The BEST Grain Free Chocolate Chip Cookie EVER
Do you love the ‘classic chocolate chip cookie' but need to eat grain-free? Well I'm about to make you very happy…
The taste is SO close to the originals that my kids ate 3 or 4 and I never heard the ‘what's different' question once!
There are many different reasons that you may be experimenting with grain-free recipes, but anyone who decides to go grain-free or dairy-free these days has it so much better than someone even a couple of years ago. Now you have SO much support and an amazing number of recipes and ideas available to you!
We tried this chocolate chip cookie recipe yesterday and honestly have never liked a grain-free cookie recipe more. Usually all you can taste is the nut flour or the coconut flour, but that wasn't the case in this recipe for some reason.
Grain-free Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 3 cups blanched almond flour
- 2 Tablespoons coconut flour
- 1 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon unrefined sea salt
- 1/2 cup unrefined cane sugar
- 1/2 cup coconut oil I used the refined/no flavor kind, melted it in a small saucepanfirst, and cooled it a bit before mixing with the eggs.
- 2 eggs beaten (from pastured chickens is best)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375* F. Whisk almond flour and coconut flour with salt, baking soda and sugar.
- In a separate bowl (I used my Beloved Bosch! Here's where to find one), beat coconut oil, eggs and vanilla together.
- Beat the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients, then fold in the chocolate chips. (Don't skip the step of mixing the wet and dry ingredients separately before beating them together – this is especially important in grain-free recipes in my experience.)
- Spoon the batter onto a -lined baking sheet one tablespoon to two tablespoons at a time, and bake for 10 to 15 minutes until cooked through. (Watch the bottom so they don't get too brown and turn the oven temp down a little if needed. *See my recipe notes below.)
Notes
That's it, so simple!
Christin Brezil says
Are they chewy and dense? Or cakey?
Kelly the Kitchen Kop says
Hmmmm, I’m not sure how to describe it except to say they’re JUST like a “regular” chocolate chip cookie. So maybe a little cakey.
Esthela Carrasco Slater says
I am grain free and enjoy sweet grain free recipes. Thank you!
Gail says
And one more thing…:-) I love your blog! It’s an important addition to the community.
KitchenKop says
Thanks Gail!
Gail says
Oops. Meant to click on follow-up comments…
Gail says
I use Safari (not Internet Explorer), but I still can’t get the Bosch link to work. 🙁
KitchenKop says
I fixed it, thanks for letting me know!
Kelly
Dutchie says
Is it also possible to substitute the almondflour entirely for coconutflour or maybe another non-nutflour and would the ratio’s change? As I’m not really fond of nuts/nutflours….
Kelly the Kitchen Kop says
It’s worth a try, but I personally don’t think I’d like it as much. Let us know if you do try it!
Kelly
Michelle Goldstein says
This recipe looks great. Will need to try it. I use almond flour and coconut flour for several recipes, along with sprouted flours. Blanched almond flours have the outer skin of the almond removed, so it makes a better baked good. I believe it may be easier for digestion, also. The best price I have found is online ordering from Honeyville at http://www.honeyville.com. I order 5 lb packages of the blanched almond flour and store in the refrigerator. Hope that helps!
Laura says
Can you please tell what blanched almond flour is and does it have to be blanched?
KitchenKop says
I copied Jenny’s recipe so I’m not sure. I just used regular almond flour.
Kel
Brittany says
I’m replying months later – blanched means the almond skins have been taken off which gives better texture. Both work fine.
Commenter via Facebook says
Don’t get discouraged. You do a great job!
Commenter via Facebook says
Thanks Lori, I get discouraged at times with all the hours so that’s nice to hear now and then… 🙂
Commenter via Facebook says
Btw I’ve been really enjoying your blog lately.
Commenter via Facebook says
Thanks. We use that brand too! I’m going to try this.
Commenter via Facebook says
I use organic chocolate chips (whatever I can find) or ghiardelli (It’s too late to figure out how to spell that right).
Dara says
Found a great source for almond flour online! Just thought I’d pass it on…
https://www.goldalmonds.com/natural-gluten-free-almond-flour-meal/
Commenter via Facebook says
Have you used honey or maple syrup? What kind of chocolate chips do you use?
norma tumberg says
I use Really Raw Honey and Enjoy Life mini chips or chunks.
kristin konvolinka says
Hey Kelly, I have a question that is slightly off the subject of chocolate chip cookies. But since you mentioned using refined coconut oil…is there a nutritional difference between extra virgin coconut oil (the stuff with the coconut flavor) or the more refined flavorless oil? I often avoid cooking with the extra virgin stuff simply because I don’t want my food to taste like coconut, but it seems like everyone recommends the extra virgin (and way more costly) oil. What do you think?
KitchenKop says
Kristin,
Both have health benefits, but because the virgin coc oil is less refined, more of it’s beneficial properties are still intact.
So I use the virgin whenever I can (when the taste would go well with whatever I’m making), but otherwise I’ll use the refined coc oil or some other healthy fat in my cooking like butter, olive oil, ghee, tallow or lard. 🙂
Kelly
Commenter via Facebook says
This one make THE BEST pancakes. This recipe is for the plain, basic, but I’ve added a banana to make banana pancakes, and this morning, I added pumpkin. Delish. I won’t make another recipe.
Commenter via Facebook says
https://realsustenance.com/grain-free-waffles-guest-post-from-against-all-grain-glutendairyrefined-sugar-free/
amber jackson says
I just tried the link for the Bosch and it came up looking weird and jangled up on my windows phone. Just thought you would like to know. Thanks for the recipe it sounds delicious!
Susan says
Its the same way for me Amber everytime I click on a link that takes me to VGN. All the categories are are jumbled up and on top of each other and I can never see what it is I’m supposed to be looking for….
KitchenKop says
ACK! Thanks for telling me, I’ll make sure they know there’s a problem there!!!
norma tumberg says
the link worked fine for me. 🙂
KitchenKop says
OK, the VGN team tells me it may be an issue with those using an older version of the Internet Explorer browser. You can update it for free here:
https://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/info/downloads/default.html. If you try that, please let me know if it clears up you’re problem with the page.
THANK YOU!
Kel
norma says
I make these once a week. they are sooooo good and easy to make. do you make your own almond meal from soaked almonds?
KitchenKop says
Nope, I just bought the organic almond flour…