Oh, what a treat I have for you today! Danielle Walker, the author of the blog Against All Grain and the New York Times bestseller cookbook, Against All Grain: Delectable Paleo Recipes to Eat Well & Feel Great is sharing her Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies that taste like the real deal with us all!
Danielle calls them Real Deal Chocolate Chip Cookies because they taste like real chocolate chip cookies, not gluten-free chocolate chip cookies, not grain-free chocolate chip cookies, but real chocolate chip cookies! Woohoo!
And, of course, if you’ve been following along with Suite of Sweets for Sweethearts, you know that means I’ll also be doing a giveaway of her cookbook! Double woohoo!
Real Deal Chocolate Chip Cookies from Against All Grain by Danielle Walker (Reprinted with permission of Danielle Walker and Victory Belt Publishing)
This post will be the last one for our SSS event. (Well, it better be, huh, as here we are closing out February!) Now if you recall, I had shared two photos showing a slew of amazing cookbooks, resource books, and DVDs at the beginning of this event. And if you’ve been paying attention to the posts here and on Facebook, you’ll know that I have not given all of those away yet.
Frankly, I didn’t get all the info that I needed to share them and I also ran out of time. But don’t despair … I’ll still be giving them away. I’ll be sharing some info on how those giveaways will take place in my next post when I talk more about my upcoming event, March Muffin Madness (MMM). MMM will kick off here on Saturday. It’s going to be really terrific!
But let’s get back to SSS, Danielle, and Danielle’s Against All Grain: Delectable Paleo Recipes to Eat Well & Feel Great and those Paleo Real Deal Chocolate Chip Cookies.
I had been following Danielle’s personal story and her blog long before I got to meet her in person. She was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis right out of college and after being hospitalized several times and having a very hard go of it following the traditional treatment protocol, she set out to heal herself with food. And she has succeeded.
Her doctor discounted dietary changes and refused to discuss them as a possible solution. So Danielle did her own research and reached out to others online, eventually figuring out which foods kept her symptom-free.
She’s now healthy and thriving not only as an individual but also as a wife and a mom of a beautiful little boy. Thankfully, Danielle hasn’t been hospitalized in a very long time. She’s not only learned what foods work for her and help her heal but she’s created many phenomenal recipes that you all will appreciate. Danielle’s such a lovely person and genuinely committed to helping others.
You can see Danielle “in person” and hear her tell her own story in the video segments on The Doctors here and here. Please take a moment to watch these videos. Danielle’s transformation is nothing less than amazing.
I was actually lucky enough to meet Danielle in person last year at one of her book signings, which was held at the home of Stacy Toth and Matt McCarry (Real Everything, formerly Paleo Parents) for their Northern Virginia Paleo Parents & Friends Meet-up. Several of my gluten-free support group members/friends and I made the trek north one evening and it was well worth it!
Danielle Walker (middle), me (left of Danielle), and my friends, Jennifer (left of me), Kathy (of Cake Cooks Gluten Free to right of Danielle), and Teri (to right of Kathy)
When we arrived, Danielle was actually in Matt and Stacy’s kitchen making her “Peanut Butter” Cookies. They’re actually made using SunButter so they’re nut-free. We couldn’t wait for everyone to arrive and all the food to be ready so we could sample them and, of course, they were just wonderful!
Danielle’s cookbook actually features over 150 gluten-free, grain-free, and dairy-free recipes. Every recipe is showcased in a gorgeous photograph taken by Danielle herself. There are currently 600 reviews on Amazon and this book averages 4.8 stars. The rating is well earned!
I made Danielle’s Rosemary Breadsticks from her book for the signing/meet-up potluck. They, too, were delicious … and so easy to make!
There are really so many recipes in this cookbook that are just wonderful: World-Famous Sandwich Bread, Pumpkin Donuts with Maple Bacon Glaze (or Chocolate Frosting), N’Oatmeal Raisin Cookies, Seven-Layer Bars (voted #1 best treat recipe for last year by Paleo Magazine!), Caramel Sauce, Thai Pad See Ew, and Marinara Sauce, just to name a few.
After enjoying so many grain-free, paleo recipes at the potluck, on the final leg of the trip home, one of my friends kept raving about some fantastic grain-free chocolate chip cookies that she’d been making. Unfortunately, she’d lost the recipe.
She was seeking my help because she said that the recipe was grain free and that she’d found it via my previous desserts blog. And as it turned out, the recipe was Danielle’s Paleo Real Deal Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe! Scroll down to the bottom of this post to get the recipe (including Freeze-and-Bake Instructions)—courtesy of Danielle and Victory Belt Publishing.
By the way, Danielle is currently working on her next cookbook, Meals Made Simple, so we can all look forward to that one as well! (Update: See all of Danielle’s cookbooks on Amazon.)
The Giveaway of Danielle’s Against All Grain Cookbook
UPDATE: This giveaway is now closed.
Stack of Real Deal Chocolate Chip Cookies from Against All Grain by Danielle Walker (Reprinted with permission of Danielle Walker and Victory Belt Publishing)
More Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes on gfe
~ Almond Coffee Chocolate Chip Cookies
~ Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies
~ Banana Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies
~ Brown Sugar Chocolate Chip Cookies
~ Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookies
~ Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies with Hemp Seeds
Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies That Taste Like the Real Deal Recipe
Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies (aka Real Deal Chocolate Chip Cookies)
Danielle calls these Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies the Real Deal Chocolate Chip Cookies for obvious reasons. That is, they don't taste like gluten-free chocolate chip cookies, they don't taste like grain-free chocolate chip cookies, they simply taste like real chocolate chip cookies!
Ingredients
- ¼ cup palm shortening or grassfed butter
- ¼ cup coconut palm sugar
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1½ cups blanched almond flour
- 2 tablespoons coconut flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ cup dark chocolate pieces (just chop up a dark chocolate bar)
- ¼ cup Enjoy Life chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a food processor, cream the palm shortening, coconut sugar, honey, egg, and vanilla for about 15 seconds until smooth and fluffy.
- Add the almond flour, coconut flour, baking soda and sea salt and mix again until combined, about 30 seconds. Scrape down the sides of the bowl if needed in order to incorporate all of the flour. Pulse once or twice more.
- Stir in the chocolate chips by hand.
- Place golf-ball sized balls of dough on a cookie sheet lined with parchment or a SilPat. Using another sheet of parchment on top of the dough, flatten them slightly with the palm or your hand or a spatula. The cookies don’t spread much so create the size and thickness you want prior to baking them.
- Bake for 9-12 minutes, until slightly golden around the edges.
Notes
These keep best in an air-tight container in the fridge.
If you don’t have a food processor, put a couple of cups of your almond flour in a blender or coffee grinder and give it a few pulses. Careful not to go too far or you will have almond butter. Then make the dough in a stand mixer or bowl with electric beaters.
Measure the 1½ cups almond flour after you’ve ground it (if you make your own).
If you plan to double this recipe, reduce the coconut flour by 1 teaspoon (so you would use 3 tbs + 2 tsp).I do not like these with coconut oil. Palm shortening makes them chewy. If you’re going to sub it out, my first suggestion would be grass-fed butter.
I like the flavor complexity with using 2 different types of chocolate, but you’re welcome to use whatever you’d like.
The palm sugar gives the cookies a “brown-sugar” like taste that the original chocolate chip cookie has. You can try using all honey, but because it is liquid, the texture and flavor will change slightly.
Freeze-and-Bake Instructions
1. Make the dough as described above
2. Gather it into a large ball and roll it into a log
3. Tightly wrap the log in parchment paper, then twist the ends to secure
4. Freeze for up to 6 months
5. Preheat oven to 325Fdegrees then slice off desired amount of cookies
6. Place dough on a cookie sheet and bake for 15 minutes*cookies will hold their small round shape when baked this way
Full disclosure: This giveaway is jointly sponsored by Danielle Walker, Victory Belt Publishing, and gfe, but the opinions expressed herein are my own.
Originally published February 27, 2014; updated Februady 12, 2022.
Melissa says
againstallgrain.com is amazing site, I have made a few of her recipes… all to good reviews!
Tessa@TessaTheDomesticDiva says
Crazy, I have been following Danielle from the very beginning before she gained almost super star status! I simply love so many of her recipes, too hard to count! I have made these cookies too…and even my kiddos who shy away from Paleo baked goods loved them to!
Katrina says
I’ve been trying to get my hands on this book from my library but its been impossible-something like 29 holds in front if me!
My father had ulcerative colitis since his teens. I wish I and my family had been more aware of the healing powers of the right foods when he was still with us 🙁
Lori says
Would LOVE to try some of these yummy recipes! Thanks for the giveaway
Lori says
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Lori says
LIKE and get notifications for Against all grains FB page! Thank you for this giveaway!
itzia says
i’m still trying to go gluten free and would love to try out some of the recipes in Danielle’s book.
itzia says
i like gluten free easily on facebook and also get notifications.
Susan says
I am desperate to find recipes that are delicious AND GF/Dairy free. I have only recently begun to find great sites and am on the hunt for great cookbooks I can rely on!
Arleen says
My daughter could use a copy of this awesome book in her struggles with colitis.
itzia says
i like against all grain on facebook and also get notifications.
Susan says
I follow gfe on FB 🙂
Arleen says
I get Facebook notifications from you, Shirley.
Susan says
and now follow Against All Grain on fb! 🙂
Arleen says
I am a follower of Danielle’s on Facebook, too.
Sheilah Miller says
I’ve never heard of her or this book but I sure am interested in trying. 2 years ago two of my children and I were diagnosed gluten intolerant and since then I’ve found my body doesn’t like grains in general so much. I’m going to try to get this at my library but would love to win it.
Sheilah Miller says
I like gfe on Facebook
Sheilah Miller says
I like against all grain on facebook
Kelly Freligh says
I am still new to being gluten free but now thinking I need to cut out soy and corn and possibly all grain.I haven’t been diagnosed yet but im figuring it out through elimination. I realized I was lactose intolerant about 6 years ago. I am looking for great recipes to help me with this new lifestyle and to hopefully get my 8yr old (very picky) son off gluten and dairy as well. These cookies look amazing and im sure everything else in the cookbook is great too!
Coralee Kaban says
Just found her by this contest referral but that cookie recipe looks amazing. Will have to buy the book even if I don’t win. 🙂
Erica says
What a fabulous giveaway!! I may try to make these cookies later today because I just so happen to “need” a chocolate chip cookie today ;).
Kathy says
I have just recently removed grains, especially wheat, from my diet. I have a food intolerance to almonds, and wonder if you use only the coconut flour, whether it would taste the same. Too much coconut? Is there such a thing as pecan flour?
Marsha says
Thanks for a great giveaway. I would love to own this cookbook. The cookie recipe looks wonderful. Love chocolate chip cookies 🙂
Dean Staley says
Optional entry : I like the recipes that are posted on here for gluten free cooking . Unfortunately , at this time I’m unemployed and without money to buy healthy food or even the essential ingredients needed to make them. Hopefully God will provide me the resources to make these wonderful meals that you post, God Bless you for your continued educating of us in healthy eating.
Linda says
Some comments about gluten free living…for me it wouldn’t be possible without all of the information posted on the internet. I am, like most women, very busy EVERY day of the week. When I can get to the computer and find a good recipe for myself and my 5 children, I am instantly ready to check it out. Thank YOU so much for your talents being shared with many of us who depend on you to help us stay healthy, happy and honor God by taking care of not only ourselves, but our family and friends. I like to share good news and your recipe’s and encouragement is vital to many of us.
Prayers sent your way for continued encouragement and great recipes for keeping our loved ones healthy
Jackie C says
My entire family needs to be Gluten-Free. We are still experiencing symptoms, I am now working on Paleo foods. Finding great “bread-type” Paleo recipes has been challenging. Im looking forward to checking out Danielle’s website & even more, to win her book would be fantsatic. Thanks for the opportunity of this contest!
Jackie C says
I did the optional entry for your FB page to include recieving notifications.
Bev Maiers says
Would live to win her cookbook. Have been following her FB page for quite awhile.
Jackie C says
Optional entry: I “liked” Against all grains FB page & receiving notifications. Thanks
Marsha says
I like gfe on Facebook
Marsha says
I liked against all grains on Facebook.
Ellen C. says
I would be thrilled to receive Danielle Walker’s new recipe book. I have visited her website and was very inspired by her testimony and her delicious looking recipes. Well done!! Thank you,Shirley, for posting the recipe and the book offer.
Elaine says
definitely want to try her 7 layer bars!
Stephanie says
I have been gluten free for quite some time. I have tried a few of “against all grains” recipes from her blog and have enjoyed them. I would love to try the recipes from the book!
Stephanie says
I like GFE on facebook
Kelly ebbert says
Ive never had her recipes I would love to try them I have celic disease and been having hard time with it I have huge household I would love to have this cookbook so we can make more food I can eat. Thanks for the contest
Stephanie says
I like against all grains on facebook
tina says
We have had huge success with a gluten and dairy free diet for my three year old. I would love this book since I am learning to make everything from scratch for her. Thanks!!
carmen says
would love this book to expand our gluten/grain free repertoire – daughter just this week diagnosed as celiac!
carmen says
I like GFE on facebook
Jennifer says
I have recently discovered Against All Grain and GFE and am now addicted. I have had to go gluten/dairy free as part of a FODMAP diet and since November have been able to tell a world of difference in my health. No more pain! Finding recipes and blogposts like this have opened the GF world up for me and have helped me find foods that I like and can make that don’t end in a disaster. I would love to have this book to further my food choices.
Jennifer says
I have liked and followed GFE on facebook and saw a few posts I need to go back and read there!
Jennifer says
I have liked/followed Against All Grain on Facebook and glad I did.
Kelly says
I love Danielle Walker and her Against All Grain blog site. I would love to win her Against All Grain: Delectable Paleo Recipes to Eat Well and Feel Great book. I have had a gluten problem my whole life. I liked gfe on facebook and get her email.
Rebecca Hall says
I have not heard of Danielle Walker until now. I would love to get a copy of the book! I am new to gluten free and have seen great results with some skin issues I am having by getting rid of gluten.
Rebecca Hall says
I already like “gfe” on Facebook.
Rebecca Hall says
I just liked Against All Grain on Facebook.
Megan Hart says
Danielle’s recipes look amazing, and I’m excited to start following her and try out her recipes. Her story is very relatable as I was misdiagnosed for over 20 years before correctly being diagnosed with Celiac Disease.
Megan Hart says
I already like GFE on Facebook and receive notifications 🙂
Megan Hart says
I have liked “Against All Grain” on Facebook and set it up to receive all notifications!
nancy says
I have followed Danielle for several years now and truly love all of her recipes. I especially like grain free.
Eva@Whole Food Mom on a Budget says
These look amazing! Pinning! I’d love for you to link up to Savoring Saturdays!
http://www.wholefoodmomonabudget.com/2014/03/savoring-saturdays-5.html
SherriS. says
What a great recovery story! I would love a chance to win her cookbook because I eat gf and have recently begun to eat refined sugar free. This recipe looks easy and simple – just how I like them. I’ve bookmarked it to try:)
Kiva says
Love her recipes but a nut allergy in the family prevents me from making some of the recipes but nut free peanut butter cookies piques my interest. Due to thyroid issues, I have gone gf and have never felt better. Thanks for the giveaway!
Angela Sommers says
I love the recipes – haven’t made many of them but see, that’s why I need her book 🙂 🙂 🙂
Angela Sommers says
Shirley, I already like you on Facebook – does that still count???
susan reed says
delicious and easy gluten free sweets. We missed sweets so much and these are often better than those with gluten. You rock Danielle!
Angela Sommers says
Went and “liked” Against All Grain on Facebook – maybe this is the giveaway I will win! 🙂
Ellen Aittis says
My daughter was recently diagnosed with coeliac disease, and has had to go gluten free. Would really love this book as it will help me to help her to be painfree , this is all new to us, would love any help I could get. My daughter is struggling to come to terms with this. The recipes look lovely
Patti Patti says
I love both of you. Its like I introduced 2 of my close friends to each other and now the 3 of us are friends. Except, you don’t know anything about me. 🙂 Thank you both for sharing your knowledge with the allergy world.
Gracie says
I love Danielle’s recipes! I’ve made a few from her site
Gracie says
I like gfe on FB!
Gracie says
I like AAG on FB!
ISELA says
I like and follow Gluten Free Easily and Against all Grain on Facebook and love the recipes. Would love the chance to win her book. Thanks
Lewann Rice says
I am friends with Danielle through FB and I love her website and would love to win her cookbook.
I have to eat gluten free and I really feel better when I am totally gluten free!
Lewann Rice says
Friends and following gfe on fb
Lewann Rice says
Friends and following against all grain
LM says
Heard a lot about this book. Would love to have it and try Paelo cooking. So far just been GF. Alresdy like GFE and have liked Against All Grain on FB.
Joni Owada says
I am just starting on being grain free. I love it that I do not have to try and fail, but instead can follow a tested recipe and I do not have to waste the sometimes expensive ingredients on a flop. I so appreciate that you post recipes that are already tested. Thanks so much.
Debra says
I have loved every recipe I’ve tried from Against All Grain (and GFE)! Would love to have her book to add to my slowly growing resources for our Paleo lifestyle!
Debra says
I already like GFE and receive notifications on facebook!
Debra says
I also already like and receive notifications from Against All Grain!
Janice Marela says
I follow a GF diet as I seem to be wheat intolerant but not celiac at this time. I do carry the celiac gene though. Since eating GF I have a lot fewer digestive issues.
Janice Marela says
I already like GFE on facebook.
insiya says
OMG! I am drooling over Danielle’s Seven layer bar! I want the book just for that recipe!! Looks truly well deserved as the Best Paleo Treat for 2013.
She looks as pretty as the photo on her book 🙂
insiya says
Liked GFE
Janice Marela says
Liked against all grain on Facebook.
carmen says
These are so very good!! thanks for sharing the recipe!
Carolyn says
I love Danielle’s blog.
Carolyn says
I like Against All Grain on Facebook!
Carolyn says
Of course I follow GFE on Facebook and on your blog!
MJ Hogan says
We are getting braver with these recipes… It will be fun to try these!
Corissa P says
I just love Danielle. I found her not too long ago when I started my gluten free life. Since going gluten free and finding her FB page and blog I have been transformed. My whole life is different now in so many good ways. I can’t wait to continue my journey to being completely grain free!
Corissa P says
Optional entry: I have been a fan of her FB page for a while now 🙂
Judy says
Hi, I am brand new to eating gluten free and paleo. I have just been tested and waiting for the test results. Regardless of the results, I have decided to go gluten free. I did it for a whole week when a co-worker of mineade me promise to get tested. So now that the blood test has been completed time to change what I eat.
I have yet to try Danielle Walker’s recipe and winning her cookbook would be a huge start for me. I know there is lots of information but it can be very overwhelming…thanks, Judy
Corissa P says
Optional entry: I also follow gfe on FB 🙂
Theresa Schlosser says
I would love to have a copy of the book.
Jennifer says
I have had a few recipes that friends have prepared and loved them! What a great giveaway…would love to try the recipes in her book.
Jennifer says
follow gfe on FB
Jennifer says
liked against all grain on FB
Linda S says
I had not heard of Danielle Walker but thanks to you am now very interested. I’m getting more and more into Paleo diet. Thanks for sharing!
Carolyn says
I won! I won! Thank you so much Shirley! Being healthy can be so much fun. I am looking forward to new recipes and Danielle’s are always so good.
Thank you!
Shirley says
Congratulations, Carolyn! You’re right … Danielle’s recipes are always so good. 🙂 it will be nice for you to have a copy of her cookbook to keep the healthy and fun thing going! 😉
Shirley
Susan says
I am so excited! Thank you and I can’t wait to try all the recipes! 🙂 (really, I am SO excited!)
Shirley says
Susan–I just love excited winners! Congrats! Hopefully, you’ll have your copy soon and then you’ll really be excited! 🙂
Shirley
Andrea says
I’m always looking for new GF recipes- the book sounds great. I already “like” GFE
tina says
Thank you so much!!
Shirley says
You’re welcome, Tina! I know you’ll love your new cookbook! 🙂
Shirley
Marah says
So much talent in that mind of yours. Thanks for working so hard to increase our palates..