The Most Delicious Protein Cookie Recipe

Most protein cookie recipes taste like the gym, but this protein cookie recipe tastes like the cookie your grandmother made. 

It is made with a scoop of Heart & Soil Animal Based Protein that provides about 10g of protein, colostrul, and collagen, and you’d never notice! 

Maple sugar and coconut sugar, with a chopped Hu dark chocolate bar, give it all the sweetness it needs.

Real ingredients, for a really delicious protein cookie. 

Prep Time: 15 minutes. Chill Time: 30 minutes. Cook Time: 12 minutes. Total Time: 57 minutes

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What’s Actually in This Protein Cookie Recipe’s Protein Powder?

Heart & Soil Animal Based Protein is a blend of grass-fed whey, colostrum, and cartilage, minimally processed to keep the amino acids and cofactors close to their whole-food state, which is what makes it worth building a protein cookie recipe around in the first place.

• Whey supplies the leucine your body uses to support muscle protein synthesis and everyday recovery.
• Colostrum contributes immunoglobulins and growth factors that support gut barrier integrity and a balanced immune response.
• Cartilage brings type II collagen and glycosaminoglycans that support joint comfort and connective tissue health.

It’s the same nourishment your body would get from the whole animal, just concentrated into a scoop that disappears into this protein cookie recipe.

Learn more: Plant-Based vs Animal-Based Protein Powder – #1 Difference

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Why This Protein Cookie Recipe Works

Most protein cookie recipes turn out dry or chalky because the powder makes up too much of the dough. This protein cookie recipe keeps protein powder to 1 cup, next to 2 cups of rice flour and a full cup of butter, so it acts like a mix-in instead of the main structure.

That ratio is why this one bakes up soft in the middle instead of dense all the way through.

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Ingredients

• 1 cup salted butter, softened
• 1 cup maple sugar
• 1 cup coconut sugar
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• 2 cups rice flour
• 1 cup Heart & Soil Animal Based Protein
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 Hu Kitchen dark chocolate bar, chopped

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How to Make This Protein Cookie Recipe

1. Cream the butter and sugars. Beat the softened butter with the maple sugar and coconut sugar until the mixture turns pale and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
2. Add the wet ingredients. Mix in the vanilla extract, then the eggs one at a time. Scrape the bowl between additions so nothing sits unmixed at the bottom.
3. Combine the dry ingredients separately. Whisk the rice flour, Animal Based Protein, baking soda, baking powder, and sea salt in a second bowl. This is the step most protein cookie recipes skip, and it is why their protein powder clumps once it hits the wet mix.
4. Bring it together. Fold the dry mixture into the wet mixture in two additions, stirring just until the flour disappears. Overmixing is the fastest way to a tough cookie.
5. Add the chocolate. Chop the Hu Kitchen bar into rough chunks and fold them through the dough by hand.
6. Chill the dough. Rest it in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes. Rice flour behaves differently than wheat flour, and the chill keeps this protein cookie recipe from spreading thin in the oven.
7. Bake. Scoop 2 tablespoon portions onto a parchment-lined sheet, spaced 2 inches apart. Bake at 350°F for 10 to 12 minutes, until the edges set and the centers still look slightly underdone.
8. Cool on the pan. Let the cookies sit on the sheet for 5 minutes before moving them. They finish setting as they cool.

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Why Rice Flour and Not Wheat

Rice flour keeps this protein cookie recipe accessible for anyone avoiding gluten, and it holds up well against a protein powder that already brings its own texture to the dough. The chilling step in this recipe exists specifically to offset rice flour’s tendency to spread.

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The Bottom Line

You do not need a protein bar disguised as a treat. You need a treat that contains protein! This protein cookie recipe is made with real ingredients. Give it a try; you won’t regret it.