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Grain-Free Amaretto Cookies (Gluten-Free, Vegan, Paleo)

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The classic Italian cookie now as a healthy gluten-free, vegan, and paleo recipe! Grain-Free Amaretto Cookies made with almond flour and no added sugars or oils will be a delicious addition to the dessert platter!

Grain-Free Amaretto Cookies | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 The classic Italian cookie now as a healthy gluten-free, vegan, and paleo recipe! Grain-Free Amaretto Cookies made with almond flour and no added sugars or oils will be a delicious addition to the dessert platter!

Those things we always have but never use. That’s me and my endless bags of almond flour. You’d think that this alternative flour girl would have a plethora of almond flour recipes, but that is nowhere near true. I’ve even used hazelnut flour before, but not almond. Is it almond neglect or just my preference of getting my almond dose through other sources (i.e. milk and “butter“).

 Grain-Free Amaretto Cookies | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 The classic Italian cookie now as a healthy gluten-free, vegan, and paleo recipe! Grain-Free Amaretto Cookies made with almond flour and no added sugars or oils will be a delicious addition to the dessert platter!

I guess I just never found the right recipe to bake with it. Almond flour (or meal) is a big paleo ingredient and a lot of the time recipes with almond flour requires eggs (ick!). But with me not a fan of food waste (especially expensive almond flour!), I had to find a use! ‘Tis the season for cookie baking and classic Italian Amaretto cookies are a favorite!

Grain-Free Amaretto Cookies | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 The classic Italian cookie now as a healthy gluten-free, vegan, and paleo recipe! Grain-Free Amaretto Cookies made with almond flour and no added sugars or oils will be a delicious addition to the dessert platter!

Amaretto is a sweet almond liqueur and used in the classic almond cookie. I’m not sure I ever had an amaretto cookie back in the day, but an almond based cookie sounded pretty fabulous to me now and the perfect use for that almond flour! Let me tell you, almond flour smells really good! Ha! It’s so true! Baking with almond flour is just like roasting yummy almond in the oven and that smell is even more glorious!

Grain-Free Amaretto Cookies | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 The classic Italian cookie now as a healthy gluten-free, vegan, and paleo recipe! Grain-Free Amaretto Cookies made with almond flour and no added sugars or oils will be a delicious addition to the dessert platter!

I made these amaretto cookies totally almond with no oil and only natural sweetener. I also took the American “cheater” approach and used pure almond extract instead of actual expensive almond liqueur. Don’t worry, no shame is using what we can easily get our hands on! To think of it, I rarely use my almond extract too! These amaretto cookies really got the neglected ingredients going!

Grain-Free Amaretto Cookies | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 The classic Italian cookie now as a healthy gluten-free, vegan, and paleo recipe! Grain-Free Amaretto Cookies made with almond flour and no added sugars or oils will be a delicious addition to the dessert platter!

These are a bit soft, very almondy, sweet(ish), and with a hint of vanilla. They are perfect for dunking (all Italian cookies are!), simple dessert plant snacking, or crumbled on some dairy-free yogurt or even on oatmeal! You could even make a pie crust with them! Needless to say, you’ll find plenty of uses for these amaretto cookies besides just holiday munching! You’ll also have a perfect excuse to whip out the almond flour!

Grain-Free Amaretto Cookies

Grain-Free Amaretto Cookies | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 The classic Italian cookie now as a healthy gluten-free, vegan, and paleo recipe! Grain-Free Amaretto Cookies made with almond flour and no added sugars or oils will be a delicious addition to the dessert platter!

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Grain-Free Amaretto Cookies

The classic Italian cookie now as a healthy gluten-free, vegan, and paleo recipe! Grain-Free Amaretto Cookies made with almond flour and no added sugars or oils will be a delicious addition to the dessert platter!

  • Author: Rebecca Pytell
  • Cook Time: 20 mins
  • Total Time: 20 mins
  • Yield: 16 1x
  • Category: Dessert
  • Cuisine: Italian
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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350° F.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, combine and mix together all ingredients (not the powdered erythritol) to form your cookie dough.
  3. Roll 16 (1 tablespoon each) balls and place them in a plastic bag with the powdered erythritol. Give it a light shake to coat the balls.
  4. Prepare a baking sheet with a Silpat and space the powdered dough balls out evenly. Press the balls down a bit with your fingers to flatten them.
  5. Bake for 20 minutes in the heated oven, remove and let cool. Store in an airtight container or let them get stale for an even better “crumble” topping if desired!

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 2

 Grain-Free Amaretto Cookies | Strength and Sunshine @RebeccaGF666 The classic Italian cookie now as a healthy gluten-free, vegan, and paleo recipe! Grain-Free Amaretto Cookies made with almond flour and no added sugars or oils will be a delicious addition to the dessert platter!

Nothing like the smell of fresh baked cookies (or roasted almonds!) Another flour that I rarely use, coconut. The day I made these amaretto cookies I also tested something out with coconut flour. The coconut flour was an after thought though and the recipe ended up being a major fail! Stay tuned, though, I’ll get it right eventually 😉

So tell me:

+ Do you like to bake with almond flour?

+ What’s something you always have but never use?

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  3. kimmythevegan says

    These cookies sound really great Rebecca! I rarely use my almond flour, but always love the way the flavour and texture comes out. And I like your spin on amaretto with the almond extract! I’m always looking for budget-friendly baking tips =)

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  13. Sophia | Veggies Don't Bite says

    I love amaretto! When I was younger I used to drink amaretto sours with my mom, LOL! There is no drinking age in Greece where she is from so a cocktail with your parents was totally ok. SO good and I bet these cookies are just as good!

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  14. Mandy says

    I bet your house smelled AMAZING while these were baking! Goodness, these look so perfectly golden…I’m pretty sure I’d have a hard time stopping at just two cookies 😉 I am so surprised that you don’t bake more with almond! Almond flour (and meal) used to be my go-to…such a magical, buttery, slightly sweet flour. Now coconut. There’s a flour I seem to always have on hand, but rarely use because every time I experiment with it, I fail! My goal is to master that silly flour in 2017 🙂

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    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

      Coconut needs so much moisture (i.e. that’s why egg eater like it…) Not us! BUT we shall CONCUR!!

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  15. Laura | Wandercooks says

    These need to get in my belly right now! Amaretto cookies are my fav but I’ve never tried making them at home. Like you, I’ve got a neglected bag of almond flour ready to go, just waiting for this spark of inspiration. Thanks!

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  30. Nicole Dawson says

    I can’t bake with almond flour due to a food allergy but I wish I could at times (like when I see recipes like this). Maybe one day! Until then, I’ll just look at the photos and day dream 🙂

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  38. nadia says

    I love almond flour and use it quite a lot in my baking! It’s quite expensive here in the UK so I usually mix it with things like oat flour and buckwheat to make it last longer 😛 These amaretto sound amazing 😀 and so healthy!

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