Crispy on the outside and soft on the inside almond flour chocolate chip cookies! A super easy one-bowl, gluten-free dessert recipe everyone will love. These cookies are perfectly sweet, and stuffed with plentyyyy of melty chocolate.

close-up of a stack of almond flour chocolate chip cookies

What You’ll Need to Make Almond Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies

Butter – I used Myoko’s Vegan Butter to keep my cookies both gluten and dairy-free. However, you can certainly use any type of butter you’d like. Just be sure to let it come to room temperature before baking, this’ll help whip together the butter and sugar in the first step.

Brown Sugar or Coconut Sugar – Either one works! I used coconut sugar because it’s less processed than standard brown sugar. But I recommend you use whatever you have on-hand. Brown or coconut sugar give these almond flour chocolate chip cookies a deeper, more intense flavor!

Almond Flour – Of course, these wouldn’t be what they are without plenty of almond flour. With any recipe that calls for almond flour, be sure to use blanched almond flour – not almond meal. Almond meal will yield a more grainy and crumbly cookie, which is not what we’re looking for here.

Chocolate Chips – I can’t lie, I’ve got a pretty heavy hand when it comes to the chocolate chips. I used both chocolate chips AND chopped chocolate in my almond flour chocolate chip cookies. The end result was chocolate in every bite – yum! Though, again, feel free to use whichever you have on-hand when baking these cookies.

close-up of a bite taken out of an almond flour chocolate chip cookie.

Tips and Tricks

The cookie dough will appear more wet than standard cookie doughs, but this is ok! Simply scoop them onto a baking sheet, tidy up the edges of each cookies, then throw them in the oven to bake. They’ll still bake up beautifully, trust me!
For a softer cookie, bake them for only 10 minutes. Or, for a crispier, more well-done cookie, bake these cookies for a full 12 minutes. And always keep a close eye on them toward the end so they don’t burn!

a stack of almond flour chocolate chip cookies with milk on the side.

Adjust This Recipe to Your Dietary Needs

Make it Dairy-Free: Easily make these cookies dairy-free by swapping the butter for non-dairy butter. Also, make sure the chocolate chips you’re using are dairy-free (most aren’t).

Make it Vegan: For vegan almond flour chocolate chip cookies, take the dairy-free option above, as well as swap out the egg for your favorite vegan egg substitute. While I haven’t tried this version myself yet, I have high hopes it’ll work!

Make it Paleo: For a paleo cookie recipe, use coconut sugar instead of brown sugar, and softened coconut oil in place of the butter.

Perfect Almond Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies

4 from 15 votes

Recipe by Samantha Course: DessertDifficulty: Easy

Servings

Prep time

minutes

Cooking time

minutes

Total time

minutes

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
2 tablespoons coconut oil, melted (or 2 additional tablespoons of butter)
1/2 cup brown sugar or coconut sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg, at room temperature
2 1/4 cups almond flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup chocolate chips

Directions

Preheat oven to 350° Fahrenheit and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Beat together the butter, coconut oil, and sugar in a large bowl with either a hand or stand mixer for 2-3 minutes.
Add in the vanilla extract and egg, beat until combined.
Add in almond flour, baking soda, and salt, this time stirring with a spatula or large spoon until just combine.
Fold in the chocolate chips, then scoop tablespoon-sized balls of cookie dough onto prepared baking sheet. Place each cookie about 2-3 inches apart, and lightly flatten with the palm of your hand.
Bake cookies 10-12 minutes or until golden brown, then transfer to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.