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Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies

March 24, 2020

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Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies

These gluten-free chocolate chip cookies were inspired by my famous chocolate chip cookies before I ever went gluten-free. I made them all the time & had my friends & family always requesting them! So I made them gluten-free but just as delicious!

Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies

The best gluten-free chocolate chip cookies

I am not exaggerating & this is not a drill, everyone… I am telling you these gluten-free chocolate chip cookies are a serious game changer, not only for my gluten-free friends but for anyone! They are so rich, decadent & soft yet slightly crunchy on the outside. They are sure to please anyone you share them with!

Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies

Can I make these gluten-free chocolate chip cookies lower in sugar?

First of all, yes I did use real white sugar & brown sugar for these cookies. I don’t bake with those ingredients often, as I like to opt for less processed sweeteners but from time to time I believe they are totally fine to indulge in.

That being said, if you do want to make them lower in sugar I have a few alternatives I can recommend. As I am sure you know by now, Lakanto is my go-to for lower sugar baking. I even made an eCookbook including it as my main sweetener of choice for most of the recipes! So if I was going to swap out the white sugar for something that won’t spike blood sugar I would use this. For a sugar-free brown sugar substitute, I would use this.

Can I make these gluten-free chocolate chip cookies dairy-free?

Yes! It is actually super easy too. All you need to do is to sub the butter for a dairy-free butter. My favourite is Miyoko’s. You could also totally try using coconut oil as well, which I can often swap 1:1 for butter in a lot of my recipes. Don’t like the coconut taste? Just opt for refined coconut oil, which doesn’t have that coconut flavour like extra-virgin coconut oil does.

Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies

How to make the best gluten-free chocolate chip cookies

So over the years, & my love for cookies has led me to fine tune a few no-fail tips & tricks for the best cookies. I love a good rich, fudgy, soft, chewy cookie & that is just what you will get with these, especially if you follow these tips I have below!

  • Chill your dough. I know this is super hard to do (trust me) when all you want to do is bake & munch. But it does make a huge difference if you can chill your dough in the fridge or freezer for at least 20 minutes before baking.
  • Roll your dough into cylinders not balls. This gives a nice chunky cookie, if you will. I found when I rolled my dough into balls they were still flattening out way too much. So I started rolling them into more of a cylinder shape & it made all the difference in how they baked.
  • Remove your cookies from the oven when they are still slightly under-baked & let them cool on the baking tray for 5-10 minutes. They still bake a bit while on the hot tray but just the right amount compared to if you were to keep them in the oven. Once slightly cooled I like to move them to a wire rack to finish cooling. This tip alone has changed my cookie game & I swear by it!
Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients you will need for these gluten-free chocolate chip cookies

  • Butter, softened (I like to use grass-fed. For a dairy-free option I would recommend Miyokos)
  • White sugar (I use this one. For lower sugar I recommend this)
  • Brown sugar (For lower sugar I recommend this)
  • An egg
  • Vanilla extract
  • Pink salt
  • Baking soda
  • Gluten-free flour (I highly recommend this one), you can also use regular flour if you are not gluten-free
  • Chocolate chips, these are my favourite dairy-free chocolate chips
Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies

★★★★★ 5 from 1 reviews
  • Author: Lauren
  • Prep Time: 25 minutes
  • Cook Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 35 minutes
  • Yield: 15 cookies 1x
  • Category: cookies
  • Method: oven
  • Cuisine: treat
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These gluten-free chocolate chip cookies were inspired by my famous chocolate chip cookies before I ever went gluten-free. I made them all the time & had my friends & family always requesting them! So I made them gluten-free but just as delicious!


Ingredients

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  • 1/2 cup butter, softened (I like to use grass-fed. For a dairy-free option I would recommend Miyokos)
  • 1/3 cup white sugar (I use this one. For lower sugar I recommend this)
  • 1/3 cup brown sugar (For lower sugar I recommend this)
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/4 tsp pink salt
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 + 1/4 cup gluten-free flour (I highly recommend this one), you can also use regular flour if you are not gluten-free
  • 3/4 cup chocolate chips (plus a few more for the top), these are my favourite dairy-free chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Line a baking tray with parchment paper & set aside.
  3. Using a stand mixer, hand mixer or some good arm power, beat the softened butter with the sugars until smooth.
  4. Add in the vanilla, baking soda, salt & egg, mixing in well.
  5. Add your flour 1/2 cup at a time, mixing into the dough.
  6. Fold in your chocolate chips.
  7. Let the dough chill in the fridge or freezer for at least 20 minutes.
  8. Once chilled, remove from the fridge or freezer & roll into cylinders (not balls).* 
  9. Bake for about 10-12 minutes, really making sure not to over-bake. I like to remove mine when they just begin to get browned & are still soft & dough-y in the middle. 
  10. Once removed from the oven, let them cool on the pan for 5-10 minutes & then transfer to a wire rack.
  11. Once cooled, after baking following this method they should be soft in the middle, yet crunchier on the outside.
  12. Serve & enjoy!

Notes

*I find this produces the best final result. It allows the cookies to not spread too much when they are baking & makes them soft & chewy when the are cooled from the oven.

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Comments

  1. Kait says

    March 30, 2020 at 11:41 pm

    Best GF cookies! They stay together really well for a Gf cookie and they are soft, not too crunchy!

    ★★★★★

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    • Lau says

      March 30, 2020 at 11:58 pm

      The best news! All the things I look for in a good cookie! So glad you love them Kait! PS loved the mini egg twist you did 🙂

      Reply

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