Buckeye Cookies (healthy, protein)
Buckeye cookies have all of the traditional flavors of buckeyes, but these are made with healthy ingredients, packed with protein, and topped with a creamy peanut butter layer.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup butter room temp
- ¼ cup plain greek yogurt
- 1/4 Cup Applesauce
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- ¾ cup oat flour
- 1/3 cup protein powder
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
For the peanut butter topping
- 1/2 cup creamy all-natural peanut butter
- 5 tablespoons vanilla protein powder
- 2 tbsp almond flour
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
- 1 tablespoons coconut oil
Instructions
- Cream the butter, greek yogurt, and brown sugar, and applesauce together until creamy.
- Mix in the egg, and vanilla extract until combined, then add in the flour, protein powder, baking soda, cocoa powder, and salt and mix just until combined.
- Place in the fridge for 2 hours or overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 350F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and spray with cooking spray.
- Scoop out 8 equally sized cookie dough balls, place them on a baking sheet and gently flatten to about 1 inch in thickness. Bake the cookies in the preheated oven for 10 minutes.
- While the cookies are baking, make your peanut butter topping/filling by combining peanut butter and protein powder in a small mixing bowl.
- Roll the peanut butter mixture into 1-tablespoon sized balls and place on a plate or wax/parchment paper until cookies are done.
- Once cooking are done, press 1 peanut butter ball into each cookies.
- While your cookies are still warm, melt your chocolate chips and oil/butter down over the stove or in the microwave, mixing throughout after every 30 second interval.
- Use a spoon to drizzle chocolate over each cookie to create the buckeye effect.
Notes
Let the cookies fully cool and chocolate fully set before storing them in an airtight container or tightly covered at room temperature for up to 4 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
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