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5 from 39 votes

3-ingredient Almond Flour Cookies (GF) (DF)

These 3-ingredient Almond Flour Cookies are so easy and delicious, they're life changing! Naturally sweet from the almonds, they're perfect for those who have a sweet tooth! (These bake up into light and chewy cookies with a soft texture, not crispy ones!) (Gluten Free) (Dairy Free)
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Course: Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine: American
Calories: 890kcal
Author: Zen

Equipment

  • 1 Large bowl for mixing the dough
  • 1 1-inch cookie scoop
  • Baking tray and Silpat or parchment paper
  • Wire rack to cool the cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 Cup almond flour If you use almond meal instead, the texture will be less fine and a bit coarser
  • ⅓ Cup Icing Sugar Please sift or there will be sweet lumps in your dough. Do not replace 1:1 with caster sugar or it'll taste too sweet.
  • 1 egg Make it 2 eggs if you plan to egg wash the cookies.
  • sliced almonds or whole almonds Optional topping that will give the cookies more texture.

Instructions

  • Pre-heat the oven to 350F/ 177C/ 157C fan.
  • Mix the ingredients well till you get a soft moist dough. (It will be stiff and look like there's not enough liquid to bind everything together at first but keep going and you'll get there.)
  • Scoop the dough into balls and place them about 1 inch apart on a baking sheet. (They don't spread much.)
  • Optional: top with a sliced/ whole almond then brush with beaten egg.
  • Bake for about 15 minutes or till nice and golden.

Notes

Variations
  • Add in some orange zest
  • Add chopped almonds into the dough
  • Add dark chocolate chips for almond chocolate chip cookies: I don't recommend milk chocolate as the cookie is quite sweet already.
  • Roll the baked cookies in Dark Chocolate syrup then cover with chopped nuts.
  • Sprinkle cocoa nibs in the dough: the faint bitterness is a nice contrast to the sweetness of the almond.
  • Add vanilla extract.
  • Almond flour peanut butter cookies: substitute the egg for peanut butter and the icing sugar for maple syrup.
Note: the nutritional information is an estimate automatically calculated using the WPRM recipe maker and I am not responsible for its accuracy.

Nutrition

Calories: 890kcal | Carbohydrates: 90g | Protein: 24g | Fat: 56g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 1mg | Potassium: 3mg | Fiber: 12g | Sugar: 71g | Vitamin A: 2IU | Vitamin C: 0.01mg | Calcium: 237mg | Iron: 4mg