Top 5 Awesome Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes for Paleo, Vegan, Low-Fat and Gluten-Free Diets
Chocolate Chip Cookie recipes are the classic American favorite. Kids are raised eating them and adults sneak them in when they can. They’re left out for Santa and served at every school function and birthday parties. Chocolate Chip cookie recipes have all sorts of variations on them and everyone will tout their own as the best, but here are 5 of the actual best for many different diets.
For each of the chocolate chip cookie recipes, preheat the oven to the specified time (it’s different for each kind of cookie) simply mix the dry and wet ingredients separately, and then mix together. Shape into balls or drop onto a non-stick cookie sheet and bake at the specified time. These all make 24 cookies.
5. Paleo Recipe
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The paleo chocolate chip cookie recipe is for those paleolithic dieters who are all about eating like our ancestors. The paleo diet aim is to eat as naturally as possible for a cleaner diet with low levels of sugar and salt and cut out processed, refined foods. Such a diet improves digestion, reduces bloat, increases energy levels and reduces calorie intake. If you’re looking for paleo chocolate chip cookie recipes, this one’s for you.
Dry Ingredients: 2 C. almond meal ¼ tsp. salt tsp. teaspoon baking soda ¼ C. dark chocolate chips (add last, after wet ingredients) Wet Ingredients: 3 T. melted coconut oil 2 T. honey 1 T. vanilla 1 T. almond milk Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Follow directions above and then bake for 8-10 minutes. After 2 minutes of cooling, transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
4. Vegan Recipe
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A vegan diet involves foods that are only made from plants so animal products are definitely not an option. Usually, vegans have adopted this lifestyle for one of three reasons: to prevent cruelty to animals, environmental considerations or to lose weight and have a healthy diet. For which ever reason, this vegan cookie recipe is perfect for all vegans.
Dry Ingredients: 2 ½ C. unbleached all-purpose flour ¾ C. brown sugar, firmly packed ¾ C. granulated sugar 1 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. salt 1 C. chocolate chips (add last, after wet ingredients) Wet Ingredients: 1 C. butter 2 tsp. vanilla 3 eggs Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Follow directions above and then bake for 8-10 minutes. After 2 minutes of cooling, transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
3. Low-Fat Recipe
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Most fats are fine for our body but of course, too much fat can negatively impact our health. Therefore, a low-fat diet has many benefits for our bodies. Firstly, reducing fat in the diet can help lower cholesterol levels and reduce blood pressure. Low-fat diets can also help reduce inflammation. For the low-fat dieters, here’s a chocolate chip recipe that’s delicious but low in fat.
Dry Ingredients: 1 C. cane sugar 1 C. brown sugar 1 C. whole wheat pastry flour 1 C. unbleached all-purpose flour ½ tsp. baking soda ½ tsp. salt 1 C. dark chocolate chips (add last, after wet ingredients) Wet Ingredients: 2 T. butter (non-hydrogenated, nondairy is interchangeable), melted 1 egg white 2 T. applesauce 1 tsp. Vanilla Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Follow directions above and then bake for 8-10 minutes. After 5 minutes of cooling, transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
2. Gluten-free Recipe
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Gluten-free diets have become a popular trend recently. Gluten refers to a type of protein in wheat, rye and barley. It’s mostly common in cereals, breads and grains. It’s often used to make food products stick together and become chewier. The benefits of going gluten-free include improved cholesterol levels and better digestive health. If you have a gluten intolerance, by going gluten free you will have higher energy levels.
Dry Ingredients: 1/2 C. packed brown sugar 1/4 C. cane sugar 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1/2 tsp. salt 1 C. gluten-free oat flour 1 ¼ C. cup Bob’s Red Mill Almond Flour 1/4 tsp. cinnamon 1/2 C. dark chocolate chips (add last, after wet ingredients) Wet Ingredients: 7 T. non-hydrogenated nondairy butter 1 flax egg: (1 T. ground flax mixed with 3 T. water) 1 tsp. vanilla Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Follow directions above and then bake for 8-10 minutes. After 5 minutes of cooling, transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
1. Regular Recipe
bettycrockerIf you don’t follow a diet and embrace the sugar and fat that come with a traditional idea of a chocolate chip recipe then we’ve got one for you.
Dry Ingredients: ½ tsp corn starch 2 ½ C. unbleached all-purpose flour ¾ C. brown sugar, firmly packed ¾ C. granulated sugar 1 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. salt 1 C. chocolate chips (add last, after wet ingredients) Wet Ingredients: 1 C. non-hydrogenated nondairy butter 2 tsp. vanilla 4 T. water Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Follow directions above and then bake for 8-10 minutes. After 2 minutes of cooling, transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
If you enjoyed these chocolate chip cookie recipes for different food diets and are interested in more recipes that suit a variety of diets, have a look at our peanut butter cookie recipes!
