If you love soft and tender chocolate chip cookies, you’re going to love these gluten free soft batch chocolate chip cookies. Just like Keebler’s Soft Batch cookies, they taste as if they’ve just come out of the oven!
These gorgeous gluten free soft batch chocolate chip cookies really deserve our time and attention. And they’re gonna get it. It’s Christmas Cookie Season after all, right?
I already have, like, a million recipes for gluten free chocolate chip cookies on this site. And that link (<—–) only has the GF CCCs as of April 2013. There have been tons more since then, even. So who needs one more? We do. We need more. Why? Because we didn’t even have any “soft batch” style CCCs. You know, like, the ones by Keebler that are “so soft they taste like they’re right out of the oven”?? Those. These.
How do you get them that way? Like all the other styles of CCCs, it’s all about the balance of ingredients. A mix of shortening and butter (I bet that even a dairy free butter sub would work here, but I might use 5 tablespoons butter sub + 6 tablespoons shortening, instead of 6 of butter and 5 of shortening), an egg and an egg yolk for extra chew, and fewer chips. Fewer chips? Yeah, that’s right. I said fewer chips! Otherwise, they overwhelm the dough and the cookies don’t stay soft. Oh, and then there’s the matter of starting with actual chilled balls of dough that aren’t flattened. Usually, I flatten dough so that I control the shape of the cookies. But this style? Let them melt like a snowman.
The result? You guessed it! Cookies so soft .. they taste like they’re right out of the oven. But good news! They’re very stable once cool, and they really don’t crumble at all. So they’re perfect for packing up and sending clear across the country for the holidays. Or for gifting to your coworkers. Or for the mailman (who really just wants money from you but maybe throw in a few cookies too). Or for yourself. No shame in taking care of #1. ;)
HELLO! I’m Nicole! I make gluten-free food enjoyable & affordable. If they can make it with gluten, we can make it without. That’s a promise!
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I did mine a little different, but LOVE them!!!
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I made these yesterday and they are amazing! They remind me of Alton Brown’s The Chewy cookie from my gluten eating days. I’ve been trying to replicate those results ever since because it didn’t translate perfectly just subbing 1:1. This is it by far the closest I’ve come! I have a new standard chocolate chip cookie recipe! Thank you!
I have been enjoying reading your new book and trying to decide what to make first…there are so many wonderful recipes to choose from. Thank you for hanging in there and insisting that they do it in color, it really is beautiful. I made your new sugar cookies yesterday and they are fantastic! Will be making this new CCC recipe in a couple of days. Thanks for all your hard work to make our lives easier!
So, I just made these and other than the size (I made my first batch way too big and they were just short of making one big cookie sheet) and the premade flour blend (I used one that I had made from a recipe with some grittier flours – sorghum and such), these cookies were amazing. Amazing, seriously. The second batch were smaller and not as gritty and I am well on my way to cooking through your entire Christmas cookie list! (Already made the vanilla sandwich cookies which were also amazing. I put lemon zest in the filling and it was perfectly lemony and not too sweet. Thank you for bringing my love of GF baking back (after numerous failed attempts)!! :)
Very curious also as to a substitute for the corn starch. What about lard, red palm shortening, or coconut butter for the veggie shortening?
About Christmas cookies… do you have a recipe for a sugar cookie that can be rolled out and cut into shapes? I’ve made the spritz cookies and will do those again, but am getting requests from my girls to do roll outs that they can cut and decorate. I have all the cookbooks if you have something in there that could work. Just having trouble locating something. Thanks!
I agree – never have too many kinds of chocolate chip cookies!
Enjoy your recipes so much thank you. Just ordered your book. JoAnn
You just keep on making chocolate chip cookie recipes and I’ll keep baking them! You rock, Nicole. My family enjoyed your awesome apple pie and soft sugar cookies for Thanksgiving :) Thanks for feeding my family.
-Dana
You bet, Dana!! Mmmm apple pie. My favorite.
You just keep on making chocolate chip cookie recipes and I’ll keep baking them! You rock, Nicole. My family enjoyed your awesome apple pie and soft sugar cookies for Thanksgiving :) Thanks for feeding my family.
-Dana
You bet, Dana!! Mmmm apple pie. My favorite.
About Christmas cookies… do you have a recipe for a sugar cookie that can be rolled out and cut into shapes? I’ve made the spritz cookies and will do those again, but am getting requests from my girls to do roll outs that they can cut and decorate. I have all the cookbooks if you have something in there that could work. Just having trouble locating something. Thanks!
I agree – never have too many kinds of chocolate chip cookies!
Could I sub coconut oil for the shortning?
I’m afraid that would not work, Taira. Coconut oil is not a proper sub for vegetable shortening when you are using shortening for its low moisture content, like here.
Could I sub coconut oil for the shortning?
I’m afraid that would not work, Taira. Coconut oil is not a proper sub for vegetable shortening when you are using shortening for its low moisture content, like here.
Could I freeze the dough in the recipe for individualized cookies at a later time? I like a treat, but without having to make a full batch and eating them all.
Definitely, Kate!
These look delicious! Any suggestions to find a replacement for the cornstarch? Corn allergies at my house.
I haven’t tested this recipe with any substitutions, Mary, so you’ll have to experiment with another starch. Maybe try arrowroot? Good luck!
By the way thank you for putting in british measurements. Its impossible without that to follow your ingredients. ;-)
Weight measurements are always my preferred kind, Rachael. Much more precise. But I have to give corresponding volumes wherever appropriate (although it’s less precise) since I think most American readers still have a strong preference for volume.
Ok – you knew I was going to ask this. How many do I have to buy today? Where are our totals at??? I need numbers.
Thanks for another classic recipe!!!
I’ve been thinking about you, Jennifer, and how you’d want those numbers! I’m actually waiting on numbers sometime today and promise to report back as soon as I have anything! I think we’re very, very close. Fingers crossed!
I’ve just seen your Facebook page so didn’t have a chance to buy in time but I will be ordering all post xmas (when I’ve actually got some post xmas money). I love your recipes online and really would love to see you on tv.
Nicole has a Facebook page?! Logging on now to find her!
These look so good. I love a chewy cookie! Do those flat, thick cookies that are about 3 inches in diameter ever taunt you? They sell them at Noodles and tons of other places. They taste barely cooked in the middle, which I, for one, love. I’m feeling like these are similar, and could grow up to be those.
And to think I thought we had enough CCC recipes on this site! I was so wrong!
It sounds like these, Donia (although I’ve never heard of Noodles!), just made larger. Like you said. Go for it!
Noodles is a gluten laden noodle shop. GF peeps should not go near it!!! Though I’ve heard they do have some GF options now, but I’m sure the cross contamination is horrendous there. When I ate gluten – it was a nice place to go…..
Just bought your cookbook! Love them and thanks for all the recipes! Now…off to make these yummy cookies….
Thank you so MUCH, Jennifer!! I really appreciate your support!
Just bought your cookbook! Love them and thanks for all the recipes! Now…off to make these yummy cookies….
Thank you so MUCH, Jennifer!! I really appreciate your support!