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Healthier Chocolate Chip Cookies with Quinoa and Almond Butter

Jan 12, 2019 · 3 Comments

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Top image is a stack of four chocolate chip almond butter cookies on a white plate, middle image is a blue text overlay, bottom image is an overhead view of a stack of cookies on a round white plate.

These chocolate chip almond butter cookies are made healthier by using quinoa flour. The crispy edges and chewy middle make them a perfect cookie combination!

Short stack of healthier chocolate chip cookies with quinoa and almond butter on white plate and more cookies in the background

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A couple of years ago, a friend gifted me with a copy of the cookbook, Quinoa 365: The Everyday Superfood. I've used cooked quinoa in these Healthy Quinoa Banana and Strawberry Muffins, but I hadn't given much thought to baking with quinoa flour.

Knowing that some folks consider quinoa to be a superfood, and with the start of a new year, it seemed like a perfect time to try something new.  If you'd like to read more about the virtues of using quinoa, see:  11 Proven Health Benefits of Quinoa.

The idea of healthy baking sounded good, but the creation still had to be sweet and tasty. In addition to using quinoa flour, I also substituted almond butter for half the regular butter.  The end result were these crunchy and chewy chocolate chip almond butter cookies.  And best of all, they're gluten free!

Making Chocolate Chip Almond Butter Cookies - Step by Step

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and ling baking pans with parchment paper.

Whisk together the quinoa flour, gluten free flour, and baking soda in a medium mixing bowl.  Set aside.

Medium glass mixing bowl with gluten free flour, quinoa flour, and baking soda and wire whisk in bowl

In a large mixing bowl, use an electric mixer to beat together the butter, almond butter, and sugars until smooth.

Add the salt, vanilla, and eggs to the butter mixture and beat until combined.

Large metal mixing bowl with butter, almond butter, sugar, brown sugar, salt, vanilla, eggs and hand mixer in bowl

On low speed, beat the flour mixture into the butter mixture until completely incorporated.

Large mixing bowl with butter mixture and flour mixture for healthier chocolate chip cookies with quinoa and almond butter and hand mixer in bowl

Stir in the chocolate chips.

Use a 1-tablespoon scoop to drop the dough on the prepared pans.  Since I was using healthier ingredients for the dough, making the cookies smaller seemed like a good idea.

3 dough balls of healthier chocolate chip cookies with quinoa and almond butter on pan and dough filled cookie scoop in upper right corner

Bake for 8-10 minutes until the cookies are light brown.  Allow the cookies to cool slightly on the pan before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

The almond butter adds a nutty flavor to the cookies.  And the quinoa flour gives the cookies a soft and chewy center surrounded by crunchy edges.  Jim, my husband, gave them two thumbs up, so a definite keeper in my book.

Six baked healthier chocolate chip cookies with quinoa and almond butter on parchment lined pan

Tips for Making Chocolate Chip Almond Butter Cookies

  • Check the ingredients of your gluten free flour mix for xanthan gum.  If your flour mix doesn't contain it, try adding ¼ teaspoon to the recipe.  I used Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free 1 to 1 Baking Flour which has xanthan gum in it.
  • Use a cookie scoop when placing the dough on the prepared pans.  The scoop guarantees the cookies are the same size and round.
  • If you like a bigger cookie, you can use a larger scoop.  You'll need to increase the baking time by a minute or two.

Healthier chocolate chip cookies with quinoa and almond butter on wire cooling rack with blue and white towel on the right

Are you looking for a healthy version of the standard chocolate chip cookie?  Then give these chocolate chip almond butter cookies a try.  The recipe makes enough to share, but you may want to keep them all for yourself.  Enjoy!

Pile of baked healthier chocolate chip cookies with quinoa and almond butter on a white plate

Looking for More Gluten Free Cookie Recipes?

  • Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies
  • Gluten Free Peppermint Meltaway Cookies
  • Lemon Cookies with Lemon Glaze
  • Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Short stack of healthier chocolate chip cookies with quinoa and almond butter on white plate and more cookies in the background

Healthier Chocolate Chip Cookies with Quinoa and Almond Butter

Connie @ Flavor Walk
These Healthier Chocolate Chip Cookies with Quinoa and Almond Butter have crispy edges and a chewy center.  The perfect cookie combination!
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Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 10 mins
Total Time 25 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American, Gluten free
Servings 60 cookies
Calories 90 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 ¼ cups quinoa flour
  • 1 cup gluten free flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ cup butter, softened
  • ½ cup almond butter
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • ¾ cup brown sugar, packed
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 ½ cups semisweet chocolate chips

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line baking pans with parchment paper.
  • In medium mixing bowl, whisk together quinoa flour, gluten free flour, and baking soda until combined.  Set aside.
  • In a large mixing bowl, use an electric mixer to beat butter, almond butter, sugar, and brown sugar until smooth.
  • Add the salt, vanilla and eggs to the butter mixture and beat until well combined.
  • On low speed, beat the flour mixture into the butter mixture until completely incorporated.
  • Stir in the chocolate chips.
  • Drop the dough by 1-tablespoon portions about 2 inches apart onto the prepared pans.
  • Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until light brown (centers will be soft).
  • Cool slightly on pan.  Remove from pan and cool completely on wire rack.

Notes

  • Check the ingredients of your gluten free flour mix for xanthan gum.  If your flour mix doesn't contain it, try adding ¼ teaspoon to the recipe.  I used Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free 1 to 1 Baking Flour which has xanthan gum in it.
  • Use a cookie scoop when placing the dough on the prepared pans.  The scoop guarantees the cookies are the same size and round.
  • If you like a bigger cookie, you can use a larger scoop.  You'll need to increase the baking time by a minute or two.
  • Cook time is per pan of cookies.
 
Recipe adapted from Quinoa 365: The Everyday Superfood

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookieCalories: 90kcalCarbohydrates: 10gProtein: 1gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 9mgSodium: 74mgPotassium: 46mgSugar: 6gVitamin A: 55IUCalcium: 16mgIron: 0.6mg

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Nutritional information provided is an estimate and will vary based on products and brands you use. You should calculate the actual nutritional information with the ingredients you are using with your preferred nutrition calculator.

This recipe was first published in January 2018, but was published again in January 2019 to include updated images, step by step instructions, and nutritional information.

These chocolate chip almond butter cookies are made healthier with quinoa flour. The crispy edges and chewy middle make them a perfect cookie combination!
These chocolate chip almond butter cookies are made healthier with quinoa flour. The crispy edges and chewy middle make them a perfect cookie combination!
<Top image is four chocolate chip almond butter cookies on a wire rack, middle image is blue text overlay, bottom image is a stack of four chocolate chip almond butter cookies on a round white plate.

More Cookie Recipes

  • Gluten Free Peppermint Meltaway Cookies
  • Old-Fashioned Snickerdoodle Cookies {Gluten Free}
  • Gluten Free Oatmeal Cookies Recipe
  • Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies

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  1. Sherry Vaughn says

    September 07, 2018 at 1:08 pm

    I'm always looking for new chocolate chip cookie recipes. Adding quinoa flour to sneak some extra healthy stuff into my family - BONUS!

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  2. Patty says

    January 18, 2019 at 9:37 pm

    These melt in your mouth. So delicious.

    Reply
    • Flavor Walk says

      January 19, 2019 at 1:18 pm

      Thanks Patty. I'm glad you enjoyed them.

      Reply

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