Easy and melt in your mouth flax cookies with only six ingredients. Dairy-free, egg-free and nut-free.
Have you ever try using flax seed for baking? This plant-based omega-3 is healthy for you if you decide to avoid consuming egg. Make this seed famous for egg substitute on any baking recipes because of the ability to bind all ingredients just like the egg.
My family doesn’t have an egg allergy, but once in a while, I use flax seed for baking just like this Eggless Fudgy Triple Chocolate Brownies. There is no different taste between using egg or without egg on brownies in my opinion. In fact, since I make the eggless brownies, it became popular in my house, lots of request for fudgy brownies.
But this time is not eggless brownies. I make milled flax cookies. From what I understand after little research on some source like this one that milled or ground flaxseed also called flaxseed meal is better than whole flax seed to consume.
Anyway, this melt in the mouth cookies also use sunflower seed butter, that is mean safe for a nut allergy. You can use any other nut butter if you don’t have a nut allergy.
- 1 1/2 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1 cup sunflower seed butter
- 2/3 cup dairy-free butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup milled flax seed
- 2 tsp baking powder
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Preheat oven to 350 deg F, prepare the baking sheet and line it with parchment paper.
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In a mixing bowl and use the electric mixer, beat the sugar and butter until fluffy.
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Add the rest of ingredients, mix it until all well blended.
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Take a tbsp of cookie dough, make a ball with your hand, put it on the baking sheet.
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Press the dough with the back of the spoon, make it into approx half inch thick.
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Repeat the process until all dough used up.
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Bake it in the oven for 12 to 14 minutes, leave the cookies on the pan to cool it off before transfer it to the cookie rack.
- I use the dairy-free Becel vegan butter.
- I also use Sunbutter the original one for this recipe.
- Make sure cool off the cookies in the pan before transfer it to the cookie rack, because it crumbles easily.
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Cookies are last for up to 5 days on the room temperature. You don’t need to wrap the cookies when you store it. The cookies will stay soft.
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I have never used sunflower butter. These cookies look like they are a type of shortbread cookie, possibly??? Whatever the case, they look easy to prepare and yummy! Pinned!
Thank you, I can say it is similar to shortbread type, minus the egg, thank you for pinning!
Haven’t tried flax seed in baking. Thank you for sharing the recipe. Very interesting what you mentioned about the flax seed meal. Sharing so I can have the recipe handy.
Thank you for shared, ya I was surprised too about the whole flax seed and milled seed, but I consume both kind anyway!
These cookies look great. I never knew you could substitute flax seed for the egg to bind your ingredients. Glad they taste good.
Thank you, yea, there is what we called ‘flax egg’ for egg substitute, so it always work well for me!
Well with the sun+flower+butter and can last for a few days, sounds good to me and think it will go great with a tea 🙂 They look good too. Thanks for sharing and I didn’t know that about the flax seed. Thanks for that too
Thank you, and yes it will be a yummy companion with a tea. I didn’t know either about the flax seed before, who knew from a simple seed we can have more benefits from different form of the seed itself.
greeat recipe, pretty comprehensive and.. lovely cookies. It looks unique for me 🙂
Thank you, it does look unique. maybe it because of the milled flax seed has dark brown color, so it looks spotty on the cookies.
The look good. It seemed like you need to bake several batches because these seemed like cookies you can easilypop in your mouth and before you know it, you already consumed a batch!
Thank you, yup agreed, this cookies is so easy to make, and easily become our favorite!
I never knew about substituting egg and I DO have an allergy. I’m so glad I found this article.
Thank you, There are lots of egg substitute for baking, you can use applesauce, banana, vinegar, flax seed, hope that help too!
These look delicious! I have never heard of the use of flax in cookies. I am not a big fan of flax but maybe this combination tastes good
Thank you, flax has nutty flavor imo, so its pair well with nut/seed butter.
Those look like some easy, delicious cookies. Awesome!
Thank you, yes, it is very easy and quick whip!
Thanks soon as I heard flax seed I was like ok another healthy snack minus the sugar I will substitute for stevia.
Thank you, yes you can definitely substitute the sugar with stevia for a healthier one.
i have ground flax seed and am always wondering what else to do with it. these sound like an interesting way to apply flax seed! i kinda want your brownie recipe also hehe!
Hehe, thank you, its quite surprising that we can actually use flax on sweet and savory recipes. oh yes please, the brownies is easy to make too!