These Perfect Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies are soft, thick, chewy, bakery-style cookies that are one of my most requested recipes ever!
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I was always on the side of cookie dough versus baked cookie, especially when it came to chocolate chip cookies. We used to eat cookie dough by the spoonful when I was a kid (I know, I know, you shouldn't eat raw cookie dough). But back then, no one really knew the dangers of salmonella like they do now. I always thought the actual dough was better than the baked cookie.
When I first made this recipe years ago when I was still able to eat gluten, it was the absolute best chocolate chip cookie I'd ever had. Yes, I did taste the dough (who can resist?), but surprisingly I loved the baked cookie even more than the dough. Everyone LOVED these cookies when I'd bring them to my kids' schools, or give them as gifts for teachers, or just share them with friends and family. There was no need for another CCC recipe again once I made them.
Marcel Desaulniers has written several chocolate cookbooks and I have all of them. He's the master of all things chocolate and so many of his recipes have become family favorites. If you've never tried my Gluten Free Chocolate Chunk Cookie Cakes, you must try them soon! They are originally his recipe, made gluten free, and they are beyond anything you've ever had before. It's like a cross between a chocolate chip cookie and a cupcake!!
What Makes Perfect Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies?
In my opinion, what makes a perfect chocolate chip cookie is a really thick cookie, kind of cake-like, or bakery style. But, it has to also be really soft. Think Levain Bakery style cookies.
And unlike most chocolate chip cookie recipes, I don't load up on the chocolate chips (or chunks). I actually like a little less chocolate in my CCC's, I think because I like to taste the brown sugary goodness of the cookie itself with a hit of chocolate every now and then. But if you're all about the chocolate in a chocolate chip cookie, by all means add more!
the ingredients needed to make perfect chocolate chip cookies
- Butter
- Brown sugar
- Kim's all purpose gluten free flour blend -- a store bought blend may be substituted, but hasn't been tested
- Baking soda
- Salt
- Eggs
- Vanilla
- Dark rum (totally optional)
- Semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips or chunks
Tips for making Chocolate Chip Cookies
- There's more gluten free flour in these cookies than most recipes. That makes for a more cake-like texture and a nice and thick, sturdy cookie (but still soft and gooey).
- Beat the butter and brown sugar very well (at least 4-5 minutes) at medium high to really cream them together and get a nice fluffy texture.
- Make sure to scrape the bowl often when mixing. This should be a rule of thumb in ALL baking.
- If I don't have, or don't want to use dark rum, I like to double the vanilla to 2 tbsp. I know it sounds like a lot of vanilla, but is there ever too much vanilla?
- Use a cookie scoop to get large uniform-sized cookies and only put 4-5 cookies on one baking sheet at a time. These are very large cookies.
- For smaller cookies, use a smaller scoop and bake them for a little less time, anywhere from 10-15 minutes (depending on your scoop size). Start checking at 10 minutes.
- The normal bake time for chocolate chip cookies is 350 degrees F. Baking these cookies at 325 degrees for a longer time makes for a less crunchy and softer cookie. Take them out of the oven right at 20 minutes and no longer. They'll look like they're not done. Trust me, they'll be perfect!
- For best results, use my all-purpose flour blend. I haven't tried these with any other flour blend so I can't speak for how perfect they'll be with another blend.
gluten free ccc's frequently asked questions
You can't go wrong with the type of chocolate you choose. Semi-sweet is traditional, but be your own chef and change it up a bit of you'd like. Milk chocolate is perfection! Dark chocolate chunks? Heck yes!
Easy peasy! Increase the temperature to 350 degrees F and bake them for 12-15 minutes. The higher temp will make the butter melt faster and create a crisper cookie!
Yes! Use a small cookie scoop (2 tbsp) to scoop cookies onto baking sheet and bake for about 10-12 minutes.
Absolutely! Scoop into balls and place on parchment-lined baking sheet. Freeze until solid and then place them in a ziptop freezer bag. Bake them from frozen, although they'll need a few more minutes in the oven.
The cookies can be kept in an airtight container or ziptop bag at room temperature for 4-5 days.
more chocolate chip and chunk recipes
- Chocolate chip biscotti
- Chocolate chip pie
- Chocolate chunk cookie cakes
- Brown butter chocolate chunk cookies
- Brown butter cookie cake
Bake up these perfect gluten free chocolate chip cookies in no time at all and grab a glass of milk. Your kids will BEG you to make them all the time, just like mine have done for years!
Perfect Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- ½ lb (2 sticks or 1 cup, 226 g) butter, softened
- 2 cups (454 g) tightly packed brown sugar
- 4 cups (560 g) Kim's gluten free flour blend
- 1½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 tablespoon dark rum, optional
- 12 ounces (340 g) milk, semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips or chunks
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Cream butter and brown sugar on low speed in mixer bowl (stand or handheld) until combined. Increase speed to medium to medium-high and beat for about 4-5 minutes, until very fluffy and light in color. Scrape down sides and bottom of bowl.
- On low speed, add eggs, vanilla, and rum (if using) and mix to combine. Scrape down sides and bottom of bowl and blend for about 1 minute on medium speed.
- In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt. With mixer on low speed, slowly add flour mixture to butter and egg mixture until combined.
- Stir in chocolate chips or chunks by hand or on low speed just until incorporated.
- Using a large scoop, scoop dough and place on parchment-lined sheet pans, only 5-6 per pan (these are very large cookies).
- Bake one sheet at a time at 325 for 18-20 minutes and no longer. Remove sheet pans from oven, but leave cookies on pans for about 3 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack to finish cooling.
- Makes about 15-18 large cookies, depending on the size of your scoop. Serve warm or at room temperature. To serve warm, fresh-baked cookies the next day, place cookie on microwavable plate and microwave for about 20 seconds until chocolate is slightly melted and cookie is warm.
Notes
- Don't overbake. At 18-20 minutes, they will look like they aren't completely baked, but there will be some carry over cooking when they're taken out of the oven. This ensures a soft cookie.
- These can be frozen, either baked or unbaked. To freeze unbaked cookies, scoop dough onto cookie sheets and place in freezer until solid. Remove balls of dough and put into gallon-sized zip top freezer bag. When you want fresh-baked cookies, proceed with recipe as per instructions with frozen cookie dough balls, adding about 5 minutes to baking time.
- I prefer a more balanced cookie to chip ratio, but if you'd like more chips, add up to an additional 12 ounces.
- For the greatest sweet/salty experience, sprinkle tops of scoops of dough with Maldon flake salt before baking.
Adapted from Death By Chocolate Cookies by Marcel Desaulniers
This recipe was originally posted in September 2018 and has been updated with new pictures, copy, and tips, as well as a video.
Kara
If you wanted to make them oatmeal chocolate chip what would be the measurements for that?
Kim
I would use my oatmeal raisin cookies and then just sub the raisins with chocolate chips 🙂
Donald Robbins
I used your all purpose flour mix for my english muffins instead of your recommended bread flour mix. they rose great and were delicious.
Can I use the Kims all purpose flour for these cookies also?
Your bread flour mix has way more starch which can be a digestive problem for some people.
Thoughts?
Kim
I always recommend using the all purpose flour for any cookies I make, so yes!
Bonnie
Sorry, Kim, I doubted you for a second. It was only a second, because I made SO many versions of gluten free chocolate chip cookies over the last few years. I finally tried these ones and I won’t be looking for anymore recipes. This is it. I won’t doubt you again. Your flour blends really are the best, and you are just a genius with gluten free baking. Thank you a hundred times.
Kim
Oh my goodness, Bonnie, you are too kind!! Thank you so much 🥰🥰🥰
Jim
Grandaughter just diagnosed as celiac so I’m learning fast. This recipe worked out great. I added a tbsp of molasses instead of rum and skor bits along with chocolate chips. Used a standard ice cream scoop for 36 cookies total Baked for 18 minutes and cookies were perfect size and great texture ….soft, not crisp.
Kim
Toffee bits sound amazing, Jim!
Azlina Abu Hassan
This is probably the best chocolate chip cookie I have EVER made. Fluffy, chewy, moist, flavorful and delicious all in one! The only difference I did was cut down on the brown sugar and replace most of them with erythritol, allulose and stevia and use sugar free chocolate chips/bar and it worked so well, it's better than regular cookies. Thanks for the confidence, Kim!
Kim
That's awesome!! So glad they came out, even without all the sugar 😋
Jen
Mrs. Kim, have you ever made these in bar form? This mom needs to save some time 😅.
Kim
I surprisingly haven't, but I HAVE made it into a cookie cake shaped like a heart, which should be basically the same thing. Here is the recipe for that: https://www.letthemeatgfcake.com/gluten-free-brown-butter-cookies/ If you don't want to use browned butter in the recipe, read the FAQs section within the post for how to sub that. Hope you like them!
Lorne'
Way too much flour in this recipe. The taste of the cookies are good, but so dry and don't flatten at all. I'll find another recipe.
Kim
You obviously didn't make them correctly. I've been making these cookies for literally over 20 YEARS and everyone who tries them claims them to be the best CCC they've ever had. Maybe it was the flour blend, especially if you didn't use my all purpose flour blend. Sorry you had a hard time, but I can assure you that the amount of flour is correct. It is an adaptation of a recipe from Marcel Desaulniers, a famous pastry chef from back in the day. I didn't change a thing about the flour amounts.
Sarah
I also found that there was way too much flour and had the same issue as you. I make Kim's all-purpose blend with exact (weighed ingredients), and have to use 2.5 cups rather than 4 cups of flour. Then the cookies are perfect. I'm not sure why there is such a huge discrepancy where 4 cups works so well for Kim and other people commenting here. I'm not at high altitude either (near sea level). I've been doing gluten free baking for over 10 years now, and tons of other recipes on this site work fantastic for me.
Kim
Are you saying you measure the flour using weight measurements then? Or are you just making the flour blend using weight measurements? I always use weight for every recipe I develop and wish I could change all of my recipes to only weight because volume measurements are so inaccurate. Maybe that could be it? I can't think of anything else it would be. I've been making these cookies for so, so long and they always impress everyone I serve them to. Even my daughter's fellow teachers make the cookies using regular flour because they love them so much.
Marlene
This recipe is fabulous. I scoop the batter out with a 2" scoop and then flatten the mound into an approx. 3 inch, bake at 350 using both top and bottom burners for 10 - 11 minutes. People ask for the recipe. I had to make the temp adjustment because my oven is so precise. Thanks Kim, I love them.
Amanda L
I had to use Kim's GF Bread Flour blend with these because it's all I had on hand, but it still worked. They are more bready (duh) than the chewy goodness they would be if I had used the AP blend but they still made me happy when I was craving a cookie. 🙂 Thanks Kim!
Amy Wells
Kim! Since finding out I couldn’t have gluten there have been so many things that I have missed., especially a good cookie. The store bought stuff is NOT usually a good replacement for the real thing. I have used so many of your recipes, all have come out perfectly. You are amazing. These cookies did not disappoint. In fact I took them to work and everyone said they were the best chocolate chip cookies they have ever had, and they aren’t gluten free. They demanded I bring them again. Thank you, thank you, thank you, for doing all the work for us so that we can just make and enjoy!
Kim
Awe, I am so happy to hear this, Amy!!! I gotta say, I get the same response from people, who also aren't gluten free. I can't take credit for the original recipe. It's been a long time recipe from a well-known pastry chef in my area (Marcel Desalniers) and I used to make them when I could eat gluten and couldn't see my life without them when having to go gluten free. I can't ever make another chocolate chip cookie recipe because these always beat out the others 🥰
Amy Welch
These are a 5 star cookie! I have been gluten free for years & tried many other recipes, but none compares to yours made with your blends. For anyone who hasn’t tried your flour blends yet, you must use one of Kim’s recommended products & they must be fresh. Use a scale to weigh & follow the directions, they may be different than instructions for regular wheat flour baking. I suspect that the lady above who said the cookies were not good either did not use proper fresh ingredients or is just one of those people that rain on everyone’s parade. My whole family loved these cookies. I am planning to try them with other than chocolate chips, maybe butter scotch & pecans . Great job Kim, Thanks!