These are hands down the best chocolate chip walnut cookies ever. In fact, I make this delicious chocolate chip walnut cookie recipe all the time because my whole family requests these amazing cookies. These healthy chocolate chip walnut cookies are actually made without any flour or unsalted butter and are so easy to make.

Homemade Chocolate Chip and Walnut Cookies

What You Will Need (Full Printable Recipe Available Below)

Ingredients:

1 cup cashew butter
3/4 cup coconut palm sugar
1 egg
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 cup chopped cashews
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
3/4 cup cacao chips (or dark chocolate chips of your choice)

Additional

parchment paper
baking sheet
ice cream/ cookie scoop (optional)

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This chocolate chip walnut cookies recipe is actually a recipe that my nutritionist originally shared with me. Along with eating clean and trying to keep my family eating healthy I also see a nutritionist. To make a long story short he runs a full blood panel and can see where my body is lacking things or has an abundance etc. Then we take this info and use food as a sort of medicine to address any issues. I find myself seeking out recipes and then making a lot of changes to them to keep them healthy for myself and my family.

How to Make Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies

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These chocolate chip walnut cookies are made with cashew butter which creates a light nutty taste. It has a milder taste than peanut or almond butter. Try to make sure your cashew butter doesn’t have any added sugars. This is the one I like, and you can even get it online if you can’t find it in your local store. Here: Cashew Butter.

Making Cashew Butter Chocolate Chip and Walnut Cookies

First, preheat your oven to 350 degrees F and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
Then in a large bowl add the egg and 1 cup of cashew butter.
Next, add the coconut palm sugar. This is a healthier alternative to processed refined sugars (like granulated sugar, white sugar, etc.). Coconut palm sugar also falls low on the glycemic index and is not as sweet as the other sugars.
Add the baking soda, vanilla extract and cacao chips. I am using 100% cacao chips but you can also use 85% cacao chips.

We are going to add the nuts next. If you can’t find chopped nuts you can easily chop them yourself. I like to toss them into a plastic bag and gently whack them with a hammer until they are small. 😛

Add your chopped walnuts and cashews to the mix and stir until thoroughly combined. You can modify and use 1/2 cup walnuts if you prefer. I like the walnut cashew mix, but it all comes down to personal preference.

Since this is a gluten-free, dairy-free, and paleo-delicious cookie recipe we aren’t using all-purpose flour or the typical ingredients you would find in other cookie recipes. This great recipe is made with simple clean ingredients to make the best walnut chocolate chip cookies. You also don’t need a fancy stand mixer either!

Measuring your Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies to the Baking Sheet

To measure out these chocolate chip walnut cookies I like to use my cookie scoop. This thing is great for making cookies, and meatballs! You can grab one online here Scoop.

If you don’t have a scoop then drop your chocolate chip walnut cookie mix in roughly 1.5″ cookie dough balls evenly spread apart on your baking sheet. I end up with 12 cookies on each of the prepared baking sheets.

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Next, place your baking sheets in the oven and set the timer for 6 minutes. After 6 minutes swap the baking sheets and move the sheet from the lower rack to the upper rack and vice versa. Bake for another 6 minutes. (12 minutes total)

After 12 minutes the chocolate walnut cookies will be golden brown. Remove the baked cookies from the oven and transfer them to a wire rack to cool.

This is partially why I use the parchment paper. You can slide the entire sheet of cookies from the baking sheet to the cooling rack.

Allow your paleo chocolate chip cookies to cool. If you try to pick them up right away they will fall apart. They are very mushy when they first come out of the oven, so for best results, it is important to let them cool to room temperature.

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Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies

Once cool you can remove your chewy chocolate chip walnut cookies from the cooling rack and enjoy. If you prefer crunchy chocolate chip walnut cookies you can store them in an airtight container in the fridge and they will harden a bit more.

The nutty flavor and chewy texture of these easy chocolate chip walnut cookies are in perfect balance and make this our favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe. If you don’t mind dairy, pour yourself a glass of milk and enjoy these chewy cookies. Or make yourself a hot cup of hot chocolate to go with your perfect chocolate chip cookies.

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Printable Recipe

The Best Paleo Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies Recipe

Name: The Best Paleo Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 17 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: clean eating
Ingredients: 1 cup cashew butter; 3/4 cup coconut palm sugar; 1 egg; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1/2 tsp baking soda; 1/4 cup chopped cashews; 1/4 cup chopped walnuts; 3/4 cup cacao chips

Yield: 24

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 12 minutes

Total Time: 17 minutes

Delicious chocolate chip walnut cookies made with cashew butter. Clean eating, gluten free, paleo.

Ingredients

1 cup cashew butter
3/4 cup coconut palm sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 cup chopped cashews
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
3/4 cup cacao chips

Instructions

Pre heat oven to 350 degrees
Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper
Mix all ingredients together
Scoop cookies in 1.5" balls evenly spread
place both baking sheets in oven on seperate racks
bake for 6 minutes then swap baking sheets on oven racks
bake for another 6 minutes
remove from oven and let cool

The Best Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies Recipe