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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I reach for olive oil the most, but I’ll also use canola oil and coconut oil. I know I need to get one with a higher smoke point – time to buy some avocado oil!
My favorite cooking oil is coconut oil. I love the flavor it adds!
I love extra virgin olive oil and coconut oil. I would love to try the avocado oil.
I usually stick with olive oil. I’d love to try the avocado oil spray!
I use extra virgin olive oil for salad dressings and sauces and then for higher heat cooking I will use grapeseed oil.
Extra virgin olive oil is my go to. I’ve been meaning to use more coconut oil but liquid oils are so easy to pour. The sprays seem like a great idea.
What an awesome giveaway! I use olive oil the most.
I love Chosen Foods Avocado oil, I started using it in the fall when I did Whole 30 for the first time. It has become the primary oil I cook with!
For baking, light olive oil is my go-to. For cooking, extra virgin olive oil.
I also used to only use olive oil but recently discovered coconut oil and I’m in love!
I’m a big fan of coconut oil and have just started experimenting with ghee!
coconut oil! I use it ALL the time – especially love it for eggs. I used to use olive oil for everything but now that I mostly use that cold, I don’t love the taste of some foods cooked with it.
sounds delicious. Would love to try these
I love their Chia seeds.. SO excited to see their products in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands!
I think the spray options are great. My go to oil to cook with is coconut oil.
I would love to try the avocado oil, I usually use olive oil or safflower.
I recently invested in a Green Pan – a beautifully nonstick pan, but you do have to use some oil. And I quickly realized that regular spray oil is bad for it. I *think* that that pure oil spray oils made by Chosen Foods will be perfect (and in fact, after reading your post and their site, ordered some on Amazon already)!
I usually use olive oil.
My favorite cooking oil used to be olive oil…then I dabbled a bit with coconut oil, and now I use that, and Grapeseed oil for higher temp cooking!
My favorite cooking oil to use is probably coconut oil. I love the flavor that it adds!
Coconut oil all the way!
I use olive oil.
I definitely use olive oil the most but have been trying to use coconut oil more for higher heat cooking. I too love learning new cooking tips and techniques!
I’ve been using avocado oil for the last couple of months, and really like it for higher heat cooking. I haven’t baked with it yet, but may try it out in your recipe! Thanks!
SESAME OIL!!! SO FLAVORFUL!
I mostly use olive oil and keep meaning to pick up some avocado oil.
I usually use extra virgin olive oil or coconut oil but I’ve been meaning to try avocado oil.
These oils look amazing! I would use these all the time. Coconut oil is my go-to for cooking.
I love coconut oil! But I am definitely going to give Avocado oil a try. Thanks!
Olive oil all the way. It’s pretty much all that I use, as it’s usually what we have in the house.
Tin Star ghee!
Olive oil!
I love olive oil.
I’ve been using coconut oil for everything! Would love to try the avocado oil spray!
I’ve been wanting to try avocado oil for the longest time!
Love to bake with coconut oil 🙂
Olive oil and coconut oil and the sprays! I’ve been anxious to try avocado oil/spray for a while!
love to use coconut oil but am intrigued by the avocado oil!
I usually use olive oil, butter, or coconut oil, but this sounds great! I would love to give avocado oil a try.
I am a huge fan of coconut oil! I love baking with it and cooking foods like sweet potatoes!
I’ve only ever cooked with olive oil, but I’m looking forward to trying different oils in my cooking to see what’s the best!
Mostly olive oil, but I can never turn down coconut oil either 🙂
Olive oil and coconut oil! The avocado sounds amazing!
I am classic Olive Oil girl!
I only use olive oil…boring 🙁
I usually use corn oil, but also like peanut oil and would love to try avocado oil!
I love coconut oil! I always have it on hand.
I love coconut oil!
I default to EVOO for savory dishes and coconut oil for sweets. I’d love to try a few new things!
I’m a huge coconut oil fan but I would love to try Avocado oil!