Deliciously soft, grain free almond flour chocolate chip cookies with rich, caramel-like flavor from brown butter and gooey chocolate in every bite. These cookies are easy to make and the perfect weekday treat!
Ingredients
1/3 cup butter (I like using salted butter)
1/2 cup packed coconut sugar
1 egg, at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups packed fine blanched almond flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 heaping cup chocolate chips
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
Brown your butter: add butter to a small saucepan and place over medium heat. The butter will begin to melt, crackle, and then eventually foam. Make sure you whisk constantly during this process. After a couple of minutes, the butter will begin to brown and turn a nice golden amber color on the bottom of the saucepan, this usually happens once it foams. Continue to whisk and remove from heat as soon as the butter begins to brown and give off a nutty aroma. Immediately transfer the butter to a medium bowl to prevent burning, making sure you scrape all the butter from the pan. Set aside to cool for 10 minutes.
In a large bowl, mix together the brown butter, coconut sugar, egg and vanilla extract until smooth and creamy.
Next stir in almond flour, baking soda, and salt until just combined. Fold in chocolate chips.
Use a medium cooking scoop to grab dough and place onto the prepared baking sheet about 2 inches apart. If you want thinner/flatter cookies, you can flatten them so that they are about ½ inch thick. You can even do ¼ inch thick if you like more flat cookies.
Bake for 11-15 minutes until cookies begin to turn golden brown on the edges. The longer you bake them the crispier they will be. They may look underdone on the tops, but that’s just because they’re made with almond flour.
Allow cookies to cool for 10-15 minutes on the baking sheet before transferring to a wire rack to finish cooling.
They are amazing if you eat them frozen too! Makes about 12-14 cookies.