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Low Calorie Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies! Perfectly soft baked cookies made with real food ingredients! A healthier version of a childhood favorite made without any refined oil or sugar.
Do you know how hard it is to find a Low Calorie Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookie? Like really hard. During the holidays, I searched the internet for cookies that were lower in calories and made gluten free. Guess what? I didn’t find any. They were either low calorie made with nothing close to whole foods ingredients, or they were gluten free loaded with a ton of sugar and butter.
Since I started eating gluten free two years ago for Hashimoto’s disease, this has been my challenge. Finding healthy, gluten free recipes that are waist friendly. Since, chocolate chip cookies are my all time favorite and the guy won’t eat any of my other chocolate chip cookies recipes because he refuses to eat oats, I was at my wits. So, I made my own and today, you’re getting the recipe!
Now, buyer beware. These healthy chocolate chip cookies are lower in calories and sugar. I substitued applesauce to reduce the sugar in the recipe, and used extra virgin olive oil to make it more heart healthy. Extra virgin olive oil doesn’t always work well in baking recipes, but this one was a winner!
I loved how light and fluffy these cookies turned out. Super chewy, and just enough sweetness to tame a sweet tooth. You can also make the batter ahead of time. Keep it in the refrigerator or freezer then take it out and bake. I find the batter gets even better when I do this.
Either way, these cookies are delightful. Perfect for a lunch box or late night snack. But truthfully, I love that I now have a low calorie chocolate chip recipe I can go to that I know is calorie friendly and gluten free.
Low Calorie Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup coconut sugar, or sugar of choice
- 1 cup Gluten Free Flour
- 1/2 cup Gluten Free Oat Flour, or regular oat flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoons mini chocolate chips, or dairy free chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat over to 350 F. Prepare a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Sift together the flours, baking soda and salt in a bowl. Set aside.
- Whisk together the egg, oil, applesauce, coconut sugar and vanilla extract until smooth.
- Add the dry ingredients to the liquid ingredients and fold to combine. Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Place a heaping tablespoon on the prepared baking sheet to form a cookie. Repeat for the remaining batter, ~12 cookies.
- Bake at 350 F 8-10 minutes until lightly browned and set.
- Remove from the oven and carefully transfer to a wire baking rack to cool.
Notes
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Can you use coconut or almond flour for this?
Coconut flour won’t work. You can never replace it in recipes without having to entirely recreate the recipe. I’m not sure on almond flour. If you try it, let me know and I’ll update the recipe for others!
Yum! I always love a good cookie.
You and me both!