Egg-Free, Wheat-Free, Dairy-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies

KDub's Note:

I threw these cookies together yesterday for a family dinner. My fiance thinks they are the best cookies I've ever made - very soft and a little crumbly. I didn't actually measure each ingredient as I tend to eyeball certain things but I've been baking for years so my approximations are usually close!

• Total Time: 13 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 12

Yield: 24.0 cookies

• 1/2 cup vegan butter, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 tablespoons unsweetened applesauce
• 1 1/4 cups brown rice flour
• 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup non-dairy chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F and line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
2. Cream together butter and sugar.
3. Stir in vanilla.
4. Stir in applesauce.
5. Combine flour, cornstarch, salt, and baking soda.
6. Stir dry mixture into creamed mixture.
7. Stir in chocolate chips.
8. Drop spoonfuls of cookie dough onto prepared sheets and bake, one sheet at a time, for about 8 minutes or until golden-brown.
9. Allow to cool 5 minutes on cookie sheet before removing to drying rack.

Reviews

[beckers68]

Made these this afternoon and were very tasty. I used brown sugar instead of white, and it tasted like a fluffy graham cracker. We also used light dairy free margarine which may be why they turned out fluffy. The only real negative I have about this recipe is they fell apart into crumbles. They definitely needed 1 tsp of xanthan gum. Very happy to have found a recipe that is gluten free and vegan!

[missverus]

I love these! Used King Arthur gluten-free multi-purpose flour in place of the plain rice flour. Didn't find the batter to be runny. Used 1/2 cup of mini chocolate chips and it was plenty. Also, I didn't have parchment paper so I just baked them on an ungreased cookie sheet & they came out perfect.

[Xina Lynn]

These were okay, better than most of the other GF recipes I've tried. The batter was too runny so I added 1/2 cup of oats. Very crumbly and a little dry unless you got a mouthful of chocolate chips. I've been looking for a recipe to adapt for cinnamon raisin cookies (my fav!) instead of chocolate chip, but I don't think this is the one.