Sunday, August 4, 2013

Chocolate Chip Cookies (gluten free)

We love these, and they're gluten free and egg-free. If you need to make them without casein, just use your favorite butter subsitute instead of the butter.

2 1/2 cups almond flour*
1/2 tsp sea salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup agave nectar
1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 F. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, mix almond flour, salt and baking soda. Cut in cold butter until it makes small crumbs. Stir in agave, vanilla and chocolate chips. Drop by heaping spoonfuls onto cookie sheet, pressing down each one with your palm. Bake 9-11 minutes, until golden . Let cookies cool on baking sheet for 20 minutes, until set.

* For these to turn out well, you need very finely ground almond flour, finer than the kinds sold at most health food stores. We buy ours at nuts.com.