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Paleo Maple Walnut Cookies

7 Dec

My all time favorite holiday cookie is here!! Paleo maple walnut cookies were adapted from my grandma’s classic recipe that our whole family loves. These holiday treats are soft, chewy, and amazing dipped in coffee. Eggless, grain free, and dairy free, but taste anything but healthy. A ‘must try’ cookie this season!

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These grainless, paleo maple walnut cookies are soft and chewy, and hands DOWN the best cookie I've ever tasted. Made with simple ingredients and perfect for dipping in coffee. Dairy free, gluten free

My grandma is hands down the best baker on planet earth, and that woman doesn’t hold back – bring on the butter, sugar, Crisco, and flour! One thing is for sure, there is NO shortage of sweets during the holiday season with my family.

Granny is the best at making carrot cake (with cream cheese frosting a mile high), pies, kuchnen (a German dessert), and my favorite, maple walnut cookies. In fact, I request them every year.

Don’t get me wrong, I adore chocolate chip cookies, perfectly glazed sugar cookies, and any other cookie-type thing I can put in my mouth, but THESE trump them all. So last year I rummaged through her handwritten recipes and stole her claim to fame.

Paleo maple walnut cookies - bursting with rich maple flavor and so soft and chewy. Prefect for dessert or even dipped in coffee for breakfast!

Here’s the thing is about grandmas – they don’t care if you steal their recipes and claim them as your own. They also don’t care if you come home from collage and take most of the food in their pantry. They don’t care if your kids run through their homes like little tornados. And they especially don’t care if you feel like you failed – they will still totally love on you. Grandma’s are God’s gift to the world.

Pretty sure God sent an angel to whisper in my grandma’s ear, “make these cookies – here are the ingredients. It will make your granddaughter famous someday.” Ok that’s probably not how it went down, but regardless, these paleo maple walnut cookies are heavenly. Of course, I’m altering the recipe just a tad to make them paleo.

Granny’s recipe yields a cruncher cookie, and mine is more soft and chewy. But both are A-MAZING dipped in coffee right away in the morning. Trust me on this. Made with almond flour, coconut flour, cashew butter, walnuts, and pure maple syrup, it’s totally acceptable to enjoy these for breakfast. It’s pretty much just granola in cookie form, right?!

A sweet breakfast cookie that's paleo and refined sugar free! Maple walnut cookies are addicting dipped in coffee. The perfect holiday cookie too!

Cross my heart these paleo maple walnut cookies are my favorite Christmas cookie OF ALL TIME. Plus grainless, eggless, dairy free! If you’re looking to try something new, perhaps with a burst of sweet, rich maple and crunchy walnuts, infused with cinnamon and ground cloves, this is your gig. Promise me you’ll try them. Just do it.

The cookies are about 3 inches in diameter (small little guys), but you certainly make the larger and double the recipe. Because sometimes more is more.

A grain free, dairy free, refined sugar free cookie bursting with rich maple flavor and crunchy walnuts. It's my favorite cookie of all time!!

And be sure to make these soft and chewy paleo gingerbread cookies while you’re at it. You won’t believe the combo of surprise ingredients!

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Paleo Maple Walnut Cookies

These grainless, paleo maple walnut cookies are soft and chewy, and hands DOWN the best cookie I've ever tasted. Made with simple ingredients and perfect for dipping in coffee. Dairy free, gluten free

★★★★★

5 from 1 reviews

  • Author: Physical Kitchness
  • Yield: 16 - 3" cookies 1x
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Ingredients

  • 1 cup almond flour
  • 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons coconut flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons melted coconut oil
  • 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
  • 1/4 cup cashew butter
  • 1/4 cup chopped walnuts

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees
  2. Combine the dry ingredients, then add the wet ingredients
  3. Mix well until a thick dough forms
  4. Fold in the walnuts
  5. Scoop the dough with a tablespoon-sized cookie scoop and roll into balls, then place on a parchment-lined or non-stick baking sheet
  6. Press the balls using the bottom of a glass, until they are roughly 1/2″ thick
  7. If desired, sprinkle with more cinnamon to top
  8. Bake for 12 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack

 

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13 Comments Filed Under: Breakfast, Desserts, Physical Kitchness, Recipes, Vegan Tagged With: maple, paleo, walnuts[heart_this]

About Chrissa

I'm Chrissa - a lover of cooking, hater of spiders, fitness enthusiast, red lipstick wearer, mom and wife. Here you will find healthy recipes the family will love, step-by-step workout tutorials, meal planning guides and wellness tips.

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Comments

  1. Emily Swanson says

    December 7, 2017 at 7:25 am

    Almond flour makes SUCH good cookies! I love that you honored your Grandma with these sweet treats; they look delicious dipped in coffee or tea, and the texture is RIGHT ON Chrissa!!!! Amazing sweet grandddaughter, you are! 🙂

    Reply
    • Chrissa says

      December 21, 2017 at 6:43 am

      I’m a lucky girl to have the grandma that I do!

      Reply
  2. Sarah Blomquist says

    December 7, 2017 at 11:20 am

    I’m making these this weekend! Do I have to use cashew butter or can I use almond or peanut? I also have coconut butter. I just don’t want to buy another butter if I don’t have to!

    Thanks! I love following you on Instagram!

    Reply
    • Sarah Blomquist says

      December 7, 2017 at 11:20 am

      Or regular dairy butter…? I’m not dairy free, so would that work?

      Reply
      • Chrissa says

        December 21, 2017 at 6:42 am

        Definitely not real butter – you could sub for almond butter. Peanut butter might give it more of a peanut butter cookie taste.

        Reply
        • Sarah says

          December 23, 2017 at 11:56 am

          Could you use just coconut flour or some alternative instead of almond? My husband is allergic to nuts.

          Reply
          • Chrissa says

            December 31, 2017 at 2:12 pm

            I would probably find a gluten free flour blend instead of straight up coconut flour.

  3. Stacy Fertig says

    December 7, 2017 at 6:42 pm

    Kids and I made them today and they are SOOOOOOOO amazing! They actually taste like they have sugar in them! Their moist and the flavors are out of this world! I’ll be making these again and again, especially since I always have these ingredients on hand! Thanks Chrissa!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Chrissa says

      December 21, 2017 at 6:42 am

      I’m so glad they were a hit at your house too!

      Reply
  4. Jessica DiVita says

    December 19, 2017 at 2:01 pm

    Omg!! These cookies are the shizz!! Even my picky toddler keeps asking for more 🙂

    Reply
    • Chrissa says

      December 21, 2017 at 6:34 am

      YAAAAAS!!!!!!!

      Reply
  5. Dana says

    December 22, 2017 at 10:52 pm

    Chrissa! God Bless you and your grandma!! Just made a batch of these and O-M-G…hands down favorite cookie of all time!!!! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

    Merry Christmas,
    Dana

    Reply
    • Chrissa says

      December 31, 2017 at 2:12 pm

      I’m SO glad you loved them! Grannies know best!

      Reply

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