Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Looking for the perfect recipe for Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies? You just found it! After 8 years of trial and error, our family has decided that this recipe is pretty awesome.

Looking for the perfect recipe for Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies? You just found it! After 8 years of trail and error, our family has decided that this recipe is pretty awesome. #glutenfreecookies #gfcookies #glutenfreechocolatechipcookies #easyglutenfree #frugalglutenfree

Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies

It’s been about 8 years now since I’ve had to be gluten free (technically I had to be gluten free long before that, but I didn’t know!) I love to make yummy cookies for my kids for a treat, but who has the money to make cookies with expensive, fancy ingredients? These delicious gluten free cookies without xanthan gum are so easy to make and if you have gluten free flour on hand, you probably have all the other ingredients to make them as well.

This recipe has been put together with a LOT of trial and error and a lot of love. I hope that you enjoy it as much as we do!

Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

What You Need:

  • 1 cup All Purpose Gluten Free Flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup shortening (or butter)
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup white sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup chocolate chips

For this recipe, you can try out your own personal favorite gluten-free rice flour. I have used half Sweet Rice (or sticky rice) flour and half white rice flour. (If you do go with that blend, I would recommend using at least half the sweet rice flour because it will help the cookie stay together and not get crumbly like some gluten free baked goods tend to do.) My favorite flour to use in this recipe is my homemade Gluten Free All Purpose Flour Blend.

Combine the flour (or flours), baking soda, salt, and sugar in a bowl.

In a separate bowl combine the softened butter or shortening, eggs, and vanilla. I’ve tried both butter and shortening in this recipe and we much prefer the shortening. I use the Spectrum brand and get it from Azure.

Mix both of the bowls together well. The dough will be a little drier but you should be able to get it all combined. Add in the chocolate chips. Be sure and use dairy free chocolate chips if you need them. These Enjoy Life Chocolate Chips are our family favorite.

Roll into small balls and place on a greased cookie sheet. Pat down slightly before baking. Bake at 350F for about 12 minutes or until the sides of the cookies are slightly browned.

The end result is a nice soft gluten free cookie! You can freeze these to snack on later or enjoy! They are excellent fresh from the oven. Make sure you check out the other inexpensive gluten free recipes that I’ve already posted! Not looking for a gluten free chocolate chip cookie recipe? Head over here to get Mom’s Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe!

Frugal Gluten FreeLooking for more simple gluten free baking recipes that won’t break the bank? You have to check out my ebook, Frugal Gluten Free!

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Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1 cup All Purpose Gluten Free Flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup shortening or butter
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup white sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. For this recipe, you can try out your own personal favorite gluten-free rice flour. I have used half Sweet Rice (or sticky ricflour and half white rice flour. (If you do go with that blend, I would recommend using at least half the sweet rice flour because it will help the cookie stay together and not get crumbly like some gluten free baked goods tend to do.) My favorite flour to use in this recipe is my homemade Gluten Free All Purpose Flour Blend.
  2. Combine the flour (or flours), baking soda, salt, and sugar in a bowl.
  3. In a separate bowl combine the softened butter or shortening, eggs, and vanilla. I've tried both butter and shortening in this recipe and we much prefer the shortening. I use the Spectrum brand and get it from Azure.
  4. Mix both of the bowls together well. The dough will be a little drier but you should be able to get it all combined. Add in the chocolate chips. Be sure and use dairy free chocolate chips if you need them. These Enjoy Life Chocolate Chips are our family favorite.
  5. Roll into small balls and place on a greased cookie sheet. Pat down slightly before baking. Bake at 350F for about 12 minutes or until the sides of the cookies are slightly browned.

Variations to the Gluten Free Cookie Recipe

  • Leave out a little flour and add in some cocoa powder instead for a yummy double chocolate cookie.
  • Leave out the chocolate chips for a plain vanilla cookie. (good for those that don’t like chocolate but love this recipe!)

Have you been looking for a good gluten free Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe? Will this one work for your family?

This Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe was originally posted on Little House Living in October 2012. It has been updated as of October 2019.

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23 Comments

  1. They stay together well without any xanthan gum, guar gum, or psyllum husk? We use sweet rice flour in almost all of our “sweet” baking but I’ve never relied on it to keep the cookies/cakes/breads together on its own. I’m thrilled that it worked! I can always taste the gums (not sure if its because I can really taste them or if its because I know they are in there) and I don’t care for the aftertaste. It will be nice to have a cookie that doesn’t fall into crumbs when you pick it up and still tastes good!

    1. They stay together well because of the eggs actually. I’ve learned in my experiments that a good mixture with eggs (or sometimes oil) and sticky rice flour and no xanthan gum is needed! I’m not sure if it will work for every recipe yet but I’ve had really good luck so far.

  2. There is an Asian Market across from Kmart in Rapid that sells sweet rice flour, white rice flour, and a few other starches. They have smaller packages but they were cheaper than all the other stores around here.

  3. I’ve been gluten free for about 2 years and whenever I’m craving cookies I make this super simple recipe:

    1 C Peanut Butter
    1 C Sugar
    1 Egg + 1 Egg white
    Chocolate chips to taste

    Mix first 3 ingredients together and then fold in choc. chips. Let chill in fridge for about 15 minutes. Then scoop out and bake at 350 for 15 minutes. Voila! (Depending on the sweetness of the peanut butter I sometimes cut the quantity of sugar in the recipe down as to not feel so bad about feeding them to my 3 yr. old.) Love your site!

    1. Cristine…I just made these and they are good, very chewy. Mine stayed up in the little mounds my scooper made. Is this how yours come out? Do you smash them down with a fork? Let me know!

      Marisa, can’t wait to try your recipe! Don’t have all my ingredients yet.

      Thanks ladies!

  4. I have yet to make these cookies because I’m wondering about the flour. I can’t find sweet rice flour anywhere for some reason, but I have the regular white rice flour. Will they still be decent with just regular rice flour?

    1. I haven’t tried it with just white rice flour but it’s worth a shot and will probably work. I order the sweet rice flour from Amazon. The nice thing about it is that it helps things stick together (sometimes called sticky rice flour).

      1. White rice flour works great, I made them tonight. I used cinnamon and cinnamon chips in mine and they are awesome! I will be making them again, very soon!!

  5. Totally working out for my new found GF diet.
    Not out of allergies (well gut allergies), but because it is better for my health.

    I used regular rice flour the first time with regular sugar.
    Got kid, mom, and best friend (and health partner in crime) approval.

    So I started switching up the ingredients.
    Sadly, the coconut flour for the second batch didn’t make it as sweet as I hoped. I still used regular rice flour. There’s just something missing from the traditional CC cookie taste the first batch gave me. But don’t worry, I’ve still eaten three and the second pan isn’t out of the oven yet.

    So maybe the coconut sugar with sticky rice flour would do the trick…more experiments to come!

  6. I tried this today. Unfortunately, mine didn’t turn out like yours. The batter was wet and sticky that I had a hard time forming it into balls. When I baked them, it was flattened as it can possibly be. Don’t know what went wrong. I followed everything to a T.

      1. i used softened butter and regular rice flour (not glutinous). even though it didn’t turn out like the one in the photo, it was still delicious. eating it while replying to you haha

  7. Today i stumbled upon your website because i was looking for gluten free chocolate chip cookie recipes. I normally make four ingredient peanut butter drop cookies but since I make them for my church not everyone likes or can eat peanuts. I look forward to trying out this recipe and will be more than happy to share the results. Thank you very much for posting recipes like this. It makes having celiac disease not so bad. So thank you for possibly giving a cookie lover like me the chance to enjoy chocolate chip cookies again.

    1. I made the cookies today and instead of adding chocolate chips i swapped them for cranberries and orange chocolate. The cookies turned out amazing. Im definitely keeping this recipe!!!

  8. About how many does this recipe make? When I make cookies, I make a LOT, so usually end up doubling or tripling recipes. So I’d like to know how many this makes so I know how many batches to make. Thanks!

  9. This recipe is rad! Super simple and really pretty tasty. It’s such a pain to futz with all the different flours when I just want to make some quick cookies, and now I don’t have to. This is my go-to recipe. Thank you!!