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Calling all cookie lovers! Looking for a healthier way to indulge your sweet tooth? Look no further than this applesauce chocolate chip cookies recipe. Recipes that use applesauce as a substitute for butter or oil in baking are a great way to lighten up your favorite treats without sacrificing taste or texture.  

These cookies are incredibly soft and moist, and come together in under 30 minutes – perfect for a quick after-school snack or a delightful teatime treat. So ditch the guilt and embrace the deliciousness – this applesauce chocolate chip cookie recipe is about to become your new go-to for healthy, easy baking.

Made with wholesome almond flour and studded with rich dark chocolate chips, these cookies are not only gluten-free and dairy-free, but these moist cookies have the best flavor.

Skip the store-bought treats and bake a batch of these homemade chocolate chip applesauce cookies. They’re healthier and more delicious than any traditional chocolate chip cookie recipe.

Applesauce Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe List of ingredients 

This easy recipe is made with a handful of simple ingredients commonly used in gluten-free baking. Keep your pantry fully stocked with everything you need, check out my healthy cooking essentials for gluten-free baking. 

• 2 cup almond flour
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1/4 coconut oil, melted
• 1/3 cup coconut sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips

Ingredient Tips and Substitutions

When it comes to the applesauce, you can use storebought or homemade applesauce. I love using my easy applesauce recipe for this applesauce cookie recipe. 

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To keep this recipe gluten-free I am using almond flour instead of all-purpose flour. Since they use almond flour and lack gluten, these cookies will be slightly denser and chewier, offering a delightful textural difference from big, fluffy, all-purpose flour cookies.

For the sugar, I always prefer coconut sugar over refined white or brown sugar. Coconut sugar boasts a slightly lower glycemic index than refined brown or white sugar, for a potentially gentler rise in blood sugar.

This recipe uses dairy-free dark chocolate chips which allows them to be vegan chocolate chip cookies with applesauce. But feel free to use milk chocolate chips or your favorite semi-sweet chocolate chips.

How to Make Applesauce Chocolate Chip Cookies

First, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Then combine the almond flour, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl, and set aside.

Next, in a separate bowl, combine the coconut oil and coconut sugar. Stir until thoroughly combined. 

Then add the vanilla extract, and the applesauce to the bowl. Stir again.

Next, add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Stir to combine.

Lastly, gently fold the chocolate chips into the raw cookie dough.

How Long to Bake Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookies with Applesauce

First, line a baking pan with a sheet of parchment paper. Use a small cookie scoop to scoop rounded balls of dough onto the prepared cookie sheet. Space the cookies about 2″ apart. They will expand in the oven.

You may tap the tops of the cookies to flatten them a bit, but it isn’t necessary.

Bake in the preheated oven for 10-12 minutes, or until you see slightly golden brown edges. Remove the chocolate chip applesauce cookies from the oven and transfer them to a cooling rack. 

The beauty of the parchment paper is that you can slide the entire sheet from the baking pan directly to the wire rack to allow the cookies to cool. 

The cookies are very soft when they first come out of the oven. Allow at least 20 minutes or so to cool and set before eating. 

The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe with Applesauce

These soft chocolate chip cookies are lightly sweet with a subtle hint of apple sauce flavor. They are mildly nutty from the almond flour and all around the best cookies. 

Enjoy these healthy cookies with a warm cup of coffee or tea, or savor them as an afternoon pick-me-up or a guilt-free after-dinner treat.

Packed with wholesome ingredients like almond flour and applesauce, this applesauce chocolate chip cookies recipe also has no added sugar. This makes them a guilt-free treat everyone can enjoy. They are perfect for packing in lunchboxes or satisfying after-school cravings.

​We like to leave these cookies out at room temperature for the first day or so. After that, if there are any left, I put them in an airtight container. 

More healthy recipes that use applesauce:

• Applesauce Coffee Cake Loaf
• Applesauce Banana Muffins
• Healthy Banana Muffins with Applesauce

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