WW Recipe of the Day: Sugar-Free Almond Apple Cookies
(60 calories | 2 2 2 myWW *SmartPoints value per serving)
These easy almond apple cookies have only 3 ingredients and mix together in minutes. The recipe makes a nice small batch of 12 cookies—perfect for small families or anyone cooking for one or two.
A nice lunchbox or after school snack, these cookies bake up soft and cake-like in less than 30 minutes with no added sugar. They are vegan, Paleo-friendly, dairy-free, grain-free, oil-free and gluten-free.
WW Friendly Sugar-Free Almond Apple Cookies
How Many Calories and WW Points in these Easy Apple Cookies?
According to my calculations, each cookie has just 60 calories and:
2 *SmartPoints (Green plan)
2 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)
2 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)
2 *PointsPlus (Old plan)
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How to Make Sugar-Free Almond Apple Cookies
Step 1: Gather and prepare all ingredients.
Almond-Apple Cookie Ingredients
Step 2: Preheat oven to 350F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or silicone liner and set aside.
Step 3: Wash and dry apple. Can be peeled or left intact – either way is fine. (I didn’t peel mine.) Core apple and cut into chunks.
Fresh apple chunks
Step 4: Place chunks in small food processor (affiliate link) and process until pureed – stopping and scraping the sides as needed. (Puree should resemble raw apple sauce.)
Making apple puree
Step 5: In a medium bowl, add the almond flour. Stir in 1/2 cup of the pureed apple, cinnamon and salt (if using) until thoroughly mixed.
Stirring together almond apple cookie batter
Step 6: With a small cookie scoop (affiliate link) (about 1 tablespoon), drop mounds of dough on the prepared cookie sheet – leaving at least 2 inches between cookies. Slightly flatten with thumb or back of a spoon.
Ready to bake almond apple cookies
Step 7: Bake for 15 to 18 minutes, or until golden brown and centers of cookies are set. (I used my new Cuisinart Chef’s Convection Toaster Oven (affiliate link) and they came our perfectly and I didn’t have to heat up the whole kitchen for a small batch of cookies.)
Using Cuisinart Toaster Oven to bake almond apple cookies
Remove cookies to wire rack to cool completely.
Cooling almond apple cookies on wire rack
Easy Almond-Apple Cookies Recipe Notes
For best tasting cookies, be sure to use a tart-sweet or sweet apple, such as Gala, Fuji, Honeycrisp, Pink Ladies, Braeburn, etc.
Fresh picked apples
Be sure to process the apple until it looks like raw apple sauce and the juices are releasing. Be sure to measure the amount of apple after it has been pureed. Do not use more than the 1/2 cup that is called for in the recipe or your mixture will be too wet.
Change up the flavor by substituting the ground cinnamon with pumpkin pie spice, ginger, or cardamom, or adding a tablespoon or two of mini chocolate chips, stirring in a bit of extract (1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract or 1/8 teaspoon of almond)
Add a little more sweetness with a couple of teaspoons of your sweetener of choice (brown sugar, coconut sugar, maple syrup, honey, truvia (affiliate link), etc.)
Ways to Use Almond Apple Cookie Leftovers
Leftover cookies can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Easy Almond Apple Cookies
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Sugar-Free Almond Apple Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 small sweet or tart-sweet apple (Gala, Fuji, Honeycrisp, Pink Ladies, Braeburn, etc.) (about 5 ounce - to make 1/2 cup
- 1 cup blanched almond flour
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon fine sea salt (optional, but highly recommended)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or silicone liner and set aside.
- Wash and dry apple. Can be peeled or left intact - either way is fine. (I didn't peel mine.)
- Core apple and cut into chunks. Place chunks in small food processor and process until pureed - stopping and scraping the sides as needed. (Puree should resemble raw apple sauce. You'll need 1/2 cup of it for the recipe.)
- In a medium bowl, add the almond flour. Stir in 1/2 cup of the pureed apple, cinnamon and salt (if using) until thoroughly mixed.
- With a small cookie scoop (about 1 tablespoon), drop mounds of dough on the prepared cookie sheet - leaving at least 2 inches between cookies. Slightly flatten with thumb or back of a spoon.
- Bake for 15 to 18 minutes, or until golden brown and centers of cookies are set. Remove cookies to wire rack to cool completely.
Recipe Notes
Recipe source: Powerhungry.com by Camilla Saulsbury
*PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc. All recipe ingredients except optional items included in determining nutritional estimates. SmartPoints® values calculated WITHOUT each plan's ZeroPoint Foods (Green plan, Blue plan, Purple plan) using the WW Recipe Builder.
If you like these Sugar-Free Almond Apple Cookies, you might also like:
- No-Bake Sugar Free Apple Slice Cookies
- Sugar Free Apple Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies
- Skinny Apple Pie Yogurt Parfait
- Easy Baked Apples
- Cranberry Apple Oatmeal Cookies
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Hi, I'm Martha. Simple Nourished Living chronicles the easy and delicious Weight Watchers friendly recipes, tips & hints that help me balance my love of food and desire to be happy, healthy and slim. 
Darlene Clarke
Thanks for always listing the calories, fat and fiber per serving! I still follow the regular WW points system…..
Lj
How much almond flour?
Martha McKinnon
The recipe says 1 cup of almond flour. Hope this helps. ~Martha
Brenda
Could you use kodiak kix instead of the almond flour?
Martha McKinnon
Hi Brenda, I haven’t tried it. I think you would need more liquid with kodiak mix. If you try it let us know how it turns out. ~Martha
Charlotte
Could I be lazy and just use unsweetened applesauce?
Martha McKinnon
Hi Charlotte, I haven’t tried it but think it would work fine. If your applesauce is runny, you might want to drain it a bit. ~Martha
Naciba
Perfect recipe, thank hou
Karen
Yummy! These have a lot of flavor – probably depends mainly on the type of apple. I used Honeycrisp. They are amazing warm. Definitely recommend.
Jenn
I went to make these, and realized I only have 1/4c almond flour left. I have just about every other alternative flour under the sun LOL. Would one of those be suitable? Coconut flour? Banana flour? Oat flour? Quinoa flour?
Ellen McCarthy
Very good recipe. I will try with almond flour soon, I used regular flour today because it is snowing here and cold!) in Michigan. I used some white chocolate chips and vanilla flavoring which helped with sweetness. Love this, thank you!
Layne
I made these with unsweetened applesauce and they were very good. I also added some swerve. Also, according to my WW recipe builder, they are only one point on WW purple.