Matcha Chocolate Chip Cookies
These vegan, gluten-free matcha chocolate chip cookies offer a delightful fusion of flavors and the antioxidant benefits of matcha.
Servings: 12 cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup almond butter
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 3 Tbsp ghee or coconut oil for dairy-free
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup gluten-free flour
- 1/4 cup + 2 Tbsp blanched almond flour
- 2 Tbsp tapioca flour or starch
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/8 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1.5 Tbsp matcha, culinary or ceremonial grade
- 3 oz dark chocolate chips or chunks (70%+ cacao) If chunks are large, chop roughly if desired
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Combine your two flours, tapioca starch/flour, baking powder, baking soad, salt, and matcha powder in a medium bowl and set aside.
- In a medium to large bowl, whisk or beat the almond butter, ghee (or coconut oil), maple syrup, and vanilla together.
- Sift the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Stir for 15-20 seconds until very well combined. Dough will appear on the wet side, which is normal.
- Stir in chocolate chips/chunks until distributed throughout the dough. Reserve a a few pieces to top the cookies.
- Using a #30 2-Tbsp cookie scoop (if you have one), scoop 12 flat (not rounded) scoops of dough and place them on prepared cookie sheet. If you don't have a scoop, simply scoop our balls roughly 1.75 - 2-inches in diameter.
- Top with reserved chocolate pieces. If you don't want rounded cookie mounds, you can press the dough down gently. Otherwise, leave them as is!
- Bake in preheated oven for 10-14 minutes, rotating halfway through baking. Centers will still look a bit underdone as they come out of the oven, but the cookies will continue to cook a bit as they cool.
- If desired, sprinkle with sea salt before serving.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 186kcal | Carbohydrates: 13.6g | Protein: 3.6g | Fat: 13.8g | Saturated Fat: 4.3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6.3g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 8.4mg | Sodium: 86.2mg | Potassium: 173.5mg | Fiber: 2.5g | Sugar: 6.3g | Vitamin A: 27.1IU | Calcium: 68.6mg | Iron: 1.4mg