You guys! It’s been almost three months since I last shared some cookies with you! Eleven weeks to be exact. That’s 77 days!
I’m shocked. Not sure how I let this happen. I’m typically a cookie making machine.
Maybe it’s been the lack of desire to turn on the oven. Or maybe it’s just because I’ve been eating so much ice cream all summer. (Speaking of which, have you voted for my Raspberry Honey Scone Ice Cream I created for Private Selection. I’d sure love your vote:)
Whatever the reason…cookies made a comeback in my kitchen last week.
I suddenly had the craving for warm chocolate chip cookies. The drop-everything-you’re-doing-and-get-baking kind of craving.
So I whipped up some classics with a slight twist- coconut oil chocolate chip cookies. Ate ’em all. Made ’em again two days later. Loooove them!
Thick and gooey centers, slightly crispy edges, oober chocolatey and of course, coconutty. We’ll make these over and over again. And maybe smash some ice cream in between them next time:)
- 1/2 cup coconut oil
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup whole wheat flour
- 3/4 cup all purpose flour
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- pinch of salt
- 1 cup chocolate chips (semisweet or milk chocolate)
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat coconut oil and sugars together until fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla.
- Preheat oven to 350.
- In another bowl combine flours, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Slowly mix into wet mixture. Stir in chocolate chips.
- Scoop by rounded tablespoon onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes.
- Let cool for several minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
No cookies for 3 months? That’s a travesty! These look so moist and yummy!
Coconut oil in cookies?! Why have I never thought to do that?! These look like absolute cookie perfection!
These look AMAZING!! Oh my! I need to try these ASAP!
Ok question…because you use coconut oil and whole wheat flour I’m assuming it’s totally ok to eat an entire batch in one sitting right?
Absolutely!!
I have been wanting to try this!! I love coconut oil so much but have never made chocolate chip cookies with it. Yours look amazing!
Thanks Sally! We love coconut oil, mostly for the flavor it gives baked goods:)
I love this I can not wait to bake up a batch! I have been making cream cheese chocolate chip cookies, but these have to be a little better for the body!
I’m making these right now. I’ve been wanting to make some cookies for a while and happened to stumble across this recipe on pinterest 🙂 I love the idea of coconut oil instead of butter. Much healthier (not that cookies are all that healthy lol but everything counts right?) one of my secrets I use is using a muffin tray to keep my cookies from spreading out. Some might think this is lazy, I think it’s practical and smart. Thank you for the recipe!
I hope they turned out!! They are a new fav of ours!
Might sound silly, but do you melt the coconut oil? I don’t bake with it very often but when I have it’s always been melted…
I have melted it before in cookies, but I didn’t with these and they turned out great!
Thanks for asking what I was thinking! 🙂
I shall try these soon. I made cookies today with coconut flakes, and it wasn’t quite coconuty enough for me, so I thought hmmm, I wonder if I could put coconut oil, and your recipe popped up in my quest. Thanks for sharing! 🙂
i’ve been wanting to try these for a while now. They sound sooooo good!
Hi! I had to copy and paste the recipe onto a blank document. The print button did nothing:-( They look yummy. Thanks for posting!
I love adding coconut oil to chocolate chip cookies!
Sound good – Thanks Kristy.
Coconut oil chocolate chip cookies is such a great idea! They’re healthier, so I can eat more right?? 🙂
I made these the minute I found the recipe and they are AMAZING. Like, I totally don’t need another kind of cookie in my life, and I ate almost the whole batch by myself. They. Are. Perfect.
I’m so glad you liked them!!
I have only used coconut oil in brownies, and it has been amazing, so I can only imagine how good the cookies would be!
77 days without cookies? That’s not good…I’m glad you made these yummy looking cookies twice to make up for that. I love using coconut oil in baked goods too for the flavor…I mean for the healthy factor 😉
We are a dairy free household due to our son’s milk protein allergy so I’m always looking for butter free recipes! Made these last night and they were delicious! I swapped out vegan chocolate chips and almond extract because I was out of vanilla! Thanks so much for sharing.
Oh my gosh… I just took my first pan of these out of the oven. I was so leary of a cookie without butter, but I LOVE these! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe!
I made these cookies tonight with a twist: substituted 1/3 of the flours with raw oats and muesli, and used a mixture of chocolate & white-chocolate chips, raisins and walnuts (was in a “everything but the kitchen sink” cookie-mood). They turned out really tasty! Thanks for this no-butter cookie recipe!
So glad you liked them Melissa! They are our favorite!
Thanks for sharing this! I made them tonight as a treat for my coworkers, and they’re delicious! I’m sure I’ll be very popular at work tomorrow.
So glad they turned out and you like them Pam!!
So delicious. This is an awesome recipe and they didn’t last long.
The second batch I made a day later, i cut back to 3/4 cup chocolate chips and added 3 heaping tablespoons of cooked cold quinoa. The kids never noticed. I am sending them to school!
Great idea to use the quinoa!! So glad you liked these!
Hi! I’m a mom of 2 boys that have allergies to dairy and one that is allergic to gluten. I did a search today for cookies with coconut oil and found your site. I tried your recipe and wanted to tell you that this recipe is amazing! I made it gluten free and used dairy free chocolate chips, but no other changes. Wow! What a keeper. We have been gluten free and dairy free for a year now and this is the FIRST time I have had chocolate chip cookies that actually tasted like “real” cookies. Thanks so much! 🙂
Oh good! I am so glad! Everyone needs a “real” chocolate chip cookie in their life:)
I’ve just made these – totally amazing !! My first coconut oil recipe. I made mine with added coco powder.
Great taste brill cookies. Does anyone know if you can substitute the flour for coconut flour?
Just made these for a boy I’m crazy about. Added unsweetened coconut flakes to up the coconut factor…turned out incredible! And he loved them!
Now to try a few more of your recipes and maybe I can seal the deal. 😉
Awesome Kaycee! Adding coconut flakes sounds amazing!!
These were delicious! It was my first attempt at using coconut oil in cookies, but they were perfect. One part of the batch I cooked on a pizza stone and they were perfect. The other part I cooked on a sheet pan using my silpat, and they were a mess. Not sure why, but thought I’d share in case anyone was thinking of using either method. I was out of whole wheat flour, but next time I’ll definitely use that like you did. Thanks for the recipe!
Hi! I was just curious, is there any reason you mix the flours? What do you do about coconut oil seeming to spread a lot in cookies? Thanks! xx
I’ve made cookies following this recipe twice now and each time they’ve come out delicious and absolutely perfect. They’re so much lighter in the stomach than cookies made from butter and taste great with or without chocolate chips.
Anybody know how many calories these are each? I made them yesterday with a friend and we all loved them.
Yep! Since calorie counting is what I do with all my recipes, I figured out the calories on these too. I got 30 cookies out of the dough and found them to be 120 calories each. That being said, I’m glad some of those calories go towards a healthier oil (not butter) and whole wheat flour. 🙂
This is GREAT! My little one can’t have ANY milk. Severely allergic and we use coconut oil for a lot of things to substitute butter. I’m making these for her now. Can’t wait to try them!
THIS IS A AMAZING RECIPE!!! Loved it! Daughter loved it, Picky Hubby LOVED it! Do you perhaps have a sugar cookie recipe that is like the is well?!?
My dough was crumbly. What did I do wrong?
Mine was a little crumbly too, but when I put it in the cookie scoop, released it, and gave it a quick squeeze with my hand . . . the dough came together, it cooked just fine, and the cookies were great! I used a hand mixer (versus a KitchenAid) and I wondered if that had something to do with it.
I made these cookies again using someone’s suggestion of another egg and 1 t baking soda. They didn’t crumble, but they spread more than the original recipe. Since the cookie monster in my house can eat these with two hands, I’ll be making the cookies smaller next time. Thanks.
Mine was a little dry and crumbly also! I formed them in my hand and they held together. In oven now! Can’t wait to see how they turn out!
Hope you liked them!
I just made these cookies and the kids loved them! I made some substitutions..I used 1 1/2 cup of unbleached flour, 1 tsp of baking powder and added another egg. The coconut oil is a nice alternative to butter. We will definitely be making these again.
I would have used the whole wheat flour, but it is not a hit in our house!
Yup! This is a big winner!!!!!!!! I have tried so many banana bread recipes and all are either dry or lacking in flavor somehow. When this was in the oven and I could smell it, I knew it was going to be great! I started to fill a cup with cream cheese, ran out and added 0% greek yogurt to finish the cup. NO other changes. I was tempted to add cinnamon and vanilla but this recipe does not need it. Thank you so so much for sharing! I’m having a giant slice right now warmed with butter and me and my unborn baby are in heaven!
Hi these cookies are amazing however I had never cooked with coconut oil before and the consistency was crumbly so I ended up adding 1/2 stick of melted butter. I think next time I will melt the coconut oil first and most likely won’t have to add the butter and ruin the healthy stats of the cookie.
p.s. My kids can’t get enough ; )
Made these tonight and they are incredible! I didn’t have quite 1/2 cup of coconut oil and I used a sugar baking blend which cut it in half but they turned out chewy and chocolately and just amazing. I definitely will be making these again,
Kristy dear! I made these cookies yesterday and we LOVE them. I love that they’re made without butter and also incorporate whole wheat flour. I threw in some coconut flakes just because we love coconut and I thought they would compliment the coconut oil too. Loved the cookies! And, as a bonus . . . I got the cutest picture of Evie eating one with chocolate all over her face. 🙂
Ooh good idea with the coconut flakes. I probably should have noted that it is a bit crumblier than most doughs but comes together when you form a ball! I’m glad you liked them, they are seriously one of our favorites. I love the flavor coconut oil gives them! Thanks for commenting Emily!
Tried your recipe tonight. My cookie dough was super crumby too. I didnt get a fluffy consistency at the very first step using the dough blade on my ninja processor. This is after i tried mixing my sugar and butter by hand first :-). So while my cookies taste absolutely divine, the dough consistency isnt right. I would love to give it another try, do you think i need to try using an electric hand mixer? By the way, i didnt melt my coconut oil. But reading your comments, sounds like i didnt need to melt the oil…thanks in advance:-)
You don’t need to melt the coconut oil. Beat the coconut oil and sugars until there aren’t any lumps of sugar and it’s mixed together well. The dough won’t be as “wet” as most cookie dough, but it should come together as you scoop it out with cookie scooper or shape into a round ball with your hands. If yours isn’t holding the shape in a ball before baking then yes, it is too crumbly (maybe try adding a little more coconut oil or vanilla to give it just a little more liquid). Hope this helps!
Thanks for the tips Kristy. Looking forward to trying them again…:-)
I made these cookies just like the recipe said – the dough just needed a little smoothing by hand and when you form them in to a ball they are fine. The texture and the taste were great. I made “real” chocolate chip cookies as well – I think I like these better AND they are better for you!! Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Made these a couple of days ago and they were wonderful! I substituted the WW flour for ground oats, as I did not have any WW. We loved them and the kids are begging for more. Headed to the kitchen now.
These are very tasty! I had crumbly dough too, but I added some milk for moisture, and formed it with my hands into thick cookie-patties. Then (because my hands melted the coconut oil) I put the formed patties into the freezer for a few minutes, and popped them into the oven. They held together great. I may make them with less super next time but otherwise they are perfect! Thank you for sharing this!
Made these today, they were perfect!!!
Omg yum!! My new go to! I don’t had a mixer or kitchen aid and they still tuned out amazing! The dough was crumbly but once you make balls in your hands and melt the oil a bit it isn’t a problem!
So in love with this recipe!!
We loved the cookies – I cut back on the coconut oil the second time and we enjoyed them more. I’m sure it just depends on your personal preference.
I’m definitely having a chocolate chip cookie craving, too! Have to make them with coconut oil 🙂
Great recipe! I used wheat germ instead of the all purpose flour as a full substitute. I didn’t have any vanilla extract so I omitted that and I added coconut flakes to some of the batch. Mine also only needed to be baked for about 6 minutes to bake but thats probably more related to my oven!
Awesome!!