Cookies... mmm.

Need cookies in a hurry? These take 20 minutes in total and are fairly healthy for being legitimate cookies. Plus, they taste great and can be served to anyone with dairy or gluten sensitivity since they don't have butter or flour.

Interested in learning other recipe substitutions? E-mail our Registered Dietitian, Laura CaJacob: laurac@pureaustin.com.

Almond Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 c. unsalted almond butter, stirred well
3/4 c. sugar in the raw (can use less than this if you want to decrease sweetness)
1 large egg
1/2 t. baking soda
1/4 t. salt
3 oz dark chocolate, 70% or greater, broken into small pieces

1) Preheat oven to 350.
2) In a medium bowl, stir together first 5 ingredients. Stir in chocolate after well blended.
3) Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto parchment-lined baking sheets and back for 10 minutes or until lightly browned.
4) Let cool on baking sheets for 5 minutes then cool on wire racks.

Makes 24 cookies.

*Recipe modified from Clean Eating Magazine March/April 2010.