All I want for Hanukkah is a giant platter of these cookies on repeat.
And maaaaaybe another really cute infinity scarf. Oh and a shiny new KitchenAid stand mixer. Ok fine, I wouldn't be that mad if a Vitamix showed up, either.
Is it weird that when I think of the holidays, only cooking-related gadgets and gizmos come to mind? And when I think about owning a house someday, I think about nothing but a gigantic white kitchen with a super organized pantry full of labeled mason jars? But really, the rest of my house can be a shack as long as I have a fantastical kitchen.
I used to want boots and earrings and sweaters and now all I want is the smell of new cookbooks and blenders.
The holidays are a time for cookies. Alllll the cookies. Making cookies out of nut butter is nothing new (hellooooo food trend of 2014), but I'm still far from sick of them. The nut butter creates a softer, more delicate cookie full of robust flavor and free of all those extra refined carbies. E
ver since my boyf gave up added sugar like his pal Lebron, I've been messing with my recipes to ditch the sugar without abandoning the flavor. I've learned that super ripe bananas and a bit of stevia are my best friends. Every time I make a dessert without added sugar, I wonder why I even add sugar to my recipes at all. There are quite a few ways around it!
Now don't get me wrong, I'll be eating my weight in pumpkin pie and Christmas cookies this holiday season.
But when you're up to your ears in holiday sugar, it's nice to take a step back and play around without healthifying the classics.
Cheers to eating cookies that are like TOTALLY good for you.
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Flourless Cranberry Chocolate Chia Cookies
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 15 mins
- Yield: 10 cookies
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegan
Description
These healthy cranberry chocolate chia cookies have no butter, sugar, or flour!
Ingredients
- 1 medium ripe banana, mashed
- ½ cup creamy almond butter
- 2 tbsp chia seeds
- 2 tbsp cacao powder
- ¼ cup coconut sugar
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- ⅛ tsp salt
- ¼ cup cranberries, chopped (I used frozen)
- ¼ cup chocolate chips (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Line a baking sheet with a silipat or spray with cooking spray.
- Mash banana in a medium bowl. Add almond butter, chia seeds, cacao powder, sugar, vanilla, baking soda, and salt. Stir well to combine. Fold in cranberries and optional chocolate chips.
- Using wet hands, roll dough into about 10 balls. Flatten slightly with hands.
- Bake for about 10 minutes, or until set. Store in refrigerator in an air-tight container.
Alexis says
Love it I'm so happy we've found each other 🙂 Happy eating!
Ellen Lederman says
Thanks so much for these! Discovered your site through a search for a vegan salad that used rosemary (found the potato-mushroom-kale-lentil salad). These were wonderful! I used half the sugar and a T of dried cranberries since I didn't have fresh. I need to cut back of flour/oil/sugar, so I assumed cookies were never going to be part of my life again. But thanks to you, I can enjoy a super tasty and healthy treat. Can't thak you enough.
Therese says
I just made these cookies and they are so good!! I used the coconut sugar instead of the stevia, I also just added the frozen chopped cranberries - no sugar added and did not add the chocolate chips. They were so easy to make. I didn't even roll them, I just dropped a teaspoonful onto the cookie sheet lined with parchment paper and flattened them a bit so they were round. They turned out perfectly. They are wonderful warm. 🙂
I found this recipe on Kris Carr's website and decided to check out your website...I'm so glad I did! Thank you for creating this recipe and for sharing your passion and gifts. Many blessings!
Alexis says
Thank you so much for your warm words! It makes me so happy when people love the recipes and even add their own little twists 🙂
Annie says
I've made these cookies twice already and they are very good. The consistency takes some getting used to - they are not crunchy, but very soft.
Also, I don't mean to be spoiling the fun, but these are neither guilt-free nor sugar-free. There is sugar in many of the ingredients, especially if you buy them ready-made (and most of us probably do) and almond butter has A LOT of calories. There is no extra sugar added, sure. But hey, they're COOKIES. They don't have to be good for you, they're GOOD.
carmen says
Isn't there sugar in the cranberries and chic chips
Alexis says
Awesome!! I wet my hands and rolled them into balls, which I totally forgot to put in the directions! I think it may also help to let the batter sit out a bit so the chia seeds can help it bind together more.
Anoushe says
Made these last night for a dinner party and I ate like a 1/4 of the batter before baking them! And then couldnt help but help myself to 3 cookies at the party.... they are amazing! super moist and so so so delish! But how did you get them so perfectly round? mine looked kinda like massive scrumptious blobs and I had to convince people to try them because well.. I didnt manage to get them to look so presentable! The batter was so ooey gooey (which is amazing) so it was totally hard to get them to shape nicely! any tips? 🙂 will be making them again as the ones I left at home were eaten up by my mom as her dinner 🙂
April says
I WANT SUMMA DEEZ. Like, right now. Love you miss you! I need more time in my kitch to bake all the things. these cookies are first on the list. Well, along with the pecan pie I'm def making for Thursday. With vanilla ice cream, of course. 🙂 XO!
Alexis says
Mmmmm pecan pie is my faaaaave!!! XO
Alexis says
They're just for added nutrition, but I do think they help these stay together! I think you'd be fine leaving them out, though 🙂
Kate says
Yum! I love the chocolate + cranberry combo. Are the chia seeds acting as an egg here or they mostly for added nutrition? I only because I want these today and I don't have chia seeds, haha!