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Easiest Cookie Ever, and Delicious Too!

Posted on February 16, 2011 by in Blog

When I saw Lauren’s suggestions for Valentine’s Day treats included this cookie, I knew I had to try it!  Lauren has a wonderful blog that makes incredibly delicious and healthy versions of food that everyone loves.  Unfortunately, I didn’t have any chocolate peanut butter on hand, but I did have some of this chocolate almond butter on hand.

chocolate almond butter

Since I wanted to make the cookies immediately, I decided to adapt her recipe for what I had on hand and make Flourless Chocolate Almond Butter Cookies.

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Reasons to make these cookies:

1. They are deliciously light and fudgey at the same time.

2.  This is the easiest cookie recipe I have ever made.  3 steps, that is it!

3.  Portion control!  This recipe makes 8 cookies.  If you are nervous about eating the entire batch, you can’t get yourself into too much trouble*.  The cookies are pretty big, too.

*Each cookie comes out to 5 weightwatchers points+, as a result, the entire batch is 40 points+ which is less than the extra weekly points you get.

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Step 1:  Mix together almond butter, brown sugar, whisked egg white, baking soda, vanilla extract and salt

all ingredients in bowl

Step 2:  Stir in chocolate chips

add choc chips

Step 3:  Bake cookies

dough on pan

Did I say they were easy?

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Flourless Chocolate Almond Butter Cookies

Adapted from Healthy Food for Living

Yield: 8 cookies

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup chocolate almond butter
  • 2 tablespoons light brown sugar, packed
  • 1 egg white, whisked
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Cooking Directions

  1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees
  2. Mix together almond butter, brown sugar, whisked egg white, baking soda, vanilla extract and salt
  3. Stir in chocolate chips
  4. Use a cookie dough scoop or tablespoon to shape 8 cookies on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper
  5. Bake for ~12 min or until tops of cookies are no longer loose

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What is the easiest dessert you have made?

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36 Responses to “Easiest Cookie Ever, and Delicious Too!”

  1. The Sister February 16, 2011 at 8:16 pm #

    I can vouch for these – DELICIOUS

  2. Caroline @ chocolate and carrots February 16, 2011 at 8:21 pm #

    Those look amazing! I’m craving some serious chocolate right now. Those cookies look like just the key. :-D

  3. DessertForTwo February 16, 2011 at 8:35 pm #

    I LOVE that this recipe only makes 8 cookies! You know me and my small-scale desserts! I’ll have to give this one a try! Thanks for sharing :D

  4. Lauren February 16, 2011 at 9:07 pm #

    Yay! Your cookies look delicious – I have to try them with almond butter next time:).

  5. debbie c. February 16, 2011 at 9:07 pm #

    After tasting your DELICIOUS cookie recently, I knew I wanted to make it part of my “must have” cookie recipes! It was moist and fudgy. And to think it was as simple as four ingredients, how can you not get excited??!!!

  6. Bethany February 16, 2011 at 9:48 pm #

    Woah! SO easy… and I like the sound of fudgey! :)

  7. Madison M February 16, 2011 at 9:50 pm #

    Beautiful recipe, doll! You know how much I love a good cookie recipe and these look amazing. I just need to get my hands on some chocolate almond butter before this weekend. :)

  8. Angela FRS February 16, 2011 at 10:29 pm #

    Oh my gosh, I have to try these. Have you tried Justin’s Chocolate Hazelnut butter? I am going to give this a try with that. Fantastic.

    • KeepItSweet February 17, 2011 at 10:47 am #

      I haven’t tried it yet but I am very tempted. The other day I made homemade chocolate almond butter, though, and that was pretty amazing!

  9. alisueonthemove February 16, 2011 at 11:37 pm #

    I am very happy for the small batch too! I have been making/eating way too many cookies as of late. Little batches let me try more ideas!

  10. Liz @ Blog is the New Black February 17, 2011 at 5:20 am #

    YUM YUM YUM! :)

  11. Christina February 17, 2011 at 9:01 am #

    Wow these do look super easy and sooo rich and decadant! I must give these a shot…I love how they only make 8. Portion control at its best! ;)

  12. eatnew February 17, 2011 at 10:43 am #

    These look AWESOME! I can not wait to try them! I am having dinner guests on Sunday and I think I am going to make these for dessert!

    Love your site :)

    This goes great with the Almonds for Heart Month post I just put up last night!

    http://wp.me/1l4j1

    - Brittany Elizabeth
    @eatsomethingnew
    http://eatsomethingnew.com

    • KeepItSweet February 17, 2011 at 10:47 am #

      Thanks for the nice note! Please let me know how they turn out if you make them.

  13. MelissaNibbles February 17, 2011 at 10:58 am #

    So easy. Perfect for me!

  14. Jen @ keepitsimplefoods February 17, 2011 at 11:16 am #

    Wow! Pretty amazing. Although, I have to say I’m not a huge fan of the dark almond spread. It tastes lovely, but it’s not as healthy as the other MaraNatha products, which is kind of a bummer. Although, I really shouldn’t talk since I’ve been eating marshmallow fluff icing all week. Ridic!

    Love how simple these are!

    • KeepItSweet February 17, 2011 at 11:17 am #

      I actually made homemade chocolate almond butter with just roasted almonds and a little melted semi-sweet chocolate which could be a better option.

  15. Rachel @ The Avid Appetite February 17, 2011 at 12:30 pm #

    I was wondering what you were up to with the almond butter! :) These look amazing and super easy. I always need a sweet treat after dinner – even if it’s very small – these look like the perfect thing to satisfy the sweet tooth!

  16. ASHLEA February 17, 2011 at 1:03 pm #

    Wow, I love almond butter and I have never heard of dark chocolate almond spread. This looks amazing and so does that cookie!

  17. Kirbie February 17, 2011 at 2:05 pm #

    Mmm, these look amazing. I haven’t seen chocolate almond spread before. Only regular almond butter. Where did you get yours from?

    • KeepItSweet February 17, 2011 at 2:29 pm #

      I have seen it at health food stores but actually got it at Walmart…. it is just so much cheaper there!

  18. Beth February 17, 2011 at 7:06 pm #

    Recipes with built-in portion control are just about perfect! Love these!

  19. Simply Life February 17, 2011 at 7:29 pm #

    oh my gosh, those look incredible! easiest dessert – chocolate bark!

  20. briarrose February 17, 2011 at 8:00 pm #

    What a great recipe. The cookies look wonderful…love that soft texture.

  21. happywhennothungry February 17, 2011 at 9:14 pm #

    These cookies look awesome! I love the almond butter too!

  22. Kristina February 17, 2011 at 10:29 pm #

    Easy cookie-caught my attention-and almond butter-WOW YES PLEASE!

  23. Jenn (Cookies Cupcakes Cardio) February 17, 2011 at 11:15 pm #

    Great idea for those cookies! BUT, I read your title as “delicious tool” so I read your post about 4 times, trying to figure out where you hid your “tool” review! Duh. I guess what you can take from that is I’m pretty dedicated to your site!! Haha.

  24. Joanne February 18, 2011 at 7:25 am #

    Do you also find MaraNatha almond butter to be thoroughly addictive? I can’t control myself around the honey version.

    These cookies sound AMAZING. And I love that they’re truly not bad for you. You just did my thighs a big favor.

  25. fooddreamer February 18, 2011 at 7:33 am #

    Mmm, these are gorgeous and relatively healthy too. Great combo in my books!

  26. Laura February 18, 2011 at 10:07 am #

    I’ve never tried a flourless cookie before, but these look delicious!

  27. OliePants February 18, 2011 at 11:52 am #

    I need to find some dark chocolate almond butter asap! I do like that there is a 8 cookie limit to this b/c my cookie recipes come out to about 24 and I’m not so good with portions!

    I have not tried a flour-less cookie either and this one has peaked my culinary interest!

  28. blackbookkitchendiaries February 18, 2011 at 12:34 pm #

    wow those cookies look amazing! yummy! thanks for sharing this.

  29. fashionfitnessfoodie February 19, 2011 at 8:23 am #

    These look too good to be true! I love that it only makes 8 because when I have 24-36 cookies in my house it makes me feel guilty to throw them away – so where do they go? in ma bellly. not good! haha

  30. Ella @ The Single Girl's Kitchen February 19, 2011 at 5:45 pm #

    oh wow, those look awesome! and so easy! i don’t know if i’ve ever seen chocolate almond butter in the store, but maybe i just wasn’t looking…nutella would probably work in there just fine, right?

    • KeepItSweet February 19, 2011 at 6:06 pm #

      You probably could use Nutella since it has a similar consistency and fat content

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