This gluten-free, naturally-sweetened chocolate chip cookies recipe has just 7 ingredients. Go ahead, try one.
This is one of the first chocolate chip cookie recipes that I created. Two subsequent recipes for gluten free chocolate chip cookies that I think are even better than this one include my Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies, here on this website, and my all time favorite gluten-free, dairy-free chocolate chip cookie recipe in The Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook.
For those of you that were wondering, I use this website as a journal for the recipes that I write. I love all of my recipes, I test them all numerous times, however, it is only the most special and unique recipes that make it into my cookbooks. And, by the way, every recipe that goes into my cookbooks is tested by numerous people, including professional recipe testers. Sometimes recipes are tested upwards of 50 times before they make it into my books.
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 2½ cups blanched almond flour (not almond meal)
- ¼ teaspoon celtic sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- 10 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup agave nectar or honey
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl
- Stir together wet ingredients in a small bowl
- Mix wet ingredients into dry
- Form 1-inch balls and press onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet
- Bake at 350°F for 7-10 minutes
- Cool and serve
* Please note: Bob’s Red Mill almond flour does not yield successful results when used in this and my other recipes. For more information regarding this matter please see my FAQs.
JoyandEm says
Something went very wrong when we made cookies with this recipe, still trying to figure it out!! BUT the good news is the dough made great clay for our dough snow man:)
Christina says
Hi Elana! Can you use any other type of flour besides almond flour because I’m having a hard time finding almond flour other then the Bob’s Red Mill brand. Thanks!
Ellen Paulson says
Christina, I have only used Bob’s Red Mill and we love this cookies. I have no idea how they could be better with the different types of Almond Flour that Elana uses…and I mean no disrespect to her as the professional, but I am thrilled with these cookies using the Red Mill flour.
Heather says
These are by far THE BEST Gluten free chocolate chip cookie I have made. They are the only ones I have made that don’t get hard after they cool. My kids love them! We used them along with non-dairy ice cream, to make GF/CF ice cream sandwich, they held up great and retained a bit of softness even when frozen.
Alisha Shilling says
Elena,
The chocolate chip cookies are amazing! I haven’t ate a cookie in 8 months since finding out I am a celiac. My 3 year old daughter made these cookies with me which was fun because the recipe is so easy to follow and clean up – important with a busy toddler and 2 other kids :) I savored every chewy bite of this cookie! The texture of flavor of these are perfect and kid approved! This whole site is such a lifeline..I feel like I still celebrate and enjoy the occasional treats or holiday goodies now. I just got your cupcake book yesterday and will be baking some for a birthday party this weekend! Cupcakes are my hobby too, but became something I do for everyone else – not us anymore! So this weekend also will be the first in a long time I will actually get to eat what I bake! Now..I am just rambling or whining, but nonetheless, I wanted to say thank you for me and my little family!
Alisha
Gayle says
I feel so fortunate to have found this website (per the recommendation of my sister’s Doctor). My first recipe was the above chocolate chip cookies and there was nothing stopping me from making these cookies! Not even the fact that I bought Bob’s Almond Flour. Realizing my mistake, i upped the flour to 2 3/4 and reduced the butter to 8 tablespoons. Also added 1/2 cup walnuts and a few tablespoons flaxseed (why not?). I followed the recipe above however, fitted parchment paper into a 7×10 pan and made chocolate chip brownies. They were incredibly good and provided the incentive to buy the right almond flour online this evening.
Thank you Elana!!
Sandy says
I’ve made these cokies, and they taste great, but the consistency is off. They are very, very soft – so soft they break when I pick them up. The recipe states that they should be formed into a ball – no way. Mine bloop off the spoon onto the cookie tray. I am using almond flour purchased from Nuts Online. Am I doing something wrong?
Lesli says
I wish someone had told me this earlier (i finally found it online), but for me, the problem was that the flour needed to be “packed” when measured. Mine were floppy until I packed it down, ie adding more flour. Hope that helps you, too.
Sandy says
Jeepers – I just noticed I spelled “cookies” wrong. :)
Thanks for the tip. I’ll have to try that another time. Do you always have to pack down almond flour? Kind of like packing down brown sugar?
elana says
Sandy,
For more information on measuring almond flour please see my almond flour ingredient page.
Best,
Elana
Kylegh says
Just made these for the first time. Amazing! I only had the Bob’s almond flour but they still were excellent. I can’t wait to try them with other brands of almond flour and I can’t wait to get Elana’s cookbook! Since I started trying to eat “paleo” 2 weeks ago, I can really tell a difference in the way I feel, but I knew I would miss my treats, so I am thrilled to have this recipe. I am wondering if anyone who has made this has tried coconut/palm sugar. I thought it might result in a crispier cookie. Next I will try the brownies!
Thanks so much for a fantastic web site!
Emily says
I know this is an old post, but I just wanted to thank you so much for this recipe! For some reason gluten free grain-based anything has been giving my system fits since my first trimester. It was so nice to, at 6 months now, have a small treat tonight that didn’t shock my system, and my finicky eater of a partner (he’s a meat, and potatoes, and white sugar, please and thank you, kind of guy) kept giving me sad faces for not being able to have more.
I appreciate you keeping the recipe around!
Isa Norris says
Made those cookies today and they were voted best cookies ever!
Thanks for a fantastic recipe!
Lynn Stein says
Hi Elana,
These cookies look AMAZING! Do you know if I can I make these cookies using coconut butter instead of cow’s butter?
Thanks!
Lynn