These gluten-free almond flour chocolate chip cookies are grain-free and made with a combination of almond flour and coconut flour. With chocolate chips in every bite, these cookies are a gluten-free favorite!
My favorite gluten-free almond flour chocolate chip cookies! If you're searching for an alternative to a traditional chocolate chip cookie made with white flour and white sugar, and you want to try a grain-free cookie sweetened with coconut sugar, try this recipe.
There are hundreds of chocolate chip cookie recipes and lots of gluten-free chocolate chip cookie recipes, but in my opinion, this is the best almond flour chocolate chip cookie recipe!
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❤️ Why you'll love this almond flour chocolate chip cookie recipe
- Everyone needs a cookie now and then, even if you can't have gluten in your diet. And if you're like me, being on a gluten-free diet created a void in my life: I missed cookies when I first discovered that gluten and I do not agree.
- Some store-bought gluten-free chocolate chip cookies crumble, they taste dusty, or they have so much sugar in them to hide the taste of the inferior flours that I just can't enjoy them.
- Cookies need to be a little bit firm but a little bit soft. They must be sturdy, but not hard as a rock, like some commercially produced cookies. If they're chock full of chocolate chips, they'll get bonus points from me.
- These cookies are slightly crisp on the outside, but soft and chewy inside, just like a chocolate chip cookie should be!
If you're looking for a gluten-free chocolate chip cookie recipe made with a gluten-free flour blend instead of almond flour, you'll love these Gluten-Free Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies or Chewy Gluten-Free Coffee Cookies. And for a special treat, try these Cranberry Pecan White Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies!
🛒 Ingredients
- blanched almond flour: My favorite brands are the Kirkland brand from Costco or Bob's Red Mill
- coconut flour: You cannot substitute any other flour for coconut flour. It is very absorbent and doesn't act like other types of flour.
- baking soda
- sea salt or Kosher salt
- butter: Make sure your butter is at room temperature so it will combine easily with the sugar.
- coconut sugar
- brown sugar
- almond butter
- pure vanilla extract
- egg: at room temperature
- chocolate chips
🔪 Instructions
- Heat oven to 350°F. and line two baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone liners.
- In a medium mixing bowl, combine the almond flour, coconut flour, baking soda, and salt with a whisk.
- In a large mixing bowl and using an electric mixer, beat the room temperature butter with the coconut sugar and brown sugar until fluffy.
- Add the almond butter, vanilla extract, and egg and beat well until thoroughly combined.
- Add the flour mixture and beat until combined.
- Stir in chocolate chips.
- Refrigerate the dough for 15 minutes.
- Roll the dough into 25 balls, or use a cookie scoop, then place on parchment paper-lined baking sheets and flatten slightly with a fork.
- Bake at 350°F for 12-14 minutes. The cookies will be soft when you remove them from the oven but they will become crisper as they cool.
Storing Almond Flour Cookies
Store these cookies in an airtight container for up to 3 days, or in the fridge. Freeze in an airtight container for up to 3 months.
🗒 More gluten-free cookies and bars
- Paleo Brownies with Salted Chocolate Ganache
- Orange Cardamom Almond Flour Shortbread Cookies
- Never-Fail Cranberry Pecan Biscotti
- Canadian Butter Tart Squares - gluten-free
📖 Recipe
Almond Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup blanched almond flour (100 grams)
- ¼ cup coconut flour, (32 grams)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- 6 tablespoon butter
- ½ cup coconut palm sugar
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 6 tablespoon almond butter
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 1 ¼ cups chocolate chips
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350°F. and line two baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone liners.
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk the almond flour, coconut flour, baking soda, and sea salt.
- In a large mixing bowl using an electric mixer, beat the room temperature butter with the coconut sugar and brown sugar until fluffy.
- Add the almond butter, vanilla and egg and beat well until thoroughly combined.
- Add the flour mixture and beat until combined.
- Stir in chocolate chips.
- Refrigerate the dough for 15 minutes.
- Roll the dough into 25 balls, or use a cookie scoop, then place on parchment paper-lined baking sheets and flatten slightly with a fork.
- Bake at 350°F for 12-14 minutes. Cookies will be soft when you remove them from the oven but will become crisper as they cool.
Zoe
These turn out absolutely perfect every time. I always make a double batch and put some in the freezer.
Matty
These are the best cookies ever. The almond butter adds the perfect flavour. I find they are crispier than most cookies, but still chewy in the middle, so they really have the best of all cookie attributes. If I can't find the coconut flour I'll sub in oat flour and they always turn out.
Elaine
Happy to hear that! Thanks so much for taking the time to comment, Matty!
Laura
I'm commenting again, since I just keep coming back to these ones! Never fail gluten free cookies that are so easy, use ingredients that I always have on hand, and turn out perfect every time. Love these cookies!! Especially when I'm a bit sick of oat cookies (the regular go-to gluten free choice). These taste like "the real deal" -- you could totally fool a flour lover.
Laura
These are THE BEST! You'd never know these were gluten free. They taste even better than the flour based cookies! The texture is awesome -- often gluten free cookies crumble so much that storing them in a cookie jar is completely out of the question. But not with these ones! Our cookie jar is full. Such a great sweetness level too. The perfect chocolate chip cookie!
(I added dried cherries to mine too ... yum)
Flavour & Savour
Every kitchen needs a full cookie jar and who doesn't love chocolate chip cookies? So glad you liked them!
Elaine
Thanks Laura! I just made a batch of these yesterday! I appreciate the 5 stars.