Coconut Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Cookies are one of my favorite things to make. And eat. Of course, since going gluten-free and figuring out that I have candida, the only options for me now are healthy cookies, and grain-free cookies and sugar-free cookies are even better.
We've been trying to limit our intake of sweets in general around here, but I still take joy in making healthy delicious treats for my family and friends.
And these Chocolate Chunk Coconut Macadamia cookies are a fabulous addition to my Healthy Recipe Repertoire. Some of our favorite cookies are – Pumpkin Snickerdoodles, Soft Pumpkin Cookies, and while they aren't really cookies, we love these Almond Joy Bars and Coconut Delights.
In case you haven't noticed, there is a lot of controversy on the internet now about eating grains.
Some of the different recommendations regarding grains include:
- eating no grains
- eating only whole grains
- eating grains, but soaking all grains before eating them
- eating only non-gluten grains
Now, I can't say that I've sorted all of this out, but in order to watch our carb intake, I've been making more grain-free goodies these days.
Whether you are on whole grains, no grains, or gluten-free diet, these wonderful cookies are a great treat for you all year round, but especially for the Christmas Holiday season when all kinds of white flour and sugar-laden treats will be calling your name.
Now you can make some delicious baked goods and feel good about offering them to your family and friends.
I saw these cookies on Civilized Caveman's site, and they looked so good that I just had to try a few substitutions (for the eggs and the sweetener) to see if I could make them work for my family. And voila – they were great! He's got some amazing recipes over there.
This is the first time that I have tried a recipe from this site before, and I must say that it is worth checking out. I wasn't grain-free when I first saw this recipe, but since I have gone grain-free, this is a site that will certainly prove to be quite valuable. Grain-free or not, give it a look – it's not often that I do so few alterations to a recipe. This one was great from the get go.
Recipe Notes
- These cookies, while not low calorie, are really filling, so you'll find yourself naturally eating fewer (I think :-)).
- You can use any healthy sweetener instead of honey, but if using a granulated sweetener, see my post on Substituting Sweeteners since you may need to change the amount. If desired, add 1-2 scoops (each scoop is 1/32 of a teaspoon!) stevia or a bit more sweetener to taste.
- Note that the egg amount varies from 1-4. Even though it's doing things in reverse order, you might wish to add the coconut flour first and then the eggs, one at a time, to see how many you really need for this recipe.
You can use an equivalent substitute instead of eggs. If you would like to make your own egg substitute, see my Homemade Egg Replacer. Use Gelatin Egg for AIP. - Instead of macadamias, you may use whatever nut or seed you can have, and you can also omit altogether for AIP.
- Here are my Homemade Chocolate / Carob Chips which are a great make-your-own option.
Make additional variations by substituting nuts and/or dried fruit for the chocolate chips. A nice combo would be cranberries and pecans, for example. Just use whatever you have available!
Ingredients
- 1 cup coconut flour
- 1/2 cup coconut oil (palm shortening or butter may be substituted)
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1-4 eggs (to make the dough the right consistency)
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup macadamia nuts (coarsely chopped)
- 1/2 cup shredded unsweetened coconut
- 3/4 cup sugar-free chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Mix the coconut oil, sweetener, eggs (or substitute) and vanilla with a mixer or in a food processor. If it's cold in your home (like it is in mine in the winter :-)), you may find it helpful to melt your coconut oil before doing this step.**
- Add coconut flour and mix well.
- Add coconut, macadamia nuts and chocolate chunks / chips. Stir gently to combine.
- Scoop cookies onto baking stone or parchment lined cookie sheet. They won't spread or rise so you can place them close together and bake a whole bunch of them at once. I use a cookie scoop to make mine a nice, uniform shape :-).
- Bake at 375 degrees for about 15 minutes, until nice golden brown.
- Let cool and enjoy!
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. It may vary depending on ingredient brands, substitutions, and preparation methods. Optional ingredients are not included. Net carbs are typically calculated by subtracting fiber and sugar alcohols (such as erythritol) from total carbohydrates. This information should not be relied upon for medical or nutritional purposes.
More delicious, healthy treats (most all are grain free):
- Almond Joy Bars (allergy & sugar free options)
- Almond Truffles (with allergy & sugar free options)
- Soft Pumpkin Cookies (allergy & sugar free options – these have grains, but they're good!)
- Silky Smooth Bean Fudge
What's YOUR favorite cookie?
These look gorgeous. I appreciate all the substitutions as I am a vegan and also gluten free. It’s very difficult to find good recipes so I’m saving this one. Many thanks
My first batch of these is cooling on the counter. I am used to seeing ingredients in the order used in the recipe so my sleep-addled brain (I have a baby) had me put 1 cup of oil in the recipe. I did manage to get 1 cup of coconut flour in there as well. Let me tell you, if you WANT the cookies to spread just double the oil! They are quite lacy-looking near the edges. I am sure they will still taste good and they will certainly be filling.
Update: Indeed they’re GOOD!
Oh these look good. Unfortunately, because of the high cost of nuts round these parts, I doubt I’ll be making them, but thanks for sharing with the Hearth and Soul blog hop!
You could always just leave out the nuts – and either add nothing in its place or perhaps more chips or some flaked coconut :-). Where do you live? I’m sure I read it on your blog…. Oh, you could also sub dried fruit like cranberries, or seeds if they aren’t as expensive. I think pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds make a nice alternative. One more thought would be to add nuts but chop them a bit finer and add only half the amount. Take care!
Thank you so much for sharing your creativity and talent on “A Little Birdie Told Me…” Tuesday at Rook No. 17!
Friends who link-up to tomorrow’s party will have a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to Hodgson Mill, so please feel free to stop by and join in the fun & inspiration!
Warmest wishes,
Jenn
Thanks, Jenn – I plan to drop by!
These look fabulous, i will def by trying them! Hopping by from the FF Blog Hop!
I hope you like them! Thanks!
Thanks for sharing this recipe on the Living Well Blog Hop! I’m always looking for grain-free alternatives that I can use on holidays.
You’re welcome! I hope you enjoy them!
These sound AWESOME! I am always on the lookout for good GF recipes 🙂 Thanks!
You’re welcome! Me too – and these days I’m looking for more grain free as well! Take care – I hope you like them!
WOW, these look delicious. I have some macadamia nuts in the cupboard, think I will try this! Is coconut flour, just ground up coconut?
Actually, coconut flour is different than just ground up coconut, unfortunately. You can buy it or, if you’re industrious, you can make it yourself. Follow my instructions for making your own coconut milk and then take the thick part of the milk off of the top after it sits or is in the fridge. You can dry that and it is coconut flour. You’d have to make a lot of coconut milk to get a lot of flour so I’d probably just buy it. You could try using the coconut ground, but I don’t think the cookies will hold together well.
these look delicious I’d love you to add it to what we wore and made party over at https://raegunwear.blogspot.com
Thanks, Marissa!
Wow! I was always under the impression you had to use eggs with coconut flour because they needed something to bind them. I’m so excited to try them now and see what happens!
These sure worked – you’ll love them!