As the Olympics begin today, I wish I had thought ahead and come up with some All-America treat. Well, that didn't happen, but chocolate chip cookies are the next best thing I could think of!
These are not your typical Toll House Cookies, for many reasons beyond the fact that they are grain free. I have been experimenting with using coconut milk as my fat in many recipes and am thrilled with the results. There is a time and a place when baked goods should be moist and melt in your mouth. These are truly soft batch cookies!
I took my White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookie Recipe and altered it a bit. Instead of using palm shortening as my fat, I used the cream off of full fat coconut milk. Shortening helps hold cookies together, instead of spreading like butter and oil can do. I wanted the outcome to be soft and a bit thick...no crunch allowed! When shortening is used, eggs do not need to be used as a binder, so this recipe is egg-free as well for anyone that is sensitive to them. If you are a crisp, hard, crunchy cookie lover, this is not the cookie for you!
Recipe: Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups Honeyville Almond Flour (Bob's may not absorb the moisture enough)
- 1/3 cup cream from full fat coconut milk*
- 1/4 cup honey*
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp celtic sea salt
- 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
Instructions
- Cream the coconut milk cream, honey and vanilla in a bowl with a mixer
- Combine the almond flour, salt and soda in a larger bowl
- Add the cream mixture to the flour mixture and beat until combined
- Stir in the chocolate chips
- Using a cookie scoop, place batter on a parchment lined baking sheet
- Use your hand and press down each cookie
- Bake at 325 for about 15 minutes or until a bit brown
Quick notes*Place a can of full fat coconut milk in the frig overnight. The cream will harden at the top of the can. this is what you want to use, not the liquid. Save the liquid and leftover cream for smoothies!
*I used Xylitol honey that is less sweet than regular honey. I added a bit more than 1/4 cup so I added one additional tablespoon of almond flour.
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