Salted Tahini Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies (Coconut Flour, Gluten Free, Vegan)
Salted Tahini Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies (Coconut Flour): this gluten free chocolate chip cookies recipe is chewy, salty ‘n sweet, with soft centers & crispy edges! The best coconut flour chocolate chip cookies made with tahini butter!
Did I tell you that these salted tahini paleo chocolate chip cookies were the very first cookies Erik and I baked in our new home? 🙂 I mean, it’s kind of a big deal. 😉 (Like, even bigger than this recipe being #3 in the 1st Annual Beaming Baker Vegan Cookie Countdown!)
Before we started baking, I told Erik, “Hey, listen, we’re not gonna bake too much today. We need to take it slow, ease into things, ya know? Like, we just moved in; we need to warm up to our new kitchen.”
To which Erik vigorously nodded and agreed.
And 12 recipes/15 batches of paleo chocolate chip cookies, paleo chocolate orange muffins and sea salt chocolate paleo granola bars later that day…we both looked at each other and said, “We’re finally home now.”
I mean, there’s nothing quite like a signature BB bake-a-thon to feel like we’re really, truly at home. Do you have a ritual/tradition that you need to complete before feeling like you’re truly at home after you move into a new place?
I can’t wait to hear all about it. 🙂 In the meantime, I can assure you that this recipe most definitely handed me my gluten free biscuits on a platter. If you know what I mean. Okay, you might not know what I mean.
Salted Tahini Chocolate Chip Cookies – Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies made with coconut flour!
These salted tahini paleo chocolate chip cookies were truly…something else to make. If you’ve been with me for a while, you know that I’ve been experimenting with tahini and coconut flour in my paleo gluten free chocolate chip cookies. They make for a fantastic combo of chewy, crispy and just, tasty, cookies. Case in point: my Big Sesame Tahini Cookies.
Problem is: when you mess with the amount of one of the butters, you get a ridiculously different result. So we “messed” around with the tahini and almond butter amounts until we found the sweet spot. Satisfying, nutty tahini flavor without any of the would-be bitterness that comes from not using tahini properly. (You know what I’m talking about!)
Bonus: these salted tahini paleo chocolate chip cookies are made with coconut flour! Just like y’all been asking for for ages! Excited? Let’s talk about it. 🙂
How do these Salted Tahini Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies Taste?
These salted tahini paleo chocolate chip cookies are the best coconut flour chocolate chip cookies…like EVER. Here are my exact notes from my recipe testing trials for these gluten free cookies:
- Perfect combo of salty & sweet.
- Chewy overall aka “caramel chew” as described by Erik 😉
- Tastes like Christmas. Something a lil’ special; something a lil’ extra
- Soft centers, crispy edges
- Tahini flavor pairs so well w/ chocolate & sea salt
Storing Your Salted Tahini Chocolate Chip Cookies with Coconut Flour
As with all gluten free chocolate chip cookies made with coconut flour, you’ll have to be a bit more vigilant with storing your cookies. (Or, just eat them all the first day.) Make sure to store your tahini chocolate chip cookies in a container that’s kept out of direct sunlight and away from heat sources.
Here’s the breakdown on how the cookies will progress throughout each day:
- Day 1: Best this day. Perfectly chewy, lightly moist, with crispy edges
- Day 2: A bit drier (I’m looking at you, Coconut Flour!) But still good.
- Day 3: Moist, very chewy. Last day to enjoy at their peak, IMO.
Tools for the Best Coconut Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies!
- Unbleached Parchment Paper: Erik and I both truly love how easy it is to bake cookies when you line your baking sheet with parchment paper. The cookies never stick to the pan, and clean up is legit a breeze! .
- My Favorite Kitchen Timer: Okay, so this amazing timer lets you keep track of four different times at once. That means you can monitor bake time, cool time, chill time and more for multiple recipes, all from the same handy little timer.
- Coconut Flour: To make the best coconut flour chocolate chip cookies using coconut flour… you gotta have coconut flour! 😉
- Medium Cookie Scoop: An absolute must-have, essential kitchen tool when you’re making paleo chocolate chip cookies, or any kind of cookie. Super easy to use, and unbelievably helpful for scooping up dozens of cookies in no time.
- Where to Buy Ingredients: Tahini | Coconut Sugar | Paleo Chocolate Gems or Vegan Chocolate Chips | Coconut Flour | Pure Vanilla Extract | Unsalted Natural Almond Butter | Golden Ground Flaxseed
Don’t tell me: you’re ready for a BB bake-a-thon of your own! Yay!!! 😉 Let’s just say I’ve got you covered for the holidays! There are a few more tasty treats to come… If I don’t say it enough: I’m so grateful that you’re here, sharing in these memory-making kitchen experiences with me. Here’s to creating the delicious, healthy treats our loved ones deserve. ‘Til the next kitchen adventure…
Sending you all my love and maybe even a dove, xo Demeter ❤️
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. 1st Annual Beaming Baker Vegan Cookie Countdown
Welcome to the 1st Annual Beaming Baker Vegan Cookie Countdown! We’re starting a new tradition around these parts, and they involve all of the vegan gluten free Christmas cookies. This year, I’ll be sharing 9 new vegan cookie recipes to help celebrate the holiday season with you: from vegan Christmas cookies to vegan holiday cookies to vegan cookies recipes you can enjoy all year long! . We’re gonna count down from vegan cookie #9 to #1, right before Christmas! Are you excited? 🙂
Vegan Cookie #3: Salted Tahini Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies
In case ya missed it, here are the other gluten free vegan Christmas cookies that I’ve shared so far:
- 9. 3 Ingredient Low Carb Peppermint Chocolate Fudge (Keto, Vegan)
- 8. Sea Salt Thin Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies
- 7. Simple & Easy Vegan Oatmeal Cookies (GF)
- 6. 4 Ingredient Paleo Vegan Cashew Butter Cookies Recipe (Flourless)
- 5. Chocolate Pistachio Healthy Vegan Snack Bars (Gluten Free)
- 4. Amazing Chewy Vegan Oatmeal Raisin Cookies (Gluten Free)
- 3. Today’s recipe!! Salted Tahini Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies (Coconut Flour, Gluten Free, Vegan)
- 2. 3 Ingredient Easy Paleo Candied Almonds Recipe (Vegan, Healthy)
- 1. BEST Paleo Vegan Double Chocolate Chip Cookies (Gluten Free)
Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies You’ll Love (Gluten Free)
Salted Tahini Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies (Coconut Flour, Gluten Free, Vegan)
- Total Time: 39 minutes
- Yield: about 15-19 cookies (mine made 17 cookies) 1x
Description
Salted Tahini Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies (Coconut Flour): this gluten free chocolate chip cookies recipe is chewy, salty ‘n sweet! The best coconut flour chocolate chip cookies made with tahini butter! Dairy-Free, Healthy, Grain-Free.
Ingredients
Salted Tahini Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies
- 1/2 cup natural, unsalted creamy almond butter
- 1/2 cup unsalted tahini
- 1/4 cup + 3 tablespoons coconut sugar
- 1 flax egg (1 tablespoon golden ground flaxseed + 3 tablespoons water, whisked together, set for 15 minutes)
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons coconut flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Add-ins
- 1/2 cup paleo chocolate gems, chopped or vegan chocolate chips
Topping
- Coarse sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or greased foil. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, add all ingredients except paleo chocolate and sea salt. Using a rubber spatula, stir and fold until thoroughly mixed.
- Using a medium cookie scoop, scoop and drop cookie dough onto baking sheet, evenly spaced apart. Press chocolate into the tops of cookies. Using the palm of your hand, lightly flatten cookies for thicker cookies or flatten more for thinner, wider cookies. If cracks form, press back together. Sprinkle with sea salt.
- Bake for 12-16 minutes. Mine took 14 minutes. Place cookie sheet on a cooling rack, and allow cookies to cool directly on the sheet for 15-20 minutes—do not remove from sheet for at least 15 minutes, as cookies are fragile. Optionally, sprinkle with more sea salt, if desired. Then, using a spatula, gently transfer cookies directly onto the cooling rack to cool for about 30 minutes, or until completely cooled. Enjoy! Storing notes below.
More Delicious Paleo Vegan Cookies
Notes
- Where to Buy Ingredients: Tahini | Coconut Sugar | Vegan Chocolate Chips or Paleo Chocolate Gems | Coconut Flour | Pure Vanilla Extract | Unsalted Natural Almond Butter | Ground Flaxseed
- Freshness Notes: Cookies are best on the first day—perfectly chewy, lightly moist, with crispy edges. On Day 2, cookies will dry out a bit (blame the coconut flour!), but are still good. Cookies will dry out more and more as the days go by. I recommend enjoying by Day 3 at the latest.
- Storing Instructions: Store in a container at room temperature, out of direct sunlight and away from heat sources for up to 1 week (but best on Day 1).
- Freezing Instructions: Store in a freezer-friendly container for up to 1 month. Allow to thaw at room temperature for about 15 minutes, or heat in the microwave for about 10 seconds.
- Recommended Tools: Medium Cookie Scoop or Small Cookie Scoop | Unbleached Parchment Paper | Glass Mixing Bowls | 4 Event Kitchen Timer | Baking Sheet
- Prep Time: 25 mins
- Cook Time: 14 mins
- Category: Healthy Dessert, Snacks
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American
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Thanks for this! Made them at the last second. I was out of coconut flour so I subbed Bob’s Red Mill 1:1 GF Baking Powder. I added 1 Tablespoon of cold brew. I halved the chocolate chips to 1/4 to not over power. I followed all the cooling instructions which is hard in this house. After devouring the first one, my husband said, “They’re gooood.” All the vowels were extended, so I’m calling it a win. Thank you!
LOL I know, waiting for them to cool is the hardest part for us, too! 😂 I am so pleased that the hubs enjoyed them, and thanks for sharing the subs you used. Here’s to more baking fun! 🙂
Still really good! I’m making these again for our outdoor church service tomorrow. I went with the 13 minutes bake time and my cookies were “really good but kinda hard” per my almost 10 year old cookie-tester. I agree! Super yummy but definitely underbaking is better for me. I baked for 10 minutes. Thank you again, Demeter ❤️
Have you ever tried just tahini to make them nut-free?
Hi Melanie! I haven’t tried it before, so I’m not sure how it would go. If you do try it, let me know how it goes!
I’m making these cookies for the second time today. I really liked them the first time but so did my SIL who’s an omnivore. I said “I ate 2 of those cookies!” She said “Just 2!? I ate 4!” LoL . Thanks for yet another wonderful recipe, Demeter!
YES!!! Omigosh, the convo between you and your SIL is cracking me up!! .. Let’s just say my sisters and I have very similar convos. Lol. So happy you two loved it, Michelle! .
These are awesome!! And so easy to make. Thanks for the delicious recipe. 🙂
Yay! You’re so very welcome Nicole!
My kids won’t be able to stop eating these!! So good!!
Oooh! They’ve got great taste! 😉
Oh my goodness! Thanks for another wonderful recipe! This is the 3rd recipe of yours that I tried and liked! You have my heart!
Woohoo!! That makes me so incredibly happy to hear, Michelle. 🙂 You have *my* heart for joining me on this baking adventure! Can’t wait to see what you try next.
I’ve never baked with tahini! Interesting… I have to try these!
You seriously do Cathy! They’re absolutely amazing!
These look heavenly! Definitely adding these to my baking line up for the season! Looks too good to pass up!
Trust me Sara, you’re going to love them! .
These cookies are fabulous! I am sure they will be our new favorite!
Oh that’s so wonderful to hear Catalina!
These cookies would disappear in our house!
Oh I’ll bet they would! .
I love the tahini in these cookies! Delicious!
Woohoo! Thanks Dorothy!
I’m obsessed with the fact that you used tahini in these! They look so good
Haha thanks Beth! It’s quickly becoming my new fave ingredient to use in cookies. .
Can you use an egg instead of the flax egg?
Hi Barbara! I haven’t tried it myself, but that should be fine. Happy baking! 🙂
Delicious! Never would have thought to put Tahani in a cookie recipe!
The tahini just adds such a wonderful flavor and texture! .
These looks great, so soft and chewy! I’ve never tried adding tahini to cookie dough before, but it sounds like it will be a game changer! I need to make these over the holidays!
Oh it’s totally a game changer Annie! I know you’ll just love it!
I love how chewy these look. They are the perfect texture. You would never know they were paleo.
The texture in these cookies is everything! .
Hi! This looks great but am I reading it right-only 2 Tbsps of coconut flour? Wow! Seems like not very much dry ingredients ratio to butter/tahini. Just checking before I bake ’em. Thanks. I can hardly wait to eat em up before day 3. Won’t be a challenge, I’m sure….
Hi Marilyn! Yep, that’s correct! . Haha and I know what you mean—they hardly ever last that long in my house either! .
These cookies were the best healthy cookies I have had ever! My children loved them too. I will be saving this recipe to make again in the future.
That’s so wonderful to hear Heidy! Nothing like having some happy kiddos and fresh baked cookies! .
You had me at crispy edges and soft center! It sounds like the perfect gluten-free alternative to everyone’s favorite cookie.
Oh it most definitely is Kelly! So perfect this time of year. .