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Home » Gluten-Free Baking » Gluten-Free Biscuits and Cookies » Easy Flourless Salted Chocolate Chip Cashew Cookies

Easy Flourless Salted Chocolate Chip Cashew Cookies

By Georgina Hartley  •  Published July 29, 2016  •  Updated January 22, 2022

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These Easy Flourless Salted Chocolate Chip Cashew Cookies will become an absolute staple in your kitchen. They take no longer than 15 minutes from the second you enter the kitchen to your first cheeky nibble on a warm salty and chocolate molten cookie straight out of the oven. It’s quicker than a stroll to Tesco and better than any gluten-free cookies you can buy there or anywhere.

plate of cookies this recipe

A bowl of cashew butter next to chocolate chips

The secret ingredient is cashew butter which replaces the flour and butter you would use in a standard chocolate chip cookie recipe without compromising taste or texture. The cookies have a soft chew and a lovely undercurrent of sweet cashew which isn’t overpowering in the slightest.

A cookie cut in half on a plate

All manner of nut butters are ubiquitous in the supermarkets these days but if you want a homemade affair that is cheaper, silky smooth and the easiest ingredient you will ever make for your larder then visit my recipe here. It is still a surprise to people when I explain how easy it is to make nut butters – the only ingredients are nuts. No actual butter. So this makes it okay when you laden your toast in half a block of salty butter before slathering on an obscene amount of cashew butter.

jar of salt

Salt is always the name of the game in my baking arena and here I require fleur de sel, crunchy little crystals of salt hand-harvested in Brittany. Of course you can use normal sea salt but then do reduce the quantity a little as fleur de sel is particularly gentle.

cookies on a plate

These cookies have become a godsend of late. I have been darting around the country visiting family, going on hen weekends, baking for my cake stall in this interminable heatwave and holding my patience with a baby who has just realised he is a tantrum throwing toddler and is making the most of his new identity.

Close up of Easy Flourless Salted Chocolate Chip Cashew Cookies

A cookie, a cup of tea and a sit down has been the only thing I have craved these past few weeks. Oh, and more sleep but that goes without saying for any mother. Plus with all the frenetic cake stall baking I want to relax the pace with a laid back cookie that only requires a mixing bowl, wooden spoon and no more than seven minutes in the oven. So easy and so perfect.

Close up of cookies

Easy Flourless Salted Chocolate Chip Cashew Cookies

Georgina Hartley
Easy Flourless Salted Chocolate Chip Cashew Cookies are foolproof, with minimal ingredients, no fuss and are absolutely delicious.
4.67 from 3 votes
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Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 8 mins
Total Time 23 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 15 cookies
Calories 161 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 egg
  • 50 g soft light brown sugar
  • 50 g caster sugar
  • 250 g cashew butter
  • 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
  • 100 g chocolate chips either milk or dark work well
  • 1 teaspoon fleur de sel if using regular sea salt reduce to ½ teaspoon

Instructions
 

  • Pre-heat oven to 180°C /160°C fan/gas mark 4 and line a large baking tray with baking parchment.
  • Whisk the egg and sugars together in a large mixing bowl until combined.
  • Add the cashew butter, bicarbonate of soda and sea salt until the batter is smooth and thick.
  • Finally stir in the chocolate chips until evenly dispersed.
  • Leave for a couple of minutes for the dough to set then using the palms of your hands roll up the sticky dough into balls of about about 30g each and place on a baking sheet a couple of inches apart. Crumble a little salt on top of each cookie and press down slightly.
  • Bake for 6-8 minutes until the cookies are just turning golden.
  • Remove from the oven and leave on the baking sheet for 5 minutes to firm up before moving them to a wire rack to finish cooling.

Notes

Making your own cashew butter is easy. See my recipe here.

Nutrition

Calories: 161kcalCarbohydrates: 15gProtein: 3gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 10mgSodium: 236mgPotassium: 118mgSugar: 10gVitamin A: 15IUCalcium: 13mgIron: 1.1mg
Have you tried this recipe?Head to the comment section and let me know what you think!
Easy Flourless Salted Chocolate Chip Cashew Cookies

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  1. Maria says

    November 02, 2020 at 1:35 pm

    5 stars
    I made these with 2 times less sugar, dark black chocolate that I cut up myself and 1/2 teaspoon of fine salt. The cashew paste was still hot so the chocolate melted partly into it. It was just delicious. Thankyou so much. They're the best cookies that I ever ate !!! Will try without egg next time.

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    • Georgina Hartley says

      November 05, 2020 at 10:11 am

      Hi Maria - so happy you like the recipe! It's very easily adaptable to tastes. I have made this without the egg and used a flax egg instead and it worked very well. Good luck with it!!

      Reply
  2. Lucy says

    July 02, 2019 at 11:43 am

    5 stars
    We demolished these so quickly - just making 2nd batch now!

    Reply
    • Georgina Hartley says

      July 04, 2019 at 2:09 pm

      That's great! Happy you enjoyed them!

      Reply
  3. Lucy says

    May 26, 2019 at 6:48 pm

    4 stars
    This recipe was so easy! Big hit with the family. I think your oat peanut butter cookies have the edge but these are pretty delicious!

    Reply
    • Georgina Hartley says

      May 27, 2019 at 9:56 am

      Thank you! So happy you enjoyed them!

      Reply
  4. Jo Stevenson says

    August 08, 2016 at 1:29 pm

    As easy peasy and delicious as you said. Have recently become intolerant to wheat and this is the second gluten free recipe of yours I have tried. The first was the cauliflower pizza base, and I am going to try the mini blueberry muffins next.

    Keep them coming!

    Reply
    • Georgina says

      August 08, 2016 at 7:17 pm

      Hi Jo, thank you for your comment - I really love this recipe so I'm happy you had such success with it as well. Let me know how you get on with the blueberry muffins!

      Reply

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