Gluten free cookie recipes are here to help place a smile onto your sweet tooth! Whether you make oatmeal caramel chocolate chip, peanut butter, or chocolate brownie clusters, all three of these gluten free cookie recipes are quick and easy to make.
Oatmeal chocolate chip, peanut butter and chocolate brownie clusters.
If you’ve been following the wheat-free posts I’ve been doing for the last 2 weeks, you might be climbing the walls about this time and are probably ready for something sweet that you can crunch!
The truth is, most of us have the option to go wheat-free if we choose. But for many people, being wheat-free is not an option. Many of my older friends who have given up wheat say that their joints feel better and that their arthritis pain has diminished. In any case, I don’t want to turn this into a gluten-free website, but I will continue to tag recipes gluten-free where appropriate.
I found a couple of wheat-free cookie recipes several years ago when we first took Sophie off wheat because of allergies. She’s not completely wheat free, but we try. I’ve adapted other traditionally wheat-free dishes like this Tabbouleh, which uses bulgur wheat, for quinoa and this Mediterranean Rice Salad, in which I substituted orzo for brown rice.
Chocolate Brownie Clusters
The first gluten free cookie recipe, chocolate brownie clusters, is from Buddy, the Cake Boss.
My mom makes these all time and said I “HAD” to post the recipe. They are delicious and pretty easy. I use egg whites from a carton, just so I don’t have to waste all those egg yolks. It took a lot longer than the 5 minutes the recipe said, to get the whites stiff, more like 10 or 15, probably because I used them cold. Whites whip up faster if they are room temperature. It’s worth it though, because then you just add the sugar, cocoa and nuts and bake. They really do taste like little brownie bites!
Chocolate Brownie Clusters from Baking with the Cake Boss
Ingredients
- 3 extra-large egg whites
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 cups raw walnut halves
Instructions
- Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 325* F.
- Put the egg whites and lemon juice in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whip attachment. (Be sure bowl is immaculately clean, as any grease will prevent whites from whipping to stiff peaks) Whip whites on low speed for 2 minutes and then increase speed to high whip until stiff peaks form, about 5 minutes.
- Sift the sugar and cocoa powder a bowl and then fold into the batter with a rubber spatula until batter is smooth and shiny. Fold in the walnuts, until they are well coated with batter.
- Line cookie sheets with parchment paper or use silpat, silicone baking sheets. Drop heaping tablespoons of batter 1/2 " apart , being sure to include about the same number of walnuts (3 or 4) in each cluster.
- Bake until outside has crisped and the bottom starts to pull away from the parchment paper, 15 to 20 minutes.
- Remove the cookie sheet from the oven. As soon as the clusters can be moved, use a spatula to transfer them to a rake and let them cool.
- Store in an airtight container for up to one week. They won't last more than a day though!
This second gluten free cookie recipe is even easier than the first! Just 4 ingredients in these peanut butter cookies!
With just 4 ingredients, and no flour, these easy Peanut Butter Cookies are also gluten free!
Gluten Free Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup of peanut butter creamy or chunky
- 1 cup sugar
- large egg lightly beaten
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350* and grease baking sheets, or use parchment or silpat.
- In an electric mixer, fitted with a paddle attachment, beat together peanut butter and sugar until combined well.
- Add beaten egg and baking soda until combined well.
- Roll level teaspoons of dough into balls. Arrange 1" apart on baking sheets and with the back of a fork, press balls down making a cross-hatch pattern.
- Bake cookies in a batches in the middle of the oven until puffed and golden, about 10 minutes
- Cool cookies on baking sheet 2 minutes, and then transfer to racks to cool completely.
- Store in an airtight container for 1 week. Makes about 70.
The third gluten free cookie recipe, for flourless caramel chocolate chip oatmeal cookies, is from the local paper.
Dorothy Reinhold, of Shockingly Delicious, adapted it from Marcy Goldman. I adapted it further by adding chocolate chips and nuts to the plain oat batter.
Flourless Caramel Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 cups rolled oats not quick-cooking. Use organic oats if you need to guarantee that they are completely gluten-free.
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cups dark brown sugar firmly packed
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts optional
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips optional
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 egg
Instructions
- Melt the butter and set aside to cool. Place all ingredients in a medium sized bowl and mix gently by hand or at lowest speed of an electric mixer.
- Mound the dough into a ball and refrigerate for at least 20 minutes. (don't skip this step)
- Preheat oven to 350* F. Line cookie sheets with parchment or silpats.
- Form the chilled dough into 1" balls and place on baking sheets. The cookies won't rise, but will spread out slightly.
- Bake for 13-15 minutes or until the edges are browned and the tops of the cookie are golden.
- Remove from oven and cool on the baking sheet, (about 10 minutes) before removing using a spatula. The cookies should peel off the parchment easily.
- Makes 2 dozen cookies.
Rae walker says
6 pounds two days wheat free pretty easy, can’t wait to try cookies this weekend
Cynthia says
Nice! Keep going!
Cindy (Vegetarian Mamma) says
Lots of yum on this post! I’d like 2 of each please 🙂 LOL YUM!
What a GREAT start to the link up this week! We hare some awesome recipes!! Thanks for linking up at our Gluten Free Fridays party! I have tweeted and pinned your entry to our Gluten Free Fridays board on Pinterest! 🙂
Thanks for linking back to the Gluten Free Fridays post!
Cindy from vegetarianmamma.com
Sharron says
Brilliant recipes. I’ll be making these for my coeliac friend this Christmas
Cynthia says
Sharron, I have several other Gluten free recipes as well.
Cynthia says
Perfect!
Rhonda says
I just made all 3 of these recipes today, and I must say I am impressed! They are all so super easy, and taste so yummy! Thanks for sharing!!
Cynthia says
Oh, great Rhonda! If you don’t tell people they are “gluten free”, I don’t think anyone would be able to tell the difference, do you?
Dena says
Cynthia, do you think these would hold up if the batter was made and then frozen? I try to make a lot of dough in a day and then shape and freeze. 🙂
I make the Peanut Butter ones, then add a Hershey Kiss to it right out of the oven, as my peanut butter cookie. But, I have never added the baking soda. I may try that next time.
Thanks for all the recipes!!
Cynthia says
Dena, I’ve never tried freezing the dough, but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work with the Oatmeal and Peanut Butter cookies, I don’t think the meringues would hold up, but I’ve never tried it. I love adding the chocolate on top!
Nancy Poffenbarger says
Do you know of anyone who has substituted swerve sweeteners for the natural sugars? If so, does it take less of the substitute?
Thanks so much! Can’t wait to try them either way!
Cynthia says
Swerve is a one-for-one swap and i use it all the time!
Brandi says
These cookies look fantastic!
Cynthia says
thank you Brandi, let me know if you try them!
Rachel says
I love making cookies for my real estate open houses, and I love how fast and easy these will be. Can’t wait to try them!
Linda says
They all look so yummy.
Lisa @ Pebbles & Piggytails says
What a cool idea! I want to try the Peanut butter ones! Thanks for sharing at Saturday Dishes. I’ll be featuring your peanut butter cookies this weekend at our Saturday Dishes!!!
fabiola@notjustbaked says
Great options even if you are not gluten free, they look great!
Matt @ Plating Pixels says
I’m not gluten-free but these look so moist and chewy and still be all over these!
Kimberly @ The Daring Gourmet says
Three recipes in one post, wow! They all look and sound so good. The caramel chocolate chip oatmeal cookies are especially tempting me right now! 🙂
Steph @ Steph in Thyme says
I LOVE how simple these cookies are to prepare. No crazy flours or obscure GF ingredients. It’s amazing what a few ingredients can do. I’m eying those chocolate cookies!
Shelley @ Two Healthy Kitchens says
These are all so easy – I love that! And the Chocolate Brownie Clusters are calling my name, for sure! Definitely won’t miss the gluten with these beauties!
Cynthia says
It’s nice to have an option for our #gf friends and family!
Matthew From Nomageddon says
Cynthia! These look incredible!
Matthew From Nomageddon says
Cynthia! These look incredible!
Neela says
What can be replaced in place of butter?
Cynthia says
Hmmm, I’m not sure. I would never recommend margarine, but maybe coconut oil and add some coconut flour to help with the consistency?
Carol says
Do you thing that almond butter instead of peanut butter would work? Hubby can’t have peanuts.
Cynthia says
sure! I’ll bet it would be great!