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October 23, 2017

The Best Soft Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Best Soft Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies - These easy cookies are gluten-free and paleo, made with coconut sugar and dark chocolate chips!

No, I do not believe that our paleolithic ancestors actually ate chocolate chip cookies.

But I do believe there is a benefit to tweaking some of our favorite recipes to make them free of chemicals or overly refined ingredients.  Enter stage left:  the best soft paleo chocolate chip cookies. 

These paleo chocolate chip cookies are:

  • gluten free
  • refined sugar free
  • ooey gooey soft in the middle
  • perfectly rich with a little bit of sweet and a little bit of salty
  • easy peasy lemon squeezy!
Best Soft Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies - These easy cookies are gluten-free and paleo, made with coconut sugar and dark chocolate chips!

Dunking a paleo chocolate chip cookie in milk

Soft paleo chocolate chip cookies cooling on the rack

Side shot of soft paleo chocolate chip cookie on a cooling rack.

The Best Soft Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies

I had tried almond flour chocolate chip cookies before, but when I used all almond flour the texture wasn’t quite right.  I wanted something that was as close to my favorite chocolate chip cookies as I could get, while still being a slightly healthier version.  This recipe uses a mix of almond flour and coconut flour to create lightly crisp and soft gluten-free cookies.

These cookies can be stored on the counter, but they do tend to lose their crispy outside and edges if you do.  (They do stay perfectly soft and rich, though!)  I prefer to store the cookies in the refrigerator, especially because the chocolate chips get nice and cold.  🙂  🙂  🙂

Close-up of the best soft paleo chocolate chip cookies.

Chocolate chip cookies are the best with a glass of milk!

Scattered chocolate chips and half-eaten cookies

mikaela | wyldflour

36 cookies

Soft Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies

10 minPrep Time

15 minCook Time

25 minTotal Time

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Ingredients

  • ¾ cup coconut oil
  • ¼ cup ghee
  • 1 ¼ cup coconut sugar
  • 2 Tablespoons maple syrup
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ Tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 ¼ cups super-fine almond flour
  • ½ cup coconut flour
  • 1 cup chopped chocolate of choice (e.g., dark, semi-sweet, refined sugar-free)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
  2. Measure out coconut oil and ghee, at room temperature, into a large mixing bowl. Use a fork to smush the two together until mixed. Stir in coconut sugar, maple syrup, eggs, and vanilla.
  3. Stir in 1 cup almond flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir in remaining almond flour, coconut flour, then chocolate.
  4. Place roughly two-tablespoon scoops out onto a baking sheet, leaving at least an inch between cookies. Bake for 8-10 minutes, until starting to brown around the edges. These cookies will still be very soft when you remove them from the oven. Carefully use a good spatula to lift the cookies to a cooling rack as soon as possible. (I have good luck with making a very quick swoop under each cookie and tapping the bottom of the spatula on the rack to help the cookie down.) Allow cookies to cool completely, then store in an airtight container in the refrigerator or on the counter.

Notes

Substitution Notes:

Flour: You may sub almond meal for almond flour, but your cookies may be slightly more grainy. You cannot sub coconut flour for the almond flour, because coconut flour absorbs much more liquid than almond flour. If you don't have coconut flour, use 1/2 cup almond flour in its place.

Butter/Ghee/Oil: Butter may be used instead of ghee if you're not strict paleo. Coconut oil and butter/ghee are interchangeable. Coconut oil produces a softer cookie, while butter provides better flavor.

Storage: I prefer these cookies out of the refrigerator. If you store them in a bag on the counter, they might lose their crispy edges, but they keep their lovely soft insides!

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Nutrition

Calories

6959 cal

Fat

578 g

Carbs

425 g

Protein

58 g
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Filed Under: All Recipes, Baked Goods, Cookies, Special Diet-Gluten Free, Special Diet-Paleo, Special Diet-Vegetarian Friendly

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  1. Rosa says

    October 23, 2017 at 7:57 pm

    Ha ha...love the first sentence. :-) If it weren't for the fact that my daughter made your best chocolate chip cookies yesterday (of which I just ate another one of!), I might have gone to the kitchen to make these. ;-)
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    • Mikaela says

      October 25, 2017 at 9:55 am

      Lol. I will definitely take my favorite chocolate chip cookies over paleo cookies any day of the week. But these make me feel just the teensiest bit better (read: less guilty) about the twenty-something cookies I go through in a day! So glad you enjoyed them!
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