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Every once in awhile, there is a food that we really miss from our pre-real food lifestyle. Like the kids’ desire for waffles. Or my love of Chinese food.
I’m not willing to throw healthy eating out the window just for the sake of a craving though, so I usually come up with a healthy alternative that we can enjoy. Chocolate chip cookies are the only dessert my husband likes, so I occasionally make these for him on birthdays or special occasions.
Almond Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies
This easy recipe can be made in under 30 minutes and tastes very similar to traditional chocolate chip cookies, but without all the grains, refined sugars, and fake fats. They’re slightly crisp on the outside and soft and chewy on the inside.
For the flour, I use blanched almond flour. The blanching lowers the phytic acid content, but I still wouldn’t recommend these if you are working on healing your teeth.
Other than that, everything about this recipe is pretty straightforward. It can be easily doubled and the dough freezes well. I suggest rolling it into balls and freezing them individually on a parchment-lined baking sheet before putting them in a container in the freezer.
More Healthy(ish) Dessert Ideas
Alright, no matter how healthy the ingredients are, a dessert should still be treated as an occasional treat. That being said, these are some of our favorite desserts that I don’t feel at all bad about serving once in a while:
- Berry cobbler
- Carrot cake made with coconut flour
- Dairy-free panna cotta
- Fresh fruit with whipped cream
- Lemon bars — not my recipe, but it made me realize that there’s definitely a lemon-shaped hole in the recipe collection
- Pineapple upside-down cake made with coconut flour
- Strawberry gelato — dairy optional
Here’s the full list my healthy dessert recipes for your baking/making pleasure!
Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups almond flour
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼-1/3 cup cane sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- ½ cup butter (or coconut oil, softened)
- 1 egg
- 1 TBSP vanilla extract
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- In a medium size bowl, mix together the almond flour, baking soda, sugar, and salt.
- Add the softened butter or coconut oil (or a mix of both) and stir well by hand until mixed. It should form a thick dough that is hard to stir.
- Add the egg and vanilla and mix well. This should make the dough easier to mix. If needed, add a teaspoon or two of milk or water to thin. Finished dough should be easy to form.
- Add the chocolate chips and stir by hand until incorporated.
- Form the dough into tablespoon size balls and place on a cookie sheet.
- Bake for 10 minutes or until tops are starting to brown. The centers will be somewhat soft, but they will firm up a bit as they cool.
- Let cool at least 5 minutes and serve.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
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Very Good…will make again and again.
I’m making these now. So excited! My first homemade gluten-free cookies 🙂 I noticed you don’t put in the directions when to add the vanilla extract, so I added it with the egg. I hope they come out okay! I couldn’t get blanched almond flour, just Trader Joe’s almond meal.
Yep, with the eggs… enjoy!
It took 20 min in my oven (it’s notoriously bad), but they are delicious! My boyfriend thought they were “meh” but he eats plenty of grains and refined sugars, and is well known for not having any kind of refined palate.
Hi – i absolutely love your recipes – thanks so much for sharing them with us. Do you have any suggestions for a (nutritious) substitute for almond flour? My son has a nut allergy. Will coconut flour work as well in most of your recipes? Thank you.
It will but you won’t use as much and the conversion is different depending on the type recipe. I’ll work on trying to post the variations soon though…
Yeah i added vanilla but it didnt say to and the consistency is not dough like its very soft…lets hope they come out good
My daughter and I made these cookies a few days ago and I just have to say they are the best gluten free, almond flour cookies I have ever made or tasted. I’ve wasted alot of $$ and ingredients over the years trying to find a gluten free cookie my family will love. This is it! Keep up the good work!!
So glad you guys enjoyed them as much as we do!
okay, these were amazing!! all 5 of my kids ate them as fast as I could get them out of the oven! thank you sooo much!
I followed the recipe with the exception of using xylitol instead of the sugar, but my cookies came out melted all over the pan. The 2nd batch I put the dough in the fridge which helped a bit, but not much. I did use the butter option. Any thoughts?
I’m not sure how it would work with the xylitol, but there can also be some variation in almond flour. Was your almond flour blanched?
Yes it was. I made my own with blanched almonds. Is that bad?
Not bad, but you might need more flour. I would guess that was the factor that made the difference, depending on how finely ground it was. The one I used in the test recipe was very finely ground and absorbed a lot of liquid…
Honeyville the best blanched almond flour
I’ve made a similar recipe using pureed dates in place of the sugar….combine 1 cup of dates with enough boiling water to cover the dates completely. Let sit for a couple of hours until the dates are soft. Puree in a food processor until smooth. Use the puree in place of sugar/honey/agave in recipes cup-for-cup. I haven’t found the little bit of extra moisture to affect the texture.
This sounds like a delicious and healthy alternative to my favorite treat. Thanks for sharing!
Have you tried the recipe that is like this but uses honey. The ingredient are:
2 cups blanched almond flour¼ teaspoon celtic sea salt½ teaspoon baking soda¼ cup vegan palm oil shortening2 tablespoons honey1 tablespoon vanilla extract½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chunks
Since they don’t have much honey and no sugar, I really don’t mind making these for my kids! They taste a lot like “normal” chocolate chip cookies.
you did not mention eggs in your recipe. Do you make the cookies without and if so, do they hold together ok? My son is allergic to dairy and eggs and I am allergic to gluten and soy. I have been trying to find recipes that everyone can eat… and are healthy – ish 😉
It does have an egg in there (it is added after the butter). I recently found out I can’t have eggs either so I’m working on some egg free recipes 🙂 Hoping to share them soon!
Hi I just tried your recipe and these really are the best cookies I have made! Regarding your comment about the eggs, I actually used a flax egg which is 1 Tbsp ground flax + 3 Tbsp water. It works about the same as an egg and the cookies turned out super.
Thanks for the recipe 🙂