Maple Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies (made with almond meal)

            It was the day before my friends son's birthday party and she asked me, "can you make some of those yummy cookies you brought over on our last play date? There will be five gluten free kids at the party and the cupcakes I made taste more like muffins!" OK, I'll admit, I gave her that recipe, But before you jump to conclusions It was not my recipe. I'll keep that blogger anonymous, because hey, we are all here out of love. 
I was so excited, I said yes! Then I realized I ran out of my honeyville almond flour. If your not familiar with the difference with almond flour and almond meal here's what I know:


Almond Flour:
Made from blanched almonds so you do not see the bits of brown skin it your cookies. 
Finely ground more like traditional baking flour.
binds a bit better.
costs roughly 6 dollars a pound if not more. 
can only buy online.
tastes great!


Almond Meal:
made from the whole almond skin and all.
a tad bit more coarsely ground but still a good flour.
binds still good but not like almond flour. 
You can find it at TJ's for around 3 dollars a pound.
convenient because you can buy it at most stores. 
tastes great!

So I made the cookies for the party with the Almond meal and they turned out yummy and hardy yet still light and fluffy. They are Full of flavor and dark chocolate chips! All in all, they were a crowd pleaser and I was asked to post my recipe. :)  Of course!

Ingredients:
4 cups of almond meal
2/3 cup of maple syrup
1 stick of room temp butter
1/2 tsp of sea salt
1 tsp of vanilla
1 cup of the darkest chocolate chips you can find

Preheat the oven to 350. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a mixing bowl add all the ingredients expect the chocolate chips. (a little trick I do) with the cookie dough form a golf ball size ball of dough adding a few chocolate piece while doing this. Then press the ball of dough onto the cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Very important to press the dough to the size you want the cookies. Almond flour does not spread length wise like wheat flour, but they do rise a bit. After add a few more chocolate chips on top. This makes the chocolate chips stand out more.

Bake for 12-15 minutes or when the edges turn slightly golden.
Makes 30 cookies

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