The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe (THM S, Low Carb) (2024)

September 3, 2017 by Judy 25 Comments

This is the hands down Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe that I have made since starting my Trim Healthy Mama Journey.

I’ve made so many batches of chocolate chip cookies that I could sink a battleship. It was the first recipe that I taught my boys to make. I’ve had an heirloom chocolate chip cookie recipe since I was about 10 years old. I’ve made them with off plan ingredients as well as on plan ingredients.

But today!! I Finally got the texture and the taste right on with my heirloom recipe. I’m SO very excited about that and being able to share this Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe with you.

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These wonderful little cookies are going to help me in the 30 day #THMFluffyChallenge. You can read about that here. Planning my snacks and meals is so important to see success.

How I Made The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

One thing about baking with alternative ingredients is that they all act differently when using them. I chose to use Oat fiber and Almond flour as my main flours in this recipe.

Why I Use THM Oat Fiber

Oat fiber tends to add the flaky fluffy texture that we associate with wheat flour. It is a “thirsty” flour and requires the use of some extra moisture to make sure that you don’t feel like you are eating cardboard.

I will say that all oat fiber is not created equally, I’ve tried the nu natural’s brand as well as THM and another from Lifesource Foods. There is one fundamental difference between them. The Nu Naturals brand tastes like cardboard to me and it lends a very odd taste to foods made with it. Both the THM Oat Fiber and the Lifesource brand Oat fiber do NOT have this aftertaste and they are white where as the Nu Naturals one is a tannish color.

As for the cost, THM Oat Fiber is inexpensive and readily available both on the Trim Healthy Mama Website and through Amazon. Personally, the THM Oat Fiber is my favorite. The Lifesource Oat Fiber is available on Amazon and at Netrition.

Why I Use Blanched Almond Flour

Blanched Almond Flour is one of he staples in my pantry because it is milled finer than almond meal and gives a finer crumb when baking with it. Many low carb recipes use large amounts of almond flour which makes them extremely calorie dense. This Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe has a smaller amount so that the calories don’t go through the roof but you also get the correct texture in the cookies.

Stevia Sweetened Chocolate Chips

Most of the time I make my ownStevia Sweetened Chocolate Chipsbut occasionally my husband surprises me with a bag of Lily’s Chocolate Chips.

Integral Collagen

Adding THM Integral collagen to recipes like this helps to bump up the protein and allows the alternative flours to react in a way that mimics normal wheat flour.

Low Carb Brown Sugar

Low Carb Brown Sugar is one of the most used ingredients in my THM kitchen. I keep a batch of this recipe on hand at all times so that cookie baking and caramel making are easy peasy.

Palm Shortening

Okay so Palm Shortening is an on plan ingredient that you don’t see mentioned very often. It is approved for occasional use so I normally use it sparingly in cakes, pastries and cookies. This is the one that I use.

The Most Important Trick to this Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

How To Form Your Cookies

I normally use 2 teaspoons and roll my dough between the 2 spoons to get the correct form, this is how my grandma taught me to form cookie dough. But you can also use a cookie scoop which ensures that your cookies are uniform in size and is a bit less messy.

Make sure that after you scoop your dough onto the cookie sheets that you spread it to 1/4″ thickness.

These cookies do NOT spread when baking.

This is a really coolcookie scoop