The BEST Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies! A few tricks make these gluten-free cookies perfect – soft, chewy, golden and irresistible! Easy-to-make and NOBODY will guess they are gluten-free!
The Best Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
If you’ve been searching for the BEST gluten-free chocolate chip cookie recipe – look no further! I’ve been eating 100% gluten-free for almost 6 years now and have finally found THE chocolate chip cookie recipe of my dreams.
I’ve tweaked this recipe and tested it many times over the years and this recipe is the ultimate best. No more tweaking or re-testing needed.
These cookies are soft, chewy and golden like a good chocolate chip cookie should be. If you’ve tried making gluten-free chocolate chip cookies before you probably know they can turn out dry, grainy and pale.
This recipe has a few tricks so you get golden, non-grainy cookies with a delicious depth of flavor every time.
The first secret ingredient is brown butter. Sometimes gluten-free cookies can lack a depth of flavor. Brown butter gives these cookies a delectable nutty, toasty almost caramelized flavor that you can’t get from anything else.
If you’ve never browned butter before this is a great tutorial. It’s easier than it sounds!
The next trick is to add a tablespoon of milk. This helps to compensate for the liquid that evaporates from the butter during the browning process. It also helps the cookies get a golden color and prevents grittiness. Gluten-free flour needs a little extra liquid sometimes so you don’t have chalky cookies.
I wanted to keep this recipe simple with easy-to-find ingredients. I use gluten-free all purpose flour (lately I’ve been using this King Arthur Flour Gluten-Free Measure-For-Measure Flour) and a little bit of almond flour for the dry ingredients in this recipe.
I like using a little almond flour because it is non-gritty and helps the cookies get that golden color and chewy texture. It’s my secret ingredient in many baked goods!
If you’re allergic to nuts you can leave out the almond flour and substitute more gluten-free all purpose flour.
After you mix the dough altogether it’s important to give it a 30-minute rest. This gives the gluten-free flour time to hydrate and really makes a difference. It’s key for non-gritty gluten-free cookies!
Luckily just a 30-minute rest will do and no overnight-in-the-fridge chill is needed. So you can still have chocolate chip cookies shortly after a craving strikes!
Sometimes in life you just need a warm chocolate chip cookie. Whether it’s for Sunday night cookies or a special after-school snack there’s nothing better! I hope you love this recipe as much as my family and I do!
To recap…
How to Make Delicious Gluten-Free Cookies
Brown butter: Gives these cookies a delectable nutty flavor
A tablespoon of milk: Prevents grittiness and helps the cookies get golden
¼ cup almond flour: For a chewy texture and yummy flavor (can use GF all-purpose flour in place of this if you have a nut allergy)
30 minute rest: Gives the flour time to hydrate and prevents grittiness
A sprinkle of sea salt: Optional, but delicious for gourmet bakery-style cookies!
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The Best Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 stick butter, ½ cup
- 1 tablespoon milk, or almond milk
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup white sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 ⅓ cups gluten-free all-purpose flour (I highly recommend this brand for best results - be sure to get one that contains xanthan gum), 7.5 ounces
- ¼ cup almond flour, 1 ounce
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- Sea salt for sprinkling, optional
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the gluten-free flour, almond flour, baking soda and salt until evenly combined. Set aside.
- Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Once the butter is melted start to whisk constantly. First the butter will begin to foam, then after a couple of minutes it will begin to brown on the bottom of the saucepan. Turn off the heat as soon as the solids turn brown and the butter gives off a nutty aroma. Pour into a glass mixing bowl to prevent burning.
- Add the milk, brown sugar and white sugar. Whisk to combine. Add the egg and vanilla and whisk until smooth and creamy.
- Using a rubber spatula, mix in the dry ingredients until well combined. Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Cover the bowl and let sit for 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 350F. Scoop the cookie dough (about 2 Tablespoons of dough per cookie) and place a few inches apart on the baking sheets. Bake for 10-12 minutes, until golden and the center is set.
- Let cool 5 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to continue cooling. Enjoy!
Elizabeth Williams says
These cookies are AMAZING! Question – my daughter wants GF M&M cookies for her birthday. Would this recipe work, just swapping out the chocolate chips with M&M’s?
Erin Collins says
Yes that will work great! I hope she enjoys the cookies!
Elizabeth Williams says
M&M style came out great!
Donna Lawrence says
OH MY Sweet JESUS
These are absolutely the best! I have been gluten-free by choice for the past eight months trying out all the cookie recipes from all of the gluten-free recipe sites.
I googled best chocolate chip cookies gluten-free today and stopped on this one thank God these are absolutely the best hands-down the best!
I just took the second pan out of the oven and I only can pray they last until my husband comes home ❤️