Gluten free Peanut Butter Cookies with Chocolate Chips (Vegan)
These gluten free peanut butter cookies with chocolate chips are such a treat! Chewy, nutty and flavorful, they are vegan and sugar free too!
Servings 16 (2 inch) cookies
Equipment
- 1 bowl
- 1 spoon
- 1 hand mixer
- 1 ice cream scoop (optional)
- 1 baking tray
- 1 kitchen scale
Ingredients
- 50 grams (⅓ CUP) white rice flour, gluten free
- 50 grams (½ CUP) almond flour/meal, gluten free
- 50 grams (⅓ CUP) potato or other gluten free starch
- 1,5 teaspoon baking powder
- pinch of salt (ca. ⅛ teaspoon)
- 2.5 tablespoon maple syrup
- 130 grams (½ CUP + 2 tbsp) gluten free vegan milk (soy, rice, nut)
- 120 grams (½ CUP) natural peanut butter
- 100 grams (½ CUP) dairy free chocolate chips (or a mix of chips and chopped chocolate bar) + extra to top the cookies before baking
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven at 320 F / 160 F
- In a bowl add peanut butter, vegan milk and maple syrup and mix using a hand mixer, until ingredients are combined (texture should look a bit "crumbly")
- Add flours, starch, baking powder and salt, this time incorporating everything with a spoon (you can use a hand mixer too, but somehow with a spoon it gets less messy)
- Incorporate the chocolate chips/chunks
- Use a tablespoon or an ice cream scoop to portion the dough and roll it into balls
- Place the dough balls a couple inch apart on a baking tray, add a couple chocolate chips/chunks on every cookie and lightly flatten the cookies, gently pressing wity your hand (make them as thick as you like)
- Bake for ca. 20 minutes, or until the bottom is lightly brown (lift one cookie carefully when checking the bottom)
- Let them cool at least 15 miutes before removing them from the baking tray, so they won't break
- Store them in an airtight container or zip bag. In warm season, if adding chocolate chips, keep in the fridge or a cool place.
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Notes
Please note that measurements in cups may be slightly different from the ones in grams, due also to the difference in texture/grinding of naturally-gluten free flours. Which is why the use of a kitchen scale is advised, for a correct outcome of the recipe.