Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies (Gluten Free Version)

The following gluten free flour mix is adapted from 'The Gluten-Free Gourmet Bakes Bread' book.

 

For 9 Cups of gluten free flour mix:

 

 

2 Cups	Black Bean Flour*
1 Cup	Sorghum Flour
3 Cups	Cornstarch
3 Cups	Tapioca Flour
2 TBLS	Xanthan Gum

 

 

*The book calls for garfava bean flour, a blend of garbanzo and fava beans but they’re not available everywhere so you’ll have better luck finding the black bean flour if you live in a smaller town.

Dry Ingredients: 
1 3/4mug of flour and 2 or 3 tablespoons of ground flax seed. And when I say 'mug' I literally mean a coffee mug. See pic from earlier post.)
3/4 teaspoon sea salt
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Wet Ingredients:
1/2 mug olive oil
1/2 mug maple syrup (fill with oil first and then to the top with the syrup....when you empty the mug the syrup just slips right out.)
2 teaspoons vanilla
4 table spoons, Dehydrated Sugar Cane Juice "Sucanat" is the brand I buy.

Mix the dry ingredients thoroughly. Then mix the wet ingredients well enough to emulsify the oil and syrup. I use a plastic container with an air tight lid to shake the ingredients together. Kids especially love to shake the container wildly.

Pour the wet into the dry and mix well.

Then the fun part, 1 huge handful of each of the following:

walnut pieces (small evenly sized chunks)
almond slices (blanched skin off preferably)
cranberries
raisins
chocolate chips (sun drops brand)
(Optional: coconut shreds, pecans or pumpkin seeds)

If I have white chocolate chunks on hand I add a handful of those as well.

Mix well and then using your tablespoon, scoop out spoon sized cookies and place onto a cookie sheet.

Flatten each with the heal of your washed hands and bake in a 320 degree oven and remove when they are nicely browned. Bake longer for crunchy cookies, less for chewy ones. You can also just spoon drop the cookies for a more rustic look. Either way these cookies won't last long!

 

Comments

[Mo]

Those look really good!

[Melinda DAmico]

They are super yummy...and if you are a gluten glutton you can make them with regular flour instead. Enjoy!