After making these secretly healthy chocolate chip cookies, they were seriously all I could think about! And so I wanted to immediately share the recipe with all of you.
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The best healthy chocolate chip cookies
I am so excited to share this healthy chocolate chip cookie recipe.
Like, ridiculously excited.
The perfect chocolate chip cookie should be soft, chewy, and crispy, all at the same time, with just the right amount of chocolate chips.
These super healthy chocolate chip cookies definitely meet those standards, all while having less fat and sugar than traditional Toll House chocolate chip cookies.
They are so fantastically delicious… and not just for a healthy cookie either!
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Homemade healthy chocolate chip cookie recipe
I made a big batch of these healthy chocolate chip cookies late last night.
The initial plan had been to pack them up and take the entire batch of the cookies to a friend’s outdoor annual summer party.
However, I ended up eating so many on my own, both the finished cookies and the raw dough, that now I will need to make more.
The cookie dough is eggless, which can be both a good and a bad thing. It is a benefit because I can feel better eating more of it.
But it means there will be fewer cookies after you eat all the dough!
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Step by step video
Above, watch the healthy chocolate chip cookie recipe video
Healthy chocolate chip cookie ingredients
To make the recipe, you will need the following: chocolate chips, oat flour, baking soda, pure vanilla extract, salt, sugar, oil, and milk of choice.
They taste like classic chocolate chip cookies because the recipe uses only basic cookie ingredients, with no applesauce, banana, flax meal, chia seeds, or avocado.
I like semi sweet or dark chocolate chips for extra antioxidants. You may also use milk chocolate, butterscotch, or white chocolate chips for some or all of the chocolate.
If you do not wish to buy oat flour, make your own by blending rolled oats in a food processor until they turn into fine flour. Due to the added air from blending, it is important to really pack homemade oat flour down when measuring.
Technically, you can substitute spelt flour or loosely packed white flour in the cookies. But I recommend oat flour because it will yield the best flavor and chewy texture.
These cookies can be whole grain, gluten free, vegan, and much lower in sugar, fat, and calories than packaged or homemade traditional chocolate chip cookies.
For a refined sugar free option, choose coconut sugar, evaporated cane juice, or date sugar. Xylitol works for cookies with no sugar, although the results are a bit more puffy and less chewy.
Plus, there are no eggs, no cholesterol, and no butter in the recipe. But they are so good that I promise you will never be able to tell.
In fact, this might just become your new favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe!
Here is a high protein version: Protein Cookies
Oatmeal chocolate chip cookie add in ideas
Try mixing one third cup of chopped walnuts, macadamia nuts, or pecans into the cookie dough before shaping it into cookies.
You can also stir in a sprinkle of cinnamon or a handful of shredded coconut or crushed peanuts to add both flavor and texture.
For fancy chocolate chip cookies, replace the chocolate chips with chopped chocolate bars or chocolate chunks. Sprinkle with sea salt after they come out of the oven.
Substituting an equal amount of raisins turns them into healthy oatmeal raisin cookies.
Or I sometimes will stir in a small handful of finely chopped dried figs, dried bananas, candied ginger, freeze dried strawberries, or cranberries.
Have fun customizing the base recipe with your family and friends!
Want peanut butter cookies? Try my favorite Vegan Peanut Butter Cookies
How to make healthy chocolate chip cookies
Gather all of your cookie ingredients, and preheat the oven to 380 degrees Fahrenheit.
Combine the oat flour, baking soda, salt, sweetener, and chocolate chips in a large mixing bowl, and stir well to ensure everything is evenly mixed.
Add in the pure vanilla extract, vegetable or coconut oil, and milk of choice (dairy free if desired). Form the dough into one big ball, then break off into smaller pieces and roll it into cookie dough balls.
If you feel adventurous, stuff the unbaked chocolate chip cookies with small balls of frozen peanut butter, almond butter, or Homemade Nutella before baking.
For soft chocolate chip cookies, refrigerate until chilled or overnight. For crispier cookies, you can go ahead and bake them right away.
Place the balls onto a cookie tray, and bake on the oven’s center rack for nine minutes. Then remove the pan from the heat when they are still a little undercooked.
This simple step ensures the recipe will yield soft and chewy cookies, not overbaked or burnt results.
Let the healthy chocolate chip oatmeal cookies sit for ten to fifteen minutes before handling, because they will firm up as they cool down.
Baking and storage tips
The cookies should spread out in the oven, but every now and then they might not. This can be due to factors such as climate, elevation, or humidity in the air on a particular day. Just press them down with a spoon after baking if needed.
If you like chewy chocolate chip cookies, store leftovers in a lidded airtight plastic container. If you want crispy cookies, store leftover cookies in a glass container.
You can also make chocolate chip cookie dough balls ahead of time and freeze them to bake at a later date. Thaw the frozen cookie dough before baking.
For low carb cookies with almond flour, bake these Keto Cookies
Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup oat flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 4 tbsp coconut sugar or brown sugar
- 4 tbsp white sugar or additional coconut sugar
- 1/3 cup chocolate chips or more if desired
- 1/3 cup chopped nuts optional)
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp vegetable or melted coconut oil
- 3-5 tbsp milk of choice, as needed
Instructions
- Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe: Preheat oven to 380 degrees. Combine dry ingredients and mix very well. Add wet, and form into a big ball. Now make little balls from the big one. For soft cookies, refrigerate until cold (otherwise, just bake right away). Bake 9 minutes. Remove from oven when they’re still a little undercooked, then it’s important to let cool 10 minutes before removing from the tray, as they’ll continue to cook while cooling. They should have spread out, but every now and then they might not (climate plays a huge role in baking), so just smush down with a spoon if needed. You can also choose to make extra cookie dough balls and freeze them to bake at a later date. For softer cookies, store in a lidded plastic container. For crispier cookies, store in a lidded glass container.View Nutrition Facts
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Can u sub the sugar with agave nectar in your recipes?
These are so delicious! I just made them and ate my first one, and you’d never know they were butter-free, healthy cookies. I’ll definitely make them again with one fix: I used only 3 TBSP of milk, but even as I was forming the dough into a ball, I could tell even that was too much for mine. My little balls weren’t so much spherical as they were blobs of wet dough. So next time I’ll stop at 2 TBSP and see if that helps. They came out as thin cookies instead of the thicker ones in the pictures. They still taste fantastic, though!
Made these with raisins in half and chocolate chips in the other half. They’re AWESOME!
This was amazing! I used cashews because I didn’t have macadamia nuts and virgin coconut oil, so it got a touch of that coconut flavor. Absolutely awesome!
These sound delicious, but I have a question! I noticed that there are several places in the recipe where you have options for what to use, ex, brown sugar or brown coconut sugar, xylitol or white sugar, and vegetable oil or coconut oil. If I were to use brown sugar, white sugar and vegetable oil, does that make them any less healthy? Just curious because I live in very rural area and the other options you gave are kind of hard to come by around here.
They would still be healthier than your average chocolate chip cookies because they’re much lower in sugar and I call for less oil as well. Also, if you use oat flour they’re whole-grain too!
Also, I don’t think veg oil is any less healthy than coconut oil. 🙂
Delicious cookies – soft & chewy! I added 3 tablespoons of milk & mixture was too wet so then added 2 tablespoons of plain flour & they turned out perfect. Thanks for a great recipe!
I am constantly making chocolate chip cookies for my cookie-loving boyfriend, but hate the typical recipes that use so much butter, shortening, and sugar. I was really pleased with these because they contain a lot less sugar and fat but are still very substantial because of the oat flour. My guy doesn’t usually go for oatmeal-type cookies, but after the initial taste test, he tried to eat the rest of the batch. Thanks for the recipe!
Hello there!
I came across this recipe on Pinterest and had to make it because it LOOKED so beautiful. I’m not a vegan, and I usually just make the cookies from Betty Crocker, but these are the best cookies I have ever tried, even if they weren’t so much healthier. I am in shock that something with less sugar and no white flour can taste even better than the real thing. Excited to try more of your recipes now!
Love from a new fan,
Emma
WOW!
These are INCREDIBLE!
I’ve tried a few vegan cookie recipes before and they have just been crumbly, oily, or just ick but these are perfect! Thank you so much Katie 🙂
Thank you for trying them!