Baked to perfection, sugar-free chocolate chip cookies feature crisp, golden edges and a soft, gooey center. Loaded with chocolate chips in every bite, they have all the buttery sweet flavor you know and love with none of the sugar!
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What can I expect?
Cream the butter and cream cheese until fluffy. Then, combine all the ingredients in a bowl, portion out your cookies, and bake in 11 minutes or less. No chilling time required.
Unlike traditional cookies, these sugar-free chocolate chip cookies are made with natural, sugar substitutes and sugar-free chocolate chips for healthier cookies that will satisfy your cravings with zero guilt.This is one recipe that’s guaranteed to please.
Are Chocolate Chip Cookies Healthy?
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Let’s look at the main ingredients:
- Eggs
- Almond flour
- Butter
- Cream cheese
- Chocolate chips
- Sweetener
Eggs and almond flour are natural, nutritious foods. Each has its own health benefits and provides a great source of healthy omega fats for healthy sugar-free chocolate chip cookies.
But what about butter and cream cheese? What about the added milk in chocolate chips? Is dairy healthy?
Here’s what we know. Dairy is full of vitamins, minerals, protein, and natural fat energy. But if everyone consumed dairy all of the time, dairy farming would become abusive and unsustainable…
Let’s be mindful of our dairy intake. Buy dairy that comes from pasture raised cows and limit consumption.
Sugar is what makes food unhealthy.
Add 328g of sugar (10g/cookie) to this recipe and you’re looking at heartburn with an energy crash. (And you’ll be scouring the pantry for your next sugar snack within the hour.)
Substitute the sugar for a quality sugar alcohol, and this dessert becomes nourishment. The ingredients provide vitamins, minerals, and long-lasting energy.
Enjoy these sugar-free chocolate chips cookies knowing they support your well being. Learn more about eating less sugar here.
Chocolate Chip Cookies Tips
1. Enjoy fresh baked cookies every night
Don’t bake the whole batch of cookies in one go. Scoop out one or two cookies per person, and save the rest of the dough in the fridge. Eat a fresh-baked cookie every night! (And who doesn’t love the smell of cookies baking in the oven?)
Side note: before storing your cookie dough in the fridge, level out the dough’s surface in your storage container. This makes scooping the cookie dough easier.We recommend preparing and storing your cookie dough in a glass mixing bowl with a lid.
2. Let the cookies cool (the way you like)
Let the cookies cool for 5 minutes for a warm gooey center and crisp outer edge. Or you can let the cookies cool completely for a soft, chewy cookie.
3. How long can I store the cookies?
Store at room temperature for 5 days or in the refrigerator for 7 days.
3. Use a cookie scoop
A cookie scoop serves uniform cookies that bake evenly. If you’re wanting to bake these healthy cookies on the regular, a 1 Tbsp cookie scoop is a welcomed tool.
4. Use room temperature ingredients.
To allow for super easy mixing, let your butter, cream cheese, egg, and egg yolk warm and soften room temperature. This helps prevent the ingredients from clumping, creating a smooth batter.
5. Got leftover chocolate chips?
Save them for a second batch, or use them to whip up chocolate toffee, too.
6. Separate the egg white with ease.
Crack the egg over a bowl, making sure to keep the yolk in one half of the shell. Then, gently transfer the yolk back and forth between each half of the shell, and allow the egg white to fall out into the bowl. Add the yolk to the cookie batter, and store the egg whites in glass tupperware in the fridge to use for candied pecans.
7. Cover your baking sheet.
Make clean up easy and prevent waste by covering your baking sheet with a non-stick baking mat.
8. Want more flavor or texture?
Add in or replace the chocolate chips with mix-ins like chopped nuts or dried fruit for a boost of sweet and savory flavors and a little extra crunch or chewiness.
Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Prep Time:15 minutes mins
Cook Time:10 minutes mins
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup – Unsalted Butter softened
- 2 oz – Cream Cheese softened
- 1/2 cup – Brown Sugar Replacement (Swerve)
- 1/2 cup – Granular Sugar Replacement (Lakanto)
- 1 Egg + 1 Egg Yolk
- 1/2 tsp – Vanilla Extract
- 1.5 cup – Almond Flour
- 1/2 tsp – Xanthan Gum
- 1 tsp – Baking Soda
- 1/2 tsp – Salt pink himalayan or sea salt
- 1 cup Sugar-Free Chocolate Chips (Lilly’s)
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 F.
Cream butter and cream cheese until fluffy (we recommend a hand mixer).
Add Swerve Brown Sugar and Lakanto. Mix. Scrape the sides with a silicone spatula for even mixing.
Add 1 egg, 1 egg yolk, and vanilla extract. Mix.
Add dry ingredients (almond flour, xanthan gum, baking soda, salt). Scrape the sides for even mixing.
Add chocolate chips. Mix.
Optional, but recommended: Chill cookie dough in the fridge for an hour or overnight for soft, gooey cookies.
Using a cookie scoop, place even sized cookie dough balls onto a baking sheet lined with a Silicon Baking Mat or parchment paper.
For a soft gooey cookie, gently squish each scoop into a very thick puck shape. Or, for a more crisp cookie, flatten scoop into a cookie shape.
Bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown around the edges.
Let cookies cool for at least 5 minutes. Keep cookies for 5 days at room temperature or 7+ days in the fridge.
Notes
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Recipe from Neutral Eating: https://neutraleating.com/chocolate-chips-cookies/
Servings: 32 Cookies
Author: Neutral Eating
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