"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

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