"Free" Chocolate Chip Cookies

These cookies are free of most allergy triggering ingredients (except nuts).  There are no eggs, grains, or dairy.  The chocolate chips are vegan and gluten free.  Most importantly they taste really good, nice and chewy with just enough sweet.  This is a good one to make with your kids, too.   There are very few ingredients and the whole batch took 20 min. to come together.  I let one child pull together the wet ingredients and one pull together the dry and they both were able put them on the cookie sheet with minimal squabbling.

This recipe is straight from Elana's Pantry

Chocolate Chip Cookies (Dairy Free/Gluten Free)

2 ½ cups blanched almond flour
½ teaspoon celtic sea salt
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ cup grapeseed oil
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
½ cup agave nectar
1 cup dark chocolate chips

1. Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl
2. Stir together wet ingredients in a smaller bowl
3. Mix wet ingredients into dry
4. Form 1/2 inch balls and press onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet
5. Bake at 350° for 7-10 minutes
6. Cool and serve

Here's a variation that yields a more full-bodied cookie.  It does have egg in it:


2 ½ cups blanched almond flour
½ teaspoon celtic sea salt
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ cup grapeseed oil
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
½ cup coconut sugar
2 eggs
1 cup dark chocolate chips

1. Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl
2. Stir together wet ingredients in a smaller bowl
3. Mix wet ingredients into dry
4. Form 1/2 inch balls and press onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet
5. Bake at 350° for 10-13 minutes
6. Cool and serve