These easy, cut-out gluten free chocolate sugar cookies are a fun twist on the traditional cookie. They require no chill time, roll out easily without extra flour, and hold their shape exceptionally well.
Gluten Free Chocolate Sugar Cookies
Surprise, surprise… it’s another gluten free cookie recipe for you! Not just any old cookie though. It’s a gluten free chocolate sugar cookie recipe. Chocolate sugar cookies…. it’s like music to my ears.
These chocolate sugar cookies are spectacular. Not only are they tasty, but they’ve got a fantastic, deep chocolate flavor that only comes from Rodelle baking cocoa. They’re also sturdy enough to ship AND they freeze well too! Holla!
It’s like a cookie win-win-win.
Last year, I made some Chocolate Peppermint Sandwich Cookies but this year, I made these gluten free chocolate sugar cookies. They’re part of the Cookies with Rodelle holiday campaign where the Rodelle Brand Ambassadors are sharing some deliciously decadent cookie recipes. It’s like the ultimate virtual cookie swap!
You can see them all here.
Side note, is it just me or did that “Last year” and “but this year” make you want to bust out in Christmas carol? Laaast Christmas I gave you my heart….
And just an FYI, I can’t sing. Like, at all. I know I reference songs a lot in my posts but I am 0% musically inclined. Sometimes I struggle with the ABC’s which makes it so weird that my brain likes to turn everything into a song. My mind is willing but my body isn’t capable!
In other special news, since it’s been a while since I’ve had a vanilla giveaway – I’m having one today! Rodelle will be providing one lucky winner with vanilla extract, gourmet baking cocoa, almond extract, chocolate extract, pumpkin spice extract, cinnamon sticks, and turkey brine. You can enter the giveaway via the form below. Good luck!
If you’re looking to decorate these cookies, try decorating them with the royal icing recipe I used for my gluten free mummy cookies and my gluten free conversation heart cookies. You can color the icing any color you want to make some fun Christmas patterns or for any party/theme you want. You could also try it with my vegan chocoalte frosting, my favorite easy vanilla buttercream, or the dairy-free vanilla frosting from my soft frosted sugar cookies recipe. Enjoy!
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Gluten Free Chocolate Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 C palm shortening
- 1 C granulated sugar
- 1 large egg cold
- 1 Tbsp Rodelle vanilla extract
- 2 1/4 C Bob's Red Mill 1:1 gluten free flour
- 3/4 C Rodelle gourmet baking cocoa
- 1 tsp fine sea salt
- 1/4 tsp xanthan gum
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line 2 baking sheets with silicon mats or parchment paper.
- Add the shortening and granulated sugar to the bowl of a stand mixer and beat on medium-low speed until just combined. Scrape down the bowl as necessary. Add the egg and vanilla extract and mix until combined.
- In a medium bowl, sift and whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, salt, and xanthan gum. Pour 2/3 of the flour mixture into the wet ingredients and mix on low speed until mostly combined. Scrape down the bowl and add the remaining flour and mix until just combined and the dough starts to come together.
- Form the dough into one large ball and split in half. Place half of the dough on a large piece of plastic wrap and top with a second piece of plastic wrap. You do not need to dust it with flour. (Keep the other half covered with plastic wrap to keep from drying out in the bowl.)
- Roll the dough out between the layers of plastic wrap to 1/4 inch thick. Cut with desired cookie cutters. Dough scraps can be re-rolled. Carefully place the cookie shapes on the prepared baking sheets and bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes. Bake the cookies in batches as necessary.
- Cool cookies on the baking sheet for at least 15 minutes before very carefully transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. When warm out of the oven, the cookies will be extremely delicate (to the point where they will crumble if you touch them and you'll think they're going to be a crumbly mess) but will be firm and sturdy once they have cooled.
- Decorate as desired once completely cooled.
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Nutrition Facts are estimated and aren't always accurate. Please consult a doctor or nutritionist if you have special dietary needs.
This recipe was created in partnership with Rodelle, where I am a brand ambassador (because I am vanilla obsessed ♥).
These cookies are so good! We made lots of different shapes and had no problems, following the instructions to let them cool on the tray before moving to rack. Thank you for our new family classic
Thank you Crystal!
Your cookies look great. My husband is very allergic to eggs.. do you have a substitute that would work for this cookie? Chia ? Energy Egg replacer? Flax? Many thanks
Hi Diane, I haven’t tried an egg replacer in these but if you do, please let me know how it works out for you!
My favorite Christmas cookie is the sugar snowman cookies
I like baking sugar cookies with the grandkids
Would have to try this recipe I love trying new ones
These cookies look amazing!
My favorite Christmas cookie is the Italian Wedding Cookie!
I don’t have a favorite christmas cookie or at least I don’t know the names. My mom makes them. My favorite cookie year round is oatmeal raisin though.
What can you use instead of palm shortening? I can’t find it in the store. Thanks.
Hi Nancy – you could use regular shortening like Crisco but it won’t have quite the same flavor. If you can have dairy, you could try butter, though I haven’t tried it and can’t say for sure if it would hold it’s shape without chilling.
I’m loving pumpkin cookies lately!
My favorite Christmas cookie is a plain sugar cookie.
Hmm, if I had to pick a favorite cookie, I might go with those ‘no bake’ cookies made with oats, chocolate & peanut butter. I love those!
I used to love just about any gluten free Christmas cookie out there. Now that I am allergic to eggs, cookies and things just are not the same. I probably will not make any cookies this year. I love Enjoy Life Foods Soft Baked Chocolate Brownie cookies and keep some on hand for myself.
My favorite cookie has always been chocolate chip cookies !
Plan on making these for my GF co-workers for the holidays!
My favorite Christmas cookie is sugar cookie with buttercream icing.
I love biscotti and shortbread cookies!
These are so cute! I know they would be a big hit at a cookie party. Chocolate always disappears first.
My favorite Christmas cookies are cut out sugar cookies with royal icing.
My favorite Christmas cookies are the chocolate crackle…uhm…cracked chocolate?
Yum, who doesn’t want chocolate in their sugar cookie
These are so fun and festive! I love a good chocolate sugar cookie!
These look delicious! Love making Christmas cookies! I almost orderd those sprinkles but wanting them before a cookie baking party I went crazy at the candy and cake store we have here and will be putting together our own. Still ordering when I have more time.
You always make the prettiest cookies Sharon! And I love how simple these are – I may even have everything on hand to make them!
I love Russian Nut Balls, now Gluten Free!
I love how you decorated the cookies. Those sprinkles are so pretty!
The decorations on your cookies is so pretty!
This looks so good…I love how you decorated them.
If you use the Bob’s Red Mill GF flour, do you still use the 1/4 tsp xanthan gum?
Hi Susan, yes! Even though Bob’s Red Mill has xanthan gum in it, I still use the 1/4 tsp to help bind them since I use quite a bit of cocoa powder 🙂
Aaaaaaaaaand now, I have “Last Christmas” on repeat in my head. 😉 Good thing I love Christmas songs. And good thing I love cookies like these… because holy cow, do they look incredible and PERFECT for this season!
I always make regular sugar cookies, it’ll be fun to through these into the mix this year!
Those are so cute! And a perfect holiday cookie.
I have to make these cookies for the holidays. I love finding new GF ideas to try and these look great!
I’m always looking for good cookie cutter type recipes for the holidays! Thanks for the recipe! Chocolate makes it even better!
What perfect little Christmas cookies!
These chocolate sugar cookies look SO delicious! I wonder if the dough would work well with cookie cutters…
Anyway, my favorite Christmas cookies are almond crescents and buckeyes (which I guess technically, is candy) 🙂
I used 3-inch round cutters for these cookies but the dough doesn’t spread so you can use whatever shape cutter you want 🙂
My mum’s moldy mice!
O I like the chocolate version! A little chocolate is always required!