Vanilla Almond Cookies & PB Cheesecake! YUMBOS!

atomikapplez · 03-17-2009, 06:21 PM

I have been absolutely loving the keto diet and have been doing some serious lab work in the kitchen to devise the ultimate cookie and desserts amongst other deliciousness!

I've tried making a number of different recipes for cookies here on BB.com but they have only turned out alright and not good enough for me to crave my own cookies. After my discovery of Almond meal...the possibilities have just opened up for all sorts of creations! I try to stay away from using baking powder and salt and find that this makes all the difference to the texture and yumminess!

Pictures of the process below...

I made these cookies originally as just cookies and then also made them as a base for my cheesecake.

VANILLA ALMOND COOKIES
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Dry Ingredients:
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115g Almond Meal
25g Raw Almonds (diced)
20g Raw Pecan (diced)
17g Raw Macadamia (diced)
3g Cinnamon ground
1/2 scoop (15.5g) Whey Protein Powder (I used Dymatize Elite Butter Cream Toffee or ON Dark Rich Chocolate)

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Wet Ingredients:
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1 tbspn Vanilla extract
3 tbspn melted Butter (make sure it is UNSALTED as it affects the taste)
1/2 whole egg (beaten)

makes about 12 cookies

# Per Batch (without PB):
1665cals/ 152.4g Fat/ 49.5g Protein/ 37.1 Carb, 17.6g Dietry Fibre/ 19.5g Net Carb

# Per Cookie (without PB):
139cals/ 18.9g Fat/ 9.6g Protein/ 4.2 Carb, 1.5g Dietry Fibre/ 2.7g Net Carb

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Instructions:
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If you are using whole nuts and not pre-diced, use a sharp knife and dice up the nuts enough so that it is not to chunky but enough to provide some nutty texture. Mix all dry ingredients together in a bowl ensuring there are no lumps in the almond meal.

Create a whole in the middle of the mixture and pour in the wet ingredients. Using a spoon mix through the wet and dry ingredients thoroughly to bind the ingredients consistently until the texture is dough like. You will find that it will be quite moist, because unlike normal cookies which use flour, this is mostly made up of nuts and almond meal which will secrete oils and once the butter is added it will be super moist! This will mean your cookies will not turn out dry!!

Pre-heat oven with 260 degrees celcius. Separate the dough into 12 even pieces, and roll into balls and lay them on a tray lined with baking paper (1st picture). Then cover the tray with plastic cling wrap, and using the bottom of a glass cup, press down on each piece to flatten into a cookie shape (picture 2). Put into oven and set cooking time to around 15 minutes. Cooking time will vary depending on your oven, so keep an eye on it. Around 7 minutes, the oils will start bubbling on the cookies and after a few more minutes the cookies will start browning (picture 3). Once they are nice and golden, take them out and leave to cool on a rack.

For a bit of extra OOMPH you can slab on some natty PB - this tastes double divine!!

Cookies & Cream Peanut Butter Cheesecake
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I adapted the recipe from GENAW's :
http://www.genaw.com/lowcarb/creamy_...heesecake.html

I used the ingredients below and followed a similar process. Once the cheesecake cream was made, I crushed up the cookies (saving a few for snacking on - Picture 7) and evenly distributed the crushed cookies disposable foil cups (picture 5) and then evenly distributed the cream cheese on top.

Leave in fridge to set for at least 7 hours....
Picture 6 is the finished product!!

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Dry Ingredients:
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3g Cinnamon ground
2 scoop (60.8G) Whey Protein Powder (I used ON Cookies & Cream)

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Wet Ingredients:
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120g Double Cream (heavy cream)
240g Fresh Cream Cheese (I used Philadelphia! Yum!)
72g 100% Natural Peanut Butter
25g Gelatine

Post pics of your results if you try this out!

atomikapplez · 03-17-2009, 06:28 PM

oops I was having trouble uploading the pics... here they are!

christof1 · 03-28-2009, 05:50 PM

dude this is amazing!!!!!!!! i just made some. thank you soo much.

atomikapplez · 03-30-2009, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by christof1

dude this is amazing!!!!!!!! i just made some. thank you soo much.

Yay! Glad you enjoyed them... they are dangerous though so make sure you wrap them all up individually instead of together to deter you from smashing the lot!!

Douglas_Quaid · 03-30-2009, 09:14 PM

Those look pretty damn good and easy to make.

Where is the best place to get almond flour? Online or do they carry it in stores?

TankGirl · 03-31-2009, 05:00 AM

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Originally Posted by DDJ

Those look pretty damn good and easy to make.

Where is the best place to get almond flour? Online or do they carry it in stores?

almond flour = ground almonds.

oh, and these taste freakin AWESOME! reps!

MrLovrLovr · 03-31-2009, 09:46 PM

Now open up even more possibilities with macadamia meal , and pecan too ..

atomikapplez · 03-31-2009, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by DDJ

Those look pretty damn good and easy to make.

Where is the best place to get almond flour? Online or do they carry it in stores?

I live in Australia.. and all the supermarkets sell almond meal. It's not tooooooo expensive - 400g = AUD$9. I probably go through that much every 3 weeks as I use it to make everything from my cookies, "pancakes" and bread. I get a lot out of it though, so it's worth it. I sometimes mix it with linseed meal, but I prefer the almond meal because it has a more subtle taste.

atomikapplez · 03-31-2009, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by MrLovrLovr

Now open up even more possibilities with macadamia meal , and pecan too ..

Oh hell yea!! I've dabbled with Hazelnut and Macadamia meal... delicious as well. I use the almond meal because it has a lower net carbs and higher fibre.. which means I can use more

MrLovrLovr · 04-01-2009, 10:25 AM

One of them has less carbs than almond meal which is actually why I found them originally .

I think pecan or walnut were the lowest

atomikapplez · 04-01-2009, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by MrLovrLovr

One of them has less carbs than almond meal which is actually why I found them originally .

I think pecan or walnut were the lowest

yea walnuts have way lower carbs but i find it has a different taste

Plus it is more expensive... and almonds are already expensive as it is here!

evinh10 · 04-26-2009, 08:46 PM

So your process you use to make the cheese cake cream was how they made it on the website given? They both look awesome by the way!!

atomikapplez · 04-27-2009, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by evinh10

So your process you use to make the cheese cake cream was how they made it on the website given? They both look awesome by the way!!

Thanks

I pretty much followed the instructions on the website... The website is a great reference for low-carb ideas.. I just experiment and adapt it to my own preferences... I've come up with so many great dishes! Never compromising on taste!

WorldStrike · 04-27-2009, 08:17 PM

Last time I got my hand on a bag of pecans, they only had 1 gram net carbs per serving

I was like, no way! But it was true...and it was a significant serving as well, an ounce or two.

atomikapplez · 04-28-2009, 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by WorldStrike

Last time I got my hand on a bag of pecans, they only had 1 gram net carbs per serving

I was like, no way! But it was true...and it was a significant serving as well, an ounce or two.

Yea I love pecans and walnuts!! I usually reserve these for baking especially as they are more expensive... The net carbs are so low and are great when roasted and crushed over keto pancakes with dark 100% cocoa mixed with cream & stevia drizzled on top.... BOMBSHELL!