The BEST Almond Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies – An all-time FAVORITE recipe! Crispy edges on the outside, soft on the inside and slightly buttery.
Hundreds of reviewers agree these cookies are the most delicious almond flour cookie recipe around! This tried-and-true recipe was originally published in 2012 and is one of my #1 recipes today!
UPDATE 5/2022 – These cookies continue to be the most popular recipe on my blog as well as at my house! Many questions on substitutions have been answered in the comments. These cookies will satisfy any chocolate chip cookie craving you have!
We love keeping them in the freezer and eating them cold straight out of the freezer. Great to have around when you’re craving something sweet!
I have attempted several almond flour chocolate chip cookies and finally found a winner! These cookies are slightly crispy on the outside and moist and soft on the inside.
My friends and family loved these! With this recipe you can easily switch up the chocolate chips and nuts to your preferences.
Chocolate chip cookies really are one of life’s simple pleasures. Few things are more comforting than a warm, freshly-baked cookie with a glass of cold milk.
For more almond flour baked goods try these almond flour sugar cookies, almond flour snickerdoodles or almond flour blondies. You also might like these almond butter cookies!
Original photo from 2012!
Storage Instructions
Once baked, these cookies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
Make-Ahead/Freezer Instructions
As with many other cookie recipes, I usually make a batch of dough, then bake half and freeze the other half.
When you want a cookie, just bake the frozen dough by adding 2-4 minutes onto the cook time. These are perfect to have on hand for those nights when you just need a little something sweet!
I hope you like these almond flour chocolate chip cookies as much as we do! If you try this recipe be sure to leave me a comment/rating below!
Almond Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies {Grain-Free}
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Ingredients
- 1/2 cup (113g) butter softened
- 1/4 cup (56g) coconut oil
- 3/4 cup (160g) brown sugar or coconut sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 3 cups (300g) blanched almond flour
- 1 1/4 cups (213g) chocolate chips of choice
- 2/3 cup (87g) toasted walnuts optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the butter, coconut oil, and brown sugar. Add the vanilla and eggs, mixing until incorporated.
- Mix in the baking soda and salt. Add the almond flour, 1 cup at a time, beating well after each addition. Fold in the chocolate chips and walnuts with a wooden spoon.
- Form the dough into tablespoon rounds and place on the lined baking sheet about 3 inches apart. Bake for 11-13 minutes, or until golden brown around edges. Cool and enjoy! These cookies are best enjoyed the day they are baked.
These are delicious! Off to find more good recipes on your site! Thanks!
I loved this recipe…I doubled this recipe but soon found out that I did not have enough almond meal so I substituted flaxseed meal for a quarter of the almond flour…Well my mishap turned out to be a total success at my house…They were gone in 2 days…*****
Great to know that works! So glad you liked them!
That’s interesting – flaxseeds, I never would have thought of that. Thanks for sharing. I am going to try the Truvia idea with a little molasses. I made these awhile back just as sugar cookies, Now I am going to add some choc chips to it. And than you Erin for taking the time to answer people’s questions. I always read comments
Great to know! Thanks for sharing!
Have been making these for a couple of months. Thank you! For a great recipe. I do not use coconut oil, but they come out lovely and light. My friends really like them, not too sweet. And a treat for gluten free eaters. Thanks!
The one that really caught my attention are the almonds. I just love almonds and it would really be great to have the in cookies. Got to try making this as soon as possible. I’m getting quite excited.
Just made these. Followed recipe exact– they’re DELISH!
So glad they worked out for you!
Loved! Can you give me calories/carb/fat/protein content?
Cream together your butter and sugar. Then add in your egg, vanilla extract and almond extract and beat to combine.
Made these again with coconut palm sugar ( just found some) and they are AMAZING! My son said they were the best cookies I'd made yet! I must explain that he is 14 and VERY PICKY! These are BETTER than wheat flour and sugar cookies!
I use 1/4 cup solid!
Could you clarify about the coconut oil — is it 1/4 c. solid, or 1/4 c. melted? The oil seems to shrink once it's melted down, so I'm not sure quite how much to use.
I just made a double batch and didn't have quite enough almond flour so added a few tablespoons of coconut flour. I used maple syrup instead of brown sugar (approx. 1 1/4 cup for the double batch) and I baked a few. DELICIOUS. I'm going to bake them at 13-15 minutes hoping for a bit more crunchier cookie, but with my substitutions at 13 minutes they are still soft… and yummy. Thanks for the recipe!
I made these today, but did some subbing, because I didn't have all the ingredients, mine didn't spread as lovely as yours did but they are quite good. I took out the sugar and replaced it with Spelnda, and used a bit of margarine because I had no oil in the house at all except for Olive Oil and I wasn't going to take another trip to the store. Used Sugar Free Chocolate Chips, Pecans (no walnuts either…), added some cinnamon. It worked great. Thanks so much!
So great to hear! Thanks!
Great to know! Thanks!
You could try Earth Balance vegan spread instead. It usually substitutes well for butter.
Oh, I just left a comment about this. 🙂 I noticed that in gluten free brownie mix, it doesn’t bake quite the same as regular butter. Perhaps that’s not true for this recipe… have you tried it, by chance?
I often use coconut palm sugar instead of brown as well! I'm so happy the recipe worked out for you!