Happy Tuesday, friends!
In honor of tomorrow being our first day of school, I thought I’d share Kensington’s G-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies with you!
Listen, if you have teenagers, then you understand what I’m about to say…if you notice your kid being very much like you, the last thing you do is draw attention to it. Am I right? It’s like repellent for a teenager to think they’re “just like mom/dad” but let me tell you, Kensington Shull is morphing so quickly into ME! When I was 14, I started not just baking, but actively cooking and making my family’s dinners. When I think back, that was the pivotal age where food became a hobby for me and creating my own menus/recipes became one of my favorite pastimes.
Fast forward some 25 years and here we are…my almost 14 year old cannot stay out of the kitchen. This summer, she has taken to making both savory and sweet recipes any chance she gets. Her favorite obsession? Cookies. She has been working on this cookie recipe all summer and the Shull family has happily been her taste-testers. The other day, she made a batch and Ashby’s friends all had them eaten before she could even plate them. They’re so delicious, so easy and, of course, so gluten-free. She used my phone last week to take photos of them so I could share this recipe with you and when I saw the pictures, I told her how great they turned out. Her exact words “Well, I’ve been watching you take pictures of every single thing we eat my whole life, so I knew how to do it”. Oh my mama heart!
Whether you need g-free in your house or not, you need to make these cookies as soon as you can 🙂 .
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Kensington’s G-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: about a dozen cookies
Description
Easy and delicious cookies that just happen to be gluten-free!
Ingredients
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon vanilla paste (found near the vanilla extract)
- pinch of salt
- 1 cup of all-purpose flour (we use Namaste gf flour)
- 1 cup of chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease a baking sheet with a non-stick spray. Set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, add in your sugars, egg, vanilla paste, and salt. Beat this mixture until creamy. Slowly beat in your flour. Stir in your chocolate chips.
- Drop cookie dough on to prepared baking sheet and bake about 5 to 7 minutes.
- Remove from oven and cool before enjoying
Notes
Kensington makes smaller cookies that don’t require a long time in the oven! This dough is very thick since she does not use water, oil or milk in the recipe. It produces a very moist cookie though!
Kacey says
Okay, I’m intrigued! No butter!! I have a few DF/GF people in my life that I’ll have to make these for. Also, haven’t heard of the Namaste flour brand, but I’ll have to check that out too. I usually get the King Arthur Flour brand. Thanks K for sharing your recipe!
K.K. says
Thanks, Kensington!!
Jennifer says
Hey Shay! I tried to make this today. They batter was really dry, like a crumble. Could the recipe be missing an ingredient? Thanks:)
Mix and Match Mama says
What flour did you use? I find that Cup 4 Cup and Namaste are really the only equal ratio flours that work for us when baking g-free.
Jennifer says
I used King Arthur’s. I will have to try again with one that you recommended. Thanks!
sandi says
This sounds like our youngest, also 14. She was at a friend’s house after swim team practice and they were hungry. One of the kids said, I would love an omelet right now, but I don’t know how to fix one. Well, Morgan did and she proceeded to make omelets for four friends. The mom called me later and invited her to dinner with the caveat that she “didn’t know what they were having for dinner as it had been a super long day”. Morgan looked in their fridge and said I can make tacos with what’s in here. So she made her friend’s family dinner. My oldest (19 year old son) makes the best pancakes from scratch. Of the two in the middle, one likes to bake and the other can barely warm up soup. It’s fun to see their passions forming! Plus, it is a life skill they will use forever. If you can scramble eggs and brown some meat you can survive.
sandi says
Oh, and with a GL person in our home, we will definitely be trying this recipe!
Elena says
I just printed this recipe and will be trying it out tonight! Thank you!
Mix and Match Mama says
Yay!!!! I hope you love them too!
Kristen B says
Great job, Kensington! If it makes you feel any better, I turned out to be a carbon copy of my mom and while I didn’t admit to it my whole life, I love it now that I’m 26! 🙂
Gretchen Fuller says
Made these today and am amazed that their is no butter. Very good—thank you for sharing Kensington. I doubled and am so glad I did!!
Mix and Match Mama says
Yay! I’m so happy to hear this, Gretchen!!!
Sherry Kenney says
I saw this recipe today, realized I had all the ingredients, and just tried it out. It was so good! Love that it’s dairy free, too (depending on your chocolate chips)! Please tell Kensington thank you!!
Mix and Match Mama says
Awwwwww! Yay!! This makes me so happy!
Kelly says
I made these today and looked at the McCormick vanilla paste after I made them and the first ingredient is wheat! What kind of paste do you use? That was the only option at our store and I never would have thought it would have wheat in it.
Mix and Match Mama says
My local store carries the Neilsen Massey one! It’s SO DELICIOUS!!