Sugar Free Date, Almond and Vanilla Protein Cookies

There is nothing better than home made cookies, especially ones that are healthy and have that irrisistable vanilla aroma, and then of course there is the chewy moreishness that makes it so difficult to have just one. Well don't stop at one with these healthy little numbers - 154 calories and 8 grams of protein per serve

Course Snack

Cuisine Australian

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 13

Total Time 18

Servings cookies

Calories 154kcal

Author Kim

Ingredients

½ cup Dates
2 cups Almond meal
1½ cup Spelt flour (or Wholemeal Plain Flour)
¼ cup Chia seeds
Pinch Salt
1 medium Egg
2 teaspoons Vanilla extract
¼ cup Coconut oil
¼ cup Granulated Stevia that measures like sugar
3 drops of Vanilla flavoured stevia drops (Note 1)
2 - 3 tablespoons Water (Note 2)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 180 degrees C and line 2 large oven trays or cookie sheet trays with baking paper
Finely chop dates.
Place all ingredients into a high speed food processor – yes everything, including the chopped dates.
Blitz for a couple of minutes until cookie dough has formed.
Remove cookie dough and break out into 24 pieces. Roll each one into a ball and place 12 balls on each tray. Gently flatten with hand, or with fork, if you like that look.
Bake in oven at 180 degrees for 13 minutes
Once cooked, remove from oven and let them cool to room temperature before removing them from the cookie tray
Store cookies in an air tight container for upto 4 or 5 days .

Notes

Vanilla Stevia Drops are available from most Health Food Shops. You could use 1 - 2 tablespoons of granulated stevia instead.
First add 2 tablespoons of water and test first. If mix is still to dry or crumbly, add another tablespoon of water a little at a time until the consistency is right to roll the dough into balls.

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