Gluten free recipes you'll actually crave
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Gluten Free Cookie Recipes
Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
★★★★★ 5.0 from 289 votes
Gluten Free Funfetti Sugar Cookies
★★★★★ 4.9 from 64 votes
Chocolate Sprinkle Cookies
★★★★★ 4.9 from 37 votes
Oat Flour Lemon Raspberry Cookies
★★★★★ 4.8 from 31 votes
Gluten Free Cookies and Cream Cookies
★★★★★ 4.9 from 52 votes
Gluten Free Banana Bread Cookies
★★★★★ 4.7 from 38 votes
Chilling the dough isn't optional
There's less holding gluten free dough together, so warm dough spreads into a thin crisp disc. Thirty minutes in the fridge is the whole difference between a flat cookie and a thick one.
Warm kitchen? Chill the rolled balls instead of the bowl and bake them straight from cold.
Use a blend with xanthan gum
A measure-for-measure blend that already has xanthan gum in it gets you closest to a wheat cookie's chew. If yours doesn't have it, add a quarter teaspoon per cup.
Almond flour cookies are their own recipe, not a swap. They spread more and brown faster. Don't ask how I know.
Pull them two minutes early
Take the tray out when the edges are set and the centers still look underdone. The hot sheet finishes them, and that's what keeps the middle soft tomorrow.
Leave them on the tray five minutes before you move them. Gluten free cookies fall apart until they cool.
Frequently asked questions
What's the best gluten free flour for cookies?
A cup-for-cup or measure-for-measure blend with xanthan gum in it. It's the closest match to all-purpose wheat flour for chew and spread, and every cookie on this page was tested with one.
Why do my gluten free cookies spread too much?
The dough was too warm or too wet. Chill the shaped dough at least 30 minutes, and check your butter was softened rather than melted.
Why are my gluten free cookies gritty?
The rice flour in the blend hasn't absorbed enough liquid yet. Rest the dough in the fridge — that time hydrates the starches as much as it firms the butter.
Can I swap gluten free flour one to one in a regular cookie recipe?
With a cup-for-cup blend, usually yes — just chill longer and underbake a little. Coconut, oat and almond flour on their own are not one-to-one swaps.
How long do gluten free cookies stay soft?
Two or three days in an airtight container. They stale faster than wheat cookies, so I freeze the raw dough balls and bake a few at a time.
