Gluten Free and Vegan Cocoa Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

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I found a cocoa powder that is organic and verified gluten free. They batch test it to ensure there is no gluten. They also have carob powder that is organic and verified gluten free. I’ve bought from this company for years and have linked the cocoa powder and carob powder on Amazon below. I also have linked on Amazon the other gluten free ingredients. (Always double check the listing to make sure they are still gluten free!) As of March 2023, I checked and all these ingredients are still gluten free.

The plain (non-alkalized) cocoa powder.

The Dutch-processed (alkalized) baking cocoa. Rich flavor with 20-22% cocoa bean fat.

At 10-12% cocoa bean fat content, this one is also Dutch-processed baking cocoa. It has a reddish color.

This is the carob powder. It is roasted which gives it a mellow flavor.

Although I’m only vegetarian, not vegan, I like to make some totally vegan (and gluten free) recipes. After much experimenting, I finally put together a recipe for gluten free and vegan cocoa chocolate chip cookies, or double chocolate cookies, as I also call them. I have been working with different recipes trying to find a good gluten free cookie recipe with wholesome ingredients...here are the results:

Recipe

• 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons rice flour (I use a blend of brown rice flour, white rice flour and sweet rice flour)

• 1 tablespoon coconut flour (if you don't have coconut flour, you could replace this with tapioca flour)

• 2 tablespoons almond meal/flour (or grind your own almonds finely)

• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder or carob powder

• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda (if using the plain non-alkalized cocoa)

—Mix the above ingredients together in a small mixing bowl--

• 4 tablespoons margarine (I use Earth Balance organic margarine)

• 1/3 cup coconut palm sugar (you can also use your own white sugar)

• 1 tablespoon flax powder mixed with 3 tablespoons warm water to replace an egg...let this sit for a few minutes before mixing into the batter. (If you're not a vegan, you could use a real egg.)

• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

—Beat the above wet ingredients in a mixer...or by hand works, too. If the dough is dry, add some milk (the kind of your choice...rice, soy, etc. One teaspoon at a time until the dough is moist enough).

—Then, add the prepared dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix well.

Then add and mix in:

• 1/3 cup chocolate chips

​—Place small balls of the cookie dough on a cookie sheet and bake for 10 minutes at 350 degrees. Allow to cool briefly on cookie sheet before removing. Makes approximately 12-18 cookies, depending on the size of cookie dough balls you use.

List of Ingredients

The products below are linked to Amazon, so you can just click on the names to check them out. All recipe ingredients listed except the Earth Balance margarine, because it’s perishable.

• Enjoy Life Semi-Sweet Mini Chocolate Chips
• Enjoy Life Dark Chocolate Morsels
• Anthony’s Cocoa Powder
• ​Anthony’s Carob Powder
• Anthony’s Fine Ground Brown Rice Flour
• ​Bob’s Red Mill White Rice Flour
• Bob’s Red Mill Sweet Rice Flour
• ​Bob’s Red Mill Coconut Flour
• ​Bob’s Red Mill Almond Flour
• ​Bob’s Red Mill Baking Powder
• ​Bob’s Red Mill Baking Soda
• ​Bob’s Red Mill Golden Flax Powder
• ​Anthony’s Coconut Sugar
• ​Simply Organic Vanilla Extract
  

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