Healthy Birthday Cake Cookies
These Healthy Birthday Cake Cookies are made with almond flour, cashew butter and of course plenty of rainbow sprinkles. They're lightly sweetened, and even better when topped with a dollop of buttercream frosting.
Servings: 12 cookies
Calories: 156kcal
Ingredients
- 1 egg
- ½ cup cashew butter
- 2 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon almond extract
- ⅔ cup almond flour packed
- ⅓ cup sugar cane sugar or coconut sugar
- 3 tablespoon coconut flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ cup sprinkles or more
- ⅓ cup buttercream icing optional; homemade or store bought; see below for homemade recipe
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk the eggs, cashew butter, maple syrup, vanilla, and almond extract together.
- In a separate bowl, stir the almond flour, sugar, coconut flour, and baking soda together. Pour the dry ingredients into the wet, then use a rubber spatula to stir everything together until batter is smooth, 30-45 seconds. Last, stir in the sprinkles.
- Use your hands to roll the cookie dough into balls, placing them 2 inches apart on the baking sheet. Then, use the palm of your hand to press down and flatten the balls into cookies.
- Bake the cookies for 10 minutes. Carefully transfer them to a cooling rack and wait for the cookies to cool before adding the icing.
- For the buttercream (this step is optional): Use this buttercream icing recipe, but cut in in half. You only need ⅓ cup of icing for these cookies. Alternatively, you can use store bought icing (I won't tell!). Add more sprinkles on top and enjoy!
Notes
*Calories are per cookie, do not include the icing and are an estimation
*Storage: store cookies in an airtight container for up to 3 days; or, freeze for up to 3 months
*I haven't tested these with a flax egg to make them vegan, so I'm not sure how that'd work out
Nutrition
Calories: 156kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 14mg | Sodium: 56mg | Potassium: 72mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 20IU | Calcium: 23mg | Iron: 1mg