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These Healthier Coconut Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies are a gluten free, refined sugar free, and loaded with better for you ingredients…all without sacrificing any flavor! These are a great baking alternative for when you want something sweet but without all the guilt.

Ingredients

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1 stick unsalted butter
1 cup coconut sugar (or light brown sugar)
2 teaspoon vanilla bean paste or extract
1 large egg plus 1 egg yolk, at room temperature
1 cup almond flour
½ cup coconut flour
1 cup old-fashioned oats
½ cup flaked unsweetened coconut
1 tablespoon chia seeds
1 tablespoon ground flaxseed
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon fine salt
4 oz bittersweet chocolate, chopped (chips are also fine – roughly ¾ cup)
Flaky sea salt, for garnish (optional)

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Instructions

Melt the butter in a medium heat-safe mixing bowl. While it’s still warm, whisk in the coconut sugar and vanilla. Stir for a minute or two to soften the coconut sugar.
Add the egg and egg yolk and stir until smooth.
In a second bowl, whisk together the flours, oats, shredded coconut, chia seeds, flaxseed, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt.
Add the dry mixture into the wet ingredients a little at a time, stirring well after each addition. Stir until a soft dough forms. Stir in the chocolate.
Preheat the oven to 350°F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
Scoop ¼-cup sized balls of the dough onto the baking sheets, leaving a couple inches of space in between each dough ball.
Using your fingers, gently flatten the cookies down slightly. Bake for 11-13 minutes or until the edges of the cookies are set and golden and the centers are just slightly underdone.
When they first come out of the oven, sprinkle the cookies with flaky sea salt, if desired. Cool on the baking sheets for 10 minutes before transferring the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.

Notes

To ensure that these are gluten free, make sure to check that you’re using gluten-free oats.
You can use any chocolate you like, but I recommend semisweet or bittersweet because the cookies may be too sweet otherwise. You can use chips or chunks. I prefer the way chopped chocolate melts.

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes
Category: cookies

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