It’s back-to-school time for us. My oldest started kindergarten this year. After the first few days of eating school lunches, he decided that he wanted to start taking his lunch to school. We took some time on Pinterest looking at lunch ideas that were healthy and easy to prepare. Surprisingly, or maybe not so surprisingly, a lot of them had prepackaged snacks that are fairly high in sugar. Sugar makes my guy crazy. Like demon-possessed, writhing on the floor crazy. But I knew that he would want a treat for after his lunch. So, I whipped up a batch of these. Yes, they have sugar, but about half the amount of a normal cookie recipe. I also use almond flour which is high in protein. We call this recipe a “better bad” recipe. Yes, they are cookies. Yes, they are a treat. But they aren’t loaded with a huge amount of sugar and white flour and they have no preservatives.

Did I mention that they are super easy to make? Yeah, that’s pretty much a requirement in our house these days. Just a few ingredients thrown together in a bowl and you have yourself a batch of really tasty cookies. And I promise that your kids won’t know that you skimped out on the sugar.

These are my favorite (and affordable) silicone baking mats.

Note: Depending on the consistency of your nut butter, you may need more or less coconut flour. I usually mix everything together except the coconut flour and then add as much as necessary to make a soft dough.