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?
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Here are some of my other easy paleo cookie recipes:
Christine says
Well mine didn’t exactly look like Elana’s but they were ok. I didn’t have a food processor so I tried mixing the ingredients in my Vitamix, that didn’t work so I put everything in a bowl. It was very dry so I added more shortening (I used Coconut Oil) and a little bit of freshly made rice milk and water just to get the ingredients to bind. I also used baking powder instead of soda…. wonder if this made the difference. I cooked them for longer than 8 mins, more like 10 to 12 so they looked golden brown (probably my old oven needed more cooking time), I let them cool for 15 mins before handling them. . I’ll try this again at some point because I cannot imagine wasting the almond milk pulp.
Elana says
Christine, I’m glad these turned out for you with so many changes. If you are looking for ways to use almond milk pulp, here are some recipes you might like:
https://elanaspantry.com/almond-pulp-recipes/
Enjoy!
Elana
Christine says
Elana
Thank you, I will definitely give these a try also!
Trisha says
I love these cookies. I started a gluten free lifestyle about 4 years ago. As a type -1 diabetic I love the fact that these are very low on the glycemic index and don’t raise my blood sugars . Thanks for sharing this recipe! Yummy
Elana says
Trisha, so glad to hear you love the cookies!
Tiffany says
My boyfriend is a type 1 diabetic so I’m always on the hunt for recipes that are low on the glycemic index. Do you have any other recipes that taste delicious that you can share? Elena, if you have any as well I’d love to hear! Thanks.
Elana says
Tiffany, here’s a link to my Keto Diet Recipes page for you:
https://elanaspantry.com/diets/keto/
Sending all my best wishes to you and your boyfriend!
Elana
Trish says
Amazingly good cookies! Even my wheat-flour, cane-sugar loving husband liked them. I substituted coconut oil for the palm shortening, coconut sugar for the honey, and added 2 eggs. We’ll make them again!
Elana says
Hi Trish, so glad you and your husband liked these cookies :-)
AnneB says
I used coconut sugar (same amount as the honey) plus an egg. Turned out awesome! A little darker than with honey which is what my kids wanted for this batch.
Elana says
Anne, so glad these were awesome!
Lucy says
I made these and they came out delicious! I used coconut oil instead and used grade B maple syrup! This is my 3rd time making them and my kids love them! Thanks Elana!
Jennifer says
Did you use the same amount that was called for with the palm shortening
Dianna says
I really enjoyed these cookies, as did my whole family !! I made them from Bob’s Red Mill, Almond Meal / Flour (blanched almonds) and used 3/4 cup of an erythritol and stevia blend to make it sugar free. Used butter instead of palm oil, since I don’t keep that on hand. I had to bake them for 11 minutes total. They were very tasty and had a hearty soft/crisp cookie texture.
Nedaviah says
I substituted regular Crisco shortening instead of the palm shortening. Absolutely divine!!! They were Perfect for Passover!
Lisa says
Please consider eliminating Crisco from your kitchen. Palm shortening, coconut oil and butter are better options for health. ?
Joan Baggs says
I substituted raw cacao nibs and they were delicious! Also made them as a bar cookie and they came out great!
Martha Limber says
WOW!!! These are really good. I love chocolate chip cookies, but am gluten free and dairy free and after trying out recipes for over a year, these are first cookies that I’ve really liked. Thanks!!
Rudy says
I just made these and used Spectrum Butter Flavored Palm Shortening and they were wonderful. A great spring break recipe on this rainy and possibly snowy day in Milwaukee.