Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies

For almost 5 months, I've stopped eating sugar, wheat, and flour. This even included any kind of sweetner (i.e. honey or maple syrup) or non-grain flours (including almond and coconut flour) for the first few months. I'm slowly reintroducing non-processed sugar/sweetners and said flours back into my diet. Today, the children and I decided to bake some paleo chocolate chip cookies. They were on CLOUD NINE. We don't bring a lot of sweet things into our home (except for Friend Fridays), since I made this drastic change to my diet. So, chocolate chip cookies are definitely something to be celebrated. :)

Here is the recipe we used:

INGREDIENTS

2 cups almond flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp sea salt

1 large egg

3 tbsp grass-fed butter (or you can use ghee or coconut oil)

3 tbsp maple syrup

2 tbsp almond butter

2 tsp vanilla

1/2 cup dairy-free chocolate chips (we used these)

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 F

2. Mix all ingredients except for chocolate chips together until well combined. Then fold in chocolate chips.

3. Scoop dough with a cookie scoop or form dough into cookies about 2 in wide and place on baking sheet.

4. Bake for about 10 min, or until bottom edges of cookies start to turn golden.

5. Remove from oven and let cool until set completely. 

*Original recipe found here. 

These turned out pretty delicious! A perfect snack to get us through practice for tomorrow's spelling test and as an after-dinner treat. 

Happy baking!

-M