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    Published: Apr 4, 2015 · Modified: Oct 5, 2020 by Usha Rao

    Eggless Quinoa Nutella Cookies

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    Eggless quinoa Nutella cookies are soft, dense and healthy cookies.  Healthy snack for anytime of the day.

    A stack of eggless Nutella quinoa cookies.

    Eggless quinoa Nutella cookies are prepared with quinoa flour and wheat flour.  Quinoa cookies are unique from regular cookies both in taste and shape. Quinoa lends a nutty and an earthy flavor to the cookies, which is an acquired taste and the cookies look mini cakes.  Regardless of the shape, cookies are surely addictive once you acquire the earthly nutty flavor of quinoa.   

    Few weeks Mireille shared Nutella quinoa cookies with our blogging group and we all loved them.  I had some leftover quinoa flour after baking salted chocolate chip quinoa cookies which was nearing the sell by date. To use up the flour, baked these cookies when one of my nephews was in town, who also loved the cookies.  

    How to prepare Quinoa Cookies?

    Preparation of cookies is as easy as any other cookies.  

    • Mix together the dry ingredients.   
    • Beat together brown sugar and butter, then add wet ingredients; Nutella, applesauce and vanilla extract.
    • Mix in the dry ingredients.
    • Shape the cookies and bake.

    Where can I get Quinoa Flour?

    Quinoa flour is available in any supermarket and if your local store does not carry the flour, check any big supermarket or a healthy store.  If you can’t source it, just make it at home.

    How to make Quinoa Flour?

    Yes, you can make quinoa flour at home.  I usually buy the flour and it is expensive!  A good alternative is making it at home, though I have not made it at home.  Lightly toast quinoa, cool and grind to a fine powder. Sieve the flour and store in an airtight container.  I used leftover quinoa flour for today's Quinoa Nutella cookies.

    Stack of quinoa cookies in a plate.

    Eggless Nutella Quinoa Cookies Recipe

    A stack of eggless Nutella quinoa cookies

    Eggless Nutella Quinoa Cookies

    Nutella quinoa cookies are healthy snack prepared with quinoa flour and whole wheat flour. Soft and fluffy cookies are eggless and have a nutty flavor.
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    Course: Snack
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    Bake Time: 15 minutes
    Total Time: 25 minutes
    Servings: 16 cookies
    Calories: 111kcal
    Author: Usha Rao

    Equipment

    • 2 mixing bowls
    • Handheld electric mixer
    • Large cookie sheet
    • Oven

    Ingredients

    • ¼ cup or ½ stick Butter softened or microwave for 20 seconds
    • 97.5 grams or ¾ cup Whole Wheat Flour (I used atta/chapati flour)
    • 94.5 grams or ¾ cup Quinoa Flour
    • ½ teaspoon Baking Powder
    • ⅛ teaspoon Baking Soda
    • ⅛ teaspoon Salt
    • 75 grams or ⅜ cups firmly packed Brown Sugar
    • ¼ cup Nutella
    • ⅓ cup Apple Sauce
    • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

    Instructions

    • Preheat the oven to 350F.
    • Spray a large cookie sheet with cooking spray and keep aside.
    • In a bowl, mix together the flours, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
    • Take another large bowl, beat together butter and brown sugar until creamy.
    • Add Nutella, applesauce and vanilla extract and beat well.
    • Add flour mixture and beat until the flour is just incorporated.
    • Using a table spoon or an ice cream scoop, scoop out dough and place it on the cookie sheet. If using an ice-cream scoop, take about ½ a scoop per cookie. Check notes.
    • Dampen fingers and lightly shape and flatten the cookies.
    • Bake for 10-15 minutes until cookies are set. I baked for 15 minutes.
    • Cool the cookies completely on the cookie sheet and store in an airtight container.

    Notes

    • Size of the cookies - The cookies in the picture are slightly bigger than the actually size of cookies. For the first 4 cookies I used ¾ of a scoop and for the rest I used ½ a scoop. Smaller cookies looked more appetizing than the bigger ones. I would say ½ a scoop would yield 16 cookies and using ¾ of scoop per cookie would yield about 10 cookies.
    • Temperatures - Temperature of ovens vary from oven to oven. Check cookies after 10 minutes and continue to bake if needed.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 111kcal
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    Comments

    1. BlogAdda says

      February 24, 2016 at 1:37 am

      Congratulations! Your blog post was featured in the Collectives on Feb 18, 2016 at Blogadda.

      Please find it here:
      http://blog.blogadda.com/2016/02/18/easy-healthy-quinoa-recipes-collectives

      Reply
    2. themadscientistskitchen says

      April 23, 2015 at 12:34 pm

      Like Pradnya even I had forgotten about the plates. Thse cookies look awesome. Do I grind quinoa to get the flour?

      Reply
      • MySpicyKitchen says

        April 23, 2015 at 1:55 pm

        Archana, I used quinoa flour but you can try grinding it.

        Reply
    3. Gayathri Kumar says

      April 17, 2015 at 5:13 am

      We don't get quinoa or quinoa flour here. So I could never try this. Between the cookies look so rustic and such a nutritious way to make cookies...

      Reply
    4. s says

      April 12, 2015 at 1:27 am

      Good to the see the exact measurements in grams too, the cookies are awesome. Yet to get my hand on quinoa.

      Reply
    5. Chef Mireille says

      April 10, 2015 at 4:16 pm

      Glad u liked them and those colorful plates r so cute

      Reply
    6. Sandhya Ramakrishnan says

      April 09, 2015 at 10:10 pm

      That is a lovely cookie! I remember bookmarking this from Mir's blog as well, but never got around to try it.

      Reply
    7. Priya Srinivasan says

      April 08, 2015 at 11:04 am

      Cookies look scrumptious usha!! Nutella must be adding a nice taste to the cookies!!!

      Reply
    8. Srivalli says

      April 08, 2015 at 7:09 am

      Though I don't have quinoa, will bookmark it..looks fantastic Usha..

      Reply
    9. saras says

      April 07, 2015 at 8:35 am

      These Looks INCREDIBLE! I would surely try them out

      Reply
    10. Padma Rekha says

      April 07, 2015 at 2:03 am

      I still have to try my hand on quinoa. Healthy recipe but like that addition of nutella

      Reply
    11. srividhya says

      April 06, 2015 at 11:52 am

      Great cookies. One quick question. I tried pumpkin cookies using quinoa flour. But there was slight bitter taste in the cookie and I had to add more sweet. Did you had similar problem or is it just my flour.

      Reply
      • MySpicyKitchen says

        April 06, 2015 at 12:11 pm

        Srividhya, I did not find the cookies bitter. Quinoa flour does have a unique, nutty taste but I did not find it bitter.

        Reply
    12. PJ says

      April 06, 2015 at 8:16 am

      Yum that you added Nutella to the cookies.Healthy and tasty!

      Reply
    13. Kalyani says

      April 06, 2015 at 5:55 am

      thats a super precise recipe, Usha :-)) guess I need to sharpen my math and measuring skills :-)))
      But those cookies look delish !

      Reply
    14. priya says

      April 05, 2015 at 4:55 pm

      Love baking with quinoa,, been a while i baked with quinoa, love that nutella touch here..

      Reply
    15. veena krishnakumar says

      April 05, 2015 at 8:02 am

      This looks healthy.Must have tasted delicious!!

      Reply
    16. Sowmya says

      April 05, 2015 at 3:34 am

      surely a healthy cookie.. have never tried quinoa in bakes.. this is a must try

      Reply
    17. Nalini says

      April 05, 2015 at 1:15 am

      This is one such nice idea to include Quinoa,cookies look delicious and colorful plates..

      Reply
    18. Harini says

      April 04, 2015 at 9:13 pm

      I am sure I can sneak in quinoa in these cookies and no one at home will realize it..shh...

      Reply
    19. Suma Gandlur says

      April 04, 2015 at 9:07 pm

      I am the one who loves quinoa at home and would try it sometime. BTW are they dense?

      Reply
      • MySpicyKitchen says

        April 05, 2015 at 7:52 am

        Suma, yes these cookies are dense.

        Reply
    20. Rajani says

      April 04, 2015 at 5:38 pm

      Those cookies were wonderful! I am also planing to bake these as soon as I buy some quinoa.

      Reply
    21. Pavani says

      April 04, 2015 at 4:43 pm

      I loved Mir's quinoa cookies a lot and thank you for reminding me of those 🙂 Those colorful plates are perfect in this pic 🙂

      Reply
    22. Varada says

      April 04, 2015 at 2:05 pm

      Quinoa experiments did not go down well in my house. These cookies are indeed very healthy. I like the chunky shape a lot.

      Reply
    23. pradnya says

      April 04, 2015 at 12:58 pm

      i forgot about these plates completely...i now know what to use, this idea of using quinoa is great for cookies....lovely pick

      Reply
    24. Vaishali Sabnani says

      April 04, 2015 at 10:54 am

      wow those are truly healthy, like the idea of nutella, must be giving such a nice flavor, super!!

      Reply

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