Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies with Avocado Oil
This gluten-free chocolate chip cookies recipe is sponsored by Chosen Foods and includes an amazing giveaway opportunity! Congratulations to the winner of last week’s GapFit giveaway: Amanda H.! The lucky lady has been emailed.
As someone who is always excited to expand their nutrition and cooking knowledge, I love being introduced to new ingredients or techniques. As I learn more about food and the types of ingredients and recipes that work well for our family, our grocery purchases will reflect that. Something that has made an impact on my cooking: oils and the types I’ll use for various recipes and foods.
For a long time, I’ve cooked strictly using olive oil. It’s a healthy oil option, but it turns out that it’s really at its best when served at room temperature or heated at lower temperatures. I’ve also experimented with ghee, coconut oil, and butter in our cooking, so I was excited to try out some new oils from Chosen Foods.
About Chosen Foods:
-Carsten Hagen (from Norway) founded Chosen Foods with the belief that food has the power to heal. Carsten studied naturopathy (did not practice, but has always had an interest and passion in health and wellness), and is on a mission to make healing superfood ingredients accessible.
-They have expanded from Mexico to the United States, Canada and Bolivia, and oversee the entire production of their superfoods, from field to table. Because of this, they are directly involved in the quality, supply, trade practices, and sustainability of their products.
-Their headquarters are here in San Diego! On their site, you can find the cooking oils and sprays pictured above, in addition to grains, chia seeds, avocado oil mayo (!), and snacks.
Chosen Foods sent a goodie package with cooking sprays (avocado, coconut, avocado coconut oil blend and olive) in addition to avocado oil.
What I Like About Chosen Foods Products
The sprays are BOMB. They are amazing for pancakes, stir fry, on salads (just spritz, add a squeeze of lemon, salt and pepper, and eat!), and greasing baking dishes. They have zero calories, and one to two ingredients which equate to 100% pure oil. No weird chemicals propellants or additives.
The avocado oil is one of my new favorites. It has a high smoke point of 500 degrees (where the oil starts to break down), so it’s awesome for high heat cooking,
but also a lovely unexpected ingredient in baked dishes, like these cookies!
Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies with Avocado Oil
The avocado oil gave these cookies a light, beautiful texture (they’re perfectly soft and chewy), plus a dose of heart-healthy fats. These cookies take about 10 minutes to put together, and are preschooler-approved. 😉
Here’s the recipe if you’d like to give them a try! Enjoy!
Gluten-free chocolate chip cookies
- Yield: 10 1x
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup almond meal
- 1 cup oats
- 1/2 cup avocado oil (or melted butter or oil or choice)
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- pinch of sea salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 egg
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and spray a cookie sheet with nonstick spray. (I used the Chosen Foods coconut oil spray.)
- Mix all ingredients in a large bowl until well combined.
- Using a large spoon, place the dough in cookie shapes (about 10) onto your cookie sheet, leaving some generous space in between each one.
- Cook for 12-14 minutes, until set, and allow to cool for 2 minutes on the cookie sheet before removing to cool completely.
And now, it’s giveaway time! (Giveaway has ended)
My friends at Chosen Foods have kindly offered the following for a lucky reader friend:
-a goodie package of cooking oils and sprays
-a $50 gift card to Williams Sonoma
Simply enter via the widget below!!
xoxo
Gina
This post is sponsored by Chosen Foods. Thank you so much for supporting this blog and the companies who help to support our family.
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Those cookies sound delicious. The oil I use the most is coconut oil. I get the kind at trader joe’s that has the coconut flavor (can’t remember if this is refiner or unrefined) because it adds an extra depth of flavor. I’ve heard about avocado oil and might have to add one more bottle to my shelf. =)
i love coconut but have been hearing great things about avocado oil — such as it has a great neutral taste. these cookies look phenomenal!
I typically use olive oil, but avocado oil sounds so intriguing.
My fave cooking oils are grapeseed and avocado. I would love to try these out!!
I used to solely cook with olive oil, but I’ve been using coconut oil a lot lately! Adds such a nice flavor.
I only use olive oil but have recently been researching avocado oil! As soon as our big bottle of EVOO from Costco is gone we are going to try avocado oil! And I am definitely going to make these cookies, yum!
I usually use olive oil but want to try avocado oil soon!
EVOO is always my go to!
I usually use olive oil, coconut has become a new favorite too.
I usually use extra virgin olive oil for savory cooking and coconut oil for things with sweet notes, but it has such a high burn content! Would love to try avocado oil!
My coworker was just talking about avocado oil and I’ve wanted to try it. I bet it would be great in banana bread
Olive Oil is definitely my go to. I use coconut oil spray though to mix it up every once and a while
I would love to try the coconut spray 🙂
For baked goods I love coconut oil. Would love to try avocado oil!
Olive oil is my go-to, but would love to try the avocado!
I absolutely love the sound of avocado oil spray! They all look amazing.
I’m in love with coconut oil. It’s still a relatively new phenomenon for me, but I’m hooked. I’ve also returned to butter after a long hiatus. Kerrygold is everything. Right?
I love kerrygold! Always use butter in my baking, if its not just for us at home.
I have always loved to cook with olive oil, but I have a new found love for coconut oil in baking. Would love to try avo oil!
I have never used avocado oil, but I need to try it!
I’ve been using avocado oil a lot over the last two years. I like switching between it and coconut oil for variation.
I’m all about the olive oil, but agree, trying something new for higher cooking temps would be great!
Cookies sound delicious! I love cooking with coconut oil
I usually alternate between olive oil and coconut oil. These look great!
Olive oil and sesame oil for flavor, but for greasing, etc, always coconut!
EVOO but curious about coconut oil that stays melted!
I need to start cooking with more oils! I use coconut from time to time, but these look great 🙂
I’m a big olive oil fan. We have a new store that has garlic infused olive oil and it’s great to drizzle over veggies after cooking!
Classic olive oil!
I need these cooking sprays in my life!! I just ran out of my trusty coconut oil spray this weekend and I didn’t realize how much I needed it until it was gone. It’s so hard to find sprays that don’t have all kinds of extra weird stuff in them – these look fabulous!
I typically stick with olive oil, but avocado oil sounds great!
I typically use olive oil, but would love to try others!
Those cooking sprays have me intrigued. I use Kirkland right now, but obviously all natural is much more appealing. We eat eggs nearly every morning made with that cooking spray and I use it for all my baked goods as well.
My favorite cooking oil is olive oil or coconut oil – but I would LOVE to try avocado oil!
I found out about Chosen Foods Avocado oil doing Whole 30. I love it and I now use it even when not following W30. They sell it at a great price at my Costco too.
I’m definitely partial to coconut oil!
I’m usually all about the olive oil – but should probably branch out and try some of the other options!
I try to use a variety of oils- my favorites are coconut oil, grape seed oil, and olive oil.
Is it bad that I want to go to the grocery store on the way home just so I can try and make those cookies? Do they sell Chosen Foods at grocery stores or just online?
I use olive oil but need to branch out!
My favorite cooking oil is coconut oil, I love the extra flavor it gives food, especially baked goods.
I love avocado oil when I have it on hand because it allows me to cook safely at a very high temperature. Due to my kitchen set up I can’t cook with high temps on my stove without greasing my entire house so I usually just use olive oil.
I’ve been using a lot of coconut oil lately!
My favorite cooking oil is coconut oil but I also love ghee!
I love coconut oil!
I use olive oil but would love to try avocado oil!
I typically use EVOO, too, but have been eying the avocado & coconut oils. Would love to try.
Olive Oil, I think I need to try new ones though!
Usually coconut oil or grapeseed oil
I enjoy cooking with butter, olive and coconut oil. I haven’t cooked with avocado oil. Something I definitely need to try!
My favorite cooking oil is avocado! I got the chosen foods one from costco and have been loving it. I’d love to try the spray too!