Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
I didn’t end up dressing up for Halloween this year, so I decided Halloween evening would be a great opportunity for me to spend the evening watching the Charlie Brown “The Great Pumpkin” special.
I was sent the flour recipe by a friend who swears by the flour combination. It includes white bean flour, which I had never heard of. It is actually a flour made from dried white beans and sometimes fava beans are added to it. It is sold online and in stores that carry Bob’s Red Mill Products. (Geez, that Bob has thought of everything!)
Def. a fan of this flour blend because it does not rely on rice.
Ingredients for Flour Blend:
3/4 cup arrowroot flour
3/4 cup white bean flour
3/4 cup tapioca flour
Ingredients for Cookies:
Dry Ingredients:
- 2 1/4 cups of Flour Blend
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
Wet Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup butter softened, 1/3 cup coconut oil
- 1 teaspoon GF vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
And…
- 2 cups chocolate chips (I use the mini ones!)
- 1 cup chopped nuts, optional
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
2. Combine flour, baking soda and salt.
3. In a large bowl; mix butter, sugar and vanilla until creamy.
4. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each one is added.
5. Add flour mixture to bowl a half cup at a time and beat in flour mixture into sugar and butter mixture.
6. Stir in chocolate chips (and nuts, optional).
7. Line a baking sheet with unbleached parchment paper and drop rounded tablespoons of cookie dough onto the covered baking sheet. (about 12 cookies per sheet).
8. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. But not cooked all the way (they will continue to cook in the baking sheets even after you remove them from the oven)
9. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes.
10. Remove from sheets after the cookies have firmed up after 2 minutes and are sable about to be moved with a spatula. Move to wire cooling racks to cool completely.
11. Enjoy
Note: This recipe does have a lot of sugar. It tastes great, but when I make this again in the future I am going to experiment with a sugar free version (Of course, I will post that version too.)
Let me know what you think in the comments section.
Mmm cookies! Thanks for posting these gluten-free recipes. I haven’t gotten to trying the chips yet but I’m excited about both them and these.
(I talked to my parents last weekend and my dad was *shocked* that I haven’t had a cookie in months because of avoiding gluten. I need the cookies.)
It never ceases to amaze me how clueless some people are about gluten. My dad has practically no idea what it is either and I have explained it many times. I think, he thinks I am on a low carb diet.
I suppose that is why it is so important to keep the conversation about living gluten free going, the more people that know the more there is available for us. (Like cookies!) There is also an ‘instant’ version by Bob’s Red Mill (available at whole Foods, Trader Joe’s and some chain grocers). All you have to do is add eggs and water. They are pretty good, I must say.
To more gluten free treats,
Chelsea
It was more shock that I’ve been so true to gluten-free living that I haven’t had a cookie, something I dearly love. I should try the Bob’s Red Mill version sometime. But I bought most of the ingredients for this recipe today too.
I have been there too. In an effort to eliminate gluten, I have eliminated whole food groups rather than learn how to bake and cook gluten free.
Luckily, there are more and more choices out there for people that are gluten free. This means that there is more ‘convenience’ food available. For example, the Bob’s Red Mill gluten free cookie mixes. I have actually tired that one and was pleasantly surprised (but just do not add too much liquid, the dough may look dry but adding more liquid does not help during the baking process).
Hope you enjoyed them Stephanie.
-Chelsea
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Thanks for the comment, I’m glad you enjoyed it.
-Chelsea
Thank you for the compliment
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Cheers,
Chelsea
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You are welcome. Thanks for reading and thanks for taking the time to post a reply in the comments section.
Cheers,
Chelsea