Gluten-Free, Egg-Free Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
There's nothing better than a chocolate chip cookie. These chocolate chip cookies are gluten-free and egg-free, which makes the raw dough perfectly safe to eat too! Made with almond flour, brown sugar, some applesauce for sweetness, and semi-sweet chocolate chips, these chocolate chip cookies are moist and chewy inside, just how I like them. This recipe comes together in just minutes, and bakes for only 15 minutes. You can have homemade, healthy chocolate chip cookies in no time!
Course dessert, snacks
Keyword chocolate chip cookies, cookies
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 15 minutesminutes
Servings 24cookies
Calories 87kcal
Author Steph
Equipment
baking sheet
Ingredients
2cupsalmond flourextra fine
1/2cupbrown sugar
1/2tspbaking soda
1/4cuplight butterI use Land 'o Lakes light butter with canola oil
1/4cupunsweetened applesauce
1tspvanilla extract
1ozsemi sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350F.
Combine the almond flour, brown sugar and baking soda.
Add the vanilla extract, butter (softened, not melted), and applesauce.
Combine all of the ingredients. Fold in the chocolate chips.
Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray.
Use a tablespoon to measure the dough.
Drop the dough by the tablespoon onto the baking sheet, making 24 balls. There is no need to roll the dough into balls, just drop the dough naturally.
Bake for 15 minutes or until the edges are golden brown.
Let the cookies cool for at least 5 minutes before removing from the baking sheet and plating.
Store in fridge. This is important for maintaining the texture of these cookies.