Update: I’ve created a video to show you how to make these gluten free and vegan chocolate chip cookies.
The other day I received a call from Kelly about a potluck at my children’s school. This superwoman who doubles as first grade room parent and I spoke about taking the “luck” out of potluck.
During our chat, we touched on the significance of children breaking bread together and sharing in the most important part of the meal – dessert! To accommodate the different dietary needs of the first graders in my son’s class, I developed a dairy-free, gluten free chocolate chip cookie recipe.
Kelly and I enlisted five moms to bake these tasty cookies for the potluck and I’ve posted the recipe here for them.
Chocolate Chip Cookies (Dairy Free/Gluten Free)
Ingredients
- 2½ cups blanched almond flour (not almond meal)
- ½ teaspoon celtic sea salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup grapeseed oil
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup agave nectar
- 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 recipe. For more information regarding this matter please see my FAQs.
Tamishia Clayborn says
Elana thank you so much I LOVE THIS COOKIE RECIPE SO MUCH!!!! It ALWAYS hits the spot! Thank you for your blog and recipes
Elana says
Tamishia, thanks for letting me know you LOVE THIS COOKIE RECIPE! Big hugs to you and yours :-)
Edith says
These are so good!! I made them on the spur of the moment so had to substitute grapeseed oil with coconut oil and agave with honey. The results were so amazing. Not sure what the original recipe is like (I’m sure its great!) but this one turned out so good. Love the salty touch too!
Elana says
Edith, thanks for letting me know these are so good!
Catherine Jenkins says
Can I use all purpose flour?
Elana says
Catherine, I haven’t eaten that since 1998 when I was diagnosed with celiac disease :-)
Norman C says
Hi Elena –
This is my first time writing, and I have to say what a huge fan I am! I have made this recipe more times than I can count – and it is the recipe that brought me to make countless others of your recipes – my baking staples are unblanced almond flour, celtic sea salt, and agave nectar!
My diet has shifted from a focus on Paleo to more of a traditional macro-focusing-calorie-counting approach – which has me taking a bigger look at my carbs, proteins, and fats. We’ll see how long this lasts, but my primary focus is my diabetes and blood sugar management (and weight loss).
In an attempt to lower the caloric intake of these delicious masterpieces, I took a try at using Monkfruit Sweetener. I used 2/3c granules (they’re 1:1 for sugar) +2tbsp water (because it was too dry) and the cookies took 18 minutes to bake and at least 20 minutes to cool enough to handle without crumbling. The flavor is good but the texture is crumbly and I had a lot of leftover batter after my usual 24 cookies. Any thoughts?
Elana says
Norman, thanks so much for your comment! I haven’t made these with monk fruit granules because those are primarily corn to which I’m highly allergic. I do have one recipe on my site that uses a low-carb sweetener which you might like.
https://elanaspantry.com/keto-brownies/
You may also want to take a look at this cookie recipe which has half the sugar of my others:
https://elanaspantry.com/crispy-chocolate-chip-cookies/
Or this one:
https://elanaspantry.com/primal-chocolate-chip-cookies/
I hope you’ll keep me posted on your low-carb adventures Norman!
Take care,
Elana
Sapna Yadav says
Very easy and simple receipe.
Elana says
Thanks Sapna!
Rose says
Can you please tell me if you can freeze these amazing cookies?
Elana says
Rose, I think it will work :-)
Lori says
I don’t have agave nectar or grapeseed oil. Can I use coconut oil and honey?
Elana says
Lori, I haven’t tried that so not sure. Here’s a link to all of my chocolate chip cookie recipes:
https://elanaspantry.com/chocolate-chip-cookie-recipes/
Let me know if you find something you like!
Elana
Sarah Ross says
They’re AMAZING with coconut oil.
Elana says
Thanks Sarah!
Linda says
Made these today with my granddaughter we both love them !!! Thanks for the recipe
Elana says
Linda, that makes my heart so happy! Baking with our children and grandies is the best :-)
Cari says
Here is the nutritional information
Pat says
Would love to have the nutritional info. How many calories? How many WW points?
Elana says
Pat, thanks so much for your comment! I provide nutrition information for all of the recipes in my 3 books :-)
Cari says
A family favorite, bar none!
Made it true today, for the first time ( I usually use blood orange infused olive oil and honey). Fantastic! So chewy and golden brown!
Elana says
Cari, thanks for letting me know this is a family favorite!
Cathy DiSanzo says
These are so, so good! I made them with coconut oil and maple syrup subs, and added a dash of cinnamon. Thank you for this simple, delicious recipe. My skeptical hubby loves them too.
Elana says
Cathy, thanks for letting me know these are so, so good!