Vegan Almond Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies

healthy easy gluten free vegan almond flour cookies recipe on a wire rack - (keto, paleo chocolate chip cookies)

5 from 7 votes

Vegan Almond Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies

These healthy, vegan almond cookies are soft, chewy, and irresistible! They're grain-free, dairy-free, and refined-sugar free but with all the goodness of a classic cookie!

Prep Time10

Cook Time12

Total Time22

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Diet: Gluten Free, Vegan, Vegetarian

Servings: cookies

Calories: 138kcal

Author: Anjali Shah

Equipment

Ingredients

1 tbsp flax seeds, ground
3 tbsp water
2 cups almond flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ cup maple syrup
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
¼ cup coconut oil
½ cup vegan chocolate chips

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a small bowl mix together the ground flax seeds and water. Stir until combined and set aside.
In a microwave safe container add the coconut oil, maple syrup and vanilla extract. Heat in 30 second bursts until melted. Allow to cool to room temperature.
In a medium mixing bowl whisk together the almond flour, baking soda and salt.
Add the chocolate chips, flax seed mixture and wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Stir to form a dough.
Using an ice cream scoop, scoop out dough and place on the prepared baking tray. Bake for 12 minutes or until lightly golden.
Allow cookies to cool completely on a cooling rack. Cookies will become firmer as they cool.

Video

https://youtu.be/PBV3zaJhYPM

Notes

Tips

Don't remove the cookies immediately from the pan. The cookies set up as they cool. A hot cookie will fall apart!
As a general rule of thumb, don't substitute coconut flour, oat flour, or whole wheat flour in place of almond flour. Almond flour isn't a 1:1 substitute with other alternative flours. Each one absorbs moisture differently.
Resist the urge to bake the cookies until they look "done". Cookies continue to cook and set up as they cool.
For large cookies, use a large cookie scoop and add a couple of minutes to the baking time.
For a buttery cookie, be sure to use almond flour and not almond meal.
Bob's Red Mill & King Arthur are two almond flour brands I highly recommend!

Try These Variations!

Oatmeal Raisin: Use the above recipe with a few modifications such as using 1 cup almond flour and 1 cup oatmeal. Substitute the chocolate chips for ½ cup chopped raisins and prepare as stated above.

Peanut Butter: Use the above recipe with a few modifications such as removing the chocolate chips, reducing the coconut oil to 1 tbsp and adding ¼ cup peanut butter. Melt the peanut butter along with the maple syrup, coconut oil and vanilla extract.

Double Chocolate: Use the above recipe and add ¼ cup cocoa powder to the dry ingredients. Prepare as described above.

Plain Sugar Cookies: Use the recipe above without chocolate chips. Prepare as stated in the recipe.

Toasted Almond Cookies: Use the recipe above, minus the chocolate chips, with the addition of ¼ tsp almond extract and ½ cup toasted sliced almonds. Add the extract to the wet ingredients and fold the toasted almonds through the dry ingredients. Prepare as described above.

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