Real-Deal Chocolate Chip Cookies
If you frequently succumb to looking at food-porn (hate that name), on sites like Pinterest, ChowStalker, or FoodGawker, then you know that a simple image can have you salivating and daydreaming about the dish in an instant. Sadly a lot of grain-free foods are deceiving to the eye. They can look like the real thing but can be disapointing when you take your first bite.
I can assure you that these cookies are not grain-free imposters that only look appetizing. They exceed all taste and texture expectations as well. Remember in my grain-free waffle post how I mentioned that my husband thought they were the closest thing to “real” food I’ve ever made? Well these chocolate chip cookies take the cake. Or take the cookie, so to speak. He says they are actually better than the original. When he first tasted them, he thought they were the real-deal. White flour, sugar, butter – the works. We also had a house full of college students that night that thought the same. And they’re used to eating the break-and-bake Tollhouse kind! As I always say, if I can pass my food off to people who eat a regular diet and have them love it more than the original, mission accomplished!
I’m so obsessed with these cookies that I had to put the breaks on making them. I have no will-power. I even put the extras in the freezer one time hoping that it would deter me finishing off the batch, but the plan failed miserably as I found myself gnawing through a frozen cookie one afternoon and actually enjoyed the frozen texture! Seriously, when it comes to self-control with chocolate chip cookies, I have none.
We’ve been using them for ice-cream sandwiches all Summer and I made them into mini cookies for Asher’s 2nd birthday a few weeks ago. I perfected this recipe for you about 2-dozen times, and now they’re on my black-list. They will only be make for special occasions where I will be giving them ALL away!
| Ingredients (yields 1 dozen)
1/4 cup palm shortening |
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a food processor, cream the palm shortening, coconut sugar, honey, egg, and vanilla for about 15 seconds until smooth and fluffy.
Add the almond flour, coconut flour, baking soda and sea salt and mix again until combined, about 30 seconds. Scrape down the sides of the bowl if needed in order to incorporate all of the flour. Pulse once or twice more.
Stir in the chocolate chips by hand.
Place golf-ball sized balls of dough on a cookie sheet lined with parchment or a SilPat. Using another sheet of parchment on top of the dough, flatten them slightly with the palm or your hand or a spatula. The cookies don’t spread much so create the size and thickness you want prior to baking them.
Bake for 9-12 minutes, until slightly golden around the edges.
*These keep best in an air-tight container in the fridge.
Notes:
* If you don’t have a food processor, put a couple of cups of your almond flour in a blender or coffee grinder and give it a few pulses. Careful not to go too far or you will have almond butter. Then make the dough in a stand-mixer or bowl with electric beaters. *Measure the 1½ cups almond flour after you’ve ground it.
* If you plan to double this recipe, reduce the coconut flour by 1 teaspoon (so you would use 3tbs+2tsp).
* I do not like these with coconut oil. Palm shortening makes them chewy. If you’re going to sub it out, my first suggestion would be grass-fed butter.
* I like the flavor complexity with using 2 different types of chocolate, but you’re welcome to use whatever you’d like.
* The palm sugar gives the cookies a “brown-sugar” like taste that the original CCC has. You can try using all honey, but because it is liquid, the texture and flavor will change slightly.
Freeze-and-Bake Instructions
- Make the dough as described above
- Gather it into a large ball and roll it into a log
- Tightly wrap the log in parchment paper, then twist the ends to secure
- Freeze for up to 6 months
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees then slice off desired amount of cookies
- Place dough on a cookie sheet and bake for 15 minutes
*cookies will hold their small round shape when baked this way
Give this dough as a gift!
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These sound delicious, Danielle! I’ve had cookies on the brain lately, so perfect timing
I think my oven is calling my name! Might have to experiment with these beauties tonight!
Is there a substitute for palm shortening? I don’t have any of that in the house! And do you think it would be OK to substitute erythritol for the coconut palm sugar?
Sorry, I’m trying to work with what I have in my house!
These look fabulous! Can I substitute brown sugar for the coconut palm sugar if I do not have any palm sugar on hand? Thanks, Amee
OK… Ignore my first question above. I’m impatient and skipped over the “Notes:” section, where you answered the palm shortening question! (Sorry!)
These look SERIOUSLY good! I have a paleo chocolate chip cookie recipe on my blog that I’m verryyy happy with, but you can never have too many good cookie recipes! I’ll definitely have to try this one out
I just looked on your site for your paleo chocolate chip cookies and could not find a search engine to locate them. Do you have a direct link to the cookies? Thanks.
http://www.againstallgrain.com/2012/08/29/real-deal-chocolate-chip-cookies/
Thanks, but I was asking Eleni for her recipe.
This post makes me so happy! I made a batch of paleo-friendly chocolate chip cookies a few weeks ago and although they were good, they weren’t like the real-deal. I can’t wait to try yours! I have all of the ingredients necessary… but I just have to wait a few more days until I am done with my 21-Day Sugar Detox! This will be a great reward and treat in due time!
I’m trying to limit nuts right now. Could I just use coconut flour?
No coconut flour is very different and absorbent. I’m sure there’s a lot of really good coconut flour only cookie recipes out there though!
I use coconut oil or butter in mine.
These cookies look so good! I’m tempted to run into the kitchen to make a batch of these cookies now. I may have to omit the palm sugar because of my little girl being on SCD but will definitely make a batch of this recipe for my husband and I. Definitely taking note of the recipe so that when she’s done with the diet in a years time, I can make them for her. Thank you for sharing!
http://kaleolani-kitchenwitch.blogspot.com/2012/08/sweet-chocolate-of-mine-round-two.html
These look amazing…do you have a recommended sub for the palm shortening – I dont like using it in cooking due to the background ethical issues…..destruction of the rainforest of South East Asia, survival of animals such as the Orangutan in Borneo, the Sumatran tiger, and Asian rhinoceros and burning after deforestation accounts for significant greenhouse gas emissions. On searching the net I can see in America there are ethical choices with regards to this product ie. small family run plantations in America (Tropical Traditions) but I cant seem to find anything similar that is available in Australia? Do you have any suggestions? Thanks
Hi Leah – yes, I hear your environmental concerns. We order from TT for that reason. I would just use grassfed butter if you can handle it. That’s my first choice but someone on here said they made them with coconut oil and they turned out great.
Thank you! Can’t wait to try them
I hear you, I have no self-control around chocolate chip cookies either. I’ve tried putting them in the freezer as well but also found that I enjoyed frozen cookies almost more!
Hi Danielle,
These sound and look amazing! What would you substitute for the palm shortening, if one cannot find that? When I make the regular cookies, I’ve used either all butter or a combination of shortening and butter. I don’t make them that much any more (maybe once a year) because I’m trying to find healthy alternatives to sweets and desserts. Thanks for your great ideas and site!
I’d use butter.
Can I use Ghee instead of palm shortening?
Yes most likely. I’ve only tried them with butter
I can’t wait to try these. I know that they will be as good as you claim. You are my Ina Garten/Cooks Illustrated of the Paleo world. I can make one of your recipes for the first time and feel confident enough to serve it to guests. You are a culinary magician!
You’re killing me with the chocolate… Can’t tolerate it in scd but wondering what I can substitute for the palm sugar?
You can probably use all honey. Or throw a date or two in there if you want to get really crazy!
The honey may make the dough a little more wet but they should bake up just fine or try adding 1tsp coconut flour
I made a double recipe of these yesterday…I am fighting to not eat them nonstop today…so delicious and the hubby is a fan too which is a major victory!!
oh my gosh how delicious! i love this recipe! thank you!
these are GREAT. I used butter instead of palm shortening. truly delicious. thank you.
I just made these, they have a great chocolate chip cookie flavor, but mine were just a little bit too salty (I used butter rather than the palm shortening, but the butter was unsalted) and will try them again this weekend, but with half the salt. This recipe though will now become my go to grain-free cookie recipe and it was oh so easy, just throwing it in the food processor was so simple! Oh one other substitution was that I used stevia instead of the coconut sugar, but still used the honey. Thank you Danielle, this recipe was great!
these look amazing! Sharing on my Facebook page today
Great news about the cookbook!! Great for you and great for us too. This recipe for cookies has to go in the book; it’s the best! I agree they can be highly addictive – but we have given up so many comfort foods that we grew up with, it’s surely okay to have an occasional guilty pleasure. Looking forward to the book – you’ll have to let us know when we can pre-order it!!
I made these and the strawberry shortcake cupcakes for my son’s 20th b-day party yesterday and they were both a hit!! In fact, no one (I have 5 kids) wanted me to make the frosting for the cupcakes for they said they tasted “perfect without it” and two of my daughters fessed up, “Mom, I really didn’t like the other choc chip cookies you made but didn’t want to hurt your feelings. This kind is great.” Now, here’s the best part of the story…..My son is type 1 (since 4y/o) and woke up w/bgls at 578! That’s a whopping big and dangerous number!! His dad came home from work and we thought we’d end up spending the day in the ER. His bgls came down (to 48 – not a good number, either) – but by dinner he was stabilized and hungry. When he was little, before I knew how to cook this way – before there were healthy and yummy recipes, like yours, for me to follow – we had to choose between allowing him to have birthday cake or his dinner as we were on a strict carb count. On a crazy whacked-out sugar day like this one – sweets of any kind would have been completely out and raw carrot and celery sticks would have been in. Not so yesterday! We not only did not celebrate his b-day in the ER with doctors, nurses, and IVs, he was able to have cookies and cupcakes (all answers to prayers). As I know you know, honey is a bgl (blood-glucose level) stabilizer – unlike other sweeteners. Almond and coconut flours are nut flours (proteins) and not grains (carbohydrates) – so your recipes were perfect for a challenging health condition and were definitely “the icing on the cake” yesterday. THANK YOU for all you do! You have no idea how your efforts in the kitchen are changing the lives of others – for better health and happiness. Who doesn’t want to see their child smile on their birthday as they blow out his/her candles – even if their “child” is 20? God bless!
Moriah – thank you so much for you sweet note. I’m in a coffee shop with my husband and am in tears!! I never knew that my disease (so different from Diabetes) could help so many others. And I never thought that this blog or my love for cooking would turn into such a life changing thing. God has used my struggles in so many amazing ways and I am truly blessed to be able to help people in any way. Please tell your son Happy Birthday from me!!
best cooks hands down … paleo gluten free or not … i am so excited! i will be posting about them later …
Okay, so I couldn’t resist these even though they have chocolate in them and I follow a strict SCD diet. I substituted the palm sugar and honey with applesauce and the chocolate chips with SCD legal bing cherries. They are in the oven now. I don’t know what they taste like yet but they sure do look like chocolate chip cookies! I’ll keep you posted!
Update: they came out great but next time I will use half honey and half applesauce because they just weren’t sweet enough. However, the applesauce made them a little extra fluffy and I had to cook them a bit longer to get the crust on the outside. Also, the cherries were unsweetened so I need to make up for the sweetness there, too.
Just wanted to drop a note to say how much my family LOVED these cookies! We have been on the hunt to find a chocolate chip cookie that was grain-free and refined sugar free that everyone in my family would love. Usually I’d try a batch and one out of the 5 of us would not like the cookie for one reason or another. This is the first batch we’ve made where everyone loved them. SO good! I totally understand why you had to take a break from making them. I have no restraint when it comes to chocolate chip cookies either.
Thank you for sharing such wonderful recipes!!
Holy cow! I have made at least 20 different paleo chocolate chip cookie recipes and this is by far the best! Thank you for creating these!!! I now have a seasonal cookie that I can proudly bring to holiday parties and show people that paleo treats can be delicious!
These are truly heavenly!!! They were gobbled down by husband and boys, before the cookies had a chance to cool off! I love all your recipes, but never really write a comment…I must admit. But these deserve a comment more than ever!
Thanks so much for sharing this recipe (and all the others) and I recommend you add it to your new book.
Warm regards,
francine
It will be in there!
I just made these tonight. I must have done something wrong…I used all of the ingredients you listed. The cookies are flat as pancakes AND they are moist, almost wet. I wonder if I used to many chips/chocolate pieces? They do not look at all like yours. Any advice? I am doing the Wheat Belly diet and I am sure these are not Ok due to the sugar, but I was dying for a little something to have with a cup of tea at night!
Holy moly these are amazing! Had one right out of the oven. And another one 30 minutes later. These are the best grain-free or even gluten-free (when I didn’t react to all grains) CCC’s!! Thanks!!
Can I use TJ almond meal?
No you need to use blanched almond flour without the skins http://www.againstallgrain.com/almond-flour/
Is the palm shortening made from palm oil? And is this the same palm oil that is said to be harvested at the expense of rainforest depletion and animal endangerment?
If you don’t buy it from the right places, yes. Tropical Traditions is fully sustainable.
http://www.tropicaltraditions.com/organic_palm_shortening.htm
Just made these and rushed to computer to tell you that they are FREAKIN’ AMAZING! Thank you for this recipe! Definitely will be making more!
Can these be frozen …. By the WAY … These are AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING!!!!
Yes you can freeze them and I eat them straight from the freezer! Otherwise just let them sit on the counter for 15-20 min or put them in a low oven for a bit until they’re warm.
Can I freeze the dough?
Danielle! These are absolutely wonderful! My three kids gobbled them up, no-one even had the slightest clue they were different from the “real” ones (I only had semi-sweet choco chips so that is what I used.) Truly the “real deal.” Thank you!
Absolutely delicious!!! These definitely are the real deal! Thank you so much for the recipe! I’m going to go eat another one now =)
Hi Danielle! I’m new to your blog, and I just have to tell you that these cookies are soooooo delicious! I just made them for the first time and I must say by far the best grain-free cookie I’ve tried!!! I look forward to checking in to see what you’ve come up with next! Thanks again for sharing all your wonderful recipes! P.S. Nice suggestion of mixing the two kinds of chocolate chips!
I just made these – they are wonderful! I subbed the palm shortening for grass fed butter and subbed the honey for maple syrup. They came out perfect. I would make these again, and I could also experiment with different flavours. Next time they I think will taste nice with some shredded coconut added to the batter, for a coconut chocolate chip cookie.
PS. Once I made it, I totally understand why this has to be made in a food processor and NOT in a bowl, even with a hand mixer! You could try it, but the batter is SO thick, that extra motor power really helps to keep everything blended smoothly.
PPS. Going to add, these taste amazing dipped in milk! I can also see myself crumbling these up into future ice creams when I get my ice cream maker some day!
I just came back to say, when my boyfriend got home, he tried one, didnt say anything, then looked at me accusingly and said, what did you make these out of? wheat flour? did you cheat? he didnt believe me at first
These are awesome! They are now my default midnight baking stress relief recipe.
Wondered if you could recommend a good substitute for the egg in the recipe. Just found out my son, who has celiac disease, is reacting to eggs, dairy,potatoes, and grains. Love your recipes, but I’m really struggling finding good substitutes for eggs. We’re now both on the SCD diet minus the eggs.
Oh SCD without eggs is SO hard! I went off of them temporarily last year. Try eliminating it and adding just a little extra shortening and maybe a splash of almond milk just to offset the liquid. PS have you tried my allergy friendly breakfast cookies? They’re great for grain/egg free!
So funny you should ask that. they are in the oven right now!!! Thanks so much for your response. I will try that and see how it comes out.
I just made these today with my daughter (age 15) and I just wanted to say “WE LOVE THEM!!!!!” Thanks for the wonderful recipe! My daughter is looking forward to making them again this weekend for a family picnic!
Just made this recipe into a cookie type cake. Turned out GREAT!
Wow – this recipe is it! Thank you so much – they are delicious in their own right. We have been following a primal/paleo lifestyle for about 5 mos, and love it. Have tried some baked goods and have been mostly happy, but these – well these made my husband stop and ask if he should be eating them! What a terrific recipe. I used butter instead of palm shortening, used my scoop and got about 16 cookies at 10 minutes. Perfection. Thank you, thank you!
These cookies are amazing! This is my third time making them now. It’s great to have a go to dessert to share. Thanks so much =)
Well Until tonight I thought I had an awesome Paleo chocolate Chip cookie recipe. I made these Danielle and Uncle Ricky and Corey both loved them as much as real toll house cookies!! The old recipe I had is history! These are ” the real deal ” in our house now!! Thank you!!!
I’ve never used coconut shortening but I just went to Tropical Traditions and ordered a gallon! It was even on sale! Can’t wait to try it out!
Awesome! I used reg olive oil (not extra virgin) in place of palm shortening and 1/4 c reg sugar and no honey….turned out fantastic. Thank you
Honestly I am always skeptical when recipes promise to produce a grain free item that tastes just like the regular version. But this recipe sounded fairly quick and easy, and it also sounded as if it would taste good even if it failed to taste identical.
I have made a LOT of chocolate chip cookies in my 40+ years of baking, and I make some of the best “regular” cookies around, but I am here to testify that this recipe is outstanding! Once cooled they truly are nearly indistinguishable from their traditional counterparts. I will definitely be making this recipe again and again, trying variations (such as adding nuts).
Thank you so much for this amazing recipe!
I made a double-batch of these this weekend and my-oh-my! My hubby & I loved loved them; so much we didn’t have much control and ate almost all of them.
So, I made some more to take to work. I did substitute butter for the palm shortening and they came out amazingly moist. I also used a cookie scoop to make perfectly sized cookies. Fun!
I just made these and they were sooo good! No one believed me when I told them they were Paleo.
Thank you for such a delicious recipe!
My kid can not eat eggs (1 of the long list of things she can’t eat). Do you think the powered egg sub would work?
I’m not sure, I’ve never worked with powdered egg. I’d try just leaving it out all together
Absolutely amazing! This is the first paleo item I’ve baked that didn’t taste “paleo”. I brought them to a party and friends were amazed. These are completely delicious in their own right, nevermind being paleo and refined sugar free. I did use butter instead of the palm shortening. I can’t recommend them enough! Thank you so much for this recipe!
Great recipe! The first batch looked beautiful but had a very malty taste, so I used the Heilala Vanilla paste, and reduced salt. I ran out of almont flour, so substituted what I had, which was gluten free sorghum flour…..A bit too cakey, but definately also nice from the taste. It is a grain, so It won’t suit everyone looking here, but a wonderful flour to work with for celiac and GF.
THANK YOU THANK YOU for this fabulous recipe!!! I have been making a lot of almond and coconut flour baked goods these days and my husband always says they are OK, not sweet enough. When he saw these cookies, he suspiciously asked if they were “special” cookies and I just said they are regular ones (I simply didn’t specify what “regular” means LOL). He ate almost the entire container! I haven’t told him that they are actual healthful and don’t plan on it since they will be my new go-to cookie. THANKS!!!!!!
the minute you posted this I placed an order for palm oil. THANK YOU for this recipe! These cookies are so good! I love your blog and have tried many recipes!
Thank you for reading, and for trying so many of the recipes! I’m glad you love them!
Holy moly, these are AMAZING!!
Holy Cow are these good! I just made a batch and cannot believe they are grain free! I was going to double it (I have 4 kids and a hungry husband) but I have tried many grain free chocolate chip cookies they have not liked (which I then eat all of!). I cannot wait for them to get home from school and try them! THANK YOU!!!!
Hope they liked them! Or maybe that they didn’t so you eat them all…
These were delicious and held up to expectations! Thanks for a delicious grain-free cookie.
Hi there,
These look fantastic and I’d love to try making them. Do you know if there is a sub for the palm oil shortening? We can’t get palm oil shortening in the UK. These wouldn’t taste or turn out the same if I used say coconut oil would they?
As suggested above in the post, I recommend using butter if you cannot get the palm shortening.
This recipe is awesome!! Making and giving as gifts this year! Just took the first batch out of the oven for a baby shower tomorrow.
THANK-YOU for being an inspiration for those of us, just joining the troops of grain free eating!
I made these babies last night finally and OMG they are incredible. I love how soft they are and they have an amazing texture. I topped mine with some homemade vanilla sea salt that I made and it was the perfect addition. Thanks for another amazing recipe!!
So happy you liked them Beth!
I just made these for the first time and they are *really* good! Thank you for the recipe, Danielle! Now that I have found your CCC recipe, I just need to find a sugar cookie recipe that is as good!
My daughter has a nut allergy. What can I use as a substitute for almond flour?
I would suggest searching for a recipe that uses all coconut flour
We also use no grain. These I must try! Awesome!
If you use palm shortening, please save Indonesian forests and wildlife from further devastation, and buy palm-oil based products that have been RSPO certified.
There IS a win-win option for people and wildlife.
Tropical Traditions ensures that their shortening is made using sustainable methods on farms that have been running for many years, causing no additional harm to the environment.
The chocolate chips cookies are soooo goood! Served them at a party tonight (where guests were not paleo), and they disappeared in a flash, and we got lots of compliments! Thank you
I can’t wait to try these!!! :O)
I’ve been looking for a good grain free chocolate chip cookie!
These were absolutely spectacular!!! They were just the right amount of sweet, which was wonderful! Also, mine did spread a bit and puffed up very nicely. My husband and I loved them and will definitely be making them again soon!
Just made these for the first time, and they are SO GOOD! Even my husband approved and asked for more! I’m looking forward to serving them at my daughter’s birthday party next weekend along with the cupcakes from your blog. Thanks for the wonderful recipes!
This recipe is by far the BEST CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE recipe ever!! If you haven’t been satisfied with other gf/df or paleo versions of these. Stop looking and try this one!. It is amazing. I haven’t used the food processor but just now realized using the food processor may give me a different texture so I will try this next time…i can’t imagine improving on them…they are so perfect.
Thank you so much for this recipe!! I am new to paleo (2 months in) and have stumbled across several different paleo blogs and your blog is my absolute favorite, hands down! I made this cookies a few days ago and my crossfit trainers said that they were the BEST paleo cookies they have ever eaten! Having been strict paleo for about 5 years, this was a huge compliment coming from them. I am actually about to make another batch, by request, for our team to take to their competition in Indy this weekend. I have been raving about your blog to everyone, including some of my vegetarian/vegan friends. Thank you again and keep up the excellent work! I cannot wait to try the grain-free sandwich bread…
Yummmm… I will be trying these!
Thanks for these. Delish! You really work some magic with coconut & almond flours!!
this is my favorite coconut four recipe that I have tried of yours!!
You had me at chocolate chip
These look AMAZING.
Omgoodness I am food lusting over here. This looks amazing and so chocolately. If I won the gift card, I would totally make these!!!
…And this one
These are my favorite and also possibly evil.
I cant wait to try this!!
Thanks for all the ideas to broaden my food choices!!
This is one of my favorite recipes! Thank you for all you do for us grain free foodies!
Love these!!!
As soon as I am able to get the chocolate chips for this recipe, this might be the one that convinces my husband to do Paleo with me. Thank you for all of your hard work to perfect these recipes. This one is running a second as my favorite recipe!! Might be third if I try the Black Forest Cupcakes
These are by far my favorite cookie of all time! I used this as a base for a favorite holiday cookie … I decreased the dark choc and added vegan white choc, crasins, gf oats and macadamia nuts … unbelievable … everyone loved them!
These cookies are amazing! Even the toughest critic I know, my husband, loved them!! Thank you for sharing. I have heard wonderful things about Tropical Traditions and would love to try ALL of their products! You have a wonderful blog and I appreciate you supporting us mamas that are trying to feed our families healthy and satisfying food!
These cookies changed the way my family and I enjoy our sweets (when we have them). They are truly the real deal!!
These cookies are so wonderful. My family scarfed them right up!
This is hands down the one we love the most!!! However I could have commented on the banana chocolate chip pancakes we just had for the first time two days ago, and LOVE! And the bread! OMG the loaf of bread! we always have two loaves going – one in the freezer and one on its way to my belly! Love your recipes!! can’t get enough!
This is my favorite recipe of yours where you use coconut flour. They were so good!
These look amazing, can’t wait to try the recipe!
Seriously…I think it doesn’t get any better than this old school favorite.
By far the best paleo compliant treat I’ve ever made and/or purchased! It definitely tops my list when I want to treat myself but not regret it later.
Looking forward to pre-ordering your cookbook! Fave Coconut Flour Recipe. 
I am a sucker for cookies – especially chocolate! Looks great – thanks so much for sharing the TT gift cards!
These cookies are great! This is the recipe that finally convinced my husband that he could give up Oreos and Cheezits.
These are by far the BEST chocolate chip cookie recipr ever! I love the hint of coconut flavor this recipe brings and the chewiness is heavenly. They melt in my mouth right out of the oven. All of your recipes are fantastic- and I cant wait for your cookbook to come out!!! Thank you so much for making my paleo lifestyle sustainable!
My first grain free cookies! They were good! Next up pancakes or the donuts??? So hard to decide:). Thanks for all your hard work. I have been gluten free for 2 years now due to gastro/autoimmune problems. Also avoid soy and yeast. Trying out much less grain as it seems it may be best for me. Love your site!
This is my fav coconut flour recipe
Who doesn’t love a chocolate chip cookie?! Yummm. Or some tropical traditions
I love this chocolate chip cookies and would love to win some almond flour!! Thanks so much for all you great recipes.
Oops…..meant coconut flour:)
This is by far my favorite coconut flour recipe!! I actually just commented a few days ago on how wonderful they were. Thanks for teaching me how to stretch my bag of almond flour by adding the coconut flour to recipes! I absolutely LOVE TT and would be lost without all of their products!
These are my favorite, my whole family loves them!!
We love coconut flour and I use it whenever I can. The mild rich flavour and fragrant smell makes it even better. Thanks for posting your recipes using coconut flour!
I would totally make these with the 50$$ cg to TT!!
LOVE this cookie recipe with coconut flour and would love to win!
This is my favorite recipe. We we want chocolate chip cookies I come here!! They are hubby and college sons approved. We all love them. Thanks, Barb
These cookies are one of my favorite coconut flour recipes!! They are addictive!!!
Love, love, love your recipes!! Working more and more coconut flour into my recipes! thanks for all you do!!
These sound amazing! I have been looking for a non-cakey gf cookie recipe, I think I found it!
These look amazing and I plan to make them at my first opportunity, as chocolate chip cookies are my favorite. I will use a combination of artificial sweeteners in place of the sugar and honey, as I need to avoid sugar (plus use sugar-free chocolate chips), and use butter in place of the palm shortening (since I don’t have it), and hopefully they will still be as good as yours look!
Pam, can u tell us what ingrediants u swapped & the amounts. Would luv to try more SF version.
My batch turned out great using salted butter so I omitted the salt & brown sugar since I didn’t have the palm sugar. They were great, even added 1/4 cup of chopped walnuts, baked for 9min in convection oven. Perfect cookies for a treat but I think a bit to sweet for me since I limit sweets due to LC / Wheatbelly lifestyle. Haven’t done the carb count yet on them. I will have to restrain myself!
I cannot wait to make these for my son’s birthday! I also hope I wine the gift card!
These are the best paleo chocolate chip cookies! My family will even eat them without making fun of Paleo
I love all the recipes I have found and made on AgainstAllGrain.com I am looking forward to the cookbook and thank you for all the recipes you already share with us!
I’ve been living (it really isn’t just eating) paleo for just over 3 years now – I’ve made MANY paleo baked goods over that time and these cookies are hands. down. THE most satisfying. everything I want from a cookie, and so so popular with my anti-”twigs-and-figs diet” friends, family and co-workers. makes having a real food conversation with those folks much easier
thanks for doing what you do – I’ve never been disappointed with one of your recipes.
Definitely my favorite of the coconut flour recipe options. Hope I can win that gift card!
Can’t wait to try these! thanks
This recipe is my hands-down favorite of all your recipes!! Maybe even better than the grain-full altnerative! I’ve made them a couple of times and everyone raves about them
This is my favorite recipe, I can’t wait to try them soon!
leaving my comment on these for the GC giveaway! These looks fabulous!
Love these!…and all your recipes. Thanks for doing what you do.
This is my favorite in the coconut flour give-away. I am going to make them just as soon as I am done with my sugar fast. Your recipes and blog have been so helpful in my new venture to go grainfree. Thank you for sharing your information with all of us!
THIS is the recipe I want to try!
Definitely my favorite of your coconut flour recipes! Yummy! Would love to win.
I found this website yesterday through Facebook, and I have been browsing the recipes eagerly! I’ve been thinking of what to make my weekend food “project” and these are IT. When paleo seems hard, I love having a sweet treat. However, I dislike having an abundance of sweets in my home. The “freeze-ease” of this recipe is perfect.
Thank You!
These are my fav coconut flour recipe you have! I tend to shy away from nuts and nut flours because they seem to hinder weight loss. In addition, I have begun using more coconut products because of the reported health benefits. These cookies are moist and delectable and make me feel like i’m eating a cookie in my former SAD life
It’s SOO hard to pick a favorite ’cause I LOVE your recipies! But I think I’ll have to go with this one because chocolate chip cookies are.the one thing I missed most after.going paleo!
These are my favorite! Love them! Yum!!
This one is my favorite!
These are wonderful cookies. I Like using recipes that combine almond and coconut flours.
These are my favorite! Seriously REAL DEAL cookies. No joke!
I haven’t made these yet, but they would have to be my favorite out of your coconut flour recipes. And I will definitely be making them my favorite sometime soon.
This one is my favorite and I haven’t even made them yet!
Really liked these!
These look divine! I think this is my fave of your recipes using coconut flour!
I haven’t made these yet, but with all the buzz about them I’m dying to try them out! I’m doing Whole30 this month, so February 1st is going to be a delicious day!! I love cooking with coconut flour and the subtle sweet flavor it has, and my stock is running low. Winning the TT Gift card would be awesome sauce, especially since I need palm shortening as well.
These cookies are my favorite recipe of yours that uses coconut flour. They are the best paleo friendly cookies I’ve tried! Thanks!
This is my favorite recipe by far, made with sugar free chocolate chunks! I would love to win the tropical traditions gift certificate too – I haven’t had a chance to try their coconut flour yet.
These are the ONLY gluten-free chocolate chip cookies that my son will eat! He is SO happy to finally have his favorite treat again! Thanks so much for coming up with this delicious and healthy recipe.
This is our favorite coconut flour recipe! <3
These look good. I am trying to eat with all natural ingredients. Slowly but surely I am getting rid of pre packaged and proccessed food. I’ve been looking for a good recipe for something sweet, as I have a huge sweet tooth. Again I wanted to bake something with healthy ingredients like almond and coconut flour. I will try these!
these cookies are absolutely amazing!! thank you so much for ALL of your delicious recipes!!
These are the best cookies. This recipe is solid and never fails if you follow it without substitutions. Danielle is amazing and we love all her recipes!!
I have tried SOoooooo many other choc chip cookie recipes and my kids love these above all the rest! Thx 4 a great kid-tested and approved recipe
THESE cookies… THESE are the things that make my family melt… LOVE LOVE LOVE what you do.. I have shared your site with many… You are the queen of baked goods…
Thank you for sharing..
Amazing alternative to the real thing
These look amazing!!!!!!!!!!! Love CCC!
these look yummy!
Yummy…no way to resist these! Wait, I don’t have too. Thank you!
Sooo yummy! Everyone loves these – especially warm!
Delicious!!!! Thanks for all you do!!!
Best cookies ever!
This is my favorite coconut flour recipe! Thank you so much for all your delicous recipes! I can finally enjoy “Toll House” style cookies once again
Can’t wait to preorder your cookbook!
These cookies are my favorite so far. I think I’ll have to try the peanut butter ones next.
Ooooo! I want to try these!
Choosing to change my eating lifestyle was a HUGE step for me. Knowing there are tons of amazingly delicious recipes like this floating out here on the interweb makes it so easy and exciting that I CAN do this.
My NEW favorite coconut flour recipe. I hope I win!!
These look fabulous!!
I’m new to grain-free and I’m excited to be eating healthy. Thank you for a great resource!
I love these cookies! They really are better than the real thing…..all the great taste (and even more importantly, texture) of the real thing with none of the guilt or tummy upset!!!
Best grain-free, refined sugar-free cookie recipe around! I’d make these all day with a gift card!
love, love, love these cookies!!
These look incredible! Cant wait to try them. Hopefully this is the correct way to enter the contest!
One of my favorite recipes!! Thank you!
I LOVES me some chocolate chip cookies that fit into my paleo lifestyle… and a giftcard for Tropical Traditions just “sweetens the pot”, so to speak…
Yum!
Who doesn’t love a chocolate chip cookie! And one I can eat and then feel satisfied instead of having sugar cravings for more! Thank you Danielle, for all of your recipes!
These are nothing short of awesome! I am not talking about good for a paleo cookie, I am talking a lose yourself in the delicious yummy goodness that is a chocolate chip cookie! I have served these to all my non-paleo picky eating people and no one can get their fill of these. They even win over the people determined not to like real food! Thank you for so many wonderful recipes like this. I love that you have made it so I don’t have to miss anything!
When I heard about the giveaway I was so excited because I just made these amazing cookies tonight! I am so happy to have found your blog and so is my family!
Nothing better than chocolate chip cookies (except maybe chocolate chip cookies that are made with real, good for you ingredients!)
I LOVE chocolate chip cookies!!!
These cookies are the whole reason I ordered T.T. palm shortening!!! And now I use it all the time in all sorts of recipes! These cookies are amazing and even my non-gluten/dairy free family think so!
I still like to print out recipes for usage. Could you provide an option to print that only includes the recipe and not the graphics and other pre-recipe paragraphs?
I would love to but I don’t have the finances right now to hire a web developer to add those features. Hopefully down the road.
Thanks for this recipe! I use the dough as a base and add cacao nibs and dried cherries or chopped dried apricots in place of the chocolates.
We didn’t have palm shortening or palm sugar so we subbed real unsalted butter and dark brown sugar but they were super yummy and at least they were grain-free.
This was only our second recipe we’ve tried from your site, but we’re excited to try more baking with the blanched almond flour. Thank you!
Wow! This was my first real no grain baking. My daughter has to be on a no grain, no dairy diet and we found out she has a gluten allergy. She was bummed but these cookies are helping! They are not what I expected. They are very tasty and as close to the original as you can get. Mmmmm!!! Thank you!
Ok… so these are just a little bit too yummy! Hubby and I polished off a whole batch in one day
I subbed the palm shortening for butter and used coconut nectar instead of honey. They were delish!
Oh my… these are so very good. No kidding. We did add some Lindt 70% chocolate, not a lot, but liked the variety. The almond flour I had wasn’t as ground as it could’ve been. Even still, they are unreal! They passed the kid taste test, too!
So excited to try these, im not on a restricted diet for treatment of any diagnosis, just trying to limit carbs for general health reasons! Where can i buy palm shortening?
(oh, and this is totally unrelated, but have you tried the noodles they make out of tofu? i think theyre called shirytaki or something like that. I had them last night in a stirfry with liquid aminos (GF soy sauce) and they were great!)
You can order it from Tropical Traditions or most health foods stores carry Spectrum. Yes I’ve had them and they’re not soy (tofu) luckily, they’re from a plant related to the sweet potato. They’re pretty good
Just made these with hazelnut flour instead of almond flour and they are soo good!
Thank you for this recipe and for so many others! You are making the transition to paleo so much easier because I don’t feel deprived. These are delicious!
Made these today for a Super Bowl party. They are delicious!! Now I just have to hold off eating them all until guests arrive.
I made these last weekend and they were FANTASTIC. Thanks so much for sharing!
Hmmm….mine came out looking nothing like these but the taste is wonderful. I’m curious if high altitude is affecting my grain free baking because none of the recipes I have tried ever look right. Also, I make my own almond flour, do you think that could be another reason why they look strange? I need to buy some almond lour in bulk but I am too broke! LOVE this blog!
As far as everyone has told me they make their usual adjustments to recipes for high altitude baking and everything turns out fine. Most likely your issue is the almond flour. I have a high speed blender and the top of the line food processor and have never been able to get my homemade almond flour as fine as the kind you order online. It makes a world of difference. I remember the first time I switched from Bob’s Redmill (pretty coarse and oily) to Digestive Wellness and Honeyville and it was like I was eating a completely different recipe.
These are phenomenal! I’ve made them an embarrassing number of times
Wow! These really are good. I was very skeptical, as the dough tasted a lot like some grain free “graham” crackers I made (from a different website) that were disgusting. But the finished product is fabulous. This is definitely the best grain free product I’ve tried, and having tried many with OK to truly disappointing results, I am overjoyed! I love your website and refer to it often. Thanks!
These cookies are amazing!!!!!!
Hi Danielle,
I was wondering if you knew how many calories were in a dozen of these cookies?
I don’t, but you can plug the ingredients into one of the nutritional calculators online to find out quickly.
Made these on the weekend. AMAZING. Cannot stop eating them though… Thank-you so much for taking the time to perfect such a wonderful recipe!
I’ve made these and they are great. It’s so sweet of you to include the labels, they look so nice.
These cookies are da bomb! They got two thumbs up from the whole family, including my son who hates regular chocolate chip cookies. The texture is amazing. Absolutely the best cookie I’ve eaten since going paleo. Oh and I used butter instead of the palm shortening and they turned out beautifully. Can’t wait to try more recipes. (Not to mention pre-order your book!)
Wow, these are so amazing. My mother in law made them and then we did all in the same week. And guess what, they are all gone
. It eliminated the chocolate chip cookie cravings!
Ok…probably sounds like a ‘new cook’ kinda question – but I promise, I really do know my way around the kitchen! I’ve just never used my food processor to make cookies. SSOOOO….was wondering if you use the metal blade or the plastic one for this?
Use the metal blade, it helps grind the almond flour better
I just used a electric hand mixer….turned out great….did not have to ore grind almond flour either…after beating the wet ingredients, just mixed in with a spoon the dry. No problems!!
These are fantastic and super easy to make. Definitely the best paleo chocolate chip cookies I’ve ever made.
Just made these…..they were absolutely AMAZING!!! My non paleo husband also agreed!! Almost ate the whole batch!! Used kerrygold butter…did not have palm shortening. Thank you for posting this recipe!!
Have you tried this recipe without eggs?
So my family and I are not Celiac, but we have found that we have an intolerance. We have gone gluten free, mostly (as much as absolutely possible) grain free, mostly dairy free… My staple chocolate chip cookie recipe has been a family favorite for years and a highly requested item at potlucks – very addictive – but we never knew why we had constant acid reflux or upset stomachs after eating them. NOW we know, and while I am very sad to have to give the recipe up, so far your cookie recipe is the best I’ve found as a replacement.
While I love my vitamix, it just feels wrong to make cookie dough in it, so I used my stand mixer. The other thing I had to alter was the palm shortening – I didn’t have any so I used butter. Also, I make my own almond flour, BUT it is the by-product of homemade almond milk and I don’t blanch and de-skin my almonds. I’m wondering if any of these factors would have altered the texture/color of the cookies? The color is much darker than yours, and the texture (right out of the oven) is not smooth at all (after they cooled considerably, the texture improved).
Would love to hear your thoughts.
Thank you for working so hard to make such wonderful recipes – yours has been my go-to site as we travel this new journey of clean, health living!
Yes all of those changes would greatly affect the cookie. Almond pulp is much too wet to use in baking unless dehydrated first and I also never recommend baking with the skins of almonds because it create a mealy texture. The butter sub should be fine but they’ll spread out more.
Thank you so much for these!!!! A few months ago my 6 yr old daughter was diagnosed with FPIES specifically related to the protein found in wheat, we also found that she is lactose intolerant so the PALEO diet has naturally become the dietary option that fits our families needs. I have been baking and testing every recipe like mad over the last few months to come up with “real deal” replacements for her for things like toast, pancakes, cookies… And I have to say these are the MOST amazing cookies ever! My daughter scarfed down her cookie looked at me and said “Now that is the best thing I’ve tasted in months!” – YEAH! I finally found my new chocolate chip cookie recipe and I could not be more pleased! You are the best!!!
I just made these this weekend and they were fantastic! Thank you!!!
Hi, love the sound of this recipe but as with most paleo desserts there is almond flour. While I know this is a healthy option myself and my children cannot have nuts, although coconut is fine. I have heard of people using sunflower seed flour (which you make yourself) in place of the almond flour with good results. Do you think this would work for these cookies? Thanks
Hi Michelle- it probably would. I make sunflower seed flour by grinding raw unsalted kernels and then sifting it through a fine mesh strainer. I also have a cookie recipe similar to this one on here using sunbutter.
These are delicious. Is it possible to make them crunchy somehow?
Thank you for sharing this recipe Danielle and the substitutes! Not only do I live in another Country, I don’t live in a major city. And at times its hard to get some ingredients! BTW these are awesome! I will be making again! Thank you so much for sharing your lovely recipes
I just made these… DELISH!! I’ve tried other grain-free cookie recipes before, and this one is the most like “regular” cookies. Trying to make Paleo-style goodies for my daughter so that she can have treats with our friends and family without eaten flour-, sugar-, and gluten-laden things!
I think putting the almond flour in a blender before mixing everything together made a big difference. Made the dough smoother and not as gritty.
I used 4 Tbs of butter instead of the Palm Shortening and 1/4 C. of Maple Syrup (Grade B) instead of the Palm Sugar. Then I added a bit more Almond Flour and Coconut Flour to make up for the added liquid.
Thanks for all your recipes — every one I’ve tried has been awesome!
I was wondering if you have done much cooking with cacao butter? Seems like a great match for choc chip cookies…
Yeah, it’ll probably work just fine! I use it in my chocolate cherry muffins and it works great!
http://www.againstallgrain.com/2012/06/12/paleo-chocolate-cherry-muffins/
I made these cookies last night and they are amazing! I substituted maple sugar for palm sugar, and I added pecans and coconut- what a delicious texture! Thank you for the recipe!!
Just made these tonight because I cannot begin to tell you how I long for sweets at least once a month! ha! They were a definite hit around the house and I will definitely be making these for gifts around christmas time! It is really hard to find good chocolate chips where I live but I finally came across some vegan ones at the only heath food store we have ( sad, I know). I love what you do and love your recipes! I can’t wait for your cookbook to be born!