My son-in-law Jimmy loves these Chocolate Chip Cookies and believes this recipe is the best of all my varied experiments. I based it on the classic Toll House Cookie recipe with my own changes that I used even before I took the Gluten Free path. Enjoy!
Mix in a separate bowl and set aside:
2 teaspoons baking soda, 1/2 cup almond meal (or all purpose GF flour), 1/2 cup coconut flour, 3 1/3 cup all purpose GF flour, if blend does not have any added gums use 1 teaspoon Xanthan Gum (I use Authentic Foods corn, soy, dairy free)
In a large mixing bowl: cream together 2 cups of butter or 1 cup Earth Balance Soy Free Margarine and 1 cup Spectrum non-hydrogenated palm oil, 1 cup evaporated cane juice or granulated sugar, 2 cups of brown sugar. (You want the butter and sugars to really get that creamy fluffy look)
Add: 4 eggs and beat until fluffy but don’t over beat, and 1 Tablespoon Gluten Free Vanilla (I use Rain’s Choice Mexican Vanilla: http.//vanillaqueen.com/shop/mexican-vanilla-extract/
Mix in: One cup at a time stir in the flour mixture.
Add: 1 12 oz. bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips. I really like Enjoy Life Brand of soy, dairy, gluten and nut free chocolate chips http://enjoylifefoods.com/
Scoop dough into balls and freeze for future baking or place on cookie sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes at 350˚. You may need to add one or two minutes to the baking time if baking right out of the freezer.
I didn’t even realize that vanilla had gluten in it!!
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Certain Alcohols used in extracting the vanilla can be problems for people with Celiac. Mexican Vanilla is made using alcohol made from sugar cane, not grains.
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