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Easy Gluten-free Chocolate Chip Cookies

This adaptation of King Arthur Flour’s chocolate chip cookie recipe delivers the perfect balance of chew, crisp, and crave-worthy flavor.
Course Dessert
Keyword baking, chocolate chip, cookies, gluten-free
Servings 36 cookies

Ingredients

  • 2/3 cup light brown sugar, packed
  • 2/3 cup granulated sugar
  • 8 tbsp unsalted butter
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 3/4 tsp table salt
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp cider vinegar or white vinegar
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 large egg
  • 2 cups chocolate chips
  • 2 cups gluten-free flour blend with xantham gum
  • 2 tsp xanthan gum if your flour does not include xantham gum

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 375°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
  • In a large bowl, combine the sugars, butter, shortening, salt, vanilla and almond extracts, vinegar, and baking soda, beating until smooth and creamy.
  • Beat in the egg, again beating until smooth. Scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl with a spatula to make sure everything is thoroughly combined.
  • Mix in the flour, then the chips.
  • Chill the dough in the fridge for 10 minutes.
  • Use a cookie scoop to form 1 1/4" balls of dough and place them onto the prepared baking sheets, leaving 2" between them on all sides. I was able to bake 6 cookies per tray.
  • Bake one tray at a time in the center of the oven for 15 min. per tray. Allow the cookies to cool for 2 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool.
  • While you have a tray in the oven, stash your remaining dough in the fridge.