These are really the best gluten-free chocolate chip cookies

These are the best gluten-free chocolate chip cookies

They are the best gluten-free chocolate chip cookies!

Do you like chocolate chip cookies like me?

Well, I have a cookie treat for you today!

These chocolate chip cookies are the best cookies I’ve ever made and I made them gluten-free. These cookies can be made with regular flour as well and they taste just as wonderful!

I have honestly spent years trying to make the best gluten-free chocolate chip cookies.

A cookie that is soft in the middle and a little crisp around the edges. A little crinkle so you can see all the chocolate chips and have enough height to make it look so yummy!

I have finally made that cookie and it’s the best gluten-free chocolate chip cookie!

And it’s all in the ingredients with a few simple little tips and tricks.

So let’s get started!

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups King Arthur gluten-free 1 to 1 flour
• 3/4 teaspoon gluten-free baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup Crisco butter stick
• 1 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons of milk ( I used lactose-free or I’ve used oat milk)
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

How To Make The Best Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookie

• 1. ) Pre Heat the oven to 375
• 2. ) In a large bowl whisk together the dry ingredients, gluten-free flour, gluten-free baking soda, and salt then cover and set aside.
• 3. ) Next in a large bowl with a mixer on medium speed beat together the brown sugar, Crisco butter stick, milk, and vanilla until combined and you have a creamy mixture.
• 4. ) Beat in the egg.
• 5. ) Gradually add the flour mixture to the creamy mixture until just blended.
• 6. ) Then stir in the chocolate chips.
• 7. ) Cover the top of the bowl with saran wrap and place in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
• 8.) Using a cookie scooper drop rounded chilled dough onto an un-greased cookie sheet.
• 9. ) Make sure to space each cookie dough about 3 inches apart.
• 10. ) Bake for 10 minutes.
• 11. ) Remove and let the cookies set on the cookie sheet for 2 minutes and then remove and place on a wire cookie rack to cool.

Makes 3 dozen cookies of course depending on the size of cookie you like.

Tips and Tricks to Make The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie

I finally figured it out, there are a few tips and tricks to make the best chocolate chip cookie!

• Don’t overbeat the cookie dough.
• Add in the flour mixture a little at a time.
• Use Crisco butter shortening.
• Make sure Ingredients are at room temperature.
• Use milk chocolate and semi-sweet chocolate chips.
• Cookies only need to bake for 10 minutes and then leave the cookies on the tray for 2 minutes, remove and place on a wire rack to cool.
• When cookies are removed from the oven, press the cookie’s center down a little with a spatula, just a little.
• I used lactose-free milk and have used oat milk and both work great.
• Use gluten-free baking soda.
• If you want a hearty chocolate chip cookie add in a half cup of gluten-free oats if tolerated.
• Butterscotch chips are great to add in place of the semi-sweet chocolate chips.

Ingredients and why we use them:

• Gluten-Free Flour: Flour can help the cookie rise properly in the oven, and it also plays a massive role in reaching the texture that you are looking for. The flour provides structure and texture.
• Too Much Flour: Having too much flour in your cookies will make them tender, and crumbly.
• Too Little Flour: Now enough flour will commonly result in a crispier thinner cookie. Without enough flour to rise the cookies will be crisp and often brittle. 
• Baking Soda: Encourages spreading by raising the mixture’s pH, which slows protein coagulation. Baking soda is a very important part of the cookie-baking process.
• Salt: Salt Has a binding or strengthening effect and adds strength to any flour. It also adds additional firmness to the cookie or baking batter. Salt enhances the flavor, reduces the bitterness, and brings the sweetness in the cookie dough.
• Crisco Butter Stick: Crisco is useful if you’re looking for softness and chewiness in a cookie. It also helps the cookies retain their shape and prevents spreading during baking. Using regular butter will make the cookies crisper but the Crisco makes a softer cookie.
• Brown Sugar: Brown sugar adds a caramel-like sweetness to cookies. The high moisture content in brown sugar helps cookies stay moist and gives the cookie a chewy texture. The brown sugar also will give the cookie a darker texture than white sugar. Why is sugar important in the cookie recipe besides giving a sweeter taste, the sugar melts from the heat of the oven to increase the spread, and it creates little air pockets in the dough to expand the cookie to make the cookie rise.
• Milk: Milk makes the cookie dough less stiff and more moist. Milk supports the dough by hydrating the cookie dough, adds flavor, softens the texture, and helps in browning.
• Vanilla: Vanilla extract contains a compound called vanillin. This compound is responsible for the flavor and smell of vanilla. I also compliment the flavor of eggs and sugar incredibly. Vanilla brings a sweet smell to the cookies as well.
• Egg: An egg or eggs are a major source of moisture too most cookie recipes. An egg or eggs are going to be the main component in binding together starch and flour. Eggs are an important part of creating texture within the cookie. The egg white contains protein and water, which will soften the cookie, and the yoke helps to keep all of the other ingredients together.
• Milk Chocolate Chips: These are creamier and sweeter than semi-sweet chocolate chips.

How To Store Gluten Free Cookies

Store the chocolate chip cookies in an airtight container for up to one week at room temperature. Cookies will freeze for up to three months if placed in an airtight freezer container.

These cookies are so yummy!

If you like gluten-free cookies you may like this recipe, https://houseofmar.com/the-best-gluten-free-italian-anisette-or-s-shape-cookies/

Thank you for stopping back by and reading my post, These are the best gluten-free chocolate chip cookies!

I hope you enjoy!

Included at the bottom is the printable recipe.

Blessings,

Mary Anne,

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