This recipe is a oldie because it’s one I posted in my notes section of my Facebook when my website was being a b*tch. But if you don’t have Facebook, which I think is dumb, or don’t check Facebook like me because Facebook is annoying, then you didn’t see this gem of a recipe. Cookies that are nut free, with gigantic chocolate chunks, mixed with vanilla beans is always a good choice. Try this recipe. It can be your Xmas cookie recipe to share with your friends that bad mouth paleo. Show them what’s up.
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Oldie but a Goodie: Giant Vanilla Bean Chocolate Chunk Cookies (nut-free)
- Yield: 7 1x
Ingredients
- 1 cup sunflower seed butter (or nut butter)
- 1/3 cup raw honey
- 1 egg, whisked
- 1 vanilla bean stem, slit lengthwise, little baby beans removed with the edge of your knife
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 1/2–1 cup Enjoy Life Mega Chocolate Chunks (or dark chocolate chips)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Place all ingredients in a large bowl and mix well.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Use an ice cream scoop to scoop out a dollop of cookie mix and pour onto baking sheet. Space out so cookies do not form together when they bake (like mine did).
- Bake for 18-20 minutes, be careful not to overcook these.
- Let cool. Then eat up!
- My mix made 7 large cookies, but you could make them smaller!
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Thank you SO much for this recipe!!! Having a tough time with a new diet and these cookies totally made my day. That and the creamy avocado and spinach chicken make for a stress free cooking day.
I made these tonight and they were awesome! Thanks for the great recipes.
These were so wonderful!! I didn’t have sunflower seed butter on hand, but I did have 1/4c ish of almond butter and a bunch of walnuts. So I processed the crap out of the walnuts to make up for the difference (walnut butter?), and I also added walnut pieces to the batter…Worked beautifully and happiness ensued. Thank you, Juli!!
So there is no flour in them at all? no coconut or almond flour??
AMAZING. They taste like real cookies no joke. I used almond butter and I made these for my sick crossfit trainer. I didn’t keep a close eye on them so some burned on the bottom but they were still soooo soft and chewy!
Yep, dumb question, but what is the difference between almond butter and almond meal?
Is it just that the almond meal hasn’t been ground as long? Or has it actually had some of the oils removed so that it doesn’t go to butter form?
I tried to make almond butter tonight, but my food processor started overheating before it got to a butter stage. Not sure if it even would have if I had kept going (had been going for maybe 10mins all up).
We don’t have all the same ingredients here in australia so I am trying to play around and substitute.
yes, almond meal hasn’t been ground as long so the oils haven’t leaked out and made it become a butter! try using almond oil next time to speed up the almond butter process and not burn out your food processor
Will they still taste good if I leave out the vanilla bean and vanilla extract?
absolutely!
Every other day I find myself baking cookies from this site. It’s hard to pick a favorite, but these were absolutely DELICIOUS and so simple to make. Well worth the $6 spent on ONE vanilla steam/pod/stick. Just had 5 out of the 15 that I made. So hard not to eat more 🙁
Just wanted to let you know that I am going through a tough time health wise and you have helped so much. I enjoy reading your posts and find your recipes amazing! Whenever I get down, I look at your sight and I can immediately refocus. Keep doing what you are doing!
that’s so cool to here theresa, glad i could help in some way. get better soon!
I just tried these. They tasted really awesome except mine didn’t spread out very well. Were your ingredients (i.e. the sun butter) at room temperature? Mine was in the fridge so it was kind of stiff when I got done mixing the batter. They stayed in a lump on the pan 🙁
Yeah it was at room temperature so it spread out when I put it on the baking sheet