Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
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These chocolate chip cookies are perfect for your sweet cravings!
Far be it from me to try and ruin anybody’s eating plan. But every once in a while, it’s nice to splurge and know you haven’t destroyed your plan completely. Am I right? I mean, if you can splurge and still call it “clean”, isn’t that better than drowning yourself in a bunch of “unclean” foods?
So I got a little creative. You see, my favorite cookie in the whole wide world is a chocolate chip cookie. What’s not to love? All that melty chocolaty goodness right out of the oven with a tall glass of milk… oh boy. I’m drooling. Pardon me while I go get a napkin.
There. All better.
Now, I have to tell you that I’m particularly proud of these cookies. Why? I wasn’t sure they were going to work when I first put them in the oven. I started with the recipe I used for Clean Eating Cookie Dough a while back. It was never meant to be baked. But with a couple minor adjustments, it did just fine!
Note: You will probably want to double this recipe due to the small yield. However, if you are just baking for yourself and maybe one other person, the yield should be just fine.
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CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES RECIPE:
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- ⅔ cup almonds
- ⅓ cup cooked oatmeal (cooked and fully cooled)
- 3 tbsp. honey
- 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
- 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
- ⅛ cup whole wheat pastry flour
- ½ cup dark chocolate chips (I use Lilly's or EnjoyLife)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
- Mix everything except the chocolate chips in a food processor. You should have a nice wet, sticky dough when you're done.
- Using your spatula, scrape dough into your mixing bowl and mix in chocolate chips.
- Spoon onto a parchment lined cookie sheet.
- Bake for 20 minutes.
Thank you so much for this fabulous recipe!! It is so good and makes it possible to eat clean consistently. Fantastic!
Rachel – You’re welcome! Enjoy!
made these last night, to – die – for
the best part, after 2 I was satisfied – even though I ate 3 😉
Holly – So happy you enjoyed them! But careful, they can get to be a little addictive.
could almond butter substitute for the almonds in the food processor? I don’t have a food processor.
Clarisse – I wouldn’t. I would just chop them by hand as fine as you can get them.
I just made these (and blogged about it…made a link to your page!) and they really hit the spot!! Mine didn’t quite look like yours but I ended up with 6 cute little cookies. I used walnuts instead of almonds (all I had today!) and 1 packet of stevia in place of the agave/honey and now I kind of want to try this combo next time I cook myself a bowl of oatmeal!
Tangy – Ha! Ya, that would be one fantastic bowl of oatmeal! Thanks for the link!
OMG these are ABSOLUTELY awesome… so easy too! can’t wait to try the German Oatmeal Cookies they seem just as easy! my husband and i are eating clean w/ a cheat every now and then such as this.. even though it isn’t a cheat @ all! but just trying to keep the extra sugar low and to a special time makes it that much more amazing!
Mere – Fabulous! I’m so happy you enjoyed them! Funny how good something tastes when it’s reserved for a special occasion.
These cookies are fantastic! I’ve been making them as my weekly “cheat” treat and I love them! Thank you for making a clean “cheat”, lol! I can’t wait to make these for friends and family during the holidays.
Katy – Fantastic! They do make for a fabulous cheat! lol
This is the 3rd “treat” I’ve made for my exercise class and of course, your recipes never disappoint! I’m trying to teach them that eating clean is not only a very important component to staying fit, but it can also be very yummy!! Thanks for sharing this!
Ali – That’s fabulous! What a wonderful ( and tasty ) way to teach a good lesson!
I can’t WAIT to make these! I do not have a food processor (yet)… can I mix all the ingredients in my KitchenAid Stand Mixer? Thank you for always having such great reciepes!
Kelly – You may have to mix a little longer, but it should work okay. Enoy!
made a double recipe of chocolate chip cookies for company and they never came because of the snow. How do I freshen them?
Shirley – Oh boy. I’ve never had that happen. I would imagine that a few minutes in the oven would help. Make sure the oven is good and hot when you put the cookies in there (350 F.) and leave them in for about 5 minute. Then check them. Hope that helps!
Love the web site!!!
Teaching myself how to cook and decided clean eating is the way to go. 🙂
Quick question my son is allergic to nuts. Any suggestions for a substitute for the almonds?
Thanks
Tina
Tina – I’ve never tried, but you could increase the flour and oats to equal the amounts of nuts (and even a few extra chocolate chips!) . But again, I’ve never tried. Wish I could be more help with this.
I’m so excited to try these!! Will regular whole wheat flour work, or do I have to use pastry flour?
Thanks!
Karina – It will work, but the cookies will have a slightly coarser texture. Enjoy!
Hi,
I was wondering if you have ever tried this cookie recipe as a gluten free one? Maybe substituting the whole wheat flour for soy or rice flour? I have a friend who can’t have gluten and so i thought i’d ask! Thanks for your very interesting and funny blogs!
Christine – I have not tried them that way. But I would imagine it might work well with rice flour perhaps. It’s certainly worth a shot!
I made these following your recipe and thought they were a tad too sweet for my tastes. I made them again subbing 3 T. unsweetened applesauce for the agave and they were perfect for me. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Jennie – That’s wonderful! I’m glad you were able to make the recipe work for you! I’m admittedly a sweets lover, so it’s entirely possible that you are not the only person who will find them to be too sweet. But I’m so happy you enjoyed them!
once again…im in luv luv <3. these have to be the best choco chip cookies i have ever eaten. i did use whole wheat flour thoe..worked great. thanks for sharing your talents tiffany. im up to 60 % clean about. trying to covert the whole family but i consider it a work in progress..
Desiree – That’s wonderful!! I’m glad they worked out with the regular WW flour. Keep up the great work!
Rice flour works great as the whole wheat substitute (as long as it’s not the only flour) but in this recipe it turns out fantastic!!
Thanks!
Erin – Good to know!! Thanks so much for letting me know!
I have an allergy to almonds. Is there anything that could be used in this recipe (as well as ones that contain almond butter) as a substitute?
Amanda – Any nuts or nut butters will work for this. Feel free to substitute with something you can have. They should still turn out well. If you can’t find a nut butter made from a nut you can have, simply put some whole nuts in a food processor to make your own. It’s pretty easy.
Hope that helps!
Hey! I have a challenge for you…I’ve got a craving going for some of those delicious peanut buttery, caramely Scotcharoos and I’m dying to find a cleaner, reduced fat and sugar way of making them! So far I’ve thought up using Kashi whole grain puff cereal in place of rice krispies, and Bell Plantation PB2 in place of the peanut butter..but I’m stumped when it comes to cutting down the sugar and corn syrup to get that really gooey texture that I love…any ideas? Would honey do it? Let me know what you think!
Jaclyn – The best substitute for corn syrup is brown rice syrup. It’s the closest you’ll ever get without using corn syrup. Good luck! Let me know how they turn out!
I have just discovered your blog and I love it!
I made these last night with sultanas instead of chocolate chips and they are delicious. I don’t have a full-sized food processor but this amount fit nicely into my little Braun chopper. One quantity made 12 small cookies, and they are really filling. Can’t wait to try more of your recipes. Thanks!
Maria – Welcome to my blog! I’m so happy you’re enjoying my recipes! Please let me know if you have any questions.
Love the your blog!! I tried this tonight and they didn’t come out correct. They didn’t expand at all. I’ll have to give them another try 🙂
Jen – They don’t expand a ton. There will be a little spread, but not much. Did they taste okay?
no they didn’t really taste good! After reading all the great reviews, I must of did something wrong…hehe!
Jenn – Maybe you mismeasured something? I promise, they are worth a second try!