coconut flour is very drying.
🍑 Variations
The best thing about this recipe is that you can switch up the flavor to be anything you like! Use a different flavor of whey concentrate, and/or use a different mashed fruit. Easy!
🥶 Storage
I'd store these in the refrigerator in an airtight container if you're not eating them the same day.
⚡️ Top tip
This recipe was made for whey protein concentrate. It will not work for plant-based protein powders.
Recipe
Strawberry Protein Cookies
Equipment
- kitchen scale highly recommended for best results and easier cleanup
- oven thermometer highly recommended for best results
- fork and spoon
Ingredients
- 1 cup (134 g) strawberries
- ½ cup (48 g) Strawberry Nutriwhey protein powder
- 2 tablespoons (14 g) coconut flour
- ½ teaspoon (2 g) baking powder
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325F (163C).
- Mash strawberries with a fork or pulse in food processor a few times.1 cup (134 g) strawberries
- Add protein powder, coconut flour, and baking powder. Mix well.½ cup (48 g) Strawberry Nutriwhey protein powder, 2 tablespoons (14 g) coconut flour, ½ teaspoon (2 g) baking powder
- Spoon onto parchment-lined cookie sheet as 6 cookies.
- Bake about 10 minutes, or just until firm. Don't overbake!
- Remove from oven and slide the parchment and cookies to a wire cooling rack. Let cool and enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
If you like this recipe, you may also enjoy these Chocolate Whey Protein Cookies (made with banana), these Pumpkin Protein Cookies with chopped pecans, and this collection of protein powder snack recipes.
You may also enjoy our Strawberry Protein Shake and our Strawberry Banana Protein Smoothie. Packed with flavor and protein!
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Andréa says
Hi Sandra,
If you used a different brand of whey protein, the amount of liquid it needs could be be different. In that case you can drain the mashed strawberries to try to remove liquid, or you can add more coconut flour so that it would set as a cookie.
Hope this helps. Thanks for writing in!
Andréa
Sandra says
Hi, Andréa, thank you very much for recipe. I tried to do it today. But I got some problems. First, when I mixed everything, the batter was really liquid. Then they looked terrible after baked. So Idk how to solve this. Should I dry mashed strawberries first? Hope could get your reply ASAP. Thanks a lot.
Best wishes
Andréa says
Hi Ken,
We don't perform shelf-life testing on blog recipes, so I can't say for sure. These cookies are cake-like, and I think they would stay better under refrigeration. I'm sorry I can't be of more help!
Best,
Andréa
Ken says
Hi, may i know the shelf life of these cookies? And is it possible to be stored in room temperature instead of the refrigerator once done?
Anna says
That helps a ton, and not just with this recipe. Thank you for the quick reply. I will be making them this afternoon and I can't wait to try them! Thank you!
Andréa says
Hi Anna,
Thanks for writing in! The strawberries are measured after washing and trimming, but before mashing. When in doubt, you can always match up the grams. If they are mashed or not, you'll have the same measurement in grams.
In general with recipes, if it says:
"1 cup strawberries, mashed"
that means measure the strawberries, then mashed them. If it says:
"1 cup mashed strawberries"
that means mash the strawberries before you measure them.
Does that help?
Andréa
Anna says
These sound amazing! Going to try them today. Unfortunately, I am a TERRIBLE cook (and even worse at baking!) so I have to follow recipes very carefully. Is the cup of strawberries measured before or after they are smashed/pureed? I know ... probably an oversimplification but I need baby steps when it comes to anything other than the dishwasher in my kitchen. :) Thank you!