Soft and Chewy Paleo Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cookies

A super easy and amazingly delicious recipe for rich, Soft and Chewy Paleo Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cookies!  These addicting cookies are gluten and grain free, dairy free, paleo, and sure to become your favorite go-to healthy cookie recipe.

I used to have mixed feelings about paleo “treat” recipes, because cookies are cookies no matter what type of grain or nut flour they’re made of, don’t you think?

If it looks like a cookie and tastes like one too, it’s probably a cookie.  I thought people would kid themselves into believing that “paleo” treats are somehow more virtuous than the good old fashioned Betty Crocker style chocolate chip variety.  Cookies don’t come with or without virtue though, right?

But what about those chewy butter toffee ones that came in a pack of two in the school cafeteria. God I loved those!  Anyone else remember them?  Where the heck are they now?  Can I make them Paleo? Hmmm…

Anyway, I think once you start getting into “good” “bad” “healthy” “not healthy” with food you run into trouble.

Trouble I want nothing to do with – for myself or my kids.

It’s more about having delicious options that won’t leave you sick or in pain.   Luckily, it turns out that cookies made without grains, dairy, or soy can be JUST as delicious as the “real” deal!  (Not kidding)

And, while I wouldn’t eat these in place of eggs, veggies, meats and other whole foods, not so surprisingly, they work really well if you’re trying to replace a traditional cookie with something a bit more system-friendly.

I also love making these for my kids, since they have a good deal of fat from coconut oil and nut flour, and fat in general is one thing my kids don’t embrace quite as passionately as I do.  It’s a total win-win!  They happen to be super easy to throw together too.  Now let’s start baking!

Soft and Chewy Paleo Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cookies

Chewy Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cookies {Paleo}

An easy recipe for Chewy Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cookies that's Paleo, dairy free, gluten free, grain free, and amazingly delicious!

Author: Michele

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Course: Treat

Cuisine: Paleo

Servings: 16 cookies

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Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup unrefined coconut oil melted, or unsalted butter (if dairy is okay), melted
• 1/3 cup organic coconut sugar
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups blanched almond flour
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/8 tsp of fine grain sea salt
• 1/2 cup Enjoy Life dark chocolate chips - or your favorite dark chocolate chips *
• 1/2 cup dried cranberries *Optional

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper.
2. In a large bowl, whisk the egg with the coconut oil, vanilla, and coconut sugar until smooth.

3. In a separate medium bowl, combine the almond flour, baking soda and salt and mix to incorporate all ingredients.

4. Slowly stir the dry ingredients into the egg/sugar mixture until fully combined and the mixture is the consistency of a dough (it will be sticky)
5. Stir the chocolate chips and cranberries into the dough.
6. If the dough is too sticky to roll into balls, chill first in the freezer for 10 minutes.
7. Form dough into 16 balls and flatten into cookie shape (they'll expand but won't flatten in the oven) and arrange on the parchment lined cookie sheet
8. Bake in the preheated oven 10 minutes or until set and just beginning to brown - be careful not to overbake.
9. Remove from oven, allow cookies to sit 2-5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling.
10. Enjoy!

Recipe Notes

*If omitting the cranberries, use 3/4 cup dark chocolate chips

Nutrition

Calories: 146kcal

Carbohydrates: 11g

Protein: 3g

Fat: 10g

Saturated Fat: 5g

Cholesterol: 10mg

Sodium: 55mg

Potassium: 39mg

Fiber: 1g

Sugar: 6g

Vitamin A: 15IU

Calcium: 41mg

Iron: 0.5mg

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What I Used to Make My Soft and Chewy Paleo Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cookies:

What’s your hands down favorite cookie?  Yeah that’s a tough one.  Might have to go with those old butter toffee ones but not sure they count since I haven’t had one in over 20 years.  A really good and chewy, homemade chocolate chunk cookie might just have to take the win on this!

Want more Paleo cookie recipes?  Try one of these!

Ultimate Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies

Big Soft Paleo Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Paleo Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chewy Chocolate Almond Butter Sandwich Cookies

Awesome Paleo cookies around the web:

Thick and Chewy Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies

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