Quinoa Flour Cookies
These quinoa flour cookies are just as delicious as your favorite chocolate chip cookie, but they’re made with healthy ingredients! The quinoa adds a nutty flavor that makes these soft cookies completely irresistible!
Quinoa flour is a nutritious ingredient that can be used in everything from cookies to pancakes! Try using quinoa flour in place of regular flour for additional protein, fiber, and nutrients.
What is quinoa flour?
Quinoa flour is made from grinding quinoa into a fine powder, similar to flour. Quinoa is technically a seed, not a grain, meaning this flour is completely gluten-free.
Where can you buy quinoa flour?
I typically buy Bob’s Red Mill’s brand. You can usually find it in the gluten-free section of larger grocery stores. If you can’t find it in the grocery store, you can order it on Amazon!
How to Make Quinoa Flour at Home
To make your own quinoa flour at home, blend 1/2 cup of quinoa flour in a spice grinder or coffee grinder for 1 minute, or until blended into a fine powder. Spread onto a baking sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 7 minutes. This will remove some of the bitterness. This will make about 3/4 cup of flour.
What can you make with quinoa flour?
You can make all kinds of recipes including cookies, pancakes, muffins, and bread! This flour is different than all purpose flour, so you do have to make some changes to a recipe. I wouldn’t recommend substituting quinoa flour for regular flour cup-for-cup.
Quinoa Flour Recipes
Lemon Berry Quinoa Muffins
These nut-free Lemon Berry Quinoa Flour Muffins are a tasty, flourless option for a nutritious and easy breakfast on the go to school or work. These muffins are earthy, creamy, sweet, and satisfying! What more could you ask for in a muffin?
Fluffy Quinoa Pancakes
Made with simple ingredients, these fluffy quinoa flour pancakes are delicious, and will soon be your favorite weekend breakfast! They’re gluten-free since they’re made with quinoa, but they’re just as fluffy as your favorite pancakes! Plus, they’re totally vegan!
Sprouted Quinoa Bread
This easy, sprouted quinoa bread is completely homemade. Yes, even the flour is homemade! It takes a few days for the quinoa to sprout but after that, it’s a piece of cake. Or bread.
Quinoa Flour Cookies
The great thing about these cookies is that I truly think they taste like a regular cookie. Sure, it’s made with a healthier flour and it’s gluten-free, but it has real sugar, eggs (with the yolk!) and chocolate chips, so you’re not skimping on the ingredients. I’d like to think of this as a real cookie with a healthy twist. Get the recipe below!
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Quinoa Flour Cookies
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 15 mins
- Yield: 12 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: Dessert
Description
These quinoa flour cookies are just as delicious as your favorite chocolate chip cookie, but they’re made with healthy ingredients! The quinoa adds a nutty flavor that makes these soft cookies completely irresistible!
Ingredients
- 1 cup quinoa flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup coconut sugar (or brown sugar)
- 1 egg
- 1/3 cup melted coconut oil
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Combine the quinoa flour, baking soda, salt, and coconut sugar in a bowl.
- Stir in the egg and coconut oil until combined.
- Add in chocolate chips.
- These cookies won’t really spread, so shape them into a ball and then flatten slightly.
- Bake on parchment paper or a silicone baking mat to prevent them from sticking to the pan.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes until lightly browned. (Check the bottoms, those will brown first!)
Have you tried baking with quinoa? Leave your questions below!
I would like to make these cookies. Instead of chocolate chips can I use resins?
I tried avocado oil because we have coconut and dairy sensitivities in our family. If you do the recipe with a straight substitution, you end up with a very crumbly dough, which isn’t easy to work with, but isn’t impossible. The cookies were good but crumbly. The second time I made it, I added another egg, and the dough was much more manageable. The final results were much nicer.
we make these every week now, need I say more ;-)?! i never use disposables, so parchment is out – just oil the pan a little with whatever you have, they don’t stick. we have local maple sugar, I use as the sugar (less than 1/2 cup). use cocoa nibs instead of choc chips, use prepackaged organic quinoa flour. Easy yummy recipe, thank you!
Hi, instead of coconut oil, can I use 1/3 cup melted butter?
I haven’t tried that Joanna but I think that’s a good idea for a substitute!
Can we sub olive oil or avocado oil instead of coconut oil?
I tried avocado oil because we have coconut and dairy sensitivities in our family. If you do the recipe with a straight substitution, you end up with a very crumbly dough, which isn’t easy to work with, but isn’t impossible. The cookies were good but crumbly. The second time I made it, I added another egg, and the dough was much more manageable. The final results were much nicer.
I’ve been gluten free for a year now due to severe allergies and the joy of baking and eating has been lost for me. Until now! These are the best gf cookies I have ever tasted – store bought or home baked. I love them. Thanks so much!!!!
Needed to used\ up some quinoa flour and found this recipe. Everyone says it’s a winner.
Hi Liz,
can I substitute the egg for a flax/chia one to make it vegan?
Love your recipes by the way
Hi
They looks really nice. I was wondering if I can substitute coconut/brown sugar with erythritol or monk fruit sweetener?
Thanks