Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
An easy recipe for gluten-free chocolate chip cookies baked in just 8 minutes with no chilling time. This gluten-free cookie recipe also has a dairy-free and vegan option.
Ingredients
- 1 cupunsalted butter, softened (for dairy-free use smart balance butter, or vegan butter
- ¾ cupgranulated sugar
- ¾ cupbrown sugar, packed
- 1 teaspoonmolasses
- 1 teaspoonpure vanilla extract
- 1 largeegg (for egg-free/vegan use bob's red mill gluten-free egg replacer
- ½ teaspoonbaking soda
- ½ teaspoongluten-free baking powder
- ½ teaspoonsalt
- 2 ½ cupsall-purpose gluten-free flour with xanthan gum
- 2 cupschocolate chips (for dairy-free/vegan use nestle simply delicious or enjoy life mini chocolate chips
Directions
- 1
Preheat oven to 375°F.
- 2
In a large bowl beat the softened butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar until creamy.
- 3
Add the egg (or egg replacer), molasses, and pure vanilla extract to the butter mixture and mix until fully combined.
- 4
Add the gluten-free flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt to the butter mixture and mix until fully combined.
- 5
Either stir in the chocolate chips with a spoon or use your mixer on low to mix the chocolate chips into the cookie batter.
- 6
Drop by rounded tablespoon or use a greased cookie scoop. (I used a 1 1/2 tablespoon cookie scoop). Place the cookies 2 inches apart on a parchment-lined cookie sheet.
- 7
Bake for 8-10 minutes until they start to turn golden brown (the centers of the cookies will be soft). Please watch your oven because all ovens are different.
- 8
Cool and store leftovers in an air-tight container. Enjoy!