I have been working on perfecting my diabetic-friendly cookie recipe since I got diagnosed with LADA Type 1 Diabetes over two years ago. I finally feel like I have this recipe close enough to the taste and texture of a traditional chocolate chip cookie while being complex carb.

Ingredients

2 Cups Almond Flour

1/2 Cup King Arthur Keto Wheat Flour

1 tsp Baking Soda

1/2 tsp Salt

2 Sticks Unslated Butter, softened

3/4 Cup Monkfruit Brown Sugar

1/3 Cup Monkfruit Granulated Sugar

2 tsp Vanilla Extract

2 Eggs

1/2 cup to 1 cup chopped Dark Chocolate

Directions

In a bowl mix together almond flour, keto wheat flour, baking soda, and salt. Set this bowl aside.

In a stand mixer with the beater attachment, cream together butter and both types of sugar on a medium speed for a minute or two until it is light in color.

Add vanilla extract to the stand mixer and blend until combined.

Add one egg at a time to the stand mixer blend until incorporated.

Add the dry ingredients 1/2 cup at a time to the wet ingredients, mixing just until combined, scrape down the sides of the bowl each time.

Add the chopped chocolate and mix just until combined.

Use a cookie scoop to scoop the cookies onto a baking tray then refrigerate for 1 hour.

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Bake the cookies for 12-15 minutes. I live at a high altitude so I bake them for 15 minutes. If you do not live at a high altitude, start checking them at 12 minutes. You’ll know they are done when they are golden brown along the edges.

Remove the cookies from the oven and let them cool slowly on the baking sheet. Enjoy!

I find that when baking with almond flour it is best to let the cookies cool on the baking sheet as they are too soft to move to a wire cooling rack when they come out of the oven.

When you add the eggs to the butter and sugar mixture it might start to look lumpy and that’s okay.

I personally prefer to use chopped chocolate in cookies because I like the way it melts but you could use dark chocolate chips instead. I like a chocolate chip cookie that is light on the chocolate so I typically do a 1/2 cup.