Buckwheat Chocolate Chips Cookies

I am passionate about baking with high-protein flour or grains because it’s the easiest way to add vegan proteins to your day in each bite.

Is There Protein In Flour?

Many people don’t realize that wheat flour is actually high-protein so even my classic Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies are loaded with protein! Wheat flour has a bad rep, and most prefer fancy flour like almond flour or buckwheat flour, or chickpea flour. But wheat flour is also a great protein source. This said, if you are gluten-free wheat flour is not for you, and the closest flour to wheat in terms of texture is probably buckwheat flour. Buckwheat flour recipes have an earthier flavor than wheat, but it makes delicious vegan gluten-free baked goods without buying all-purpose gluten-free flour blends often high in starch and low in fiber and protein. So after sharing my buckwheat flour crepes and buckwheat flour muffins, it’s time for a cookie with buckwheat flour.

Proteins In Each Type Of Flour

But before just a reminder about protein in flours per 100 grams:

All-Purpose Flour: 16 grams of protein. All-Purpose Gluten-Free Flour Blend: 8 grams of protein. Buckwheat Flour: 15 grams of protein. Quinoa Flour: 9 grams of protein. Almond Flour: 6 grams of protein.

So as you can see buckwheat flour is the closest flour to wheat in gluten-free baking.

Ingredients and Substitutions

To make buckwheat flour cookies, you need the following ingredients.

Buckwheat Flour – You can make your own buckwheat flour by grinding buckwheat groats into flour in a blender. More buckwheat flour recipes. Peanut Butter or tahini or sunflower seed butter. Baking Soda – for texture. Melted Coconut Oil or vegan butter Vanilla Extract – for flavor. Maple Syrup or any liquid sweetener you love in baking like coconut nectar, brown rice syrup, or date syrup. Don’t replace the liquid sweetener with coconut sugar or granulated sugar, the cookies will be too dry. Cinnamon – for flavor. Dark Chocolate Chips – If you can’t find vegan dark chocolate chips, you can also use small chunks of vegan dark chocolate bars.