Healthy Molasses Cookies
A chewy, soft, healthier molasses cookie made with less sugar and almond flour for more protein and fewer carbs.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter softened
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar light or dark is fine
- 1/4 cup molasses unsulphured
- 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/4 cups almond flour
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar to roll cookie balls in
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- In a large bowl, mix together butter and sugars until light and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes with an electric mixer
- Add egg and molasses and mix well
- To the same bowl, add flours, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and ginger and mix until well combined (don't overmix)
- Form or scoop balls of dough that are about the size of a golf ball. I like to use a small cookie scoop for this (1" diameter). Roll dough balls in sugar after forming and place on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper 2-3" apart.
- Bake for 10 minutes, remove from oven, bang the cookie sheet on the stove or countertop a couple of times until the cookies flatten and crack, and allow to cool before transferring. They will continue to cook on the cookie sheet, so don't overbake in the oven! As soon as the cookies are not "wet or shiny" in the middle, they are ready to be removed.