Gluten Free Dairy Free Cookies
These gluten free dairy free cookies are insanely delicious! They taste like a classic chocolate chip cookie, but they are made without gluten and without dairy. These gluten free dairy free chocolate chip cookies will blow your mind!
See those crispy edges? These cookies are so yummy!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- These cookies have golden crispy edges and a chewy center.
- This recipe is an easy one bowl recipe. Try these Dairy Free Chocolate Chip Cookies too!
- These are the best gluten free and dairy free cookies I’ve ever tried!
- They are made with coconut flour and with almond flour.
- These cookies are made without butter, without shortening, without molasses, and without xantham gum.
- They are based off my Best Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookies.
- They are Paleo, grain free, gluten free, and dairy free.
Ingredients & Substitutions
The coconut oil is the dairy free baking fat used. Vegan butter can be used in its place if needed. Use refined coconut oil for a neutral taste.
Both white sugar and coconut sugar work well.
Room temperature eggs are best for this recipe. I do not recommend using an egg replacer, chia eggs, or flax eggs.
Both the almond flour and coconut flour are vital to these cookies. The almond flour adds a hearty and nutty flavor. The coconut flour soaks up excess liquid and adds a touch of sweetness. I do not recommend another flour. Check out my Cassava Flour Cookies for a nut free option!
Use dairy free chocolate chips. My favorite is Enjoy Life dark chocolate chips.
Dairy Free Baking
Here are some tips and tricks for dairy free baking.
Use coconut oil or Vegan butter in place of regular butter. Both coconut oil and Vegan butter are a baking fat. If a recipe calls for melted butter, use melted coconut oil or Vegan butter in its place. Likewise, substitute chilled butter with chilled coconut oil or chilled Vegan butter.
Substitute cow’s milk with a dairy free milk. If the recipe calls for skim, 1% or 2%, then almond milk, cashew milk or oat milk are great substitutes. If heavy cream or whole milk is used, substitute canned coconut milk or canned coconut cream for extra creaminess.
How to Make
Step 1
In a large mixing bowl or stand mixer, beat softened coconut oil with sugar for 1 minute.
Step 2
Add eggs and vanilla extract to mixing bowl. Stir to combine.
Step 3
Sift in almond flour, coconut flour, and baking soda. Stir to combine.
Step 4
Next, fold in chocolate chips.
Step 5
Place dough in an airtight container. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours.
Step 6
When it’s time to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Step 7
Use cookie scoop or ice cream scoop to scoop dough onto lined baking pan.
Step 8
Bake for 9 to 12 minutes or until cookies are set in the middle.
Step 9
Remove from oven. Let cookies cool on pan for 5 minutes. Then, transfer to a cooling rack to finish cooling.
Expert Tips & Tricks
Use softened but not melted coconut oil. If coconut oil is firm at room temperature, add it to a bowl and microwave for 10 seconds to soften.
Refrigerating the dough allows the ingredients to “marinate” together. This is a very important step! In addition, this allows the dough to firm up and prevent excess spreading while baking.
Use cookie scoop or ice cream scoop to scoop dough. Do not flatten balls of dough since they will spread.
Cook until middle of cookies are just set. Do not over bake!
These cookies are soft and fragile when they come out of the oven. Allow them to cool on pan for 5 minutes before carefully removing them to a wire rack.
Store in fridge for best results. They are soft at room temperature.
How to Serve & Store
Serve gluten free dairy free chocolate chip cookies once they are fully cooled.
Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days.
Store in freezer for up to 2 months.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, these cookies can be frozen.
No, the eggs are very important in these cookies. Egg replacer, chia eggs, or flax eggs will not bind these cookies together.
Unfortunately, no. This recipe relies on the sugar for both the texture and the sweetness.
These cookies spread while baking, but not to the point where they are completely flat.
I suggest using the Enjoy Life dark chocolate chips because they are dairy free.
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Get the Recipe: Gluten Free Dairy Free Cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup coconut oil, softened
- ½ cup granulated sugar, see note
- 2 eggs, room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 ¼ cups almond flour
- ¼ cup coconut flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 cup dairy free chocolate chips
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl or stand mixer, beat softened coconut oil with sugar for 1 minute.
- Next, add in eggs and vanilla extract. Mix to combine.
- Sift in almond flour, coconut flour, and baking soda.
- Once combined, fold in chocolate chips.
- Add dough to an airtight container. Refrigerate dough for at least 4 hours up to overnight.
- When it's time to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Scoop chilled dough using a cookie scoop. Place on baking sheet.
- Bake for 9 to 12 minutes or until middle of cookies are set.
- Finally, remove from oven. Cool on pan for 5 minutes before removing to a cooling rack to finish cooling.
- Cookies are best stored in the fridge.
Notes
- Granulated white sugar or coconut sugar work well.
- Use softened coconut oil. Room temperature coconut oil should be slightly soft. If needed, microwave coconut oil in small bowl for 10 seconds to soften it. Do not melt completely!
- Do not skip the refrigeration step. It is vital to the texture of these cookies!
- Use cookie scoop or ice cream scoop to scoop dough.
- Do not flatten balls of dough before baking. They will spread slightly into nice round cookies.
- Bake until middles are set and edges are faintly golden brown.
- These cookies are fragile right from the oven. Allow to cool on pan for 5 minutes then carefully place on cooling rack until cooled.
- Store in fridge (or freeze for later) for best results.
- They are soft when stored at room temperature, but perfectly crisp in the fridge.
- I use Enjoy Life dark chocolate chips for dairy free.
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58 Comments on “Gluten Free Dairy Free Cookies”
Hi there! We have a new teacher at school who is gluten & dairy free, so am saving this recipe for next time I bring treats. Just wanted to say I noticed, in the BODY instructions — not the actual recipe/print section — you’ve got the ingredients wrong I step 1. It’s correct in the actual recipe part.
Thanks for the recipe!
Thank you so much, Missy! I appreciate that. Best of luck this school year! 🙂
I dont understand. Mine did not turn out at all. Burnt bottoms. Oven was at 350 and i put parchment paper and baked them only 9 minutes. Also the centres dont seem done, still gooey. Help!!
I thought these were fantastic!! Followed the recipe exactly, and they were amazing. The cookies are moist and sweet with a subtle coconut background. Love them! Thank you!!
You are so welcome, Angie! So thrilled you enjoyed them!
1. Other than the chocolate chips, these cookies are fairly tasteless. If I make again, will add at least 1/4c brown sugar.
2. They don’t spread that much while baking. When I did not flatten the tops and baked for 12 min, they remained “doughy” on the inside. I flattened the next batch to 3/8 to 1/2 inch thick and baked for 14 min. Much better…more firm though definitely not cookie-like… more like a shortbread.
This is my first attempt at gluten free baking and I’m sorry to say these did not make the cut. Will look for a recipe that uses a gluten free flour blend. The almond flour in this recipe created an unpleasant mealy texture for me.
So amazing! Great texture.
Hi Estelle! I am so happy you enjoyed these!
Do you think using an egg replacer would work for this recipe?
The only egg replacer I can recommend is unsweetened applesauce! I would substitute the 2 eggs with 1/2 cup applesauce. I think flax eggs or chia eggs may add too much moisture. I do not have experience with a vegan egg replacer. Hope this helps!
In baked goods I just toss the flax or chia into the dry ingredients, rather than “gelling” them. If necessary, while mixing, a little additional liquid can be added. It will gel before getting baked (or fried if doing pancakes).
So it may work for this?
Will save this for later. 🙂
Hey! Could I use gluten free flour instead of almond and coconut flour? Would that change heating directions at all?
Hello! I’d make this recipe instead. It’s both gluten free and dairy free. Hope this helps!
https://organicallyaddison.com/dairy-free-chocolate-chip-cookies/
can i use all almond flour and no coconut flour?
Hi Jo! That may work, but I suggest trying these Almond Flour Cookies which are made with only almond flour.
https://organicallyaddison.com/almond-flour-cookies/
– I didn’t make them yet, but I am with you, if you can’t tolerate coconut flour… that seems to be too high of a fibrous item, which has given problems in the past, so I’d try to make cookies with No coconut flour too : )
So all I can really say right now is make sure you refrigerate them! I totally missed that step, (oops) and found out quickly that that is very important. But the batter is super super thin. I don’t know if refrigerating it will help that or not. But the flavor is really good! It gets an A+ on taste!
Hi Kara! Yes, the refrigeration step is very important. Feel free to add in a little more almond flour to get the dough slightly thicker. Hope you enjoy them!
Can you use liquid coconut oil!?
Hi Katie! I have not tried it in this specific recipe. I am afraid the cookies will spread too thin in the oven if using liquid coconut oil. Dairy free butter may be used instead. You may have success with liquid coconut oil if you refrigerate the dough for longer, maybe 24 hours. Hope this helps!