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.
Alayna says
Hi Elana!
I love your posts and live in the Denver metro and was wondering where you buy your grass fed butter?
Thanks so much :)
Patricia says
Elana, you’ve done it again; these cookies are delicious! I think I made mine a little too big,so they were crispy on the outside but delightfully chewy on the inside. They do spread out as they cook. I left them to cool for the 15 mins and then transferred to a cooling rack, as they were a little moist underneath. I agree with Elana, they don’t last long enough to store LOL!
Lorain says
I have always used the recipe like this but with grape seed oil. This recipe called for 1/2cup less of almond flour than that original recipe, but I added the extra half cup (2.5 cups total) as my batter was very thin. I have always also baked them for a longer time as I prefer a crunchy cookie. Just took them out of the oven and cooled just enough to taste test one with hubby. Yummy. The grape seed oil ones are thicker but these are pretty good.
I find they taste best when completely cool, when they are warm I don’t really lie them but look the heck out once they cool.
I freeze mine and just eat them frozen…they are super crunchy then!
Jennifer L. says
I always use coconut sugar mixed with a little water in your chocolate chip recipes and they turn out perfectly. Switching up the oils works too. I mostly alternate between butter and coconut oil. Thanks for your recipes!
Julie says
I love making your original chocolate chip cookie and I am excited to try your new recipe using butter. Butter continues to be a staple at my house. Have you tried making and cooking with ghee? It is another wonderful fat.
Patricia says
How should I store the cookies and how long do they last?
Can they be reheated in the microwave
Elana Amsterdam says
Hi Patricia, my boys and their friends usually gobble the cookies up the same day that I bake them so I rarely get to store them. When I do, I either leave them out on a plate on the counter, or place them in some sort of container that is not sealed (they will become mushy if stored in an air tight container), and put them in my pantry. I don’t own a microwave so not sure if reheating them in one would work. If you try that I hope you’ll stop back by and leave a comment to let us know! :-)
Klaudia says
I start to drool just at the sight of these cookies! I wasn’t planning to go Paleo anytime soon, but who knows now… :))
ceciltoder says
Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies is my favorite fast food. I like this Cookies.
Sandra says
Hi everyone!
I’m wondering what kind of chocolate chips or discs elana uses in her recipes? When I click on her link for chocolate chunks it leads me to chocosphere website but shows an error on the page. Thank you. Sandra
Kristen says
She buys them from Amazon they are from Dagabo organic dark chocolate
PS says
Just wanted to throw out there as a caveat that anyone who is doing a stricter Paleo diet, especially if for health reasons, should probably NOT purchase the chocolate chunks Elana uses/endorses. They contain cane sugar and as such are not only not Paleo, but cane sugar causes inflammatory issues for a lot of people with autoimmune issues. Cane sugar has also been tied to a lot of other health problems.
A lot of chocolate products also contain soy lecithin, which is also not Paleo.
Go Raw sells chocolate squares made from cacao and agave, but they are pretty expensive. There are recipes out there on how to make your own chocolate sweetened with honey or other alternatives, it takes a little digging but may be worth it.
Ultimately, do what’s right for you and make sure you go forth with an informed opinion :-)
Kari says
You are not kidding about these being the “Best”. They are so good. The recipe worked as written for us (I baked 10 minutes). Thank you for nutrient-dense recipes.