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Tahini Chocolate Chip Cookies

Sep 21, 2024 (updated Nov 13, 2024) (2 Comments)

Tahini Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Tahini and almond flour come together really well to create a chocolate chip cookie with a chewy texture and subtle caramel flavor. A nice finishing touch is a sprinkle of flakey sea salt over each cookie just as they come out of the oven. Salting is optional but adds depth to the flavor and contrasts well with the tahini and dark chocolate chips.

You might be thinking there's a ton of tahini chocolate chip cookies out there. But here's the difference: these don't use any butter or oil, they're grain-free, gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free, plant-based, and there's no need for any starches or processed or granulated sugar.

I'm going to plant an idea that you may or may not agree with, but you can have a good cookie without sweetened chocolate chips. I tested a batch of cookies with unsweetened chocolate chips made of only cocoa beans instead of sweetened. I also mixed them in with the some sweetened homemade chocolate chips. Adding a few non-sweetened chocolate chips gives the cookies a deeper flavor of chocolate and the cookie was sweet enough to carry it. You can also chop up an unsweetened chocolate bar that has no other ingredients and get the same results. These cookies are also great without any chips at all so if you're not doing chocolate, no problem.

For texture you have two options: bake them just as they're starting to brown a bit on the top and bottom for a soft, chewy cookie. For a crunch on the outside, bake for another few minutes or leave in the oven for a few minutes after turning it off. Storing them in the refrigerator will also impart a crunch.

If you're curious about more baking recipes using tahini, try Tahini Banana Bread or my grain-free Tahini Cookies. Enjoy!

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Tahini Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Tahini Chocolate Chip Cookies

For chocolate chips, you can use homemade or store bought, or chop up a chocolate bar.
Add homemade chips directly from the freezer because they tend to spread more easily when baking.
For texture you have two options: bake them just as they're starting to brown a bit on the top and bottom for a soft, chewy cookie. For a firmer cookie with a crunch on the outside, bake for another few minutes or leave in the oven for a few minutes after turning it off.
You can seal and freeze the dough for a few months, and then take it out when you want to bake a few cookies. I like to roll the dough in parchment paper into the shape of a cylinder and the place in a silicon bag. Just slice and bake any time!
For finishing sea salt, I use either Le Saunier De Camargue Fleur De Sel or Malden, but any sea salt will work here.
To make these SCD, leave out the chocolate chips and replace with raisins, nuts, and seeds, and use honey only.
To make these keto or lower carb, use unsweetened chocolate and sugar-free maple syrup.
Servings: 26 cookies
Calories: 89kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 ยฝ cups blanched almond flour
  • ยฝ teaspoon baking soda
  • ยผ teaspoon salt fine salt for baking, apart from the finishing salt
  • ยฝ cup maple syrup or honey
  • โ…“ cup tahini
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ยฝ cup chocolate chips
  • flakey sea salt optional
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Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 350ยฐF and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
  • Whisk the almond flour, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl.
  • Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and blend together with a spatula or fork until you have a ball of dough.
  • Fold the chocolate chips into the cookie dough.
  • At this point you can place the dough in the refrigerator for 10 minutes or so to firm it up, or just keep going. Cooling the dough will make it easier to shape and scoop out but either way works.
  • Scoop about a tablespoon of dough into a ball and place on the baking sheet. Repeat until all the dough is formed into cookies across the baking sheets. Leave about 2 inches between cookies because they'll spread as they bake.
  • Bake for 12 minutes or until the cookies are lightly browned.
  • As soon as the cookies come out the oven, sprinkle with a bit of salt. Cool the cookies for at least 15 minutes.
  • Store sealed at room temperature for a week or in the refrigerator for a few weeks. Seal and freeze for a few months.

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Nutrition

Calories: 89kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 47mg | Potassium: 28mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 10IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 29mg | Iron: 0.4mg
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  1. Lila says

    September 29, 2024 at 3:25 pm

    I made these tahini chocolate chip cookies twice already as they are so good!! My son said that they are the best chocolate chip cookies he has ever had :). They are also very quick and easy to make. Thanks Erica for this great recipe!

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    • Erica says

      September 29, 2024 at 3:29 pm

      Yay! So good to hear. Thanks, Lila.

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