Primal Chocolate Chip Cookies are made with high protein almond flour and naturally sweetened with honey. This incredible grain-free cookie is made with just 7 ingredients and will knock your socks off! No one will know this is a healthy cookie recipe!
There are so many forms of the grain-free diet. Primal. Paleo. Specific Carbohydrate Diet. GAPS. Call it what you want. I began the grain-free diet in 2001. I have adhered to it religiously ever since. When I began, I followed the Specific Carbohydrate Diet. And ever since then, I’ve been strictly grain-free. This is not a fad for me. It’s a way of life. When I started the grain-free diet, people thought the gluten-free diet was freakish.
Now there are so many of us on paleo diets. We’re gluten-free. We’re grain-free. We’re definitely not freaks. Now we’re merely a bit ahead of the curve. It wasn’t always like that.
The almond flour cookie recipe that I share with you today for a paleo chocolate chip cookie reminds me of the way I used to bake a decade ago. When I used honey quite often in my recipes. Call them what you want. Argue with what they’re called. It’s all semantics anyway. And I promise you. I won’t argue back. I just want you to enjoy the cookies.
Primal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 cups blanched almond flour (not almond meal)
- ¼ teaspoon celtic sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ cup palm shortening
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Combine almond flour, salt, and baking soda in a food processor
- Pulse in shortening, honey, and vanilla until dough forms
- Remove blade from processor and stir in chocolate chunks by hand
- Scoop dough one level tablespoon at a time onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet
- Press balls of dough down gently
- Bake at 350°F for 6-8 minutes
- Cool for 15 minutes (do not handle prior or cookies will break)
- Serve
If you want to make changes to this paleo cookie recipe, please do. Just leave a comment below to let us know how your substitutions and alterations turn out. I can’t do the testing for you. I’ve got two boys, and they keep me real busy. And they like to eat cookies that I bake from scratch. These cookies. Gluten-free cookies. Easy chocolate chip cookies. It just seems that all is right in the world when young men sit at the table eating cookies. So go ahead, enjoy the cookies!
What changes and substitutions will you make to these cookies to custom tailor them to your special diet needs? How do you think they’ll turn out?
Here are some of my other easy paleo cookie recipes:
Eva says
I substituted the palm shortening with organic extra virgin Coconut Oil. Delicious! The coconut flavor is not to overpowering but enough to taste.
Ellie says
I had to adjust some of the ingredients due to my malabsorption syndrome, so I substituted the oil for organic unsweetened applesauce (same ratio) and used Lilly’s dark dark chocolate chips (no sugar, unsweetened chocolate with stevia). This revision works best for my body and is delicious!! I also added one scoop of egg white protein powder and decreased the amount of almond flour by 1/4. Delicious!
Ryan says
I tried making these again and I find it totally unbelievable that using the original recipe the ingredients make a dough that can be formed into a cookie. I even melted the shortening this time and it still didnt make a dough. I added one egg and that finally makes the ingredients into a dough.
Would like to hear from someone on how these ingredients become dough?
Joan Baggs says
Did you use blanched almond flour or almond meal from Trader Joe? There is a BIG difference .
Jo Bankston says
I used a small banana to make it come together. The cookies only have a hint of banana, but taste great!
Elana says
Jo, so glad you liked the cookies!
Beth says
These were my very first try at a healthier cookie and they were absolutely wonderful. Thank you so much for a great recipe and for the hope that healthy treats can be delicious!
Michelle says
Hallelujah! There is life and delicious baked goods after giving up grains and dairy! :)
Thanks for another wonderful recipe, Elana!
Ryan says
Using the ingredients in the recipe my “dough” was little clumps that looked like a bowl of breadcrumbs. I only have a hand mixer but I still can’t fathom how these ingredients come together and make a dough. I added in 1 tablespoon butter and 1 egg and I then had the dough I expected. Tasted great.
Heather says
Gotta have a food processor. Won’t work with a hand mixer.
Rebecca lazar says
I love anything with almonds and chocolate…..These look simple and delicious. In fact I’m so hungry after looking at the recipes on your site I think I’m going to make these right now :)
Sue says
I loved the taste of these. Very yummy! Definitely took care of my cookie craving, but mine look like lumps and not pretty like the ones in the picture. Did I do something wrong?
Mary Gordon Hall says
Love this recipe! Have shared all over Facebook! The only change I have made is using coconut nectar instead of honey. Turned out just great!
Andrea says
Unbelievable!! Thank you!!