What to do with leftover egg whites? Flax Seed Cookie gluten-free 4 ingredients
A favourite way to use up leftover egg whites is to make cookies. This new recipe 4 ingredients Flax Cookies is gluten-free, 10 minutes to whip up and tastes delicious, not too sweet. Made using ground flax seeds, 2 egg whites, white sugar and a little coconut. This egg white cookie recipe is a variation on a number of other cookie recipes I have. See the links below for my other left-over egg white cookie recipes.
Prep. takes = 10 minutes
Rest time = 10 minutes
Bakes = 10 minutes
Makes = 20 small cookies
Ingredients 4
- Egg whites – 2
- Sugar –100g (1/2 cup)
- Desiccated coconut – 40g (1/2 cup)
- Ground flax seeds – 100g (1 cup)
Method
- Whip egg whites in a bowl with electric beaters until slightly stiff and soft peaks form.
- Add in sugar, coconut and ground flax seeds and gently fold in using a spatula or wooden spoon.
- Prehat the oven 200˚C or 180˚C fan forced. Pop the cookie dough in the fridge for 10 minutes while you wait for the oven to heat up. Prepare a large lined baking tray.
- Using a teaspoon scoop out the cookie dough and roll it in your hands to form a smmoth ball and flatten slightly. If your mixture or hands ar esticky have a small bowl of water nearby and dip your hands in that after a few rolls.
- Bake for 10 minutes. Then cool on the tray for 15-30 minutes, then place on a cooling rack unitl completely cool. Store at room temperature for about 5-7 days or freezer for about 2 months.