GF Chocolate Chip Cookies
These are the best, buttery gluten free chocolate chip cookies. You won't be missing the flour at all!
Equipment
- stand mixer or electric beater You could beat everything by hand, but it will take time & effort!
- Baking trays I needed 3, but this depends on your oven size
- Baking paper
- Ice cream scoops Check above for my recommendation!
Ingredients
- 310 g almond flour roughly 3 metric cups
- 140 g unsalted butter at room temperature
- 110 g brown sugar a little over ½ metric cup
- 100 g white sugar roughly ½ metric cup
- 1 medium to large egg at room temprature
- 1½ tsp vanilla extract use 1 tsp of vanilla and ½ tsp of almond extract for a richer almond flavour
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 200 g chocolate chips (milk or dark) I use 70% dark chocolate bars chopped up
Instructions
- Pre heat the oven to 180°C/350°F and prepare 2 baking trays with baking paper
- In a bowl combine the almond flour, salt and baking soda. Whisk the ingredients together to remove any lumps
- Using your stand mixer or electric beater, cream (medium speed) together the butter, brown sugar and white sugar until very light and fluffy. This will take about 4-5 minutes.
- Scrape down the sides and base of the bowl before adding in the egg and vanilla extract (and almond extract if using!)
- Continue to beat (medium speed) the ingredients for another 3-4 minutes until homogenous
- Spoon ¼ cup of the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients in the stand mixer/electric beater bowl and gently fold (lowest speed setting) together. If you don't have a stand mixer, do this step by hand with a spatula
- Once just combined, add another ¼ cup of the dry ingredients and gently fold. Repeat this until all the ingredients are just combined! Do not overmix. If you don't have a stand mixer, do this step by hand with a spatula
- Add the chocolate and gently fold through. You can do this with the stand mixer on the lowest setting or by hand with a spatula
- Use the ice cream scoop to scoop out the cookie dough onto the baking tray. Stagger the dough mounds roughly the length of the radius of the flattened mound
- Flatten all the dough mounds with your hand. It's optional to top the cookies with some added sea salt flakes
- Place the baking tray in the oven and bake for 8-12 minutes until golden brown. Rotate the baking tray halfway through
- Once baked, remove from the oven and transfer cookies to a cooling rack. Be careful while moving the cookies as they will be quite soft and chewy!