I love making all sorts of recipes with tahini, like my Miso Tahini Dressing, Healthy Lemon Slice, or Dark Chocolate Hummus. It’s a great ingredient that can be used as a swap for peanut butter or cashew butter in some recipes. It bring creaminess and nutrients.
Are Tahini Cookies Healthy?
Not all tahini cookie recipes are healthy. Most tahini cookie recipes are made with:
High-carb flour Lots of sugar High-fat dairy like butter Eggs
As a result, even if tahini paste is a healthy source of fat and plant-based proteins, tahini cookies are not healthy. However, it’s easy to make healthy tahini cookies at home using wholesome, unrefined ingredients.
Why You’ll Love Healthy Tahini Cookies
Healthy tahini cookies are wholesome cookies made with healthy natural ingredients. They are naturally:
Vegan Gluten-free Refined-sugar-free Grain-free Paleo
A healthy tahini cookie is lower in carbs, refined sugar-free, gluten-free, and egg-free. These tahini cookies are made with almond flour, a low-carb flour that keeps your blood sugar steady. It’s also using a small amount of refined sugar-free sweeteners compared to regular tahini cookies. Finally, they don’t use oil, eggs, or butter, only the natural fats from tahini paste which means they are vegan-friendly tahini cookies.
Ingredients and Substitutions
Let’s see the few simple ingredients you need to start making these vegan, gluten-free tahini cookies with almond flour at home:
Almond Flour – It is preferable to use ultra-fine, golden-white almond flour instead of almond meal. In fact, almond flour comes from ground, blanched almonds, and its texture is not as coarse as almond meal. Therefore, it doesn’t make cookies gritty or grainy, and the cookie color comes out perfectly white golden. Tahini Paste – That’s the secret ingredient to chewy cookies! Also known as sesame paste. This is the paste you are using in most classic hummus recipes. If you can’t find this ingredient, swap for fresh runny peanut butter or almond butter. These options work great as long as your nut butter is fresh and drippy. Maple Syrup – Or any unrefined liquid sweetener you love like agave syrup or brown rice syrup to decrease the carbs and GI of these vegan cookies. Unsweetened Almond Milk or any dairy-free milk of your choice. Baking Powder – Or half the amount of baking soda if preferred. Salt – optional but recommended for extra flavor! Vegan Dark Chocolate Chips – Or any plant-based chocolate chips. Vanilla Extract or Almond Extract – optional but tastes great and boosts the cookie flavor.
How To Make Healthy Tahini Cookies
It’s easy to make delicious tahini cookies using almond flour, no eggs, no butter, or dairy. The trick is to combine plant-based ingredients that provide a chewy, soft cookie texture and bind the almond flour together.
Storage Instructions
These are vegan tahini chocolate chip cookies. It means they are egg-free and dairy-free cookies. Consequently, these healthy tahini cookies store well at room temperature in a cookie jar for 3 days. You can also store them in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 6 days. However, the outside might become sticky if in contact with moisture. Make sure they are stored in a sealed container. You can also freeze these chocolate chip cookies in Ziploc bags or sealed jars. Thaw at room temperature 3 hours before serving. Also, you can freeze the dough to make ahead some healthy tahini cookies later.
More Healthy Cookie Recipes
I love creating healthy baked food and especially healthy cookie recipes. Below I listed my favorite almond flour cookie recipes for you to try. They are all vegan, gluten-free, and paleo cookie recipes for everyday baking:
