These Tigernut Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies are Paleo, Vegan and free of the top 8 allergens. This healthy cookie recipe is made with tigernut flour, sweetened with maple syrup and filled with dark chocolate. These cookies are crispy on the outside and have a gooey inner texture - the perfect chocolate chip cookie!

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While the most popular paleo recipes seem to be made with almond flour, I have a preference for tigernut flour.

Tigernut flour is so under-used in my opinion! It's completely nut free, but has a naturally sweet, nutty flavor. It's also paleo, vegan and allergy friendly.

Tigernut flour is perfect for making cookies - like these tigernut flour chocolate chip cookies.

These cookies are slightly crisp on the outside with a chewy interior. They are sweetened with maple syrup and loaded with dark chocolate chips.

If you've never used tigernut flour, then this recipe is for you! It's a great way to introduce yourself to this delicious paleo baking flour.

Let's back up a second and get all the facts...

What is Tigernut Flour?

Tigernut flour comes from finely ground, peeled tigernuts. Now, tigernuts are not actually nuts, but small root vegetables. They are naturally sweet and nutty in flavor - perfect for baking!

Additionally, tigernuts contain a lot of fiber, a decent amount of potassium, Vitamin E and iron, as well as resistant starch. This resistant starch has prebiotic properties that helps promote the growth of beneficial bacteria in the gut.

Tigernut Flour Nutritional Facts

Tigernut flour is mainly carbohydrate, with a decent portion of fat and minimal protein.

Is tigernut flour keto? Well, that will depend on one's carb tolerance. Tigernut flour can be a part of a ketogenic diet. And these healthy tigernut cookies can be made more keto friendly by substituting the maple syrup for a liquid sugar free sweetener.

¼ cup of tigernut flour contains 5 grams of sugar, meaning it is naturally sweet. This is great for baking because you don't need to add as much sugar to sweeten desserts made with tigernut flour.

Where To Buy Tigernut Flour

The best place to find tigernut flour is online, at shops like Amazon. You can also find it directly on the brand's website.

Some health food stores may carry tigernut flour, but I've found it hard to come by. Plus, I find it's often cheaper to purchase online rather than in stores.

My two favorite brands of tigernut flour are:

I use these two brands regularly in my baking and tigernut flour recipes on the blog.

tigernut flour cookies on wire cooling rack

Tigernut Flour Chocolate Chip Cookie Highlights

Now that we know exactly what tigernut flour is, let's dive right into these chocolate chip tigernut flour cookies! These cookies are:

paleo friendly - made with nourishing, real food ingredients
vegan - these are vegan friendly tigernut cookies, made without animal products
gluten free and grain free - made with tigernut flour
nut free - no nuts in this recipe
dairy free - no butter
egg free - this is an egg free tigernut flour cookie recipe
allergy friendly - free of the top 8 allergens

This is one of my family's favorite chocolate chip cookie recipes. They don't taste "healthy" and even those following a standard American diet will love them.

Ingredients

These vegan tigernut flour cookies contain 10 simple ingredients and are extremely easy to make. Here's what you need:

tigernut flour
tapioca flour
cream of tartar
baking soda
salt
flax egg
non-hydrogenated shortening (or butter)
maple syrup
vanilla extract
dark chocolate chips (I used mini chocolate chips)

ingredients in chocolate chip tigernut flour cookies

How to Make Tigernut Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies

These vegan tigernut cookies are so easy to make. Here are the step by step instructions:

First, preheat your oven to 350 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Next, make the flax egg. To do this, combine 1 tablespoon of ground flax with 3 tablespoons of water. Stir, then let the mixture sit for 5 minutes to thicken.

In a medium-sized mixing bowl, combine all of the dry ingredients (except chocolate chips). Mix in the wet ingredients, then fold the chocolate chips into the batter.

Next, use a small cookie scoop to scoop the dough onto a baking sheet. Each cookie is about 1 heaping tablespoon in size, making 16 cookies.

Bake the cookies in your preheated oven for 12-14 minutes. The cookies will slightly spread and have a golden brown bottom.

After baking, remove the cookies from the oven and cool them for about 5 minutes on the baking sheet.

Then, transfer the cookies to a wire cooling rack.

Storage

These chocolate chip tigernut cookies can be stored in an air tight container at room temperature for a few days, in the fridge for up to one week or in the freezer for long term storage.

I actually love them best from the freezer!

More Tigernut Flour Recipes

If you're looking for more recipes using tigernut flour, here are some popular ones from my site:

Tigernut Flour Bread

Chocolate Chip Tigernut Flour Muffins

Tigernut Flour Sugar Cookies

Enjoy!