If you’re looking to treat yourself over the holidays, these homemade low-sugar cookie Challenge recipes are guaranteed to satisfy any sweet tooth. They are refined sugar-free, instead using natural sources of sugar like Medjool dates and bananas.
Makes about 5 cookies
205 calories, 6.5g sugar/cookie
Ingredients
- 4 tsp. extra-virgin coconut oil
- 3 Tbsp. peanut butter
- ½ cup banana, mashed
- 3 to 4 Medjool dates, soaked in boiling water, drained
- 3 Tbsp. uncooked rolled oats
- 4 tsp. almond meal
- 2 Tbsp. F45 Fuel Vanilla Protein
- 1/2 tsp. baking powder
Directions: Preheat the oven to 160˚C and line a baking tray with baking paper. Combine coconut oil, peanut butter, banana and soaked dates in a bowl. Mix until well-combined. Add in oats, almond meal, protein powder and baking powder and mix until you form a sticky batter.
Roll mixture into 5 even balls and lightly press out to form a cookie shape. Place on the lined tray. Place in the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes, or until golden and cooked through. In the last 5 minutes, flip the cookies over to ensure both sides are cooked. Remove from the oven and allow to cool. Serve one cookie as a snack and refrigerate remaining cookies to use throughout the week.
Makes about 5 cookies
197 calories, 4g sugar/cookie
Ingredients
- 0.7fl oz coconut oil
- 1.4oz natural peanut butter
- 4.6oz banana, mashed
- 1.8oz uncooked rolled oats
- 0.7oz desiccated coconut
- 0.7oz F45 Fuel Chocolate Protein Powder
- 0.3oz cacao powder
- 1/4 tsp. baking powder
- Pinch stevia
Directions: Preheat the oven to 320˚F and line a baking tray with baking paper. Combine coconut oil, peanut butter and banana in a bowl. Add in oats, coconut, protein powder, cacao powder, baking powder and stevia and mix until you form a sticky batter. Roll mixture into 5 even balls and lightly press out to form a cookie shape. Place on the lined tray. Place in the oven and bake for 30-35 minutes, or until golden and cooked through. In the last 5 minutes, flip the cookies over to ensure both sides are cooked. Remove from the oven and allow to cool. Serve one cookie as a snack and refrigerate remaining cookies to use throughout the week.
Low-Carb No-Bake Protein Cookie Dough
Makes 1 Serving (65g)
209 calories, ~2g sugar /serving
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp. (0.4oz) F45 Fuel Vanilla Protein
- 0.4oz 100% natural cashew butter
- 0.3oz almond meal
- 1/4 tsp. stevia
- 0.8fl oz unsweetened almond milk
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 0.2oz cacao nibs
Directions: In a bowl, mix together the protein powder, cashew butter, almond meal, vanilla extract, stevia, almond milk and vanilla extract and mix until well-combined. Gently stir through cacao nibs and refrigerate for 30 minutes before serving.
