Paleo Diet – Cranberry Chocolate Chip Cookies

• Preheat oven to 350°
• Line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper.
• Whisk the egg with the coconut oil, vanilla, and coconut sugar in a large bowl until smooth.
• Combine the almond flour, baking soda and salt in a separate medium-sized bowl.
  • Mix to incorporate all ingredients.
• Slowly stir the dry ingredients into the egg/sugar mixture until all the ingredients are fully combined and the mixture turns to the consistency of a dough.
  • Note: It will be sticky.
• Stir the chocolate chips and cranberries into the dough.
  • Note: If the dough is too sticky to form into balls, chill it in the freezer for 10 minutes first.
• Roll the dough into 16 balls.
  • Flatten into a cookie shape.
  • Arrange on the parchment-lined cookie sheet
• Bake in the preheated oven 10 minutes or until the cookies set and begin to brown - be careful not to overbake.
• Remove from the oven.
  • Let it sit 2-5 minutes.
  • Transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling.
• Store in the kitchen contianers

Trivia

The paleo diet is not a high protein or high-fat diet by default.