Protein Sugar Cookies

Bridget Voelker
Jan 8, 2017
2 min read

It has been a long time since I posted anything and I am sorry! Life was super busy for the last few months and I finally have a little more time to keep up with the blog. I made these over Christmas and never posted them. So again, these aren't healthy. They are cookies. However, they are healthier than your typical sugar cookie. Less refined sugar, higher protein, and more fiber.

I did end up freezing the dough and trying to cut it into shapes. That was almost impossible. I only got about 5 cut before it was too hard, haha. So I still suggest refrigeration but just rolling the dough into balls and placing them onto the cooking sheet. Also, I made a traditional buttercream to go on top for icing in the pictures. Not healthy, no healthy way to do it. Buttercream is literally butter and confectioners sugar so as much as I wish there was a decent replacement, there truly isn't. And hey, it's okay to enjoy yourself and not supplement everything out of your diet. Treat yourself for the holidays! When it isn't the holidays, skip the icing and use these cookies as a sweet treat or craving crusher.

Ingredients:

1 scoop quest vanilla protein powder

2/3 C oat flour

3 T coconut flour

3/4 tsp baking powder

1/8 tsp baking soda

1/8 tsp salt

6 T butter (softened)

2 T non fat greek yogurt

1/4 C Truvia baking blend sugar

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

3 T egg whites

Directions:

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a large bowl, beat the butter, yogurt, and sugar together. Add in the egg whites and vanilla and mix. In a small bowl combine the dry ingredients together, then add in batches to the wet, mixing in-between. The dough will be pretty wet. Place it onto some plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 min or freeze for 10 min if trying to make shapes. If you are doing drop cookies, (recommended) you don't have to cool the dough. When it is ready, take tablespoon size pieces and roll them into balls and place them onto the baking sheet. Press them down so they are a little flatter. Bake till they are golden brown, about 8-10 minutes. Let cool and enjoy!

Serving size (18 cookies per batch, 1 cookie per serving)

Macros per cookie: 71 calories, 4.3 g Fat, 6.4 g carbs (.9 g fiber, .1 g sugar), 2.6 g protein

Notes:

-I use chobani fat free greek yogurt and all my flours are Bob's Red Mill