The BEST Almond Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies

With millions of page views and over one hundred 5-star reviews, the internet agrees that these truly are – The BEST ever almond flour chocolate chip cookies. Paleo friendly, grain free, and gluten-free. Perfectly soft and chewy on the inside, and crisp on the edges. These are not just great “gluten-free” chocolate chip cookies, they can rival the best chocolate chip cookies out there!

I love this recipe so much I've also made a Pumpkin Chocolate Chip version and a Cut-Out Sugar Cookie Version!

I’ve spent the better part of six months testing this recipe—tweaking, adjusting, and baking batch after batch—until I landed on the BEST EVER almond flour chocolate chip cookies.

As a nutritionist, my recipes are born from both the needs and cravings of my clients. If someone finds out they have to go gluten-free, that shouldn’t mean giving up their favorite foods. Absolutely not. I will work tirelessly to recreate a version that’s every bit as good as the original—because life should keep on life-ing.

Here’s the truth: most gluten-free cookies (both store-bought and many online recipes) miss the mark. They can be sandy, gummy, or just… off. But these? These are the cookies I’m most proud of. They’re soft, chewy, perfectly rich, and have been unanimously declared “the best chocolate chip cookies ever” by gluten and non–gluten eaters alike.

So let’s get to it—you’ve got cookies to bake.

I Have No Doubt You Will Discover Chocolate Chip Cookie Perfection!

• Perfectly chewy with a crisp outer edge
• Loaded with chocolate chips
• The perfect balance of salt and vanilla
• Bursting with flavor (seriously white flour will never compare to almond flour)

Ingredients You Will Need

See the full recipe below for ingredient quantities.

• Almond flour – Almond “meal” will work but almond flour works better. My preferred brand is Bob's Red Mill
• Coconut Palm Sugar – Brown sugar will also work
• Butter – I use salted butter, I know this is blasphemous in the baking world, but trust me when I say it is the right choice here. Coconut oil will work, but you will taste the coconut.
• Large Eggs – I have not found flax eggs or chia eggs to produce the same luscious texture.
• Vanilla – Good Madagascar vanilla is my first choice but any pure vanilla extract will work.
• Salt – Do not skip this ingredient!
• Chocolate Chips – Dark chocolate chips are my preference.
• Baking Soda

Tools You Will Use

• Mixing Bowls
• Cookie Scoop
• Baking Sheet
• Silpat Baking Mats

Tips to Make the Best Ever Almond Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies

I'm obsessed with this recipe, not only because it's delish but also so crazy easy. Here are a few tips I learned that made the recipe even better.

• Use salted butter – I love the added salt in this recipe.
• Melt your butter and then chill the dough– I tested this recipe with melted butter and with softened butter and had 6 people blind taste test the cookies, the melted butter version won. Honestly, I couldn't decide which I liked better so if the melt and chill step is too annoying you could easily use softened butter.
• Take the cookies out of the oven way before they seem done! – This is not uncommon for cookie recipes, but even more so in this recipe. When you remove the cookies from the oven they will be completely soft. They firm up and harden as they rest and cool. You will not be able to pick up a cookie right out of the oven, they are that soft.

The Recipe That Will Convince You to Add Almond Flour to Your Pantry!

I am not a newbie to the wonder that is almond flour, you can try my almond flour strawberry cake, almond flour banana bread, chewy molasses orange cookies, paleo cherry crumble, and upside-down blueberry bundt cake.

Almond flour is nothing more than ground almonds, full of nutrients, fiber, fat, and protein. Almonds are not only nutrient-dense they are also flavor dense, but this also makes almond flour the perfect baking pantry staple.

Can you substitute “regular” flour for almond flour?

No, almond flour is its own thing. It is denser than white flour and requires a different ratio of wet ingredients.

Is almond flour expensive?

It is more expensive than white flour for sure, after all, it is ground almonds. I find recipes made with almond flour are more satisfying (most likely due to the protein, fiber, and fat that almonds provide).

The Difference Between Almond Flour and Almond Meal

Almond flour tends to be more finely ground than almond meal. I find in most recipes they are interchangeable but in this recipe, I prefer the texture of almond flour to almond meal.

I used Bob's Red Mill Super-Fine Almond Flour for this recipe. I tested the cookies with 4 different brands of almond flour and found Bob's Red Mill to be the superior choice, hands down.

Dietary Modifications for Chocolate Chip Cookies

This recipe is gluten-free and paleo-friendly.

• Paleo – Technically butter is not a paleo-friendly ingredient, but “ghee” is. Ghee is clarified butter, in the “clarification process” the milk solids (non-paleo) ingredients are removed. You can easily substitute butter for ghee in this recipe I love Fourth and Heart vanilla ghee (SOOOO GOOD!). Coconut oil is another paleo-friendly substitute for butter.
• Keto – To make this recipe keto, you would have to use a non-nutritive sweetener. I wouldn't recommend it.
• Dairy-Free – Replace butter with coconut oil and use a dairy-free chocolate chip like Enjoy Life.
• Vegan –  Replace the butter with coconut oil, use a dairy-free chocolate chip and replace the eggs with a flax or chia egg. This will change the texture of the cookie.
• Low Fodmap – This recipe is low fodmap friendly if you tolerate coconut palm sugar.

Your turn, get baking! I'd love to hear how this recipe turns out for you, comment below or shoot me a message on social.

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