These delicious Bakery Style Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies are so chewy, soft and sweet.  Bet you can’t tell they are gluten-free!  Dairy-free option as well!

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Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies

I’m going to start right off the bat with this proclamation: These are the most delicious bakery style gluten free chocolate chip cookies out there. I know- it is a pretty big claim. And it’s totally worth this proclamation because these really are!

I’m so proud of these bakery style cookies!  Someone who isn’t gluten-free would have a difficult time telling that they are indeed GF.

I promise you, you will love these just as much, if not MORE.  If you love gluten-free baking, then this delicious recipe is just for you! My husband agrees, even though he’s known for loving cookies with both chocolate and peanut butter!

These cookies were a lot of work. Not literally to make the cookies, but creating the recipe. It took me a lot of time and I went through a lot of ingredients to get here. Blood, sweat, and tears my friends!

Pro tips for success:

1. You NEED to chill the dough for at least 8 hours. 24 hours or up to 48 hours is best. Yes, you read that correctly. LONGER IS BETTER. It really helps to develop the flavors.
2. Do not skimp on quality ingredients. I repeat, DO NOT skimp on the quality of your ingredients here. Grass-fed butter over a store-brand, use pure vanilla extract, and use a high-quality chocolate like Dagoba.
3. ALL the ingredients need to be room temperature, including the melted butter. Yes, even though the dough will chill, bring that egg to room temperature. It will mix better.
4. The middle of these cookies will look under-baked when you take them out. Trust me – take them out! They will finish cooking through as they cool on the pan. If you keep baking them until the center looks done, they will be over-cooked.
5. Freeze leftover cookies to maintain their freshness if not eaten within a day.
6. See recipe notes for freezing the raw cookie dough.
7. Make sure your oven is proper temperature.  Bake time may vary depending on your oven and if it’s calibrated correctly!
8. PS- don’t forget the baking soda and salt.  This recipe calls for baking powder as well!

 

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Key Ingredients you will need

• All-purpose gluten free flour blend (omit xanthan gum if using Bob’s Red Mill 1:1)
• Vanilla extract
• 1 large egg, room temperature
• Chocolate chips

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Equipment Needed

• Cookie scoop
• Mixing bowls
• Baking utensils
• Baking sheet

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How to make Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies (step by step process shots)

Step 1. Combine the dry ingredients into a large bowl and stir together.

Step 2. In another large bowl, add the wet ingredients and whisk together until combined.

Step 3. Add the remaining wet ingredients (egg and vanilla extract) and stir to combine.

Step 4.  Pour the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.

Step 5. Mix until fully combined.

Step 6. Add the chocolate chips.

Step 7.  Stir until the chocolate chips are incorporated into the dough.  Cover and let chill for at least 8 hours.

Step 8. After dough has chilled, scoop the dough out onto a prepared baking sheet (lined with parchment paper or non-stick spray).  

Step 9.  Slightly flatten the top of the cookie dough.  Bake for 14 minutes at 350 degrees.

Step 10. Cool the baked cookies on the baking sheet before removing. 

Mix in ideas

Want to make your easy bakery-style cookies a little more fun?  Try these different mix ins!

• Sprinkles
• Reeses pieces
• M&Ms
• Macadamia nuts
• Pecans
• Walnuts

If you love macadamia nuts, you should try my gluten-free chocolate macadamia nut cookies!  You won’t regret it. Promise 🙂

What kind of gluten free flour blend is best?

I have a few recommendations that I mentioned previously.

1. Try my all purpose gluten free flour blend. It’s very easy to make and you can store it for months in an air-tight container.  Make sure that if you use this blend for my recipe (it’s in the recipe card), add xanthan gum!
2. Bob’s Red Mill 1:1 Gluten Free Baking Flour 
3. King Arthur Gluten-Free Measure for Measure Flour.  
4. Cup4Cup. 

Important Note: Bob’s Red Mill, King Arthur, and Cup4Cup already have xanthan gum added.

How do I make these chocolate chip cookies dairy-free?

There are only a couple of substitutions that you need to make!  First, I recommend using Enjoy Life chocolate morsels or Enjoy Life chocolate chunks.  These are both dairy-free, nut-free and vegan! Also, in place of butter, use Miyoko’s European Style Cultured Vegan Butter.  

Practice makes perfect!

Minus the blood, obviously, because that would be disgusting. But yes to the sweat because I’m the smart little cookie (pun totally intended) who decides to start testing cookie recipe after cookie recipe when it’s 90+ degrees outside.

Anyways, and tears because recipe testing is no joke. I mean, just look at the ingredients and multiply that by at least 15. That’s an insane amount of gluten free flour, butter, eggs, vanilla, and chocolate to go through. And by insane amount, I definitely mean A LOT!

And yes, I did test this recipe at least 15 times because it took tweak after tweak to arrive at this insanely delicious, and dare I say it, PERFECT result.

But I did it for you, my friends, because a really great recipe for bakery style gluten free chocolate chip cookies is exactly what everybody needs. So you’re welcome (sang in the Maui voice from Moana, of course).

 

 

 

Properly storing and freezing directions

To store: Place the cookies in an air-tight container stored at room temperature for no more than 3 days.

To freeze: You have a couple of options here!  First, you can store cookies that you’ve already baked in a freezer bag or air tight container in the freezer and pull them out to thaw or even warm up when you’re ready.

Another option is to make the dough, roll them out, and place in a gallon-sized freezer bag or container.  Then, when you are ready to bake, you can place them on a cookie sheet and bake directly from the freezer. You’ll typically have to bake the cookies for an additional two minutes.  It may vary depending on your oven so keep checking on them!

 

 

Measuring your gluten free flour

I highly recommend you follow and sign up for this free guide on how to properly measure your flour.  It’s so important to do it properly.  It will make this recipe and all of your other recipes that you bake much more likely to come out properly.  Consistency is key!

Delicious, chewy golden gluten free chocolate chip cookies

I sacrificed so you don’t have to because mediocre chocolate chip cookies are not worth it. When you’re using good ingredients, you expect good results every time.

So let’s talk a little bit about the trials and tribulations. I’ve tried making these without refrigerating the dough. While you can make them, they won’t be the same. The dough will spread and you’ll end up with crispy/chewy cookies. Tasty, but not what I’m after.

Also, as I mentioned above, using good ingredients is KEY. I know, it’s a little too Ina Garten to say “good vanilla extract”  but it’s absolutely true in this recipe if you really want your cookies to be the best ever.

Since these are chocolate chip cookies, chocolate is the single most important ingredient here. You really want to use a good quality chocolate – it will completely impact the way your cookies taste

Watch the video below (right above the recipe) to see how easy it is to make these bakery style gluten free chocolate chip cookies. You can also watch this video on Facebook where you can easily share it.

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