Almond Cookies
A plate of soft, chewy and butteryc ookies that aretopped with almonds… These cookies are made with almond flour, protein powder, butter, milk and gingerbreadspice.
Ingredients
- 2 cups super fine almond flour
- ½ cup whey protein powder
- 5 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 3 tsp gingerbread spice
- 1 large egg (white and yolk separated)
- ¼ cup butter melted
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- 1 tbsp milk
- 20 whole almonds
Instructions
- In a large-sized bowl, add almond flour,protein powder, Swerve, baking powder, and gingerbread spice and mix well.
- In another bowl, add egg white, maple syrupand butter and whisk until blended thoroughly.
- Add butter mixture into the bowl of the flourmixture and mix until blended thoroughly.
- Refrigerate for about 30 minutes.
- Preheat your oven to 350 ºF.
- Line 2 large-sized cookie sheets withparchment paper.
- Remove the dough from refrigerator andarrange between 2 wax paper sheets.
- With a lightly floured rolling pin, roll thedough into ⅛-inch thickness.
- With a cookie cutter, cut the cookies andarrange onto the prepared cookie sheets about 2-inch apart.
- In a bowl, add almond milk and egg yolk andwhisk slightly.
- Coat the top of each cookie with milkmixture.
- Place an almond in the center of each cookieand gently press it.
- Bake for approximately 9-10 minutes or untiltop of cookies becomes golden brown.
- Remove the cookie sheets from oven and placeonto a wire rack to cool for about 5 minutes.
- Then invert the cookies onto the wire rack tocool completely before serving.
Notes
For more flavor, you can add some almond extract in the batter.
Nutrition
Calories: 40kcalCarbohydrates: 5gProtein: 3gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 14mgSodium: 33mgPotassium: 38mgFiber: 1gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 29IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 38mgIron: 1mg
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