Chocolate Chip Cookies

Classic chocolate chip cookies made with brown rice flour mix, making them gluten-free. These cookies are packed with semisweet chocolate chips and optional walnuts for a deliciously chewy treat.

24 servings
41 min

Ingredients

  • 1 cup vegetable shortening
  • 2⅛ cups brown-rice flour mix
  • teaspoons baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon xanthan gum
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 2 whole eggs
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla
  • 12 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1 cup walnuts

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1.

    Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 375°F. Lightly grease 2 large baking sheets.

    10 min

  2. 2.

    Whisk together flour mix, baking soda, salt, and xanthan gum in a small bowl.

    3 min

  3. 3.

    Beat together shortening (1 cup) and sugars in a large bowl with an electric mixer at high speed until pale and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Reduce speed to low and mix in flour mixture until just incorporated, then stir in chips and walnuts if using.

    8 min

  4. 4.

    Drop heaping teaspoons of dough 2 inches apart onto baking sheets.

    5 min

  5. 5.

    Bake, 1 sheet at a time, until golden, 9 to 15 minutes. Let stand 1 minute, then transfer cookies to a rack to cool and continue making cookies using cooled baking sheets.

    15 min