Mini-batch Almond Joy Cookies

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Mini-batch Almond Joy Cookies

Prep Time10

Cook Time15

Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack

Keyword: almond, almond joy, chocolate, chocolate chip, coconut, easy recipes, gluten-free, low sugar, mini-batch, pecans, plant-based, small-batch, vegan

Servings: cookies

Calories: 166kcal

Equipment

Cookie sheet

Ingredients

Wet ingredients

1 tbsp (plant) butter, softened at room temperature (14 g) if your butter is not softened, microwave for a few seconds
1 tbsp sugar (12 g) brown/coconut sugar works best
2 tsp mashed banana (10 g) this is your egg replacer, if you absolutely hate bananas sub applesauce or (nut) milk
drop of vanilla, pinch of salt

Dry ingredients

2 tbsp flour (15 g) gf all purpose if desired
1/8 tsp baking soda sub 1/2 tsp baking powder, but baking soda helps with the browning and spread
2 tbsp shredded coconut (10 g) I used unsweetened
2 tbsp sliced almonds (14 g) sub rolled oats
2 tbsp chocolate chips (28 g) save some to decorate on top

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F and line a cookie sheet with parchment.
In a small bowl whisk together all dry ingredients except chocolate, set aside.
Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy (takes 2-3 minutes using a fork or small whisk, consider it an arm workout). Mix in mashed banana until well blended, vanilla and salt.
Add the dry ingredients and stir to form a cookie dough. If the batter is too dry and crumbly, add 1 tsp milk/water at a time and mix until it all comes together. I didn't need this.
Fold in chocolate chips.
Scoop spoonfuls of cookie dough on the parchment.
Bake 10-12 minutes until nice and golden around the edges, let cookies cool on the cookie sheet and enjoy!

Notes

If you don't have a food scale, remember to use the spoon & level method in measuring flour to avoid over-measuring, which will lead to dry cookies.

An alternative and crazy-easy style recipe for these cookies is the following (inspired by this recipe):

1 oz sweetened condensed milk (28 g)
1 oz shredded coconut (28 g)
1 tbsp sliced almonds (7 g)
1 1/2 tbsp chocolate chips (21 g)

mix it all up (don't forget a pinch salt), scoop as 3 cookies, flatten and bake 12-14 minutes, let them cool completely, enjoy. Also works with crushed almonds and hazelnuts instead of coconut if you're trying to watch your sat fat intake like me!

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