Almond Butter Cherry Blondies

Almond Butter Cherry Blondies

These almond butter cherry blondies are truly incredible. They use a lot of almond butter which is not ideal – I apologize for that – but they are so good it’s worth it.

Servings: 8-12, depending on how you cut them

This recipe is easily halved for a smaller portion

Ingredients:
-1 cup natural almond butter
-1 cup coconut sugar (or 1/2 brown sugar and 1/2 cane sugar)
-2 eggs
-1/2 cup almond flour
-1 tsp baking powder
-1/2 tsp almond extract (or vanilla, but it’s so good with almond!)
-1/2 cup dark chocolate chips (dairy free if necessary)
-1/2 cup fresh ripe cherries, pitted and quartered

Instructions:
1. Preheat your oven to 350 F
2. Cream almond butter (or butter) and sugar together
3. Add in eggs and whisk well
4. Combine the almond flour and baking soda and add to the wet ingredients
5. Stir in the almond extract
6. Fold in the cherries and chocolate chips
7. Add to a parchment lined 8×8 oven safe dish and bake for 35 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Almond Butter Cherry Blondies

One of my favorite desserts in the summer. Gooey, gluten free, and delicious.
Course: Dessert
Keyword: Cherries, Gluten Free
Servings: 8 servings

Ingredients

  • 1 cup natural creamy almond butter
  • 1 cup coconut sugar or 1/2 cup brown sugar and 1/2 cup cane sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup almond flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp almond extract see note
  • 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup fresh cherries, pitted and quartered

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 350 F.
  • Cream almond butter (or butter) and sugar together.
  • Add in eggs and whisk well.
  • Combine the almond flour and baking soda and add to the wet ingredients.
  • Stir in the almond extract.
  • Fold in the cherries and chocolate chips.
  • Add to a parchment lined 8×8 oven safe dish and bake for 35 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Notes

You can use vanilla extract in place of almond extract, but it will not taste quite as deeply “almondy”

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