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Home » Dessert » Our Favorite Cookies With Almond Flour

Our Favorite Cookies With Almond Flour

Modified: Jun 30, 2025 by Molly Pisula · Published: Nov 11, 2021 · As an Amazon affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

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When I first trained as a pastry chef, my instructor introduced me to almond flour. It’s a staple of French pastry, as it is used in fillings, cakes, and cookies. While I love it in all sorts of desserts, almond flour has some delightful properties that make cookies really shine.

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Almond Flour Cookies

Almond flour adds a light, but not overwhelming, nutty flavor to cookies. Plus, you get the benefit of higher nutritional content than regular all-purpose flour. And of course, cookies made of almond flour alone are completely gluten-free. One advantage that might surprise you? The additional (good) fat in almond flour increases the shelf life on your cookies, so they don’t dry out in a day!

Why You'll Love These Almond Flour Cookie Recipes

  • So many different types of cookies, from classic French macarons to oatmeal cookies and thumbprint cookies
  • Lots of simple recipes you can make in minutes
  • Paleo, keto, and vegan cookie options

Our Favorite Cookies With Almond Flour

This list of almond flour cookies includes everything from our house favorite Chocolate Almond Flour Cookies (no mixer required) to creative Boston Creme Pie Macarons to no-bake Cookie Dough Bites. You will love all the delicious ways you can use almond flour in a cookie!

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Almond Flour Oatmeal Cookies

Almond Flour Oatmeal cookies are crispy, chewy, and generously studded with chocolate chips. Gluten-free, and delicious as dessert or afternoon snack!

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Gluten-Free Almond Cookies

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These Almond Cookies are an easy and delicious recipe to make, and best of all, they are both gluten-free and dairy-free.

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Almond Flour Spritz Cookies (SCD, Gluten Free, Grain Free, Refined Sugar Free)

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These small, almond flour spritz cookies are buttery, lightly sweetened with honey, and have a delicious almond flavor. A cookie press is used to get beautiful, intricate cookie designs that are perfect for any holiday or season! The easy pressed cookie recipe is SCD (specific carbohydrate diet), gluten free, grain free, refined sugar free, and low lactose.

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Almond Flour Chocolate Cookies

These Almond Flour Chocolate Cookies have a deep dark chocolate flavor and a slight nuttiness. Entirely gluten-free and so easy-to-make—no mixer required.

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Perfect Almond Flour Smores Cookies {Easy}

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These healthy, keto almond flour s’mores cookies are a real treat for your sweet tooth. Make these low carb treats to satisfy your cravings while staying low carb and gluten-free!

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Healthy Salted Cowboy Cookies

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Healthy salted cowboy cookies that are gluten free and topped with pretzels and chocolate chips. These almond flour oatmeal cookies have slightly crisp edges but super soft and super gooey centers. Everyone will love them!

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Sesame Pekmez Cookies (Easy 4-Ingredient Dessert) ⋆ Earth to Veg

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These gorgeous 4-ingredient cookies, made with tahini, almond flour, and Turkish molasses, are the perfect dessert for a stay-at-home Valentine's dinner!

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Almond Flour Peanut Butter Cookies

These Almond Flour Peanut Butter Cookies have a light peanut-y flavor studded with chocolate chips. Gluten-free, low-carb, and so easy—no mixer required.

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Lemon Almond Flour Cookies

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These tasty and soft keto lemon cookies are baked with almond flour are a perfect cookie for lemon lovers.

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Almond Flour Thumbprint Cookies

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Almond flour thumbprint cookies with a delicious crumbly texture and sweet raspberry jam. The perfect cookie to pair with a cup of coffee or tea!

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Vegan Almond Cookies

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These Vegan Almond Cookies are a revelation and I know that you will love them. Made with just 5 ingredients, they look and taste the same as their counterparts which are made using egg whites.

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Macarons

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Macarons can be a tricky cookie to master but with this recipe and its countless tips, you’ll making be making these elegant treats like a pro in no time.

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Boston Creme Pie Macarons

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Boston Crème Pie in Macaron form! Chocolate dipped macarons – vanilla macaron cookie, with a homemade vanilla pastry cream, and dipped in a rich chocolate ganache!

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Triple Almond Cookie Dough Bites Vegan Gluten Free Quick Easy Snack

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Triple Almond Cookie Dough Bites - a low carb, no bake version of our favorite cookie. these lightly sweet snacks are quick, easy, and tasty too! great pre workout snack or afternoon bite.

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Guilt-Free Pecan Pie Cookies (Paleo & Vegan)

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A subtly sweet shortbread topped with pecan pie filling… does it get any better?

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Almond Flour Sugar Cookies (Scoop or Roll and Cut)

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Almond Flour Sugar Cookies are sweet, buttery, and rich with vanilla flavor. A crown of coarse sugar gives them crunch and sparkle. They're a gluten free spin on the classic that all sugar cookie enthusiasts will love.

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Keto Milano Cookies

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This keto cookie recipe is so close to the original that you won't believe it! Dark chocolate sandwiched between two crisp cookies ... What's not to love?

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Vegan Cinnamon Cookies (Gluten Free, Oil Free) ~ Veggie Inspired

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Perfectly chewy, sweet, and packed with warm cinnamon. Only 6 ingredients and 15 minutes needed to make these quick and easy, gluten free Vegan Cinnamon Cookies cookies! Betcha can’t eat just one!

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Orange Cardamom Almond Flour Cookies

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Gluten-Free Orange Cardamom Almond Flour Cookies dipped in chocolate make a beautiful addition to a holiday cookie tray. An easy slice-and-bake recipe! Use this recipe to make Cranberry-Almond Shortbread Cookies, too!

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Amaretti Cookie Recipe | Italian Cookie

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Delicious and easy Amaretti Cookie recipe using Amaretto Liqueur and almond flour. This traditional Italian cookie is so tasty and easy to make!

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Vegan Double Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Vegan Double Chocolate Chip Cookies are gooey and chewy! These cookies are grain free, gluten free, vegan and dairy free. They also taste like a cross between a cookie and a brownie!

Of course, there are so many other uses for almond flour in baking. Please check out my round-up of my favorite Almond Flour Dessert Recipes if you're interested in finding almond flour cake and muffin recipes as well.

If you try one of these almond flour cookie recipes, I would love to hear from you! Leave a comment below—I read them all, and your feedback is invaluable to me. And please follow along on Instagram, Pinterest, and Facebook or subscribe to my newsletter. I'd love to inspire you with more delicious, healthy, and seasonal recipes!

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  1. Jeff the Chef says

    November 17, 2021 at 10:15 am

    I've made almond-flour cakes, but not cookies. Your sugar cookies look especially good!

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    • Chef Molly says

      November 19, 2021 at 2:09 pm

      Not my recipe, but those sugar cookies do look good! I am baking more and more with almond flour for cookies and cakes and love it!

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