Mothers Know Best: Chocolate Chunk Cookies

You ever have those days where you are just craving something chocolaty and sweet.  Today is one of those days and I have had chocolate chip cookies on the mind for at least a week now.  Currently, my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe comes from E's mom.  She brought them over for a birthday celebration and I ended up eating most of them!  So below is my first attempt at making this recipe gluten free.

Growing up, there were not many gluten free baking books in the house, my mom just kept her homemade gluten free flour mix on hand.  I definitely recommend this recipe since it does not have a strange grit or funny after taste that many gluten free flour mixes have.  It seems to work almost as well as regular flour and can be a substitute at a one to one ratio. That easy.

My mom's all purpose gluten free flour mix and E's mom's chocolate chip cookie recipe.  How is it that mothers know best?

Chocolate Chunk Cookies

6 ounces of your favorite chocolate chips (I like chopping mine off a dark chocolate block for chunkier pieces!)

1/2 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/4 cup unsifted all purpose gluten free flour
1/2 tsp xanthan gum, (only if your gluten free flour does not already have an emulsifier)
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup walnuts or pecans, chopped (optional >> I'm a chocolate purist so I rarely go for the nuts)


- Pre-heat oven to 375ºF.
- In a small-ish bowl, stir gluten free flour with baking soda and salt; set aside.

- In a large mixing bowl, beat butter with both brown and white sugars until creamy and lightened in color.

- Add egg and vanilla and mix until incorporated.

- Gradually blend dry mixture into creamed mixture then stir in nuts and chocolate chips.

- Drop tablespoon sized balls of dough onto an un-greased cookie sheet.  Make sure they're spread out enough so that there's room for them to expand!

- Bake until golden brown (approx. 9 to 11 minutes)
- Try to let them cool without bouncing them around in your hand in attempt to gobble them down immediately after coming out of the oven...though I have to admit, a couple of taste buds are usually sacrificed in the name of a fresh hot cookie!