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Keto Diet Cookies With Almond Flour

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Keto chocolate chip cookies are one of my favourite keto cookies.  These low carb cookies are the perfect recipe for any occasion; make them for keto workplace treats, a sneaky treat for yourself, or a sneaky healthy treat for the kids.

chocolate chip cookies on partchment paper

This post is very detailed, so feel free to skip to the section that suits you best using the table of contents below:

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  • What Are Keto Cookies?
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  • Where Can I Purchase Sugar-Free Chocolate Chips?
  • Can I substitute Any Ingredients In This Cookie Recipe?
  • Can You Use Coconut Flour To Bake Keto Chocolate Chip Cookies?
    • Why Do Macro Tracking Apps Show More Carbs Than This Recipe Shows?
  • My Cookies Aren't Flat Like Yours? What Did I Do Wrong?
    • Health Benefits Of No Sugar Cookies:
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  • Baking Tip!

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes

What Are Keto Cookies?

Low carb cookies are just like any other chocolate chip cookie recipe, but instead of using wheat flour, they are made with almond flour. Regular sugar is substituted with erythritol, which is a keto friendly sweetener. I recommend using 100% erythritol which you can find in the recipe ingredients. Do not use liquid stevia or liquid monkfruit in this recipe. (see recipe notes)

hand holding a chocolate chip cookie over a glass of milk

This Recipe Won Best Keto Dessert Of the Year!

best keto dessert of the year winner 2018

As voted by you, this keto cookie recipe won Best Keto Dessert of the Year in 2018. How amazing is that? It really is delicious and super simple.

How To Make Keto Chocolate Chip Cookies

There are a few tips to making these keto choc chip cookies super perfect. First, make sure you mix all the dry ingredients before adding to the butter mixture. This will help evenly disburse the xanthan gum and baking powder throughout the batter.

Tip: You need to melt the butter. If you don't like melting the butter in the microwave, you can also do it in a saucepan. You want your cookies to melt in the oven. Melted butter helps this process, as well as using 100% erythritol.

glass mixing bowl on white table cloth filled with cookie dough

Your cookie batter should look like the photo above before you proceed. If the cookies don't melt into cookie shapes in the oven within the first 5 minutes, it either means that you've added too much flour or you've not melted the butter. If they don't melt, though, you can easily press them down with fork midway through cooking.

hand pouring chocolate chips into cookie dough inside a glass bowl.

Where Can I Purchase Sugar-Free Chocolate Chips?

Lily's do a great quality sugar-free chocolate chip which works great in this recipe. However, if you don't have access to those specific chocolate chips for the best keto chocolate chip cookies, you can always just use:

  • Chopped up 90% Lindt chocolate
  • 100% bakers chocolate
hand holding icecream scoop with chocolate chip cookies on a baking sheet

In the image below, I have showcased different ingredients to show you how using alternatives might affect the quality of the cookie.

  1. Fine Almond Flour: It works, but results in a too flat of a cookie for my liking.
  2. Coconut Flour: It's pretty bad, so don't try it.
  3. Coconut Oil: It also doesn't work that well. The cookies melt too quickly and stay in more of a ball shape.
  4. Without Xanthan Gum: Too flat. If you baked the cookies for a little less time, it could definitely work. I suggest 8 minutes.
    • (You can also substitute Xanthan Gum with Gelatin.)
  5. Liquid Stevia: The cookies came out hard as a rock.
different types of chocolate chip cookies on parchment paper

Can You Use Coconut Flour To Bake Keto Chocolate Chip Cookies?

I wouldn't use coconut flour for these cookies as they will not flatten out during baking.

Why Do Macro Tracking Apps Show More Carbs Than This Recipe Shows?

Some people might be freaking out because of the number of carbs in this recipe once they plug it into myfitnesspal or cronometer. The net carbs are indeed accurate on this recipe and I'll show you why those measurements seem inaccurate. Net carbs are calculated by removing both fibre and sugar alcohols. Fibre and sugar alcohols have no effect on insulin or blood glucose levels, so you will be fine to eat these cookies on the ketogenic diet.

The total carbs for this recipe are 19 g, fibre is 2.7 g, and the sugar alcohol content is 14 g. This means that 2.3 g of net carbs is absolutely correct (if using Lilly's sugar-free chocolate chips).

My Cookies Aren't Flat Like Yours? What Did I Do Wrong?

Some reader's cookies didn't flatten in the oven when making this recipe. If you are not using 100% pure erythritol, your cookies will not flatten. I use 100% erythritol in this recipe and it works every time.

If they still don't melt into cookie shapes in the oven within the first 5 minutes, it either means that you've added too much flour or you've not melted the butter as shown above. But don't worry! You can easily press them down with fork midway through cooking.

Health Benefits Of No Sugar Cookies:

Sugar-free cookies are great for keto snacks or keto treats because they contain so much butter. Make sure you use a good quality butter that is grass-fed. Grass-fed butter contains up to 6 times more CLA which can help your body burn fat properly and cleanly.

Whether you want to call theses almond meal cookies, almond flour cookies, low carb chocolate chip cookies or even keto cookies, it's all the same! They are all one of the same family, and much like the ketogenic community, love to help each other out!

If you love keto desserts, keto cookies, and specifically, keto chocolate chip cookies, you should also try the following recipes:

Keto Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookies

Low Carb Chocolate Chip S'mores Recipe

Keto Peanut Butter Cookies

Keto Snicker doodle Cookies

Keto Gingerbread Cookies

1 Minute Keto Chocolate Chip Cookies

Keto White Chocolate Chip Cookies

Baking Tip!

If cookies have not flattened after 6-7 minutes in the oven, press down with the back of a fork.

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Serves 12 Cookies

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  • 3.5 oz Salted Butter (3.5 oz – 1/2 cup)
  • 4.5 oz Erythritol (SoNourished) (4.5 oz – 3/4 cup)
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1 large Egg (50g / 1.7 oz)
  • 6 oz Almond Flour (6 oz – 170g) by weight, equals about 1 1/2 cups, depending on your almond flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp xanthan gum
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 3 oz Sugar Free Chocolate Chips (90g – 3/4 cup)

  • Preheat a fan forced oven to 180C (360F).

  • Melt the butter in saucepan until melted and hot over medium heat. Place the melted butter and erythritol in a mixing bowl and beat until combined. Add the vanilla and egg, and beat on low for another 15 seconds.

  • Add the almond flour, baking powder, xanthan gum and salt. Beat until well combined.

  • Press the dough together and remove from the bowl. Knead in the chocolate chips with your hands or a silicone spatula.

  • Use a small ice cream scoop to divide and shape the dough into 12 portions and place on a lined baking tray. Bake for 10-12 minutes at 180C (360F). The cookies will look a little undercooked when removing from the oven, but after cooling they will harden.

  • **baking tip** If cookies have not flattened after 6-7 minutes in the oven, press down with the back of a fork.

  • Allow to cool for 15 minutes before serving. Keep in an airtight container for up to 7 days.

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CAN I SUBSTITUTE ANY INGREDIENTS IN THIS RECIPE?

I have showcased different ingredients to show you how usingalternatives mightaffect thequality of the cookie.

  • Fine Almond Flour: It still works, but results in a too flat for my liking.
  • Coconut Flour: It's pretty bad, so don't try it.
  • Coconut Oil: It also doesn't work that well. The cookies melt too quickly and stay in more of a ball shape.
  • Without Xanthan Gum:Too flat. If you baked the cookies for a little less time, it could definitely work. I suggest for 8-9 minutes.
    • You can also substituteXanthan Gum withGelatin (1 tsp).
  • Liquid Stevia: The cookies came out hard as a rock.

WHERE CAN I PURCHASE SUGAR-FREE CHOCOLATE CHIPS?

Lily's do a great quality sugar-free chocolate chip, which works great in this recipe.

However, if you don't have access to those specific choc chips, you can always just use:

  • Chopped up 90% Lindt chocolate
  • 100% bakers chocolate.

My Cookies Aren't Flat Like Yours? What Did I Do Wrong?

Some people's cookiesdidn't flatten in the oven when making this recipe. If you are not using100% pure erythritol, your cookies will not flatten. I use 100% erythritol in this recipe and itworks every time.

For others, they may fail to measure the almond flour by weight, which will result in more almond flour in the recipe than necessary, and results in cookies that do not flatten.

If they still don't melt into cookie shapes in the oven within the first 5 minutes, it either means that you've added too much flour or you've not melted the butter as shown above. But don't worry! You can easily press them down withfork midway through cooking.

If you're using ghee instead of butter, you'll need to experiement with the ratio, it won't be 1:1 ratio for butter, I'd use less.

Nutrition Facts

Keto Chocolate Chip Cookies

Amount Per Serving (1 cookie)

Calories 180 Calories from Fat 144

% Daily Value*

Fat 16g 25%

Saturated Fat 6g 38%

Cholesterol 33mg 11%

Sodium 117mg 5%

Potassium 27mg 1%

Carbohydrates 5g 2%

Fiber 3g 13%

Sugar 1g 1%

Protein 4g 8%

Vitamin A 229IU 5%

Calcium 43mg 4%

Iron 1mg 6%

Net Carbs 2g

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie keto diet.

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Gluten Free, Low Carb / Keto, Vegetarian

Keyword: keto chocolate chip cookies, keto cookies

Keto Diet Cookies With Almond Flour

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