I’ve tried a couple different low-carb cookie recipes, and right now this one is my favorite. For one thing, you could almost forget you were eating a low-carb baked good. But it’s not from a cookbook; I reverse-engineered it from cookies we found at our local health food store.
The cookies in question were Sarah’s Skinny Sweets, and they’re great. The problem is, they’re a bit on the pricy side, and they’re not always in stock (like right now – at the time that I’m writing this, they’re on backorder!). I took a look at the ingredients and did some guesswork based on experience, and came up with these.
Let’s be clear, these are not Sarah’s cookies. I’m using erythritol instead of xylitol (less GI issues and less dangerous for pets) and often leave out the applesauce. I also throw in an egg to make the cookies less crumbly. But they’re inspired by Sarah’s cookies.
This is the first version of the recipe, the traditional chocolate chip cookie.
Low Carb Chocolate Chip Cookies
Notes
The nutritional information will vary depending on which chocolate chips you use and how much. The numbers here are based on using ~30 grams of Lily's Dark Chocolate Premium Baking Chips.
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup coconut flour
- 2 T almond flour
- 3 T erythritol
- stevia to taste
- low-sugar chocolate chips to taste
- ¼ tsp xanthan gum
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- dash salt
- cookie spices to taste (cinnamon, ginger, allspice, clove, nutmeg)
- ¼ cup coconut oil or butter, melted
- 2 T coconut milk
- 2-3 T applesauce (optional)
- 1 egg
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 300°F.
- Mix together the dry ingredients.
- Mix in the coconut oil or butter.
- Add the coconut milk and applesauce (if cold the dough will get very stiff at this point as the coconut oil starts to solidify; I often mix by hand here).
- Mix in the egg.
- Now it's time to form the cookies. Keep in mind that these don't spread the way regular cookies do, so however they go into the oven is how they're going to come out. I usually form a handful of the dough at a time into logs and slice cookies from that, about 3/4" thick.
- Arrange on a silicone sheet or parchment paper and bake at 300°F for 20 minutes or until browned.
Nutrition Facts
Low Carb Chocolate Chip Cookies
Serves: 25 cookies
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Amount Per Serving: 1 cookie
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|---|---|---|
| Calories | ||
| % Daily Value* | ||
| Total Fat 3.5 | 5.4% | |
| Saturated Fat | 0 | |
| Trans Fat | ||
| Cholesterol | 0 | |
| Sodium | 0 | |
| Total Carbohydrate 2.1 | 0.7% | |
| Dietary Fiber 1.4 | 5.6% | |
| Sugars | ||
| Protein 0.9 | ||
| Vitamin A | Vitamin C | |
| Calcium | Iron | |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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