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:
Laurie says
Does anyone know the carb count per serving?
Philippa says
I made these cookies using one cup almond flour and one cup of organic whole wheat pastry flour. I used coconut oil for the oil and they turned out AMAZING! Thanks so much for this wonderful recipe. They’re the most creamy, delicious cookies I have made so far.
Lanie says
Did everyone who used butter or coconut oil use it solid? Or did you melt them down? thanks!
Stephanie says
I used the coconut oil as a solid, it melted quickly in the food processor :)
Elizabeth says
What a great go-to recipe! We made these on a lazy Sunday night and the kids loved helping. We ate a lot of dough and still had plenty of cookies. We liked them so much we made a second batch to enjoy during the week! I used butter and they came out great. Elana we have your cupcake cookbook and love it. I just googled your name and “chocolate chip cookies” and voila! I knew I could trust you to have just the right recipe. THANKS!
Elizabeth says
Used 1/4 c butter instead of shortening and subbed homemade simple syrup for the honey, just because. The recipe definitely made only half the stated # of cookies – and I didn’t snack on the dough beyond one EXTREMELY DELICOUS bite. My subs were just fine – and the cookies delish. A keeper in my files.
Jennifer says
Was craving cookies so I googled almond flour cookies since we are grain free and found these. They definitely hit the spot! I skipped the vanilla and subbed coconut oil for the shortening. I also used cacao nibs for the chocolate and agave for the honey. Ok, so I definitely modified it but they turned out great! I did a half recipe and got 9 small cookies.
Mark says
Surprisingly simple. I am a sucker for the nice ingredients. I have some overpriced vanilla extract and tupelo honey in the cupboard at home. This would be a great recipe for the two. Thanks.
Monica says
Made these today… Amazing!! I did not have any vanilla extract in the house, instead i used a TBSP of maple syrup!
Linda says
Hey, first timer here! was wondering if I can use almond meal instead of blanched almond flour?
Zach says
Thanks so much for this recipe. Just made them tonight – super simple, quick and delicious. You have a new reader!