Honey Nut Butter Cookies
What’s up!?
The toddlers have amazed me by sleeping for TWO HOURS so here I am- bringing you some cookies. I wish I could bring them to you personally, but the inmates are running the asylum around here and they just won’t let me out!
I’m surprised at how much I’ve been in the kitchen this week. These kids are always hungry! We finish breakfast and 10 minutes later they’re asking for snack. I don’t know what people do with multiples- so many dishes, so many sippy cups and so many growing mouths to feed at one time. I salute you, mothers of multiples/childcare workers/mothers of many- you are keeping this world turning.
Some important things:
No refined sugar, no eggs, no dairy- great if there are allergies in the family (unless you’re gluten or wheat-free, sorry. You have to make the cookies out of something!) Easily adaptable with whatever nut butter you prefer or have on hand and you can mix in anything you like- chocolate chips, chopped nuts.. cacao nibs taste amazing, too. They’re easy to mix, scoop and bake. Kids will gobble them up. You can make (and eat all of) them in under 30 minutes.
I was going to feed these cookies to the babies when they wake up as their afternoon treat, but they are just sitting there on the counter calling to me.. they’ll never know what they missed, right?
(Just kidding. I will exercise some self-control and only eat one.. or two. Definitely not more than four or five. Gotta make sure I have enough for their second/third snack-after-snack.)
Honey Nut Butter Cookies
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makes about 20 cookies adapted from Opera Girl Cooks
Author: Oven Love
Recipe type: Dessert
Ingredients
- 1¼ C. whole wheat flour (sprouted or fresh milled, if possible)
- ½ tsp. baking soda
- ¼ tsp. sea salt
- ½ C. smooth nut butter (peanut butter, sunbutter, almond butter, etc)
- ½ C. honey
- 3 Tbsp coconut oil, in liquid state
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- ¼ C. mini chocolate chips, cacao nibs or chopped nuts (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- In a medium bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, and salt.
- In another bowl, combine peanut butter, honey, coconut oil and vanilla. Whisk to incorporate the coconut oil completely.
- Add the peanut butter mixture to the flour mixture, stirring just until all the flour is absorbed. Add chocolate chips/cacao nibs/chopped nuts. Let sit for 5 minutes.
- Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Drop two-tablespoon scoops of dough onto cookie sheets, spacing evenly (I use a small cookie scoop- it’s perfect!).
- Bake for 10-15 minutes, remove from oven, and let cool for two minutes while still on cookie sheets. Transfer cookies to cooling rack and let cool.
Coconut oil? I thought that was a cholesterol no-no. Can another oil be substituted. I’d not like to have to buy it for 3T.
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Ellie, check out this link for some research on coconut oil and cholesterol- http://coconutoil.com/cholesterol/
You could use another oil, certainly. I would stay away from canola and similar oils (they go rancid quickly) and stick to cold-pressed extra virgin olive oil. You could also use melted butter.
thanks natalie for the yummy recipe. they turned out fabulous. mine looked more like the traditional round and flatter version. i made a slight change. i used oatmeal instead of flour. i just ground up my oatmeal in my vitamix, and added the rest of my ingredients and mixed. i stirred in my chocolate chips in the end. i loved the sea salt. but think i’ll drop the honey amount to 1/3 cup next time. and there will be a next time. the kids loved them.
glad you enjoyed it! the oats sound like a yummy addition!
I made these today as a ‘treat’ for my son who is dairy intolerant. He loves them and they will be a great school snack . Thanks for sharing the recipe!