Flourless Almond Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Updated May 16, 2020
Flourless Almond Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies-chewy, gluten-free almond butter cookies dotted with chocolate chips and sprinkled with sea salt! These cookies are amazing!
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Pin ItMan, it has been a long week. This mama is exhausted. We’ve had a lot going on and I am ready for some major R&R. A vacation to Hawaii sounds so good right now. I know Hawaii isn’t going to happen, but I hope I can at least get a nap in. To be honest, a nap isn’t looking good either because we have so much going on. When I am busy and have a to do list that is a mile long, my mind doesn’t shut off. I can’t take a nap even if I wanted to. I lay there and think about all of the things that need to get done.
So what’s a girl to do! If I can’t go to Hawaii, and if I can’t take a nap, I am going to bake cookies. Cookies are my calm. Baking a batch of cookies makes everything right in the world, no matter how busy, stressed, or tired I am. Cookies make me happy!
So today, I am baking a batch of Flourless Almond Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies. It is Friday, I NEED cookies and I think you need some too! TGIF!
If you are exhausted, like me, and don’t think you have the energy to bake cookies, think again. These cookies are super easy to make and so worth a little time in the kitchen. Plus, baking is therapeutic…and so is eating cookies. I promise you will feel better after having one, two, or six cookies. I always do:)
You don’t even need flour to make these cookies! They are flourless, which makes them gluten-free, but you will never know because they are so soft, chewy, and delicious!
The almond and chocolate combo is killer! Plus, I add a sprinkling of sea salt to the tops! Oh, yeah! These cookies are the real deal!
Treat yourself to Flourless Almond Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies. They are sure to make you feel better. I am going to whip up a batch ASAP and hide in my closet with a plate of cookies and milk. Don’t tell my boys:) Mama needs a little break and there is no better break than a cookie break. Ok, Hawaii still sounds heavenly, but cookies are a close second:)
Flourless Almond Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup creamy almond butter
- 3/4 cup dark brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
- Extra sea salt, for sprinkling on cookies
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with a Silpat baking mat or parchment paper. Set aside.
- Mix the almond butter and sugar together until creamy and smooth. Add in the egg and vanilla extract. Mix until well combined.
- Stir in the baking soda, salt, and chocolate chips.
- Shape dough into balls, about 1 tablespoon of dough for each cookie. The dough will be a little crumbly, but just squeeze it together. It will be fine. Place dough balls on the prepared baking sheet, about 2 inches apart. Sprinkle with sea salt.
- Bake cookies for 8-10 minutes, or until cookies are starting to brown around the edges. Don’t overbake. Let the cookies sit on the baking sheet for 2-3 minutes. Transfer to a wire cooling rack and cool completely.
Nutrition
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Hi Maria,
I don’t have any almond butter, but presumably natural peanut butter would substitute well? Really needing a gluten free indulgence, right about now! Thanks x
You can use peanut butter. The flavor will be different, but still good!
Thank you for posting a gluten free recipe. Our 3 year old just went GF, but she loves to bake with me, so it’s nice to have treats she can eat.
Enjoy!!
HOLY YES has this been a long week. I need cookies in a major way. Preferably THESE cookies and about 10 of them. Totally in love with almond butter lately, so I am all about these. Pinned!
Any ideas about making these without eggs? They sound fabulous.
I have only made them with eggs. I will have to try a vegan version soon!
I need a dozen of these cookies now!!!
These look amazing! Can’t wait to try them!!
These look very interesting to try. My wife is dealing with psoriasis and we are trying a diet that doesn’t allow for ingredients such as white flour, so this recipe would be a great dessert for her. We’ll make it over the weekend and let you know how it goes. Thanks for the idea and recipe!
I hope you enjoy the cookies!
I haven’t baked with almond butter yet…which is crazy because I love almonds. I can’t wait to try this flourless cookie. I loved your pumpkin chocolate chip vegan cookies, I’m sure these will be delish too!
Glad you liked the cookies! I hope you like these too!
These look so great Maria- try to get some rest this weekend (I know how you feel though 🙂
I love the look of these cookies. Almond butter is one of my favorite snacks, but in cookie form…even better. 😀
Oh these cookies look so delicious!!
Making these for Passover this year! My husband loves almond butter, so I’m sure they’ll be a hit!
Side-note: I’d love to see a round-up of your flourless and gluten-free recipes before Passover. I’m always in a rush to prep and cook, so would love some inspiration before the big night!
You can view all of our gluten-free recipes here: https://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/category/recipes/gluten-free-recipes/
LOVE this Maria; so fun. You know that I’m a gluten-free gal so these are perfect for me. Have a great weekend. Miss you and hope you are fabulous
xoox
Just made these with my two little men for our baking Friday…my oldest who is five has declared them the best cookies ever! Can’t tell you how much we love your cookie recipes for baking Friday and usually end up repeating them often! Thanks!!
I can’t wait to try these, I love the idea of eating them frozen!
I want to try these using Justin’s Maple Almond Butter. Any guesses on how much to reduce the brown sugar. I could just keep tasting the raw dough till it seems right–I don’t mind.
The maple almond butter would be good! I guess it depends on how sweet you like your cookies:)
These look great Maria! Wish I had some right now!
These look perfect. I am always looking for yummy new gluten free recipes that don’t require a mixture of 5 different flours! And almond butter is so yummy!
Hawaii sounds nice to all of us. Hopefully this burst of protein will help with your energy and you can fit in a nap. I would take a handful of these too.
Great healthier cookie option! These look perfect for today (as I’m watching the snow fall out the window!)
Sending you some aloha! We’re coming back tomorrow though. These cookies look perfect, Maria! xo
I made these almond butter cookies this weekend. I couldn’t stop myself! I ate three in one sitting. They’re so good.
These are the best looking flourless cookies I’ve ever seen!
I don’t think we have almond butter here in Brazil…is there a substitute ???????
thank you
You can use peanut butter, the flavor will be different, but still good!
Cookies always help me feel rested and rejuvenated 🙂
I have almond butter in my fridge. Does it need to be a room temperature or can I use it right out of the fridge? Thanks!
I used room temperature almond butter.
Oh, you know I love these. xo!
So I made this recipe subbing the brown sugar for coconut palm sugar, because it’s what I had on hand. Because of that, the batter was sticky and goopy instead of crumbly, and I had to bake them for 13 minutes. But still they turned out soooooooo good! Great recipe! Thanks!
You’re my hero. I subbed with coconut sugar too, to keep them paleo friendly, and I wasn’t sure how long to cook them. We started with 8 minutes, but now i have a better idea of the time.
I was so excited to make these and I followed the recipe to the letter and my cookie dough was very oily, but I rolled them into balls. I baked them for 8 min and they went completely flat and are greasy.
Weird. I have made these cookies several times and never had that problem. Did you stir your almond butter well?
Holy these are awesome. Made this with the daughter. Perfect recipe to do with a 4 year old! And so ridiculously yummy. Not too sweet and love that there’s no flour.
Thank you!
Yes, I did. I used Barney Butter almond butter, but not sure if that made a difference. It didn’t look oily in the jar. I have made gluten free cookies using peanut butter and I never had that issue. I was excited to try the almond butter. 🙁 oh well!
I made with creamy peanut butter, and they were delicious! Finally a great-tasting GF cookie!
These are my new go to cookies! they are so quick and easy!! I even added some toffee bits – takes these delish cookies to a whole new level!!
I’m getting ready to move so am clearing out all the food I can ahead of time. I have almond butter, but it isn’t creamy. It’s called Almond Naturally More and also has molasses, flax seed , evaporated cane juice and canola oil. Do you think this would work? I’d also like to use some Organic Blue Agave instead of the brown sugar. I have brown sugar but want to use up the Agave. Any suggestion? Thanks!
Can you use chuncky almond butter?
Yes!
I love cookies, but these end up being about a tablespoon of sugar each. Any thoughts on how to use a natural non-sugar like erythritol instead of sugar? Sugar can cause joint inflammation, along with a host of other ills. I’m pre-diabetic as well. Thanks for experimenting! They do sound delicious.
Linda,
I just want to say, Canola oil in your Almond butter is Not healthy. Its a processed heated up food, and a filler, and yours is Full of Sugar.. Natural does not mean much in the food world. Its far healthier to see Organic ingrid.
Canola oil on its own is nasty.Use Organic Coconut oil for cooking, or Pastured organic butter…
Also, Organic Agave has been proven to be the same as
eating High Fructose Corn Syrup. Clogs the arteries..We where all sold a bad bill of goods a few years ago about Agave.
I’m with you Kate on the sugar issue …It Causes inflammation in the body, and Joints.
We are now finding out that Grains are unhealthy, hard on the Gut, & gluten etc. you might want to look into the Paleo Diet..
Sort of on a whim I substituted 1/2 c of the dark sugar with 1 ripe banana and added 1/4 c ground flax seed. Very yummy!
Glad you liked the cookies!
I made these except used peanut butter. I find them a little too sugar-y. Perhaps lessen the sugar a little would make them better.
Do you have a nutritional information list for these cookies, like how many calories, fat, sugar, etc?
For those asking about a vegan option, I made these tonight using a flax egg (and subbed the brown sugar for organic coconut sugar) and they turned out great! These cookies are magical. Great recipe!
Any chance I could use SF maple syrup in place of the brown sugar? Trying to cut back sugar. Thanks!
I haven’t tried it, let me know if it works!
What could you use instead of the almond butter as I’m trying to make them diet freindly eg sweetner instead of the brown sugar xx
They are almond butter cookies. I haven’t tried using anything else.
These are so good–thank you! I used chunky almond butter. Wow!
These are so good!!! I can’t believe they were so easy and no flour!
Yay! Glad you liked the cookies! They are so easy!!
For some reason mine did not turn out like the pictures that were posted with the recipe … sort of ran all over the parchment paper … ? suggestions … recipe was followed verbatim … help … thanks
hi these cookies look great i cant wait to make them! But i was wondering if you know how many calories are in these bc my parents are deiting and they have been telling me to find desserts that dont have alot of calories in them.
hi these cookies look great i cant wait to make them! But i was wondering if you know how many calories are in these bc my parents are deiting and they have been telling me to find desserts that dont have alot of calories in them.
please tell me how to store these , I just made 4 dozen that I was taking to a potluck on Sunday and didn’t know if they freeze well? thank you
I made 1/2 chocolate chip and the other half ginger with candied ginger, they all are amazing.
Glad you liked the cookies. If you are serving them on Sunday, I would put them in the freezer today. Pull them out Sunday morning and they will be good to go!
Hi Maria,
Is Justin’s almond butter runny? I’m wondering because I live abroad and only have access to the fresh stuff which is quite runny…. Would you change the amount of flour or almond butter in the recipe?
Thanks!
It is pretty similar to peanut butter consistency. There isn’t flour in these cookies. You can try it! Let me know how your almond butter works!
Hello! These look amazing! What is your best recommendation to make these with an egg substitute? The flaxseed and water option or so you have ace a suggestion that would be better? Thank you for any guidance!
Flaxseed and water works well.
Any suggestions for making it sugar free?
I haven’t tried them without sugar, but coconut sugar works!
Curious if anybody else has tried to make these with coconut sugar instead of brown sugar. I used coconut sugar and the cookies seemed on the sweet side and a little wet/sticky, possibly because typically brown sugar is packed. I did roll some of them in shredded coconut which I really liked. May have to adjust the amount of coconut sugar I use next time. Please share any suggestions whether you’ve tried that substitution or not.
Anyone try these without sugar or honey in place of? If so, how did they turn out? TIA!
Excellent cookies! Nice chewy center.
I made these today , but slightly sweaked it, as I am making these for Vegan friends. They turned out divine!
I used 1/2 cup almond flour and 1/2 Cup coconut flour. and 1/2 cup maple syrup, and replaced the egg with a mashed banana for binder. I also added dried cranberries to half the batch along with the vegan dark chocolate, and topped them with an almond. I liked the idea of sprinkling a titch of sea salt on top to bring out the dark chocolate flavor.
Glad you liked the cookies. Great changes!
These are fabulous! I double the recipe because that simply uses 1 entire container of nut butter. I’ve tried different brand nut butters and find that Trader Joes makes the smoothest, best formed cookies. I use less sugar in all of my cookies and these did well doubled, with 1 cup of sugar. Tried coconut flour substitute but it wasn’t sweet enough and they were dry.
Could I make these with peanut butter since that is what I have at present?
Sure!
They are delicious, but really heavy and didn’t hold together. I don’t think I’ll be making them again.
I just made this today. Although the dough was quite crumbly, it was super oily. I mixed the almond butter quite well, the dough didn’t seem too oily unti I started to roll them out. Another weird thing is that although I rolled them all the same, some got super flat, other not so much, and some spread more than others. I like that they’re chewy, but they’re a bit too chewy.