Would you like a cookie?
Or would you prefer a brownie?
These double chocolate chip cookies are a must-try for chocolate lovers!
By the way:
No one should ever make you choose between brownies or cookies.
That is just cruel.
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Chocolate Cookies
- 1/2 cup spelt flour (or ww pastry or white flour. You can use Arrowhead Mills’ gf mix if you add a little extra liquid so the dough is less crumbly.) (70g)
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder (20g)
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt (just under level)
- 1/4 plus 1/8 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 cup xylitol or sugar (45g)
- 1 NuNaturals stevia packet, or 1 tbsp extra sugar
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 5Â tbsp vegetable or coconut oil (50g)
- If needed: 1-2 tbsp milk of choice or more oil
- 1/3 to 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips (50-65g) (Technically, you can omit… but the recipe is so much better if you don’t! Mini chips are ideal; if you must use regular-sized, I recommend chopping them up to be smaller so you get chocolate in every bite.)
- optional: a few drops of pure almond extract, for a fun flavor variation
In a mixing bowl, combine all dry ingredients and stir very well. In a separate bowl, mix all liquid ingredients. Now pour wet into dry, stir to combine fully, transfer the dough to a big plastic bag, and smush into one big ball while still inside the bag. Remove from bag and make mini balls, place on a greased cookie sheet, then fridge at least 30 minutes, or freeze 15 minutes. (If you want crispy healthy cookies, you can skip this step and bake immediately.) Preheat oven to 325 F, then bake 10 minutes. They will look underdone when they come out, but that is ok. Just be sure to let them cool at least another 10 minutes before trying to pick the cookies up. (If you want flatter cookies than the ones in the photos, you can flatten them before or after they go in the oven.) Makes 14-17 cookies. For soft cookies, store in a lidded plastic container; for crispy cookies, store in a glass container.
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What is your favorite holiday cookie?
Mine is probably chocolate-chip. I’m boring! But I also used to really like these mini pecan tarts my grandmother made, with a buttery cream-cheese crust. At some point I want to create a healthy and vegan cookie from that recipe. Also: thanks for all the unusual cookie suggestions the other day. I’m still trying to decide which idea to play around with first. The cream puff suggestion seems to be winning at the moment, even though it’s not a cookie!
Link of the Day:
….No-Bake Peanut Butter Cookies
One of my favorite cookie recipes ever… Happy National Cookie Day!!
Hey this is the first recipe I ever made from this site! At my own risk, I subbed 1/4 of the ww pastry flour for one scoop chocolate protein, and it turned out great! Just a bit crumbly,but probably bc the protein powder! Thanks Katie!!!!!!
I just made these and they are DELICIOUS! It made me realized that you don’t need all of the butter and eggs to make great cookies. I’m a serious chocolate lover and they are fantastic. But they are a little crumbly so I might add more liquid next time. But great taste!
Making these for the second time this week! They are fantastic! I used coconut sugar and replaced the oil with 2 TBSP of peanut butter, 1/4 c applesauce & a splash of soy milk. Worked great! Thanks for the awesome recipe!
the first time I made this, I followed the recipe exactly. it turned out a little but oily. the second time around. I put 2 1\2 Tbsp of Oil and 2 tbsp of milk. it turned out G R E A T.
and I also put 1\8 brown sugar. 1\8 white sugar.
I don’t know if this increases the calories in the cookies or not. But the 5 tbsp of oil were too much for me.
maybe it was the flour that made them oily, but either way. less oil worked out for me!
So glad I found this!!! Cant wait to try them all!
these look really yummy! healthy is always better!:) especially if it doesn’t taste healthy
How many cookies does this make?
These taste great, and I followed the recipe pretty closely. I used my tiny scoop and made 20 cookies. The only pitfall is that the resulting cookie is delicious, but very crumbly — not a problem as these are one-biters. Super chocolately, but not overly sweet.
I made these the other day and they tasted fantastic.
Made these. They were Devine!! Love homade chocolate chip cookies and brownies and these tasted like both. Soft and moist. No need to push down the dough balls after placing in freezer for 15 min. They came down the shape of cookies automatically once they baked. 10 minutes for mine was a little too soft so I cooked mine for 13 minutes was perfect. Will be makeing again thanks for the great recipies katie!!