These egg free keto cookies are the bee’s knees! How could they not be, modeled after my FAMOUS CHEWY CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES! That’s right, I took my most popular, no-fail, cookie recipes and modified them to be nut and egg-free… dairy-free too (that’s right, no butter).
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Seeds FTW!
I ground up raw pumpkin seeds, yessss PEPITAS! Mixed with a little coconut flour to act as an anti-caking agent. That’s what I used as flour for these delicious low-carb chocolate chip cookies! This pumpkin seed flour not only gives the cookies amazing flavor but their cool green color. Perfect for the holidays!
Pumpkin seeds are packed with magnesium, zinc, omega 3 fatty acids and are rich in natural phytoestrogens. They’re great to take during the follicular phase of your cycle when you have your period. Along with flaxseeds… which this recipe also has. Say what? A delicious, healthy cookie that you SHOULD eat when you have your period? SIGN. ME. UP. To learn more about seed cycling click HERE.
If seeds don’t sit well with you, consider soaking them with a pinch of salt before ingesting them. Soaking seeds for a few hours naturally lowers their phytic acid which can cause digestive distress. After soaking gently roast in the oven at low temperatures to dry out.
The Ingredients for Egg Free Keto Cookies
Raw pumpkin seeds, flax meal, baking soda, and salt, as well as a scoop of pastured gelatin for chewiness! Then we need some chocolate and sweetener! Go quality with chocolate, it always pays off. As for the sweetener, well that’s a personal choice. I like erythritol, Truvia, and Swerve for low carb/keto cookies. If you’re of the paleo persuasion you can use maple sugar or coconut palm sugar.
If you go ahead with a liquid sweetener like Lakanato Syrup, raw honey or maple syrup you will need to OMIT the coconut milk.
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Free Keto Cookies (Chewy Chocolate Chip)
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 15
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 10–12 cookies 1x
- Category: dessert
- Method: baking
- Cuisine: cookies
Description
These pumpkin seed chocolate chip cookies are delicious and egg free!
Ingredients
- 2 cups raw pumpkin seeds
- 3 tablespoons coconut flour
- 1 flax egg (1 tablespoon water + 1 tablespoon flax meal)
- 3 tablespoons softened coconut oil or lard
- 1 teaspoon vanilla or peppermint extract
- 1/3 cup granulated sweetener (erythritol for keto, maple sugar for paleo)
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon fine salt
- 2 tablespoons pastured gelatin
- 1/3 cup coconut milk
- 1 cup chopped up dark chocolate
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a food processor, high powered blender of coffee grinder: process the pumpkin seeds with the coconut flour until a fine crumb. Measure out two cups and set aside.
- In a large bowl let your flax egg sit for a few minutes.
- Add in the coconut oil, extract, and sweetener. Mix.
- Add the salt, baking soda, ground pumpkin seed flour mix and the gelatin.
- Mix until a dry dough forms. Then add in the coconut milk and mix until the dough takes shape.
- Fold in the chopped up chocolate.
- Shape about 10-12 1 inch balls, set them 2 inches apart. Gently flatten.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes until the edges just begin to brown.
- Remove from the oven and let them cool for 10-20 minutes before handling. Use a spatula to remove from the cookie sheet. Enjoy!
Recipe Notes:
3.7 Net Carbs Per Cookie
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 175
- Sugar: Alcohol: 5.3g
- Fat: 15g
- Carbohydrates: 13g
- Fiber: 4g
- Protein: 5g
Marina says
Hi there, great recipe! Thank you for sharing! I was wondering if replacing the gelatin with xanthan gum would work and what proportions would it be?
Cristina says
I’m not sure, I don’t use xanthan gum, it doesn’t sit well with me
Kyme says
I am sensitive to gelatin. Do you know of something else I could replace this with?
Cristina says
I haven’t tested the recipe with anything else
Kyme Morris says
What is the purpose of the gelatin in this recipe? Is it just for the health benefits or for texture? Because I’ve heard of marine collagen, so I was wondering if collagen would work the same as gelatin does in this recipe
Cristina says
It’s for texture, they aren’t really chewy without the gelatin. Collagen will have the same health benefit but won’t add chewiness.
Kyme says
If I used agar powder, would I use the same amount suggested in the recipe?
Cristina says
I’ve never used that, I think it’s like 1 tbsp agar flakes to 1 tbsp gelatin powder… but you grind the flakes into powder so it’s like a tsp… at least thats what the internet says
Kim says
These sound amazing with the pumpkin seed flour! Need to be nut free, gluten free, dairy free, egg free and vegan. To make vegan what can I substitute the gelatin with?
Cristina says
I’ve heard agar-agar is a good substitute, but you would use less… its an algae-based gelatin
Lindsay says
These are my go to snack! They freeze well too. I can’t eat eggs or flax so I make a gelatin egg by sprinkling one tablespoon of gelatin over 1/4 cup water and let it sit 5 min. Then turn on low and stir for approx 1 min until smooth. I also did not use any sweetener b/c the dairy free choc chips I used container a wee bit of sugar. I added a tablespoon of sunbutter, used a bit less coconut milk and voila amazing cookies every time!
Cristina I love all your recipes and appreciate that I can make them to suit all my dietary isms! Thanks!
Cristina says
What a great snack!
Char says
Technically when seed cycling you,need 1 tbsp pumpkin seeds and 1 tbsp flex seeds daily. This recipe just has 1 tbsp flax seed in it….have you foubd a way to make cookies where we get our daily intake per cookie?
Cristina says
Right, I’m just making the point that eating certain seeds during certain times of the month might be better. For a lot of women with estrogen dominance having pumpkin seeds and flax seeds after ovulation wouldn’t be the best idea, so following the principles of seed cycling when consuming seeds in general, I think, is a really healthy way of incorporating them in your diet. And no, I haven’t made a specific seed cycling recipe. For seed cycling, raw, freshly ground seeds are best. Add them to a smoothie or as a salad topper!