I’ve been on a gluten free diet for over 25 years. During that time, I’ve developed the best recipe for Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies with Almond Flour you’ll ever find.
Best Recipe for Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies with Almond Flour
I live with a family of cookie monsters, so if you need a recipe for healthy cookies, you’ve come to the right place.
Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipes that are Gluten Free
Like everything I prepare, this Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe is gluten free, and it’s also my husband’s favorite!
Whenever I make a batch, he grabs one and asks, “is this the cookies recipe with butter?” Yes, it is! Butter gives these healthy cookies a rich creamy flavor with the perfect mouthfeel. that’s why my family craves, Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies with Almond Flour when I’m baking.
Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies with Almond Flour
Ingredients
- 2 cups blanched almond flour (not almond meal)
- ½ teaspoon celtic sea salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup salted butter, room temperature
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup maple syrup
- ½ cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- In a food processor, combine almond flour, salt, and baking soda
- Pulse in butter, vanilla, and maple syrup until dough forms
- Remove blade from processor and stir in chocolate chips by hand
- Scoop dough one tablespoon at a time onto two parchment paper lined baking sheets
- Bake at 350°F for 7-10 minutes
- Cool for 15 minutes (do not handle prior or cookies will break)
- Serve
Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe Simple
Of course, delicious food is a must. But easy recipes are a close second.
Cookie Recipes That are Easy
Made with 5 ingredients (plus salt and baking soda) the dough for these simple chocolate chip cookies can be thrown together in under 10 minutes. Almond flower for Gluten Free baking is such an underrated weapon in your pantry.
Recipe for Healthy Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
After delicious and easy comes nutritious, but your family will never know these are anything but melt-in-your-mouth delicious.
Why the obsession with healthy gluten free cookies? Read on!
Diagnosed with Celiac Disease in 1990s
I began focusing on gluten free recipes in the 1990s.
Unfortunately, the gluten free diet was not enough to heal my gut. I took things a step further, eliminating rice, quinoa, potatoes, and corn which helped give me some relief from digestive issues and multiple sclerosis symptoms.
The Grain Free Diet
At that point, I went on a strict grain-free diet.
I became even more committed to this way of life when my son was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2001.
Diet restrictions for a little one are super tough, so I made it my mission to create delicious healthy treats for my 3 year old kiddo –he’s now 24 years old!
My easy recipes for dessert were created for him, and they are all gluten-free, grain-free, and lower carb.
What Is the Paleo Diet?
Decades ago, before it was called the paleo diet, we simply referred to the way we eat as grain free and healthy.
Keto Diet and Intermittent Fasting
My eating plan has continued to evolve over the years. Paleo friendly potatoes and rice make me incredibly ill, and I thrive with a higher level of healthy fat, so I moved over to the keto diet.
I also find intermittent fasting now and then helps to control my inflammation levels.
Biochemical Individuals
We’re all bio-chemical individuals and need to listen to our bodies. To put it simply, I eat food that makes me feel good, and it just so happens all of that food is grain-free. So are my cookie recipes!
Cookie Recipes Healthy
My easy homemade cookies recipes take dessert to the next level because they’re filled with a variety of wholesome ingredients.
And in my healthy cookies with chocolate chips, I use the best organic dark chocolate to keep blood sugar levels stable.
Healthy Gluten Free Cookies with Almond Flour
What else goes into keeping this treat wholesome? Making cookies with almond flour instead of high glycemic white flour!
Healthiest Cookie Recipes
So, while at one time the term “healthy cookies” may have seemed like an oxymoron, that is no longer the case.
My gluten free cookies with almond flour are fabulous because they’re:
- Low Carb
- High Protein
- Nutrient Dense
- Gluten Free
- Full of Fiber
Recipe for Gluten-Free Cookies with Almond Flour
Using this vitamin rich base in my cookie recipes means baking with fewer ingredients while upping the flavor.
I also focus on using small amounts of natural sweeteners to keep my cookie monsters healthy.
Gluten-Free Recipes for Cookies
Here are my favorite gluten free recipes for cookies. I hope you love them as much as we do!
Recipe for Snickerdoodles Cookies
My mouth is watering just thinking about Snickerdoodles warm out of the oven.
This low carb, gluten free confection is made with a base of almond flour and sweetened with honey.
Bonus –antioxidant rich cinnamon helps control glucose levels, and this recipe is egg free and dairy free!
Cookies Recipe Peanut Butter
Creamy Peanut Butter Cookies made with honey and vanilla that are ready to devour in 15 minutes? Yes, please.
My classic vegan cookies with peanut butter will have the whole family begging for another batch.
Nice and crisp around the edges, yet deliciously soft on the inside, you’d never know this is one of the healthiest cookie recipes around!
Cookies with Chocolate Recipe
Rich, creamy dark chocolate and pecans are found in every scrumptious bite of my Chocolate Decadence Cookies.
This recipe for simple cookies is the ideal celiac friendly indulgence, with almond flour, maple syrup, vanilla, and a double dose of chocolate in the batter that’s ready quicker than the oven can heat up.
Part of a heart-healthy diet, dark chocolate is flavanol-rich in disease-fighting antioxidants.
Cookie Recipes Tollhouse
Growing up, I came home every day after school and baked cookies.
In fact, I loved baking so much that by the time I was in high school, I used the Tollhouse Cookie Recipe to make batch after batch of treats. I sold these homemade goodies during my breaks from teaching tennis lessons at the local tennis club.
I loved that wonderful Tollhouse cookie recipe, but it did not love me back, so I created my own healthy version.
Healthiest Cookie Recipes
With only 7 ingredients, my Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies with Almond Flour are easier to make than Toll House cookies and just as good! Now my special recipe is yours too!
This recipe for Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies with Almond Flour is an oldie but goodie from the archives. I first shared it in 2015.
Elizabeth Gibbs says
Elana,
Just wanted to say again that I SO appreciate your calm, sensible take on Paleo and eating in general. I love your book, your recipes and your energy. I call myself Paleo-friendly (I avoid the word diet :-). After trial and error, I’ve found that for bread – which I did miss during my initial Paleo phase, my best best is anything made with Sourdough culture. My body loves it and I do too. Pretty much everything else is Paleo-centric. I first heard of you on the Faith Middleton show on our local NPR channel in CT – bought your book, tried your ideas and poof! digestive issues cleared, weight dropped off like magic and energy UP!
Keep up the great work!!!! Wishing optimal health to you and your family.
Christina says
Okay, in less than two hours from receipt of email with this recipe, my family was devouring them! Yep, these are our new favorite Paleo chocolate chip cookie!! Wow! Really fantastic! Thin but chewy – not sure how you managed that! Yum!!! Thanks for another winner!
Holly says
Will someone please report back after they make these as I know Elana doesn’t answer these posts anymore. I would like to know if these are chewy, soft and crumbly or crispy. Everyone likes their cookies a certain way-me included! I just hate to waste expensive ingredients if these cookies don’t fit the profile I’m looking for. My family prefers crispy/chewy over soft/crumbly. Thanks in advance for the feedback!
Tiina says
I made these today. I had just over a cup of almond flour, so I halved the recipe, but then tweaked the amounts of butter and baking soda up a bit. Also, I use Bob’s Red Mill which Elana does not endorse in her recipes. That said, these are so delicious. I could have finished off the batter raw. I cooked mine the full 10 minutes so the bottom was nice and brown – crispy enough for me. Mine were thin, probably because I wasn’t exact in my measurements but the thinness made them a little crispier too. I think the recipe is a winner.
Sandra g carpenter says
I made them today and cooked them til they were a little browner than Elanas picture showed. I would add more like 3/4 c chocolate chips. Use a one TBS ice cream scooper. Covered the bottom of a glas s with wet paper towel to press round scoops flat. Lightly as she suggested. I am hoping that they will stay as crispy as they are today. I have stored them in an airtight container. They are crispy and Delish. And do as she says, cool them 15 mins on baking sheet then m15 on a rack. They are the best I have ,add. BUT if you are a Cheney cookie fan then these are not for you.
wish I could paste a picture here….
Lori says
Thank you for the post about grass fed butter and the video! I am addicted to the stuff. Wish I could find it raw, but at least our co-op carries grass fed butter. It is so amazingly tasty that i can eat it right off the knife. In fact, i actually CRAVE the stuff. Must need some of the nutrition that is in it.
Christina says
Your recipes are always the best so I cannot wait to make these! My fav Paleo chocolate chip recipe so far has used butter and maple syrup so I have a feeling these will be our new favorite!!! Yummy! Thank you!
youngbaker2002 says
so glad that your into butter. looking forward to all of your new recipes!
Marlise says
Hi Elena, I would appreciate a drink station/ barbecue post as I always struggle to host people eating regular diets. I do not want do compromise my own diet but also not serve “strange” food to them:-)
Laura ~ Raise Your Garden says
I always think that when a recipe passes the husband test, that is the husband is swooning and asking for more, you know you got a winner! I’m excited to try these. I’m learning the same thing about myself, my diet is constantly evolving!!! But I feel like I’m always striving to make changes for the better, so like you said, I feel better!
Laura says
What a wonderfully simple recipe! Can’t wait to make these cookies this weekend!
Marisa says
Can I substitute butter for oil or shortening ? Same amount?
Penina says
* Drinks Station post please!*
Joyce says
Elana,
I notice that many paleo “grain free” recipes call of tapioca flour. What is your view of using tapioca flour in addition to coconut or almond flour?
thanks,
Joyce
Elana Amsterdam says
Hi Joyce, as I mentioned above I view the Paleo diet as a flexible template that is perfect for customization. Personally, I don’t eat tapioca starch or flour as it is something I don’t digest well. :-)
tracy says
yes, please! :)