If you don’t already know this, I live in Winnipeg, Canada. And folks, the temperature is dropping so low it’s going to feel like -53C with the windchill tonight! I know I’ll be turning on my oven to do some baking, and I suggest you all do the same in solidarity. If that isn’t a good enough reason, these vegan and gluten-free Double Chocolate Cookies sure are!
I mean, look at that cookie dough! So. Much. Chocolate! Are you drooling yet?
These vegan gluten-free Double Chocolate Cookies are:
- Vegan
- Gluten-Free
- Soft
- Chewy
- Chocolatey
- AND so, so easy to make!
When I say easy, I mean easy. The dough comes together really quickly and unlike many cookie recipes, these require no chill time! After mixing up the dough, all you have to do is bake, cool, and eat! In less than an hour you can be enjoying soft, chewy, and chocolatey cookies.
Notes on ingredients:
These double chocolate cookies are made vegan and gluten-free with help from a few key ingredients:
Ground Flaxseed: Vegans have been replacing egg with what is called a flax egg for a very long time! This recipe uses 1 tablespoon of ground flaxseed with 1/4 cup of non-dairy milk. This is a little different from the traditional 1 tablespoon flax to 3 tablespoons of warm water, so keep that in mind for future recipes!
Bob’s Red Mill GF All Purpose Flour: I love bean flour, and this blend has it! I prefer a gluten-free all purpose flour that contains bean flour for these cookies because it provides a great texture!
I’m Free Gluten Replacement: You can buy this from the Modernist Pantry, or you can replace it with xanthan gum. I prefer to use the Gluten Replacement as I have found it works better than xanthan gum, but either will work! (And honestly, none would likely work as well but I haven’t tested it without yet.)
While you’ve got the oven on, may as well bake some more vegan and gluten-free cookies!
- Biscotti — three ways!
- Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
- Loaded Peanut Butter Cookies
- Classic Peanut Butter Cookies
- Crispy Maple Oatmeal Cookies
Happy baking!
These Double Chocolate Cookies are vegan and gluten-free -- but you wouldn't know it! These cookies are soft, chewy, and so easy to make!
- 1 tbsp ground flaxseed
- 1/4 cup non-dairy milk
- 1/4 cup + 2 tbsp vegetable or canola oil
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup Bob's Red Mill GF All Purpose Flour
- 1/4 cup tapioca starch
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp I'm Free Gluten-Replacement, or xanthan gum
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup chocolate chips
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Preheat oven to 350 degreed Fahrenheit. Line a baking sheet with parchment.
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In a small bowl, mix together the ground flaxseed and non-dairy milk. Let the flax 'egg' sit for 5 minutes.
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In a large bowl, sift together the flour, tapioca starch, cocoa powder, Gluten Replacement (or xanthan gum), baking soda, and salt.
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Add the vegetable oil, sugar, and vanilla to the flax 'egg' and mix well.
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Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until combines. Fold in the chocolate chip cookies.
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Using a spoon (or your hands, if you want to) drop about tablespoon-size balls onto the lined baking sheet. These cookies will spread, so make sure to leave room in between the cookies! In my small apartment sized oven, I do about 8 cookies per sheet.
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Bake for 10 minutes. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling wrack.
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Once completely cool, place in an airtight container to store.
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I just made these delicious cookies. I’m not vegan so I did use an egg instead of the flax/milk. The dough was very crumbly/sandy so I ended up adding one more egg. The dough wasn’t ‘droppable’ like yours so I used a silicone cookie scooper and then flattened them with the palm of my hand. I cooked them at 350F for 10 minutes as you suggested and they are amazing!!!! They are a little crisp on the outside and soft on the inside. I will definitely make these again!! Thank you so much for sharing the recipe 🙂
I’m so glad they worked for you! Thanks for trying the recipe 🙂
Made these last night. They were amazing ! Thank you for the recipe
I’m so happy you like them! 🙂
Mine didn‘t spread out on the parchment paper when baking, so I had to püll them out and flatten them. I used olive oil, could that be why? 😀. Great tasting cookie!
The olive oil shouldn’t be the cause. If you used a different GF flour blend, that could be it. Also, everyone scoops flour a bit different when using cup measurements, which can effect GF baking significantly. This is why for my newer baking recipes I am trying to include weight measurements to be more precise. I’m sorry they didn’t turn out exactly as they were supposed to, but I am glad the taste was good!