There’s a story behind these cookies that I must share. Here at Recipes Worth Repeating, I’m all about making good recipes that everyone will want to repeat. From time to time, my aunt Sondra who lives in Tennessee mails me some of her favorite recipes that she and my uncle Larry love so I can try them out and recreate for my food blog. My aunt Sondra is an amazing cook ya’ll…oh my goodness, so I feel so honored when she sends me some of her yummy recipes, like these homemade Cinnamon Rolls. Last week I checked the mail and I had an envelope with 2 new recipes that she and my uncle are loving. One of the recipes was for these “Perfect Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies”.
The recipe had a little sticky note attached saying how my uncle Larry likes these cookies and “they are pretty darn good for something healthy!” One of their friend’s at church brought these cookies to church one Sunday and so my aunt Sondra passed along the recipe to me. After a little bit of research on my end, I found that this original recipe came from Erin over at Texanerin Baking. So what did I do? I started playing around with the recipe. I typically don’t care for overly sweet cookies so when I saw that this recipe called for natural almond butter, I was excited to whip up a batch! I love that this recipe calls for all natural almond butter which is a great paleo nut butter to choose because it pairs so well when making chocolate chip cookies! I also love how versatile this recipe is! Let me explain what I mean. First off, these cookies can be made gluten free if you use gluten free flour. What type of flour is best? Well…that’s where this recipe gets interesting!
The original recipe calls for almond flour and coconut flour, but again…I don’t love overly sweet cookies. So I opted to use a gluten free all purpose flour and pair it with an oat flour. You also have the option to use coconut oil or unsalted butter with these cookies. I opted to use unsalted butter instead of coconut oil because that’s what I’m used to. I grew up making all kinds of cookies with unsalted butter. But if you want a healthier version, definately try the coconut oil! Same concept applies to the brown sugar versus the coconut sugar. Let’s talk vegan for a minute…how do you make a cookie without using an egg? You use a chia egg! Never heard of a chia egg? Check it out here: How To Make Chia Eggs In my version, I opted to make paleo, gluten free and dairy free Almond Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies. And let me tell you, these cookies were gone in no time! We shared them with the neighborhood kids and everyone raved about them! And the parent’s loved me because these are a healthier version of a cookie! Regardless how you opt to make these cookies, you’re going to roll them into small to mid-sized balls and space them about 3 inches apart on the baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Once they are done, let them cool on the baking sheet for about 5 minutes before moving them to a wire rack to completely cool.
I love eating these cookies while they are still warm and they go so perfectly with a glass of milk! Grab them while they’re hot guys because these won’t last long! Happy eats with these versatile cookies!
Recipe inspired by Texanerin Baking and shared by my sweet aunt!
