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5-Ingredient Mini Vanilla Almond Butter Cookies {Vegan +GF!}

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This is my 100th post! I feel like I should do something special, like they do with TV shows.

5-Ingredient Mini Vanilla Almond Butter Cookies {Vegan +GF!} | Whisk and Shout

You know, like bake a cake with an obnoxiously large “100th!” topper and get all my friends around to take pictures with champagne glasses. Except… I’m at college.


So you get cookies instead! (Is anyone really complaining?)

5-Ingredient Mini Vanilla Almond Butter Cookies {Vegan +GF!}

Ok but first: college update! I really love Wesleyan- my dorm is awesome, my schedule is balanced, and the food here is so good.

Also to answer a question many have been asking- I’m not making these recipes from school. I actually spent all summer working hella hard to churn out a bunch of recipes that I could post from here!

5-Ingredient Mini Vanilla Almond Butter Cookies {Vegan +GF!}

All my written posts and social media updates are current, but my photos and recipes are from over the summer in DC. I’m sure one day (maybe even next year!) I’ll be able to balance my schedule enough to find space and ingredients to post from school, but I did my work beforehand to avoid any unnecessary stress now.

5-Ingredient Mini Vanilla Almond Butter Cookies {Vegan +GF!}

Can you tell I’m a planner? Okay, so I’ve rambled for this whole post so let me tell you about these cookies- they’re five ingredients, vegan, gluten-free, so easy to make, and adorable! Also they taste good. Make them. Peace.

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5-Ingredient Mini Vanilla Almond Butter Cookies {Vegan +GF!}
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These mini vanilla almond butter cookies can be made with only 5 ingredients and are vegan and gluten-free!
Ingredients
  • 1 cup vanilla almond butter, softened
  • 1 cup + 1 Tbsp ground oat flour
  • 1 cup organic cane sugar
  • 1 large ripe banana, mashed
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • Optional: cane sugar for coating
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. In a large microwave-safe mixing bowl, melt the almond butter and vanilla.
  3. Grind your oat flour (It took about 1¼ cup oats to yield 1 cup + 1 tbsp flour)
  4. Add sugar and mash in banana. Combine with a fork till well mixed.
  5. Add flour until a soft dough forms.
  6. Chill dough for at least half an hour.
  7. Using a half tablespoon cookie scoop, drop rounded balls of cookie dough onto your lined baking sheet. Press slightly to flatten.
  8. Sprinkle cookies with cane sugar.
  9. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes and let cool on a wire rack.

Other exciting news- I’m now sharing my recipes over at One Green Planet! Check out one of my most popular dessert recipes reposted here.

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  1. David @ Spiced says

    Awesome! I’m so glad college is treating you well so far. Enjoy every single second of it! And I’m totally a planner, too…I get it. I might have been brainstorming a Christmas cookie idea the other day. Just sayin’. 🙂 So these cookies? They look awesome! Super thin and crunchy…perfect for a late evening snack.

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  2. CakePants says

    I’ve never baked with almond butter (I use almond butter so infrequently that I usually forget I have any), but now you’ve inspired me to try it! I’m super impressed with your planning abilities. I had hoped to create a bunch of recipes this summer for when times got busy in the fall, but that totally didn’t happen. Glad to hear you’re enjoying college so far!

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  7. Rachelle @ Beer Girl Cooks says

    I feel like there is so much to congratulate you on here! 100 post! Congrats! College! Congrats! Good for you for planning ahead. You are so much more organized than I am. And these cookies look AMAZING! Enjoy the fall semester at college!

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  8. Zainab says

    I had no idea it was Wesleyan you were attending. Yay!! I almost went there..was on my short list of liberal arts colleges (I ended up at Macalester College). So glad you are having fun already. And these cookies…so good for you and yet indulgent. Love!

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  10. Alice @ Hip Foodie Mom says

    Congrats on your 100th post!!!! woot woot!!! and so happy that you love Wesleyan! A great dorm, balanced schedule and great food?! that’s all you can ask for!!! that’s great! and love these cookies! I love how thin they are!!!

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  12. Monica says

    I am very impressed by your planning skills! Clearly, you will do very well in college (and so glad to hear it’s going so well)! Good for you! And happy 100th post. I am very, very happy to celebrate with you via these beautiful cookies. : )

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  14. Julia says

    Daaaang girl, I’m so impressed you worked that far ahead! I need to have you be my mentor! Congrats on post 100, and I’m so happy to hear you’re enjoying college! I’ve never been to Wesleyan and am thrilled things are working out so well for ya! xo

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  19. Mary Frances says

    Congrats on 100! That is so so exciting! Lol girl I feel you, all my posts are definitely not coming from my dorm room 🙂 Props to you for getting so much done this summer! These cookies are my jam – I LOVE almond butter. And oats and bananas! I need these to snack on, they look amazing!

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  21. Danielle says

    Congrats on 100 posts, Medha! Sounds like your enjoying college too, I miss those days! These cookies look so wonderful. You always make the tastiest vegan treats!

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  22. Rachel @ Bakerita says

    Congrats on your hundredth post, and I’m so glad to hear you’re liking school!! I’ve totally been in your shoes with the backlog of posts while at school and crazy baking days while at home, haha. I did it for three years! I finallly was able to photograph senior year when I lived in a real house and it was the biggest relief EVER. You’ll get there 🙂 and mmm these cookies! They look so good, and I love that they’re only five ingredients.

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  29. Lauren says

    Yay! I’m so glad you are liking college! I’m not a planner and am incredibly impressed you worked so hella hard to get posts done ahead of time. Nice work, I could take a few planning lessons from you 😉
    These cookies sound excellent, cannot wait to try them!

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