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These cashew butter cookies are dairy free, gluten free and sweetened with dates and filled with protein and fiber.

I loved coming home from school growing up to something my Mom had baked. It was a good day if there was a finished Texas sheet cake in the oven, or if my Gram’s legendary sugar cookies were cooling on the counter.

But do you ever wish you could have that perfect after school cookie that was actually good for you.

People, these cashew butter cookies just might be that.

Filled with good fiber from the dates and protein from egg and cashew butter without the gluten or dairy or refined sugar, these cookies will not give you a nasty sugar crash. When you want a sweet treat after dinner that doesn’t give you that, “I just ate a cookie” feeling, this is it.

Bonus: If you skip the chocolate, they’re 100% refined sugar free. I never skip chocolate though, and since we’re just adding a sprinkle, you’re not adding too much sugar.

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Cashew butter cookies

Can a cookie actually be good for you?

These cashew butter cookies are loaded with good fats from coconut and cashews as well as fiber and vital electrolytes and vitamins from the dates. Yes there’s sugar from the dates (that’s why they taste so good), but that fiber will help your digestive tract absorb it slowly.

When I say you will not get a sugar crash eating one of these, it’s the truth.

Better still, that fiber makes it so that if you eat one cookie, you’re satisfied. You feel like you got a treat, but then you can go on with the day. This is my favorite thing about eating whole foods!

Cashew butter cookie ingredients

Cashew butter: your favorite brand, or make vanilla homemade cashew butter
Coconut oil: you can use butter here, but coconut oil is my favorite dairy-free swap in baking.
Date paste: easy date paste recipe here
Egg: large
Vanilla: extract or paste
Oats: whole rolled oats (aka old-fasioned) ground fresh into oat flour
Baking soda
Salt
Chocolate non-pareils or dark chocolate chips: the non-pareils are too fun, but regular chocolate chips are great too.

About the oat flour

I love oats with nut butters. To me they’re perfect for each other since oats have a natural sweetness with slightly nutty taste. Oats are very soft, so they’re super easy to grind up in a basic coffee grinder.

You do not need a grain mill to make your own oat flour!

Just whiz a little bit at a time (I would say 1/3 cup) until it’s fine. It need not be perfect.

Date Sweetened Cashew Butter Cookies

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Author: Elizabeth Farr
Total Time: 28 minutes
Yield: 24

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Description

Finally an actually healthy cookie that won’t leave you with a sugar crash. Since they’re also gluten free and dairy free, there’s few you can’t make happy with these delightful little after-school cookies.

Ingredients

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1 cup old fashioned oats (130 g)
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup cashew butter (256 g)
1/2 cup date paste (140 g)
4 tablespoons unrefined coconut oil (60 mL), at room temperature
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla extract or paste
24 flat chocolate non-pareils or 1/3 cup of dark chocolate chips (60 g)

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Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375. Set the racks in the oven in the upper and lower third.
Line two sheet trays with parchment paper.
Grind oats in a small coffee grinder into a fine powder. Don’t overload your grinder–grind about 1/3 cup at a time for the best results.
Mix the oats with the baking soda and salt in a small bowl.
Mix cashew butter, date paste, and coconut oil with a stand or hand mixer until smooth. Add in the egg and vanilla until just incorporated.
Pour in the ground oats and stir to combine into a soft dough.
Use a cookie scoop to portion out 12 cookies per tray.
Bake the cookies for 6 minutes, then rotate the trays 180 degrees, and switch them from top to bottom.
Bake for an additional 6 minutes.
Quickly pull the cookies out of the oven and press a non-pareil in the center of each cookie.
Place the trays back in the oven for 1 more minute.
Cool the cookies on a wire rack, then store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.

Notes

No refined sugar: For a completely no added sugar cookie, skip the chocolate, though why would you want to?!
Do you need non-pareils? The chocolate non-pareils are fun, but if you can’t find them, just use 1/3 cup of chocolate chips. If using chocolate chips, press about 5 into the top of each cookie BEFORE baking.

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Additional Time: 0 hours
Cook Time: 13 minutes
Category: Healthier Baking