Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
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.
Hi! I was just wondering if you ever found a workaround for the nuts. I was reading through the comments. My daughter has an allergy to them.
No, not yet. But I have a lot of cookie recipes. Hopefully one of them will work for you?
Oh my goodness! Just made these and they were terrific! Subbed gluten free all purpose flour for the WW Pastry & reduced honey to 2 tablespoons. They were out of this world! Totally conquered the sweet craving. Thanks so much for another great recipe!
I made these for Superbowl, and they were devoured! Super delicious!!!
I was wondering if the almonds were chopped or kept whole in this recipe?
Thanks.
OK, after reading through the recipe more closely, I realize the almonds are in the processed dough. Thanks.
I made these tonight, and they were sooo good! We’ve been eating clean for about a month now, and these were the perfection solution for my sweet tooth! My youngest son, who’s 1, has milk, soy, and corn intolerances, so this was his first time trying a cookie of any sort. He loved it! Thanks for a great recipe!!
What is the nutritional information? It’s not showing up when I pull up the recipe.
Thanks and can’t wait to make these!
It varies depending on how big you make your cookies. You can enter the recipe into a nutrition calculator when you know how many you have.
Baked these with my 3 year old to pass a rainy afternoon today. AH-MAZING! I had some serious doubts, but holy moly!
Did mine using a blender and everything blended up really nicely. So neat how the almonds and oatmeal combine together to make dough. I had no idea what this would look like, but it was delicous. My toddler and I were licking the bowl!
I doubled the recipe and think 6 T of honey was too much. Will definitely cut back next time.
My oatmeal was still warm when I added in the chocolate chips, so some of them melted and chocolate “swirl” cookies. . .so yummy.
I cheated and used 1/2 regular choc chip with the grain sweetened. I chickened out last minute because I was afraid my toddler wouldn’t like them. Next time, I’m going to try to use the grain sweetened only.
Great recipe! Thanks!
Nikki – My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed them. 🙂
Hello, can you tell me are these cookies crunchy or soft? Where do you find grain chocolate chips?
Shirley – They are soft. I used the SunSpire brand chips from Whole Foods, but you can also order them online from Amazon.
What can I use instead of wheat flour to make these gluten free?
Brenda – You could try using almond flour or gluten free oat flour, but I haven’t tried it myself, so I’m not sure how it would turn out.
Great recipe , but I would use 1/8 cup spelt flour instead of whole wheat , I stopped using modern wheat flour since I’ve read William Davis’ Book: “What Belly”…. really scary .
Thanx for the recipe.
Mey – But isn’t spelt roughly the same? I realize it’s an ancient grain, but hasn’t it been just as tampered with?
do you use whole almonds or sliced almonds?
Bailey – Doesn’t matter. You put everything in a food processor, so it grinds everything up anyway.
Can I substitute spelt flour for the whole wheat flour?
Catherine – I haven’t tried it, but I would think it should work fine.
Oh these look so yummy, sadly my son is allergic to peanuts and is on a strict no nut (all nut) diet. Also, no eggs. 🙁
Consider adding another recipe?
Katrina – I can give it a shot, sure.
I never seen grain chocolate chips but can I used dark chocolate.Thank for sharing!
Lillie – Sure.
On day 3 of clean eating and I made these tonight and they are so delicious!! But the best part is that my 4 young children liked them too… Win-Win 🙂 Thanks for all you do I would not have been able to start this journey without you and your website!!
Angie – My pleasure! Mini Chef loves them too!
I’m always looking for healthy dessert recipes – can’t wait to try this!
Erena – Let me know how you like them!
Do you think it would work to substitute carob chips for the chocolate chips?
Keriann – Sure!
Definitely going to try these!!! I just started my whole family on the clean eating lifestyle, and my husband and children are not thrilled. So, I think if I keep finding recipes that don’t seem so “healthy” they might jump on the bandwagon 100%, and not fight me on this. I did find the Grain Sweetened Chocolate Chips on Wal-Mart’s website, they’re in bulk, but it comes out to $5.85/10 oz. bag. That seems reasonable…doesn’t it?
Laura – Wow! That’s an amazing price! I may have to check that out myself! 😀
Hi!
Can you tell me where to purchase “grain sweetened chocolate chips”??
Thank you
Paula – I used to get them at Whole Foods. But they don’t carry them any longer. However, you can still get them on Amazon, or contact the company to find out where they sell in your area. http://www.Sunspire.com