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Homemade paleo chocolate chip cookies with flaky sea salt on a wooden serving board

Soft & Chewy Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies

These Paleo chocolate chip cookies are soft and chewy in the center with lightly crisp edges and plenty of chocolate in every bite. Made with almond flour, coconut flour, tapioca flour, coconut sugar, and coconut oil, these cookies are naturally grain-free, gluten-free, dairy-free, and refined sugar free. 
Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Servings: 10
Course: Dessert, Snack

Ingredients
  

  • 1 large egg room temperature
  • ⅓ cup melted coconut oil cooled
  • ½ cup coconut sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1⅓ cup almond flour
  • 2 tbsp coconut flour
  • 3 tbsp tapioca flour
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ cup chocolate chips

Method
 

  1. Melt your coconut oil and set it aside to cool for at least 10 minutes. You don’t want the coconut oil to be hot when you add it to the egg.
  2. In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the egg, vanilla extract, cooled melted coconut oil, and coconut sugar until well combined.
  3. Add the almond flour, coconut flour, tapioca flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir with a spoon or baking spatula until a cookie dough forms.
  4. Fold the chocolate chips into the dough until they are evenly distributed.
  5. Cover the dough and refrigerate it for at least 30 minutes. Don’t skip this step! Chilling the dough helps keep the coconut oil firm so the cookies don’t spread too quickly in the oven. If you skip the chilling time, the cookies will spread more and turn out thinner and crispier.
  6. While the dough is chilling, preheat your oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  7. Divide the dough into 12 evenly sized balls using a spoon or ice cream scoop. I recommend baking only six cookies at a time so they have enough room to spread without running into each other. For an extra salty-sweet flavor, sprinkle the tops with a little flaky sea salt before baking.
  8. Bake the cookies at 350°F for 8–10 minutes. The cookies should look set around the edges but still appear slightly soft in the center. Be careful not to overbake them if you want a soft and chewy cookie.
  9. Remove the baking sheet from the oven and let the cookies sit on the baking sheet for 2 additional minutes. This short resting period allows the cookies to finish setting before you transfer them to a cooling rack.
  10. Serve and enjoy!

Notes

Chill the dough. Refrigerating the dough for at least 30 minutes helps prevent the coconut oil from causing the cookies to spread too quickly.
Don’t overbake them. The centers should still look slightly soft when you take the cookies out of the oven. They’ll continue to firm up as they cool.
Let them rest on the baking sheet. Those extra two minutes allow the cookies to finish cooking and firm up enough to transfer without falling apart.
Measure your flours carefully. Too much almond or coconut flour can result in dry or cakey cookies. For the most consistent results, measure your ingredients accurately.