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These whole wheat chocolate chip cookies are delicious and healthy, made with freshly milled flour and lots of chocolate chips.
If you like a moist, sweet, chocolate chip cookie that also includes more healthful ingredients, then I think you will like these just as much as we do.
For more fresh milled flour dessert ideas, try my Whole Wheat Jam Thumbprint Cookies, Freshly Milled Spelt Gingerbread Cookies, or Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Classic: Even though they’re made with whole wheat flour, these whole wheat chocolate chip cookies have that classic chocolate chip cookie flavor.
- Easy: These cookies are so easy to make that my children used to make them almost completely independently.
- Healthy Ingredients: If you’re looking for dessert recipes that use freshly milled flour, these cookies are a great place to start.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened (2 sticks)
- 1 ½ cups brown sugar (or organic cane sugar)
- ½ teaspoon salt (This is my favorite unrefined salt.)
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp vanilla extract (Learn how to make your own vanilla here!)
- 2 large eggs
- 2 ¼ cups whole wheat flour (we use whole wheat pastry flour, but you can also use regular whole wheat flour also). For my favorite bulk source of wheat berries and flour, read my post about how to get started with Azure Standard. You can also make your own fresh milled flour at home.
- 1 cup chocolate chips or carob chips
How to Make Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies
1. Place the softened butter in a large bowl.
2. Add the sugar, and cream it together with the butter until it is smooth and fluffy.
3. Stir in the salt, baking soda, and vanilla.
4. Add the eggs.
5. Beat the mixture until the eggs are well incorporated and the batter is fluffy, shiny and satiny.
6. Now stir in the whole wheat pastry flour.
7. When the batter is smooth and thick, add the chocolate chips. Stir until the cips are evenly distributed throughout the dough.
8. Drop the dough by tablespoonfuls onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
9. Bake at 350° for about 12 minutes.
10. Allow to cool on the pan for a minute or two before removing them from the cookie sheet with a spatula. This recipe makes about 3 dozen cookies.
More Freshly Milled Flour Recipes
- Whole Wheat Pumpkin Oat Muffins
- Whole Wheat Pumpkin Waffles
- Freshly Milled Banana Bread
- Freshly Milled Zucchini Bread
- Whole Wheat Pizza Dough
If you make this recipe and enjoy it, please leave a comment with a 5-star recipe rating and let me know! Thank you!
Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 ½ cups brown sugar, or organic cane sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 2 ¼ cups whole wheat flour
- 1 cup chocolate chips or carob chips
Instructions
- Place the softened butter in a large bowl.
- Add the sugar, and cream it together with the butter until it is smooth and fluffy.
- Stir in the salt, baking soda, and vanilla.
- Add the eggs.
- Beat the mixture until the eggs are well incorporated and the batter is fluffy, shiny and satiny.
- Now stir in the whole wheat pastry flour.
- When the batter is smooth and thick, add the chocolate chips. Stir until the cips are evenly distributed throughout the dough.
- Drop the dough by tablespoonfuls onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake at 350° for about 12 minutes.
- Allow to cool on the pan for a minute or two before removing them from the cookie sheet with a spatula. This recipe makes about 3 dozen cookies.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
My family loves this recipe and I love that it’s made with whole grain for added nutrition!
Thank you so much for letting me know you liked this recipe! And thanks for linking it up to the cooking challenge–I'll be sure to check out your post on the 7th!
I found this recipe a few weeks ago, and I've already made it four times. We love them! I'm linking up to Tina Hudgen's Crazy Cooking Challenge on Oct. 7th using your recipe. Thanks for sharing it!