Full disclosure – this is the third time I’ve posted about these cookies.
They’re just that good. Not to mention the old pictures were crap. But let’s go with the former.
I haven’t made these in about two years and honestly forgot about them, but they recently got all sorts of buzz on Pinterest, so I figured it was a good time to make them again. You know, to make sure they still taste good.
They do.
coconut banana chocolate chip cookies.
grain free, paleo*, can be made vegan**
yields 10-15 cookies
dry ingredients:
- 3/4 cup coconut flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
wet ingredients:
- 1 large banana, mashed
- 1 tablespoon honey OR maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil OR canola oil
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup milk (I used unsweetened almond milk)
mix-ins:
- 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips
- other options: nuts, coconut flakes, dried fruit
* depending on how strict you are with honey/maple syrup and chocolate
** if you use maple syrup and sub carob chips
directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine dry ingredients in a bowl.
In separate bowl, combine wet ingredients, except for the milk.
Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix together. Then add the milk 1/4 cup at a time and combine (it will seem like a lot of milk, but coconut flour is very dry and needs the extra moisture). Then mix in the chocolate chips.
Form cookies (about 1-2 tablespoons of dough) and place on greased baking sheet. Bake for 23-25 minutes until edges begin to turn golden brown. Immediately transfer to cooling rack, and allow cookies to cool for at least 5 minutes. Store in the refrigerator.
Baking with coconut flour can be tricky, but I think the addition of the banana and extra milk really works with these cookies. They’re soft, chewy, and a great healthy alternative to regular chocolate chip cookies.
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Have you ever baked with coconut flour?
These sound and look delightful! I have never even heard of coconut flour but I definitely want to give that a try now.
I love coconut flour recipes! Going to make these tonight #wildfridaynightin
Never used coconut flour, but if it’s half as good as coconut oil, then I’m game!
I really, really need to pick up another bag of coconut flour. I haven’t bought any in months and this recipe reminds me of how amazing and versatile it is!
Thank you for all of the recipes lately- I’m loving it!
While I disagree with you on the quality of the pictures in the old post - inspiring me to make them after all - I will say that yes, these are delicious. Actually, it’s a funny coincidence you’re mentioning them just now that I’d planned to bake a batch for snacks again.
Coconut flour is an everyday staple for me though I don’t always use it for baking. But I made some delicious vegan chocolate muffins with it before. Just talking about it makes me think I really need to get baking in general again. Thanks for the reminder!
Diana Me'chelle says
omg! these look amazing! i can’t wait to make these and see what my wife thinks about them :p she loves chocolate chip cookies!
Need to try these too (along with your pancakes). Will try and post on my blog - let’s see if mine come out as nice as yours 😛
Sarah says
How many calories are in these????
based on what i calculated when i made these a few years ago - about 65-75 calories per cookie 🙂
rachel says
I just made these and they did not turn out good. I don’t know what I did wrong. I rolled them into balls on the cookie sheet but they didn’t spread out into cookies when they were baking in the oven. The bottoms of all the rolls of dough burned and they came out dry. I followed the directions perfectly. I had a few cookies but ended up throwing away the rest.
Oh no, sorry to hear that! Did you use enough milk? Coconut flour needs *a lot* of liquid for it to not dry out. The only other thing I can think of is a difference in oven heat…?
rachel says
Ya, I probably didn’t use enough milk. Do you know why they didn’t expand in the oven?
They don’t expand like cookies with regular flour do, it’s because of the coconut flour. I flatten them before baking into a disc-like shape!
Jessica says
I made these for xmas and forgot to add the maple syrup til the end of the batter was done. They didn’t taste as sweet and there was a weird after taste. Did I do something wrong besides adding the maple at the end? I also used a very ripe banana too.
Aparna says
Thanks for this super easy recipe! It tastes great but is really soft, almost like a muffin, although I baked it golden.