Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies (2024)

These gluten free chocolate chip cookies are crispy on the outside, chewy on the inside, buttery and perfectly sweet. These gluten free cookies are easy to make and don’t require chilling! They are the best and no one can even tell they’re gluten-free!

Since I receive many questions about making our famous chocolate chip cookie recipe gluten-free, I decided to share the recipe for the best gluten-free chocolate chip cookies ever!

These gluten free chocolate chip cookies are crispy on the outside, chewy on the inside, buttery and perfectly sweet. They are easy to make and don’t require chilling! They are seriously the best and no one can even tell they’re gluten-free!

Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies: Ingredients & Substitutions

These gluten-free cookies are made with a handful of simple ingredients that we’ll discuss now!

• Gluten-Free all-purpose flour. Use a 1:1 all-purpose gluten-free flour made for baking – my favorite’s are Bob’s Red Mill or King Arthur Flour.
• Fine sea salt.Use fine (not coarse) sea salt. If using iodized table salt, decrease the amount by half.
• Salted Butter.Unsalted butter can be used in place of salted butter in these gluten-free chocolate chip cookies.
• Granulated sugar.I recommend using organic cane sugar or regular white sugar – I don’t use sugar substitutes so I can’t recommend them, but if you try it let me know in the comments.
• Light brown sugar.I don’t recommend making substitutions for the light brown sugar. Using dark brown sugar works, but it will impart a bolder molasses taste.
• Chocolate chips.Choose your favorite variety of chocolate chips. I prefer semi-sweet or dark.

How to Make Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies

Like I said above, I adapted my famous Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe to make it gluten-free. So this recipe is easy, and requires no chilling! As always we’ll walk through the steps together, and don’t forget to watch the video.

Combine Dry Ingredients

In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, and sea salt. Set aside.

Beat Butter & Sugars

In the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, or in a large bowl with a hand-held mixer, beat together the butter, white sugar and brown sugar on medium-high speed until light and fluffy – about 1 minute.

Beat in Egg & Vanilla

Then, add egg and vanilla and beat until combined.

Add Dry Ingredients

Once the wet ingredients are well-mixed, add the dry ingredient mixture and beat on low speed until combined. You may need to pause, scrape down the sides and beat again to ensure all the dry ingredients are evenly incorporated.

Stir in Chocolate Chips

Lastly, add the chocolate chips and stir until evenly distributed throughout the dough, either by hand or by beaten them in on low speed.

Portion & Bake

Use a small cookie scoop to measure out 1 ½ Tablespoon portions of dough, then roll into balls and place on prepared baking sheets at least 2” apart (I usually put 8 or 9 cookies on each baking sheet).

Bake in preheated oven for 9-10 minutes, or until cookies are barely set. Donot over-bake.

Cool

Cool the cookies on the baking sheet for 5-10 minutes before transferring to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.

How to Store Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies

Once cooled, store these gluten free chocolate chip cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for 3-5 days.

Freeze

You can freeze these gluten-free chocolate chip cookies two ways:

1. Freeze the dough before baking. Simply portion out the dough and roll it into balls. Then place it on a baking sheet and flash-freeze the balls until hardened. Once hardened, transfer the gluten free cookie dough balls to an airtight container until you’re ready to bake.
   1. To bake: remove the cookie dough from the freezer and let it thaw in the refrigerator overnight or at room temperature for 2 hours before baking according to the recipe instructions. This is my preferred method, because you can bake them fresh when you’re ready to enjoy them.
2. Freeze baked cookies.To freeze baked gluten free chocolate chip cookies, let them cool to room temperature. Then store them in an airtight container in the freezer for up to 2 months.
   1. To thaw:let the gluten free chocolate chip cookies cookies sit out at room temperature until thawed. You can also warm them in the oven set to 250 degrees F, in a baking dish covered with foil (or a lid) until warmed through.

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