Protein cookies

Protein cookies recipe

Looking for the best protein cookies recipe? Peanut butter provides the base for these better-for-you snacks. Free from egg and refined sugar, they’re also vegan and pack a protein punch. They take only 30 minutes to prepare, making these biscuits the perfect snack before or after a workout, or to perk you up when the 3pm slump hits. Gently spiced with cinnamon and scattered with plump raisins, one protein cookie has only 377kJ (90 calories). Keep one in your bag for an instant pick-me-up minus the processed sugars.

What ingredients go into protein biscuits?

Protein powders are highly concentrated sources of protein that are either animal or plant-based. Designed to assist with building muscle, they can be an effective way to increase your protein intake if you struggle to get enough in your day. Instead of refined sugar, this recipe uses monk fruit sweetener, which is made from a fruit by the same name. It's a no-calorie natural sweetener that doesn’t have the aftertaste of other sugar substitutes.

How does this recipe for high protein cookies work?

These protein cookies are made using four bananas, and because this fruit is about 74 percent water, it not only adds flavour and fibre to our cookies, it also helps provide the moisture in these snacks. The other main ingredient, Coles Perform Vanilla Plant Protein Powder, is free from animal products and has no artificial colours, flavours or preservatives. Its vanilla flavour works well with the bananas and oats. A combination of wholemeal and chickpea flour provides just enough gluten to give structure and prevent the cookies from becoming crumbly. And finally, we use no-added-sugar crunchy peanut butter, but you could use smooth. 

Tips for making the best protein powder cookies

Use bananas that are ripe enough, so they are easily mashed. Place them in a bowl and use the back of a fork to mash until smooth. Make sure you stir the ingredients in the bowl until they are just combined. Although there isn’t a large amount of gluten in the recipe, you still don’t want to overwork it. The protein cookie dough mixture will be quite sticky, which is why we recommend using wet hands to roll into balls. Place the cookies about 3cm apart on the tray to allow the cookies to spread as they’re cooking. In order for the cookies to cook evenly, swap the trays from their racks halfway through cooking and allow the cookies to cool completely on the trays to become firm.  

Love this recipe?

Enjoying our protein cookie recipe? Normally when we think high protein we think red meat. But protein can come from lots of sources, like these healthy tuna pea sweet potato cakes or our healthy chicken and veggie nuggets. The protein comes from whiting fillets in this crispy fish tacos recipe, and from lentils and tofu in this vegan healthy lentil and mushroom sweet potato pie.