Healthy White Chocolate Macadamia Cookies

5 from 1 vote

Healthy White Chocolate Macadamia Cookies

Healthy White Chocolate Macadamia Cookies! Made gluten free with applesauce for a lower sugar cookie recipe, that's lighter & healthier! Great for holiday baking or anytime of year. Gluten Free + Low Calorie

Prep Time10

Cook Time10

Resting Time5

Total Time25

Course: Cookies, Dessert

Cuisine: American

Diet: Gluten Free

Servings: cookies

Calories: 160kcal

Author: Megan Olson

Ingredients

1 egg room temperature
1/2 cup applesauce
1/2 cup coconut sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup macadamia nuts blended
1 1/2 cups Gluten Free Baking Flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
4 teaspoon macadamia nuts for topping
2 tablespoons white chocolate chips
Pinch salt

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 F. Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Place 1/2 cup of macadamia nuts in a blender and process until it's a crumbly flour mixture.
Next place the egg, applesauce, coconut sugar and vanilla extract in a standing mixer. Process until smooth.
Fold in the flour, baking soda and blended macadamia nuts to combine with the wet ingredients.
Scoop a heaping teaspoon onto the prepared baking sheet to make 12 cookies.
Roughly chop the 4 tablespoons of macadamia nuts and place the on top of each cookie. Divide the white chocolate chips evenly among the cookies and place in each cookie. Press the nuts and chips gently into the cookies with your fingers.
Bake at 350 F for 10-12 minutes until slightly golden around the edges.
Remove from the oven and transfer to a wire baking rack to cool a few minutes before digging in.

Notes

The cookies are low in sugar and subtly sweet. You can add liquid stevia without affecting the nutritional data to add more sweetness or add more coconut sugar, however that will change the nutrition.
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