Chocolate Chip Cookies by The Urban Poser

These are hands down the best chocolate chip cookies I have made since going grain/dairy free two years ago. I got this recipe from The Urban Poser, seriously, all her treats are amazing.
Chocolate Chip Cookies

These cookies were super easy to make. I used enjoy life chocolate chips and coconut oil. I do not have any Honeyville brand flour. I used Bob's Redmill almond flour. NOT almond meal. If it's sort of brown, it's not the right stuff. Almond flour will be a really pale yellow/white color. A lot of Paleo bloggers swear to only use Honeyville but I don't have any and have not bitten the bullet and ordered some yet. So I used what I had. To make this flour even finer, I sifted it really well with a sifter before mixing it in. I barely pressed these down at all, they flattened nicely without being paper thin. These cookies are very filling! Remember, they are made out of nuts. What I like about them is the texture. They are crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside. They are not dry and crumbly like other Paleo cookies I have tried. These really are the best cookies. My kids loved them and keep asking when I am going to make them again. So if you're looking for a really great grain and dairy free chocolate chip cookie recipe, this is the one.

Here's how to make them (pasted from the Urban Poser website here. )

Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies 

(grain/dairy/egg free) Vegan, Paleo. GAPS. SCD

Ingredients:

2 cups fine ground blanched almond flour (such as Honeyville or Nuts.com)
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup melted palm shortening/ghee or mild tasting coconut oil
1/4 cup honey or vegan substitute (I like clover honey for its mild flavor)
1 tablespoon GF vanilla (such as Neilson & Masseys)
1 tablespoon canned full fat coconut milk (such as guar gum/bpa free Natural Value)
1/4 cup chocolate chips (such as Enjoy)

Using Bobs Redmill, Trader Joes or store bought almond flours for this recipe may result in a coarser, more breakable product and the flavors from the coconut oil and honey will be much more pronounced. I do not recommend using them in any of my recipes.

Find our more about baking with almond flour and where to buy it HERE.

Directions: 


In a large bowl, combine the almond flour, baking soda and salt until well blended. 

Note: Be sure to 'scoop' up the AF with the cup and sweep over the top with a flat edge. If you spoon it into the cup, you are likely to not have enough AF for the recipe.

In a separate smaller bowl, combine the liquid ingredients. Blend well.

Add the liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients, mixing till just combined. Stir in the chocolate chips. The dough will be wetter than your average cookie dough and pretty sticky. Let it rest while you get the pans lined with parchment paper.

Scoop level (measuring) tablespoon amounts of cookie dough and tap it out of the spoon. ( I tap it on the bowl a few times,). Form a smooth, lightly packed ball with the dough. Place them on the cookie sheet at least two inches apart. Using two fingers, just barely tap down on the tops of the balls of dough. REALLY, you barely have to press at all for the 'pudgy' style cookie, just enough to flatten the top a little.

Place another cookie sheet under the one with the cookies. (This will help keep the bottoms from browning too fast.)

Bake in a 350 degree oven for about 11- 12  Keep an eye on them though, as baking times will vary from oven to oven, as well as thickness and size of cookie. Do not over bake or the bottoms and the outsides of the cookie will become 'tough'. They should be light in color as shown in the picture, with some amount of browning on the bottoms.

Remove from oven and let cool for at least 5 minutes before transferring.

When cool enough, eat at least 4 of them before alerting others that they are finished. Allow everyone to be impressed with how selfless and giving you are when you split the remaining cookies evenly.

But do this quickly because all chocolate chip cookies are best served warm and you don't want to give away your secret!

When they are all gone, return to the top of this page and repeat!

Makes 15-17 small cookies.