Thick and crispy gluten free chocolate chip cookies that taste just like Chips Ahoy! cookies. The kind that you thought you'd never ever have again!
If you came here looking for an ordinary gluten-free chocolate chip cookie recipe, I've got plenty of those and I love them all as if they were my own. But this?
This is no ordinary gluten-free chocolate chip cookie. This is a copycat recipe for Chips Ahoy! cookies. Only the best chocolate chip cookie ever made. And you thought you couldn't have them any more, now that you're gluten free.
After shaping this cookie dough into a log and chilling it, be sure to slice it nice and thick. It won't spread much at all, so thick slices get you that nice, even edge.
The ingredients aren't earth-shatteringly different than most any chocolate chip cookie recipe, but the exact proportions in these plus the method used to bake them means they even smell like a bag of Chips Ahoy! Just like mom used to buy.
I want that crispy and crunchy, thickly cut chocolate cookie that crumbles just enough, and smells just like I remember each and every bag did.
Thick and Crispy Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
2 cups (280 g) all purpose gluten free flour (I like Better Batter here)
1 teaspoon xanthan gum (omit if your blend already contains it)
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
10 tablespoons (125 g) granulated sugar
1/4 cup (55 g) packed light brown sugar
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
4 tablespoons vegetable shortening, melted and cooled
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 extra-large egg at room temperature, beaten
9 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 teaspoon cornstarch
Instructions
Preheat your oven to 325°F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with unbleached parchment paper and set it aside.
In a large bowl, place the flour, xanthan gum, baking soda, salt and granulated sugar, and whisk to combine well. Add the brown sugar and whisk, working out any lumps in the brown sugar. Add the butter and shortening, then the vanilla and egg, and mix to combine. The dough will be thick.
In a separate small bowl, toss the chocolate chips with the cornstarch to coat. Add the chips and cornstarch to the cookie dough in the large bowl. Mix until the chips are evenly distributed throughout the dough.
Scrape the dough onto a large sheet of plastic wrap. Shape it into a log about 2 1/2 inches in diameter and close the plastic wrap tightly over the log. Place the dough log in the freezer until firm, about 15 minutes.
Remove the cookie dough from the freezer, unwrap, and slice with a large serrated or very sharp chef’s knife thickly in cross-section into rounds that are nearly 3/4-inch thick. Place the rounds about 1-inch apart on the prepared baking sheet, and bake, rotating once during baking, until the cookies are lightly golden brown and set, about 12 minutes.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool on the baking sheet until firm. Store any leftovers in the freezer, in a freezer-safe container or wrap.
Sarah says
These were so good and so easy. My non-gluten free guests gobbleaed them up. Yay! Thanks for making me look good… as usual. :-)
gfshoestring says
That’s my job, Sarah, to make you look good! Cheers to that. ;)
xoxo Nicole
Nonie says
Okay, so I looked at Costco last weekend for the plastic wrap you referred to. And at our only grocery store in town. I don’t see any that is specifically for the freezer. Can you post what it is? By the way, I plan on trying this recipe tonight! I made the ones from your book recently and they were great!! Your book is my favorite gf book so far!
gfshoestring says
Okay, Nonie, but only if you promise not to tell anyone. It’s called “freeze-tite brand plastic freezer wrap.” I think it’s made by the same people who make stretch-tite, the super clingy big-box-Costco-style plastic wrap.
xoxo Nicole
Mrs. GF says
Oh, oh, oh! My first batch just finished baking and if I could reach through the screen and hug you I would! I used a new “mix your own” master flour blend with Orgran gluten substitute and nobody would ever know these weren’t Chips Ahoy cookies! (Well, my family certainly won’t as I’m stashing ’em for me..I’ll bake more later to share.) Thank you!!!!
Jess says
My mouth fell open when I saw the title of this post! Yay for us! You are my hero (and let’s be honest…my son’s too). We love your recipes- we made the chocolate pop tarts this weekend and I did a tiny victory dance in the kitchen when I pulled them out of the oven because they looked and smelled like a piece of chocolate heaven (of course- would it be heaven WITHOUT chocolate? I think not)!
Tomorrow is a baking day and I am pretty sure I have to add these to the list! Thanks friend!
love jess
gfshoestring says
Only a tiny victory dance? Every time I so much as think of those chocolate pop tarts I victory dance. They are a dead.ringer. And make no mistake – I just post the recipes. You’re your little boy’s hero. :)
xoxo Nicole
Dana Schwartz says
Oh yum! I’m making these asap. I think they look way better than chips ahoy, btw. I love how thick they are! And I totally hear you about exorbitant cable prices. I’ve ordered showtime just for Dexter and then canceled when the season ended. Totally worth it :) I’d totally watch Homeland if I didn’t have to go to bed at 9pm to keep up with my crazy sleepless kids.
-Dana
gfshoestring says
Dexter started again on Sunday, Dana! I had only seen the early episodes that they repeated on regular cable a number of years ago, and it was so good. I’m thinking it’s gone a little off the rails, though. You have to record Homeland! I’m no night owl, baby. And I have no crazy sleepless kids. :/
xoxo Nicole
Aimee Steckowski says
YUMMMMM + i have all of those ingredients! so perhaps tonight is a baking night!
gfshoestring says
Instant gratification is where it’s at, Aimee!
xoxo Nicole
Heather Ordover says
Big score! They’re in the oven now and HO. LY. CRUMB. do they smell good. And you read my mind. It’s the ChipsAhoy I (embarrassingly) have missed.
Thank you so much!
Off to get your cookbooks!
Heather @CraftLit:twitter
gfshoestring says
No shame, Heather! I’ve always loved to bake everything from the mundane to the fantastic, but for eating, I’m biased toward the mundane. Big time. Love that you made them right away. :)
xoxo Nicole
Kate Hein says
I have pre-ordered your new book from my local bookstore! So excited! I’m planning to make mixes for cake and other goodies as Christmas gifts this year. :D These cookies are definitely going on my list, with homemade chocolate chips in them.
gfshoestring says
Thank you so much for preordering, Kate! Are you mentioning making mixes as Christmas gifts because you know that there is a whole chapter in the new book with all recipes for GF Baking Mixes? If not, we are cosmically connected, you & me.
xoxo Nicole
Maddie says
Your book arrived this weekend and I love it already. Thank God news got to Portugal of all places :-) Can’t wait for the next one!
Jessica Cain Fielding says
I’m soooo going to make these!
gfshoestring says
You’d be crazy not to, Jessica!
xoxo Nicole
kclark says
Home with a sick kid. Not sick sick. Hurt back sick. Xrays soon but I want to make these today! J was just asking me about Chips Ahoy. You are always in step with us Nik. How do you do that? It’s a crazy gift.
Cable TV is a racket but one we must indulge in if we are going to have girl crushes on Claire Danes! My kids freak out that we used to put cassette tapes (let’s not even mention the 8 track tapes) into a car stereo and that we didn’t have computers. Ahhh, the Olden Days.
gfshoestring says
Oh my gosh I totally had car with an 8-track, Kristi! I think we bought some contraption to jury-rig it so that it could play … cassette tapes. Another relic! I remember listening to Billy Joel on 8-tracks. And I’m not ashamed that I remember it fondly. ;)
xoxo Nik
Kande73 says
You read my mind! I was looking all over just the other day for a gf chips ahoy cookie, and I couldn’t find one anywhere. I think you’ve got the first one on the internet.
gfshoestring says
Oooh first is exciting. If I’m the first, then there’s been a black hole until now, Kande. :)
xoxo Nicole
Jennifer Larsen says
I have just enough time to make these before the kids get home – I’m going to set some aside for tomorrow’s lunch boxes right away!
gfshoestring says
Be sure to set some aside for yourself, too, Jennifer. Gotta take care of the cook!
xoxo Nicole
cynthia says
Yummy..I can almost smell them now! Guess I know what I will be making this afternoon before the boys get home….just hope there are some left for them :-)
cynthia says
Nicole- My dough is in the freezer right now! My question for you is this…my dough did nto seem as wet as in your picture, it was more dry but all the ingredients were worked in well, measure and melted or brought to room temp. How dry was your dough?
gfshoestring says
I wouldn’t worry too much about the dough not being wet enough as long as it holds together. But if your ingredients were at room temperature, then the only other guess I can venture is that you had a heavy hand with measuring flour?
xoxo Nicole
cynthia says
Here I sit with a big glass of milk and some cookies! I am trying not to get chocolate on the keyboard as I type. Nicole these are incredible. I think my issue may have been not getting the chocolate chips incorporated all the way. Can I use the stand mixer to do that if I continue to have issues? Also, do you think this is a dough I could make and freeze and then just pull out logs when I want to make some quickly?
Thank you once again! I can’t wait till the kids get home…hope there is some left!