Speedy Vegan Baking: Whip Up 5-Ingredient Almond Cookies in Less Than 30 Minutes

These 5 ingredient Vegan Almond Cookies with Tahini are not only easy to make but also a nutritious and delicious treat to enjoy.  There are some great healthy swaps in the recipe. We are using tahini instead of butter as our fat and maple syrup instead of sugar or brown sugar. This also saves us the trouble of creaming the butter and sugar with a stand or handheld mixer. All the simple 5 ingredients come together to form a dough in less than 5 minutes while your oven heats up.

Grab your aprons and let’s get started with this recipe.

Ingredients used to make Vegan Almond Cookies

• 2 cups almond flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon fine salt
• ½ cup pure Maple Syrup
• ½ cup Tahini (properly stirred in the container)
• ¼ cup finely chopped pistachios (optional)

Almond flour

We are replacing all-purpose flour with almond flour here.  That gives these cookies a marzipan like flavor.  You can use either almond flour or almond meal for this recipe as both would work well.  Almond flour or meal is readily available at supermarkets these days.  I have personally not tried to make it at home, but I know there are ways of doing that too.

Tahini

You can say that I am a bit tahini obsessed these days.  I always used tahini for savory dishes and to make sauces, but recently have been using it for sweets and in baking also.  My recipe for the Date and Tahini energy balls was the first of the many recipes that I have tried. 

Tahini is a paste made of roasted or unroasted sesame seeds.  Like other seeds or nut butter, the oils in the tahini tend to separate.  Before measuring out the tahini, mix it well with a spoon to integrate the oils. Tahini is available in most grocery stores and you can also buy it online on Amazon.

Maple syrup

To keep these cookies Vegan I have used Maple Syrup. Maple syrup really complements the flavor of the tahini and the almonds in this recipe.  I have not tried the same recipe with Honey or Agave syrup but in my opinion, it should work fine.

How to make easy 5 ingredient Vegan Almond Cookies

1. Preheat the oven to 350 F.  Lightly grease or prepare 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper. 
2. In a large bowl mix almond flour salt and baking powder with a spoon. 
3. Add maple syrup and tahini to the flour mix.  Mix together with a large spoon.  It should come together very easily. 
4. Using clean hands, pinch off about 1 ½ tablespoons of dough and form a ball. 
5. Flatten the balls with your palms and place them on the prepared cookie sheet. Repeat with the rest of the dough. Place about 9 cookies per cookie sheet. 
6. Using a small pairing knife make 2 small cris cross cuts on top of the cookies. 
7. Place a small amount of chopped pistachios in the indentation and press lightly to adhere. 
8. Bake in the preheated oven for 13-15 minutes. 
9. Remove from the oven and cool completely on a wire rack. The cookies will harden as they cool but will still be slightly soft in the center. 
10. Store in an airtight container at room temperature for 3-4 days or in the refrigerator for longer.

Recipe tips to make Vegan Almond Cookies

• The consistency of tahini can depend on the brand. You may have to use 1 more tablespoon of tahini if the dough does not come together easily.  
• To give the cookies a more intense almond flavor, you can add 1/2 teaspoon of pure almond extract to the batter.
• I like to give these cookies a nankhatai like shape. Nankhatai is an Indian shortbread cookie. To do that I flatten the dough balls slightly with my palms and then using a pairing knife make 2 small cris cross cuts on top of the cookies.  Then I place a small amount of chopped pistachios in the indentation and press lightly.  This step is completely optional and you can just bake the flattened dough balls. 
• Sometimes to lighten the cookies a bit, I substitute 1/2 cup almond flour for oat flour in the recipe.
• Since there is no egg in this cookie batter, you can eat it raw, and tastes delicious.

Final Thoughts

These cookies are perfect when hunger pangs strike at 4 PM and you need a pick me up.  So make these soon and be sure to leave a star rating and a comment after you try it. 

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Delicious 5 ingredient vegan cookies made with almond flour and tahini

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Recipe by Divya Jhaveri

3 from 14 votes

Course: Appetizers & Snacks, Desserts

Servings

18

servings

Prep time

10

minutes

Cooking time

13

minutes

Ingredients

• 2 cups Almond Flour or Almond meal

• 1 teaspoon Baking Powder

• 1/4 teaspoon salt

• 1/2 cup Pure Maple Syrup

• 1/2 cup Tahini (Properly stirred in the container) See Note below

• 1/4 cup Chopped Pistachios (optional)

Method

• Preheat the oven to 350 F. Lightly grease or prepare 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
  
• In a large bowl mix almond flour, salt, and baking powder with a spoon. Add maple syrup, vanilla, and tahini to the flour mix. Mix together with a large spoon. It should come together very easily.
  
• Using clean hands, pinch off about 1 ½ tablespoons of dough and form a ball. Flatten the balls with your palms and place them on the prepared cookie sheet. Repeat with the rest of the dough. Place about 9 cookies per cookie sheet. Using a small pairing knife make 2 small cris cross cuts on top of the cookies. Optional– Place a small amount of chopped pistachios in the indentation and press lightly to adhere.
  
• Bake in the preheated oven for 13-15 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool completely on a wire rack. The cookies will harden as they cool but will still be slightly soft in the center.
  Store in an airtight container at room temperature for 3-4 days or in the refrigerator for longer.

Tips

• The consistency of tahini can depend on the brand. You may have to use 1 more tablespoon of tahini if the dough does not come together easily.
• To give the cookies a more intense almond flavor, you can add 1/2 teaspoon of pure almond extract to the batter.