Protein Christmas cookie recipe

Ingredients

  • 1 cup grass-fed, organic unsalted butter
  • 2 cups coconut sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup plain Greek yogurt
  • 1 tsp. almond extract
  • 4 cups whole-wheat flour
  • 1/2 cup Organic Plant Based Protein Powder - Vanilla
  • 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 4 tsp. baking powder
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1 cup white chocolate chips
  • 1 cup dried cranberries
  • Zest of two oranges

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  2. Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, yogurt and almond extract and blend. Add dry ingredients and mix just until combined.
  3. Roll dough out and cut with cookie cutters. Place on parchment-covered cookie sheets and bake at 375 for 7 minutes.
  4. Melt chocolate chips in double boiler or in microwave in 30-second intervals (stirring in between) until just melted.
  5. When cookies have cooled, put a dollop of chocolate in the middle of each one and sprinkle with dried cranberries. Drizzle with more chocolate and top with orange zest.
By Kiwi and Carrot