I hope everyone has been having a great week! I had every intention of getting this chocolate chip cookie with fresh milled flour recipe on the blog for Monday. But, I also created a YouTube video (my first official “lets actually use my YouTube channel” video) to go along with it, which took me muuuuuuch longer than anticipated. Lesson learned there…. way more time needed when doing things for YouTube.

Chocolate Chip Cookies with Fresh Milled Flour

But, I’m here with the recipe today. And if you don’t have fresh milled flour, you can use all purpose flour, you may just need to adjust the amount a little. You can buy fresh milled flour, or if you are ready to take the plunge invest in a home mill. You can see mine in the video of my recipe. I do plan on doing a more in depth post at some point in time.

Will my kids even eat fresh milled flour?

I remember when I first started milling my own flour at home I was a little worried about how it would affect my baking. Since I knew it wouldn’t taste exactly the same as all purpose flour, and didn’t totally know what to expect. I am happy to say, it was a pretty easy transition. I’ve been using fresh milled flour for about two years now, and my kids still happily eat my baked goods. It helps that cookies have lots of sugar in them, and these chocolate chip cookies with home milled flour are no different. They are for sure kid approved though! I was taking pictures and two of my girls popped over to give them a thumbs up.

What are the ingredients?

Home milled flour: I really feel this helps the cookies taste fresher, with a slightly nutty flavor.

butter: unsalted, softened butter

sugar: both brown and white sugar are used to help them have the perfect texture of not to crispy and not to soft

egg and egg yolks: whole eggs help with binding, while yolks add to the texture

cornstarch: another ingredient that helps with chewyness

baking soda and powder: both used to help leaven the cookies.

salt: to help add to the flavor

vanilla: once again adds to the flavor

chocolate: it is a chocolate chip cookie with fresh milled flour

These cookies really hit the spot, particularly when they are warm and gooey just after they have finished sitting on the cookie sheet. For these chocolate chip cookies with fresh milled flour I ended up using a combination of chocolate chunks and milk chocolate chips. Boy on boy do I like how they turned out. I’ve been a tried and true semisweet chocolate chip girl for a long time, but I think that may be changing.

I really think the home milled flour helps give these cookies an amazing taste. I did sift out some of the bran, so they are not 100% whole grain, but they still do have some bran and germ in them. That makes them slightly healthier than cookies made with all purpose flour right? At least that’s what I tell myself. If you are looking for other fresh milled flour recipes you can check out these banana chocolate muffins.

If you give these a try let me know what you think!

If you like watching videos, you can check out my YouTube video here. Be gentle… I felt so awkward in front of the camera. But one of my goals is to do more YouTube, so I’ve got to practice. My blog has come a long way in the 10 years I’ve had it, and hopefully my YouTube skills will improve as well.