Flourless Chocolate chip cookies

Holiday season is incomplete without some home baked delightful chocolate chip cookies. The sweet aroma of freshly baked cookies just fill up the house with the Holiday spirit. The best part of baking cookies is that you can involve kids in this activity and they will gladly do so just because its cookies. 

Since we indulge on so much of food during holidays and festive season, it is important to balance the diet with some delicious low carb and low calorie food. These chocolate chip cookies are not only flourless but also free of refined sugar. So what's inside it? The cookies are made with almond flour, bananas, maple syrup, nut butter,  cinnamon powder, chocolate chips, salt, baking powder and baking soda. The ingredients are simple and easy to find in a grocery store. These Flourless Chocolate Chip Cookies are eggless, gluten free and you can easily turn them into vegan cookies by using vegan chocolate chips as all other ingredients are dairy free. 

Even though, the cookies are flourless they taste absolutely delicious. In fact, I would say these taste better than the regular cookies. They are very soft and chocolaty with all the nut butter and chocolate chips. My family enjoy these cookies so much that we just finish the entire batch of cookies in 2-3 days whenever I prepare them. 

The recipe for the Flourless Chocolate Chip Cookies is actually very flexible that you can customize it and prepare your own version of cookies as long as you follow the ratio of bananas to almond flour, baking soda and baking powder. 

Important Notes

• It is ideal to use overripe bananas for this recipe but you can also use ripe bananas to prepare the cookies. Just be sure to mash the bananas properly so there are no chunks. 
• I have used store brand almond flour to prepare the cookies. You can prepare your own almond flour by grinding soaked, peeled and dried almonds. There are ton of videos available on the web to make almond flour at home. 
• For this recipe, I have used smooth almond butter. You can use any nut butter of your choice, just be sure to use smooth butter and not chunky. 
• For sweetener I have used maple syrup but honey can be used as a substitute as well. You may need to use more honey as it is little less sweeter than maple syrup. 
• Cinnamon powder is optional to use but it really helps bring out the best flavors.
• To turn this recipe vegan, just replace the chocolate chips either with the vegan chocolate chips or nuts like walnut or cashews. 
• Storage Instruction: Transfer the cookies to an airtight container using spatula. Separate them with butter/wax paper as shown in the video so they don't stick to each other. Keep the container in the refrigerator, the cookies will be good for 4-5 days. The cookies are so irresistible that they don't last longer anyways. :) 

Flourless Chocolate Chip Cookies 

Prepare time - 10 minutes

Bake time - 25 minutes

Cool time - 10 minutes

Yields - 12 Cookies

Ingredients 

2 Overripe bananas 

2 Cup Almond flour 

1 Cup Semisweet chocolate chips 

1/2 Cup Smooth almond butter

1/3 Cup + 1 Tbsp Maple syrup (adjust as desired)

1 Tsp Cinnamon powder (optional)

1/8 Tsp salt (or to taste)

1 Tsp Baking powder 

1/2 Tsp Baking soda 

           

Instructions

Start by preheating oven at 350F. In a medium mixing bowl, combine dry ingredients - almond flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon powder (optional) - in a bowl. 

Now in another mixing bowl, combine nut butter and maple syrup together and melt it in the microwave for 30 seconds to a minute. 

Take a large mixing bowl, peel and mash overripe bananas. To that, first add and combine the dry ingredient mixture followed by melted nut butter mixture as shown in the video. Combine everything well. 

Now, add 3/4th cup chocolate chips to the dough and give everything a good mix. Taste the cookie dough and adjust the sweetness as necessary. Our flourless chocolate chip cookie dough is ready. 

Line a baking tray with parchment paper or silicone mat. Scoop out 1 1/2 to 2 tbsp of cookie dough on the baking tray. You will be able to make about 12 domes. 

Top the domes with the remaining 1/4th cup of chocolate chips. 

Place the baking tray in the oven and bake for 25-27 minutes until the cookies are golden brown.

Remove them from the oven and let them cool down for 5 minutes before transferring the cookies on a cooling rack. Let the cookies cool down completely before transferring them to a container. The cookies are going to be soft and yummy. Just the way I like them :) Delicious Flourless Chocolate Chip Cookies are ready to devour. 

Happy Holidays!