Almond butter cookies (v/gf)
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Vegan gluten free cookies made with black maca powder and tigernut flour.
Ingredients
  • 1 c Almond Butter (I used plain, no sugar added)
  • ½ c dark maple syrup
  • ½ T pure vanilla extract
  • ½ c Tigernut flour
  • 1.5 T black maca powder
  • 2 T almond milk (unsweetened)
  • 1 t sea salt
  • Dark chocolate chips
  • sliced almonds or hemp seeds
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350F. In a mixing bowl, combine almond butter, maple syrup, almond milk and vanilla extract.
  2. In a separate bowl, combine tigernut flour, maca powder and sea salt, and mix well.
  3. Form small balls of dough (about 1 T per cookie) and slightly flatten each cookie onto a parchment-lined baking sheet with a fork.
  4. Bake for approx. 12- 14 minutes. Allow cookies to cool for 15 minutes.
  5. Using a double boiler, melt the chocolate. Use a fork to drizzle chocolate over the cookies. Then add sliced almonds and/or hemp seeds.
Recipe by the modern barista at https://themodernbarista.com/index.php/2019/02/01/blonde-sunrise/