Cricket Protein Cookies

Yes you did read that right! This recipe uses cricket protein powder in the cookie batter! Don’t worry, its ground up very fine and you can’t taste it. The chocolate chips, oatmeal, and some coconut sugar (or regular sugar) make the cricket powder unrecognizable. These cookies are very delicious, healthy, and protein packed. This article segment from Healthline tells us us a bit more about Cricket ‘powder’;

“Made from ground crickets, cricket flour — or more accurately, powder — is very high in protein. In fact, research shows that cricket protein is comparable to protein of skinless chicken breast. That’s because crickets are about 58 to 65 percent protein per bug. For fitness lovers to kitchen experimenters, this protein count makes cricket flour a valuable ingredient for enhancing workout snacks or treats beyond the average white-flour recipe.

Plus, it’s packed with vitamins and minerals.

It contains comparable amounts of the energy-boosting vitamin B-12, at 24 micrograms per 100 grams. This is around 10 timesTrusted Source as much as salmon. Cricket flour also contains the essential mineral iron, at 6 to 11 milligrams per 100 grams — more than twiceTrusted Source the amount as spinach.”

If you would like to read more about cricket ‘powder’ on Healthline click here: https://www.healthline.com/health/food-nutrition/cricket-flour-nutrition#cricket-flour-nutrients

Cricket powder is quite expensive, so I do not recommend using it daily. If you would like to purchase the cricket powder that I used to make this recipe on amazon click here: https://www.amazon.com/Protein-Premium-Cricket-Powder-flour/dp/B07FFV9YNR/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=buds+cricket+powder&qid=1616185078&sr=8-3

If you still aren’t sure about trying these cookies, watch this video of people trying them without actually knowing there are crickets in it!

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup organic unbleached (you can use regular) flour
• 1/4 cup cricket flour (powder)
• 1/2 cup organic rolled oats
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
• 1/2 cup unsalted room temperature butter/margarine
• 3/4 cup organic coconut palm sugar (you can use regular)
• 1 egg (room temperature)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste (or just extract)
• 1 cup dark chocolate chips
• (optional) Fleur de sel, for garnish

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375F
2. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper, and set aside (you can use cooking spray, but you may have to scrape a little cookie off)
3. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, cricket flour, oats, baking soda, baking powder, and salt
4. In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat together the butter, coconut sugar, egg, and the vanilla bean paste (or extract) until light and fluffy
5. Add the flour mixture to the creamed butter mixture, and beat again until flour is just mixed in
6. Remove the mixing bowl from the stand mixer and fold in the chocolate chips
7. Scoop the dough onto the prepared cookie sheet(s), leaving about 1-2 inches of space between each scoop
8. Bake for 10-11minutes, until the edges of the cookies are a bit golden
9. Remove from the oven, sprinkle with Fleur de sel, and allow the cookies to cool completely on the cookie sheets

Notes

This recipe makes around 20-24 cookies. Fleur de sel is a type of sea salt, it is very small and delicate. Recipe from Mona Zavosh.