Gluten-Free Protein Chocolate Chip Cookies
Serves 12
10 mins cook
30 mins Chill Time
40 mins total
With no protein powder in sight, these gluten-free protein chocolate chip cookies are a dream treat. They're easy to whip up in one bowl and get their protein from whole sources like hemp seeds and almond flour.
Get FREE mobile app to save your favorite recipes
Scan QR code to download mobile
In a large bowl, beat the ½ cup unsalted butter until fluffy (about 1 minute). Then mix in the ½ c pure maple syrup, ½ c cashew butter, 1 egg, 2 tsp pure vanilla extract, and ¼ c low fat plain greek yogurt until well combined.
To make hemp flour: Blend the hemp hearts in a food processor, blender, or coffee grinder until a flour forms. It should only take a couple pulses.
If using a flax egg: Mix together 3 tbsp water with 1 tbsp flaxseeds and let it sit for 5-10 minutes until it thickens. Then mix in.
Mix in the 1 ⅔ c almond flour, ⅔ c hemp hearts or hemp flour, 1 tsp baking soda, ½ tsp salt, and 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chunks.
Let the dough chill in the fridge for 30 minutes (overnight is fine too) to stiffen up and rehydrate. This is uber important to the cookies staying together and not running all over the pan!
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or silicon mat.
Use a cookie scoop or spoon to scoop out 12 even balls. This ends up being about 1.5 scoops from a standard cookie scoop. Gently roll into balls (the less we handle the dough, the better).
Bake for 8 minutes; remove the cookies and slam/drop the pan on the counter twice to flatten them a bit. Return to the oven for another 5 minutes or until the edges are just set and golden. Remove from the oven and slam on the counter once more. Then let them cool for 15 minutes on the counter(super important when working with gluten free baked goods) to continue baking and firm up. Then move them to the freezer to fully cool and set up, otherwise they will crumble on you.
If you're not sure what this means, check out the video to see what it means to slam it on the counter.
Top with flaky sea salt and use a spatula to carefully remove the cookies from the tray. They are very tender, so the spatula is super helpful. Enjoy!
