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Gluten free cookie breakup makes the crispiest cookies you've ever had—ready in 20 minutes flat. Butter, sugar, flour and chocolate chips are all you'll need!

Gluten free cookie breakup makes the crispiest cookies you've ever had—ready in 20 minutes flat. Butter, sugar, flour and chocolate chips are all you'll need!
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Cookie break up baked broken pieces in pan
Cookie break up raw in pan, baked in pan, and baked and broken into pieces
Side view of a stack of cookie break up in white plate and piece of cookie break up below

About Nicole Hunn

Hi, I’m Nicole. I create gluten free recipes that really work and taste as good as you remember. No more making separate meals when someone is GF, or buying packaged foods that aren’t good enough to justify the price. At Gluten Free on a Shoestring, “good, for gluten free” just isn’t good enough!

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33 Comments

  1. suzeyg3 says:

    Fantastic, thanks for the video it’s great.

    1. Nicole Hunn says:

      Glad you liked it, Suzey!

      1. suzeyg3 says:

        It is so helpful for when you make it first time x

  2. youngbaker2002 says:

    Great video Nicole! So FAST! Looks like the kind of cookie that would be great to use for those cookie crumbs in cheesecake crust and such. So EASY! Can’t wait to try and tell you how it goes! I HAVE made your Nilla Wafer Cookies from Classic Snacks and made cheesecake with those crumbs and it was divine!
    Ps. Congrats on your newest book! It looks beautiful :)

    1. Nicole Hunn says:

      Thanks, Mena! Yes, these are super fast. I mean, the video is at 250% speed, but it’s still fast in 100% speed. :)

      1. youngbaker2oo2 says:

        Ya, I’m sure. Can’t wait for your book!

  3. Valerie says:

    Thanks for this recipe! Made them using soya butter and chopped a bar of dark chocolate. It was very crumbly so couldn’t roll it as a proper dough rather places it on the baking tray and used hands ;) they came out very yummy! Thanks Nicole!

  4. Crystal says:

    Yea! An egg-free, crispy cookie. My son is going to be so excited!!! Thank you!

  5. Alexis Salerno says:

    Nicole, do you mean a 9×13 pan? That’s what I used and it’s in the oven now! :-)

    1. Nicole Hunn says:

      Hi, Alexis, Nope! I meant 13 x 18 inches. That is the size of a half sheet pan, and the pan that this recipe is intended for. You can certainly make it in a smaller pan, but your cookies will likely not be as crispy, and you might need to bake a bit longer.
      xoxo Nicole

      1. Alexis says:

        Wow, thanks! I don’t even have a pan that big. I have a 9×13 and other larger USA pans that are a little short of 13×18. I’ll use one of those next time! They didn’t get super crispy, but they were wonderful right out of the freezer. Thanks for a great recipe!

  6. Sherry L says:

    I made these this morning. They were as quick and easy as you said they would be! We are a Dairy free household, so I did substitute Spectrum organic shortening for the butter, and they turned out beautifully! I would suggest scoring with a pizza cutter right out of the oven, or using a very sharp nice once cooled if you want even(ish) pieces. It would be great to make a pan of these for a party and give every one there own square to decorate with frosting and various candies, or fruits! Thank you for another wonderful recipe Nicole! By the way, they are very crispy, and very tasty!

    1. Nicole Hunn says:

      That sounds fun, Sherry, to give everyone their own piece to decorate! Thanks so much for reporting back that you were pleased with the results using shortening. I thought it would work quite well. I love having this recipe in my back pocket, for when the need arises, unbidden! So glad you liked them!
      xoxo Nicole

  7. Stacey says:

    oooohhh, nice!!! And, it’s *egg-free*. Cannot wait to try it once I get some stick butter.

  8. dana says:

    Is it possible to score the dough before baking…just to, you know, make uniform shapes for us (ahem) A-types :))

    1. Nicole Hunn says:

      Really, Dana? That is really funny, because I honestly didn’t even think about the fact that some might like the pieces to be more, well, regular. I will have to ponder what that means about my personality! I think if you scored the dough before baking, it would break a bit more evenly. But the butter does expand during baking, so the lines would not be perfect. ;)
      xoxo Nicole

  9. Jennifer Sasse says:

    This is awesome – heat snap or not, I may just whip some of these up right now!

    1. Nicole Hunn says:

      Do it, Jennifer! They’re just a few minutes in the oven, right?
      xoxo Nicole

      1. Jennifer Sasse says:

        Made ’em – loved ’em!

  10. Teri P. says:

    Do you think this would work for just a sugar cookie recipe without the chocolate chips?

    1. Nicole Hunn says:

      It wouldn’t be a sugar cookie, Teri, it would really be a butter cookie (much, much more crumbly than a sugar cookie, no egg, no chemical leavener like baking powder or baking soda), but I think it would work fine without the chips!
      xoxo Nicole

      1. Sherry L says:

        Ooh, and if you switched out almond extract for the vanilla, then they would be like Almond cookies! You could even top with sliced almonds in even intervals. I foresee another pan of these cookies in my near future :) Thanks for the inspiration!