Gluten-Free Vegan Chocolate Chunk Cookies are from a recipe I made up a few years ago when we were living near a Sprouts. I had easy access to what I considered "alternative' ingredients such as almond meal and ground flax. These days those are pretty mainstream ingredients available at just about any grocery store.
Gluten-Free Vegan Chocolate Chunk Cookies
To start I used an old almond flour recipe which calls for an egg and is not vegan. This recipe uses ground flax instead of an egg, brown sugar instead of maple syrup, and a combo of coconut oil and almond butter for fat. The cookies bake up thick, soft and have a pretty strong almond flavor from the almond butter. Here's a photo of the dough. I baked a couple of balls right away and frozen the rest for later.
The smaller size (18 per batch) cookies weigh about .85 oz each, so if you want larger cookies just double up the balls and make 9 or 10 cookies. Here's a photo of the larger size cookies.
Recipe
Gluten-Free Vegan Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups blanched almond flour 150 grams
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup packed dark brown sugar 50 grams
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste
- ¼ cup almond butter without salt or sugar
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil 30 grams
- 1 flax egg 1 T. flax mixed with 3 T. water
- ¾ cup dark chocolate chunks or chips feel free to use more or less
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Mix together the almond flour, baking soda and salt and set aside.
- In a second bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the sugar, vanilla, almond butter and coconut oil for 1 minute, scraping the side of the bowl often. Beat in the flax egg.
- Add the almond flour mixture and stir by hand until blended.
- If the dough looks too wet, sprinkle in some more almond flour. The dough should be the consistency of thick mashed potatoes. Stir in chocolate chunks.
- Using a tablespoon, scoop up 18 heaps of dough and arrange on the parchment lined baking sheet spacing about 2 ½ inches apart. Bake one sheet at a time for about 10-12 minutes.
- Let cool on the baking sheet for about 3 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely.
Anna says
Runnergirl, the coconut oil should be soft but not melted. Thanks for asking! I'll add a note.
RunnerGirl says
I want to try these! Is the coconut oil solid or melted?
Thanks!
Anna says
Karen, sorry for the delayed response. They are completely different mainly because the almond flour gives them a different texture and flavor. The texture is dense and soft and the flavor is somewhat almond with chocolate and vanilla. They look like regular chocolate chunk cookies but darker. The flax egg works perfectly here.
karenb says
How do they taste compared to non gluten and with egg substitute?
Sue says
They are very attractive cookies!