How to Make Unbelievably Tasty Cashew Butter Cookies

Native to several Caribbean Islands, as well as Central and South America, cashews are a tasty nut providing many health benefits to people for thousands of years. During the 1500s, Europeans learned of cashews, and they spread quickly throughout parts of Africa and India.

It was not until the 1920s that cashews rose to popularity in the United States. However, many Americans today love the prospect of enjoying yummy cashew butter cookies, and why not?

Cashews are rich in protein, antioxidants, and healthy fats. They can prevent stroke and heart disease, and can help you better manage or prevent diabetes.

Furthermore, cashews are superior sources of manganese, magnesium, phosphorus, vitamin B6, vitamin K, and Zinc. So, it is time to put this healthy nut in a treat form.

You can make amazingly delicious cashew butter cookies fast! It takes 15 minutes to prep and 15 minutes to cook. That means you are 30 minutes away from this tasty treat.

Keep reading for the best cashew butter cookie recipe!

Make Two Dozen Cashew Butter Cookies

If you have a peanut allergy, this is an excellent replacement. Not only that, but cashew butter cookies make an excellent low-carb snack.

To begin, gather these ingredients.

• 1/2 cup of cashew butter
• 1/2 teaspoon of salt
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 egg
• 1 3/4 cups of all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup of white sugar
• 1/2 cup of firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup of unsalted butter (softened)

Once you gather your ingredients, it is time to preheat the oven. Turn your oven on at 375 degrees Fahrenheit (or 175 degrees Celsius).

Mix Ingredients

Take a small mixing bowl, and blend flour, salt, and baking soda.

Then, grab a large mixing bowl. In your second bowl, beat vanilla extract, white sugar, and softened unsalted butter together. 

Beat these ingredients with an electric mixer. Continue to beat until the ingredients are smooth.

Now, keep adding to the large mixing bowl. Add brown sugar, egg, cashew butter, and milk to the smooth butter mixture you have. Continue to beat until smooth.

Next, take your small bowl with the flour mixture and gradually add this to your large mixing bowl. Keep mixing until you incorporate the flour mix in your dough.

Roll the Dough

Take your dough and roll small balls, about 1 ½ inches in diameter. Arrange your cashew dough balls on your baking sheet. On the top of the dough balls, take a fork and dab them, making a crosshatch pattern.

Time to Bake

Place your baking sheet with your delicious cashew dough balls in your preheated oven. Bake for twelve to fourteen minutes. However, if you prefer softer cashew butter cookies, bake them for nine to eleven minutes.

Nutrition Facts

For the recipe above, it makes 24 servings. Per serving, these cashew butter cookies have 136 calories, two grams of protein, seven grams of fat, and 17 grams of carbs.

Here are additional nutrition facts:

• Calcium: 11mg
• Cholesterol: 18mg
• Dietary Fiber: 0g
• Iron: 1mg
• Potassium: 51mg
• Sodium: 107mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 17g
• Total Sugars: 9g

Since not all nutrient information is available for these ingredients, the nutrition facts are based on nutrient data that is available.

Substitutions For a Gluten-Free Snack

Of course, you can make this recipe as unique as you are, and to your style. For the flour, you can use oat flour instead, or any other whole-grain flour.

For the sugar in the recipe, you could use coconut sugar or another kind of granulated sweetener.

To add a little more texture, you can include chopped cashews. This is unnecessary, though. You could add another seed or nut too if you desire.

Additions

Do you want to experiment a bit? Well, go nuts! (Pun intended.)

Although, instead of adding more nuts, you could try cranberries, chopped dried cherries, currants, or raisins. Adding a tart-dried fruit to a nut butter tastes fantastic. 

Storage Recommendations

At room temperature, you can place your cashew butter cookies in an airtight container and seal them for up to three days. If you place the container in a refrigerator, then you can keep them fresher longer, for up to a week. For longer storage, place them in your freezer.

Another Gluten-Free Snack: Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe

It is easy to make this vegan gluten-free treat, a spin on the peanut butter cookie recipe. There are endless ways to make a peanut butter cookie, but this one recipe will capture your taste buds and never let go.

This recipe is simply incredible, sweetened with maple syrup, and oil-free! Not only that, but it is also easy to make. In only 25 minutes, you will have this irresistibly rich treat melting in your mouth!

There are options for flour, too. You could use oat flour or go with a GF 1:1 blend.

Why is this the perfect recipe for peanut butter cookies? It’s oil-free. This recipe is great for WFPB, or whole-food, plant-based diets.

These peanut butter cookies are vegan and gluten-free. You make them with no refined sugar. When baking, you only need one bowl and the results you get are soft and chewy peanut butter cookies with a lightly crisp exterior.

Also, it is amazingly easy.

Ingredients

Okay, now, here are all the ingredients you will need to gather to make this gluten-free treat. Not only will you see the ingredients, but this article adds a few suggestions to help you pick the best option.

• Flour- You can use your favorite blend that is gluten-free or fine oat flour (homemade or store purchased)
• Baking soda
• Sweeteners- Combining maple syrup and coconut sugar is highly recommended, making it sweet and moist but not an overpowering maple flavor
• Peanut butter- Choose what your heart desires, but creamy, natural peanut butter unsalted is a healthy choice
• Salt- this is important for flavor. However, if your peanut butter has salt, you may wish to leave this out
• Vanilla extract

Once you have all the ingredients, you will want to preheat your oven. Place it at 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Also, gather a large baking sheet and have parchment paper handy.

Making Gluten Free Peanut Butter Cookies

Now, grab your favorite mixing bowl, and get stirring with the peanut butter, vanilla, maple syrup, and coconut sugar ingredients.

Next, add the baking soda, flour, and salt (if you need it) to your mixing bowl, and continue stirring until your ingredients are thoroughly mixed. You will want to stir frequently.

Create Doughballs

You may want the help of a cookie scoop for this part. Pull a 1.5-tablespoon scoop of dough. Place the dough ball in the palm of your hand. 

Use your palms to roll a perfect ball of dough.

Place your dough balls on a cookie sheet lined with the parchment paper you have. Place them about three inches apart.

Take a fork and make a crisscross pattern on top of each dough ball. It will flatten your dough balls a bit by doing this. To prevent your fork tines from sticking to the dough, you may wish to dip the bottom side with a tiny amount of sugar.

Ready to Bake

Finally, place your baking sheet, or sheets, in the oven. Bake for ten to twelve minutes. You can also back them until they are light brown on the cookies’ bottoms.

You should leave your peanut butter cookies on the cookie sheet after removing them from your oven. Leave on the sheet for about five minutes to allow them to cool. 

Then, you can transfer them to a cooling rack.

This recipe usually makes twelve peanut butter cookies. Therefore, if you have a few people in your home who love peanut butter cookies, you may wish to double up on the ingredients.

These peanut butter cookies are fabulous to eat with a cup of almond milk or delicious vanilla ice cream. What do you enjoy pairing peanut butter with? The possibilities can get nutty!

For Cashew Butter Cookies and More

Now that you know how to make the best cashew butter cookies on the planet, you must buy the best nut butter ingredients. Look no further than the American Dream Nut Butter company for products the whole family can enjoy.

Satisfy your sweet tooth with high protein, low carb, low sugar nut butter. Putting the best ingredients in your baking ensures that your results will be the absolute yummiest and the healthiest. This family-owned business only buys nuts directly from the farm.

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