Almond Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies

These almond flour chocolate chip cookies are the perfect soft and chewy cookies for anyone avoiding flour or gluten. They have a crisp exterior and a soft gooey center - the ideal cookie texture!

Ingredients

Unsalted Butter. You can swap it for vegan butter sticks, but make sure it has a fat content of at least 8g per 2 teaspoons (80% fat). Whatever you use, make sure it's softened at room temperature.

Brown Sugar & Granulated Sugar. The brown sugar adds deep toffee notes and moisture, while the granulated sugar helps to keep the exterior of the cookie crispy.

Egg. Use a large egg for this recipe, as it adds more moisture to the almond cookie dough.

Vanilla. Use pure vanilla extract for the best flavor. You can use vanilla paste if you're fancy.

Almond Flour. Bob's Red Mill Super Fine Almond Flour is my go-to! Don't use almond meal, as that has a courser crumb, and won't produce the same results.

Salt. Use fine sea salt or finely ground pink Himalayan salt.

Baking Soda & Baking Powder. A combination of leavening agents helps to make these gluten-free cookies rise in the oven.

Chocolate Chips. Use your favorite chocolate chips! Feel free to use dairy-free chocolate chips.

How to Make Almond Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies

Step 1: Cream the butter. Add room-temperature butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar in a bowl. Beat it with a hand mixer or a stand mixer for about 3 minutes until the mixture is fluffy and light in color.

Step 2: Add the egg and vanilla. Add the egg and vanilla to the creamed butter, and beat it again until combined.

Step 3: Mix the dry ingredients. Combine the almond flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder in a separate bowl.

Step 4: Add the dry to the wet. Add the almond flour mixture to the creamed butter, and beat until combined.

Step 5: Add chocolate chips. Using a spatula, fold the chocolate chips into the cookie dough. Cover the bowl and chill it in the fridge for 2 hours.

Step 6: Prep. Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Step 7: Bake. Scoop out the cookie dough using a cookie scoop (about a heaped tablespoon) onto the parchment paper, leaving 2 inches (5cm) between each dough ball. Bake in the preheated oven for 8-10 minutes. Let them cool on the pan for 10 minutes before moving them onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Expert Tips

Use room temperature ingredients. Having all of your ingredients at room temperature will help them combine better. It's essential to have your butter softened at room temperature so that it can aerate properly and become fluffy when you cream it with the sugars.

Scrape the mixing bowl. Use your silicone spatula to occasionally scrape the sides and bottom of your mixing bowl when making your almond flour cookie dough to make sure you don't have any secret pockets of dry flour or baking soda hiding.

Let the dough chill. Letting the dough chill for a couple of hours in the fridge allows the butter to harden back up, and will help to prevent the almond flour cookies from spreading too much in the oven.

Why do my cookies fall apart?

Cookie recipes using almond flour, along with many gluten-free cookies, are easier to fall apart compared to other cookies because they lack the structure that gluten provides. I add an egg to my almond flour cookie recipe to bind the cookies so they don't fall apart in the oven.

Storage Instructions

Storing: Keep baked cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.

Make ahead: Scoop out the chilled cookie dough onto a piece of parchment paper, and let the dough balls freeze completely before putting them into a freezer bag. You can keep them frozen for a couple of months. Take them out about 10-15 minutes before the oven is preheated. You may need to bake them for an extra minute, depending on how cold your dough stays.

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