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Flourless Cashew Cookies Recipe
by Comfy Cook

Flourless Cashew Cookies

A cookie without flour thus without gluten. As much as the ingredients do not sound like it will hold as a cookie, that is exactly what it does. Nut lovers - this is for you and anyone else who eats.

Rating: 4.5/5
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Prep time: United States American
Cook time: Servings: 1

Goes Well With: milk, coffee

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup margarine, at room temperature
  • 8 tablespoons canola oil
  • 1 cup cashew butter
  • 1 1/4 cups packed light brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 cup roasted unsalted cashews, chopped, plus 48 cashew halves (optional)

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Lightly grease 2 baking sheets or line them with parchment paper.
  3. Combine the margarine, oils and brown sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer or a hand-held mixer; beat on medium-high speed for about 4 minutes, until fluffy.
  4. Add the eggs one at a time, incorporating well after each addition.
  5. Add the vanilla extract, baking powder, baking soda and salt; mix well. Stop the motor and use a spoon to stir in the flour and chopped cashews.
  6. Scoop out the dough by heaping tablespoonfuls, roll into 1 1/2-inch balls and place 1 inch apart on the baking sheets (the cookies do not spread). Flatten slightly with the tines of a fork and press a cashew half on the top of each cookie, if desired.
  7. Bake for 6 minutes, then rotate the sheets front to back and top to bottom; bake for 6 to 8 minutes or until the cookies start to brown.
  8. Transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely before storing.
  9. Adapted from “The King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion” (Countryman Press, 2004).