Healthy Apple Almond Butter Snack Cookies

5 from 1 vote

Healthy Apple Almond Butter Snack Cookies

These healthy apple almond butter snack cookies are the perfect thing to satisfy your sweet tooth while keeping things healthy! Soft like a muffin, refined sugar free, and packed with healthy ingredients.

Prep Time15

Cook Time20

Total Time35

Course: Snack

Cuisine: American

Diet: Vegetarian

Servings:

Calories: 198kcal

Author: Denise Bustard

Ingredients

½ cup unsweetened apple sauce
¼ cup almond butter all natural; see note 1
1 egg
¼ teaspoons vanilla extract
2 tablespoons honey
½ cup rolled oats see note 2
½ cup all purpose flour see note 3
½ teaspoon baking powder
¼ cup ground flax see note 4
¼ teaspoon cinnamon
⅓ cup shredded coconut plus more for tops
2 cups apple shredded ; roughly 2 small apples

Instructions

Heat oven to 350°F.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
In a large bowl, stir together all wet ingredients until smooth: apple sauce, almond butter, egg, vanilla and honey.
Stir in the rest of the ingredients until completely combined.
Using ¼ measuring cup, form cookies on the parchment paper. The dough will be wetter than traditional cookies.
Sprinkle tops with 1 teaspoon of shredded coconut.
Bake for 20-25 minutes, until coconut is golden and toasted and cookies are baked through.
Allow to cool completely.

Notes

1- peanut butter will work as a replacement; alternative nut and seed butters have not been tested.

2- rolled oats can sometimes be called 'large flake' or 'old fashioned' oats. Avoid instant, quick or steel cut oats.

3- you may swap for white whole wheat flour; alternative flours have not been tested

4- ground flax helps the cookies set up, omitting it could change the thickness of your cookies

Storage

fridge- store in an air tight container in the fridge for up to 2 days
freezer- we have not tested whether they freeze/thaw, but suspect they would do fine- place parchment between each cookie and store in a bag or air tight container for up to 1 month

To serve

You can serve them cold if you'd like, or warm them in the microwave for 10-15 minutes.

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