"Makes Ya Wanna Smile" Chocolate Chip Cookies
/Taste tester approved and you can't even tell they're gluten-free. These cookies were a big hit. Enjoy!
"Makes Ya Wanna Smile" Chocolate Chip Cookies
Yields: 24-26 cookies
INGREDIENTS
3 cups of gluten-free flour (I like Bob's Red Mill All Purpose Flour)
3/4 tsp Xanthan Gum (If not using gluten-free flour, exclude xanthan gum from the recipe)
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp sea salt
3/4 cup + 1 tbsp safflower oil
1 cup organic maple syrup
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup chocolate chips (I like these Enjoy Life dairy-free, soy-free, vegan mini chocolate chips but any kind you want will taste good)
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 F degrees.
Mix together the dry ingredients and in a separate bowl, mix the together the wet ingredients
Combine wet and dry ingredients into one bowl
Fold chocolate chips into the mixture
Grease a cookie sheet
Use a round tablespoon to scoop mixture onto the cookie sheet and press down slightly
Bake for 7 minutes, then rotate the cookie sheet and bake for another 7 minutes.
Cool before serving
VARIATIONS
Add crushed walnuts to the cookie dough mixture
Top cookies with almond butter
Crumble cookies and add to Banana Ice Cream or this ice cream for a gluten-free, dairy-free, vegan Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream
