Author Notes: This recipe came out of the desperation I felt when making my own almond milk. You are left with quite a bit of almond meal and I had no idea what to do with it. I figured cookies were a safe exploration though and came up with these! —Guilty Kitchen
Makes: 12-15 cookies
Ingredients
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1/2
cup butter, room temperature
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1/2
cup natural peanut butter, chunky
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3/4
cup packed, brown sugar
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1/2
teaspoon salt
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2
teaspoons vanilla extract
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1
egg
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1/2
cup cocoa
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1/4
cup whole wheat flour
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1/2
teaspoon baking soda
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1/2
teaspoon baking powder
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1
cup almond meal
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1/2
cup peanut butter chips
Directions
- Preheat oven to 325°F. Cream butter, peanut butter, sugar and salt. Beat in egg and vanilla.
- Sift cocoa, flour, baking powder and soda into wet ingredients, mix well. Stir in almond meal.
- Add PB chips and stir to combine.
- Roll dough into 1 1/2? balls, then flatten before placing 1? apart on parchment paper lined cookie sheet.
- Bake for 12 minutes. Cool completely before enjoying!