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:
Demi says
I actually have been using Raw Coconut Nectar as my sweetner. Since coconut seems to be ok on Paleo, I would assume this substitution keeps the cookies Paleo friendly. And with the nectary, you dont need as much.
Elana, your recipes are wonderful. Thank you for sharing!!!!!!!! :-)
Lauren says
These are amazing! If you don’t have shortening coconut oil works, too. I also didn’t use a food processor and they turned out just fine. I added raisins, walnuts, and some cinnamon to mine and they reminded me a bit of oatmeal raisin cookies. I also love that they’re egg free since I have an egg allergy. Thank you for the wonderful recipe, Elana!
Lea G. says
I used mini vegan chocolate chips instead of chocolate chunks, coconut palm sugar instead of honey, and I also added a 1/4 tsp of almond extract. DELICIOUS!!!!! :-)
Cara says
My kids & I set out to bake these cookies yesterday & my son (who is 14) said can we please put cocoa in them & make them double chocolate cookies? We added 2T of cocoa & one extra T of honey. They made perfectly & are super delicious w/ the additions!
Coleen says
Hi, I don’t have a decent sized food processor – it’s small and best used for chopping small portions of onions and things.. For recipes such as this, can I use an electric mixer?
Cara says
You can use a mixer for this recipe. It doesn’t work on everything but would totally work on this!
kcartuk says
I cannot stop eating these! Thank you for this wonderful recipe!
hannah says
I got my answer from above! Awesome! :)
hannah says
Can the vegan shortening be replaced with coconut oil?
Lora Mackie says
I wish I can post a picture of my cookies!! They turned out great! I used organic coconut oil instead of the palm! I also uses soy free dairy free oil free mini chocolate chips by Enjoy Life! Next time I’m baking double the recipe! I made half the recipe and it made 12 cookies
Rachel S says
I have heard that heating honey makes it toxic?! Is this incorrect?