Flourless Almond Butter Cookies

These flourless almond butter cookies are gluten free and drizzled with white chocolate for a fun and festive holiday dessert! Sweetened naturally and made with almond butter as a "flour" base, these cookies are a healthier holiday treat that everyone can enjoy. The white chocolate drizzle adds the perfect amount of indulgent flavor and sweetness.

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Baking this weekend? These flourless almond butter cookies are the perfect simple, healthier holiday treat to try this year. With just a handful of ingredients and no dough-chilling required, they come together quickly and easily so you can have treats on demand. They are almond-buttery with just enough sweetness, and topped with a white chocolate drizzle that adds a touch of indulgence and festive flavor. If I had to guess, I would say these cookies would get along swimmingly with your afternoon coffee... so let's make some!

Ingredients

• Almond butter - Creamy or crunchy! The almond butter works as flour in this recipe.
• Brown rice syrup or honey - Other liquid sweeteners like maple syrup will work too, but the thicker, syrupy natural sweeteners work best for a thicker cookie.
• Baking soda - Your typical leavening agent.
• Egg - For structure and leavening.
• Vanilla extract - Optional, but adds wonderful flavor.
• Salt - For flavor and balance with the sweeteners.
• Cinnamon - Straight up delicious.
• White chocolate chips - For melting and drizzling over the cookies.

Substitutions & Variations

• Nut butter - Instead of almond butter, try using peanut butter, sunflower seed butter, cashew butter, or any other nut butter you'd like to try!
• Sweetener - Instead of brown rice syrup, you can use honey, date syrup (so fun and tasty - we use it in our healthy scotcheroos!), brown sugar, or coconut sugar in the same amounts. Maple syrup works too, but note that it's more runny and therefore yields a thinner cookie.
• Chocolate - Rather than using white chocolate, milk or dark chocolate would be delicious with almond butter (or any nut butter for that matter!).

How to Make These Cookies

Step 1: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees, and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Whisk together the almond butter, brown rice syrup or honey, egg, vanilla extract, salt, and cinnamon in a bowl. The mixture will be wet and thick, but should still form easily into cookie dough balls.

Step 2: Next, roll the almond butter cookie dough into 1-inch balls and place them a few inches apart on a parchment-lined baking sheet.

Step 3: Bake them at 350 for 12-14 minutes, then allow to cool on the pan for a few minutes. While they might appear soft out of the oven, they'll firm up as they cool.

Step 4: While the cookies are cooling, you can prep the white chocolate. Simply melt about ¾ cup of white chocolate chips in a small bowl by microwaving in the 30-second intervals, stirring between each until the white chocolate chips are uniformly melted. Using a spoon, drizzle the melted white chocolate over the cookies.

Step 5: Finally, let the cookies sit for a few minutes, while the white chocolate sets. Then, EAT (because of course you haven't had any already...) with a side of coffee, cocoa, or your favorite cozy winter drink.

Success Tip: The ingredients combine best when they're brought to room temperature first. To bring an egg to room temperature quickly, place it in a bowl or container filled with warm water for several minutes.

Flourless Almond Butter Cookies: Notes & Tips

• Freezing & Storing: Store flourless almond butter white chocolate cookies in an airtight container at room temp for up to a week for optimal freshness. To store for longer, you can freeze these cookies in an airtight container or zip-top bag for up to three months, and thaw on the counter before eating.
• Small batch: This makes a batch of about 14-16 cookies, which can be easily doubled if you want more. If you're baking a ton of other cookies for the holidays, a small batch can be nice to have variety without overdoing it. Or, if you want this to be one of your main holiday cookies, you can double up!

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