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Are you looking for the best Almond Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies made entirely gluten and grain free? You are in the right place! These cookies are crispy edges on the outside, soft on the inside, slightly buttery and sprinkled with dark chocolate chips.
I can admit that my kids have become addictive to those cookies, and same thing goes for my Instagram viewers. Fear not baking them to your kids, too! This amazing recipe has on-hand ingredients, can be done in a couple of minutes and pairs well with your morning coffee.
Best Almond Flour Cookies
Why is Gluten-Free Almond Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies the Best Option?
What’s better than a sweet yet healthy chocolate chip cookies? Almond flour and honey are two secret ingredients in these crisp and tender cookies.
Baking these simple ingredients ends up in a rich breakfast for kids accompanied by a glass of milk. I have made these cookies for my kids time and time again! My sister in law then gave her kids a try and they were surprised that they are OK to enjoy as much cookies as they want. Well, everything has limits, but why not splurge on a healthier snack 🙂
How Good is Almond Flour?
Almond flour, the base of these cookies, can be found in the baking aisle or bob’s red mill food section in grocery stores. It gives the classic wheat flour’s protein and structure while preserving the cookie’s chewy center. If you prefer a stronger almond taste, toast the almond flavor in a dry skillet over low heat until it is aromatic and golden and let it cool completely before using.
By adding healthy fats and delicious flavor, the cookies are kept gluten-free. To get the best results, be sure to only use almond flour for it affects the cookies’ overall flavor and texture, which is not present in all-purpose wheat flour.
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Ingredients for this Delicious Recipe
Dry Ingredients
Wet Ingredients
The Perfect Weekday Treat
How To Prepare these Cookies?
- Preheat oven to 350°F
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper
- In a bowl of a stand mixer, add the coconut oil, honey, coconut brown sugar, eggs, vanilla and whisk together. Clean the whisk off with a spatula then add in the almond flour, baking powder and mix all together using a spatula until well combined.
- Fold in the chocolate chips with a wooden spoon until well combined.
- Using a spoon, scoop out dough and place a large spoonful on parchment paper. The dough may be a tad sticky; you can use your fingers to slide the dough down onto the baking sheet.
- Bake between 13-15 minutes or until done. The dough will be soft.
- Allow the cookies to cool for 10 minutes.
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What is Better to Use, Almond Flour or Almond Meal?
Although ground almonds are the basic ingredient in both almond flour and almond meal, there are a few significant differences between the two. Almonds that have been blanched and ground into a finer flour are usually used to make almond flour. However, unblanched almonds are typically ground into a coarser flour to make almond meal.
In many recipes, you cannot substitute almond meal and almond flour, but you may with these cookies.
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Frequently Asked Questions
I advise replacing the coconut oil with additional butter. The cookies won’t have the right texture because vegetable oil doesn’t have the same qualities as coconut oil.
Your freshly prepared cookies can be frozen for later. Wait until they are totally cold before transferring them to an airtight container or reusable freezer-safe zip lock bag lined with wax or parchment paper. The shelf life of cookies is up to two months.
Cookies can last chewy and soft for at least a week. The only significant storage consideration is to wait until the cookies are totally cool before putting them in an airtight container or cookie jar.
Since the gluten that holds other sorts of cookies together is removed when using almond flour, almond flour cookies are more likely to crumble than other types of cookies.
Instead, we will tie the cookies together so they don’t crumble using an egg and a tiny bit of cornstarch.
Steps for the Best Almond Flour Cookies
OTHER RECIPES YOU MAY WANT TO TRY:
- Oatmeal Raisin Cookies (soft)
- Baked Cream Cheese Glazed Pumpkin Spice Donuts
- Chocolate Parfait Fluff
- 5 Ingredient Dairy Free Pancakes
- No Bake Marshmallow Crunch Cookies
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies
- Gooey Marshmallow Chocolate Cookies
- Easy Christmas Butter Cookies
- Homemade Apple Pie Spice Blend
- Gluten-Free Almond Flour Banana Cake
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Almond Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups almond flour, blanched
- 2 eggs
- ¼ cup coconut brown sugar, or replace it with honey
- ¼ cup honey
- ¼ cup coconut oil, melted
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ cup chocolate chips
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper
- In a bowl add the coconut oil, honey, coconut brown sugar, eggs, vanilla and whisk together. Clean the whisk off with a spatula then add in the almond flour, baking powder and mix all together using a spatula until well combined.
- Fold in the chocolate chips until well combined.
- Using a spoon, scoop out dough and place a large spoonful on parchment paper. The dough may be a tad sticky, you can use your fingers to slide the dough down onto the baking sheet.
- Bake between 13-15 minutes or until done. Dough will be soft, so allow the cookies to cool for 10 minutes.
Notes
- To prevent the cookies from spreading too much during baking, place the dough in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- Keep the butter out at room temperature until it becomes soft but not melted. By spreading out, the cookies become soft and chewy rather than round and cake-like.
- After taking the cookies out of the oven, let them cool for a while. If you move them to a cooling rack too soon after cooking, they could break because they are so delicate when hot.
Literally obsessed with this recipe! My fav dessert is chocolate chip cookies. When I tried this recipe, I fell in love with it! I make them all the time now and even had my family try them who eat unhealthy stuff all the time and they said they were delicious and were surprised that it was a healthy cookie. Thank you for sharing this recipe!
Hi!! This makes me so happy!! These almond flour cookies are very popular in my house and many of my friends and family love it! Thank you so much for your feedback!
This recipe has become a staple in my house hold. It is pretty much the only cookie I bake by my children’s request. They absolutely love this recipe and say it is the best chocolate chip cookie recipe I have ever baked.
It has been great even for breakfast sometimes since it is so clean.
I also started adding a dash of salt to it and it enhances all the flavors. I rarely go one week without making these. Can’t tell you how much I appreciate your work and recipes.
I wanna try These Almond Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies but i have a question, can i use wheat flower instead of almond flower?
I would stick to almond flour for this specific recipe! The wheat flour will require different measurements that will need some playing around with 🙂
Made these today and my husband loooved them. I like how simple and accurate your recipes are. Thanks
So glad your husband enjoyed the healthier version almond flour chocolate chip cookies!! 🙂
I tried these today hoping to conquer my sweet tooth while trying to eat a little healthier. Omg! They are way better than I expected. Absolutely delicious.
I added a dash of sea salt because I love to taste a little salt in my cookies. It enhanced the cookie even more. This is definitely a recipe that I will be using over and over. ❤❤
Hi Tiffany! These cookies are very popular amongst my family and friends and they love them! The great part is their kids do too. Thank you for stopping by to give me your feedback!
❤️ Lama
After I read the reviews, i jumped to my kitchen and made these cookies and OMG they were incredibly delicious. Disappeared in seconds
I encourage anyone to try this healthy version cookie recipe because it is that good! Makes me happy you tried it and liked it!!
Perfect cookies. My kids loved them sooo much. I love how accurate your recipes are. They never disappoint
These cookies were out of the world delicious! And I love the fact that they are healthy and made with almond flour. Thank you Lama. You always have something special to share
They are one of our favorites!! Thank you! 🙂