Chocolate Chip Cookies Gluten Free
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Ingredients
  • 1½ cups Pamela's Artisan gluten free flour
  • ½ teaspoon gluten free baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ⅓ cup shortening
  • ⅓ cup butter, softened (use vegan butter to make dairy free)
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1 teaspoon gluten free vanilla
  • 6 oz dairy free chocolate chips
  • ½ cup chopped nuts, optional
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 375
  2. In a medium bowl, sift together flour, salt and baking soda. Set aside
  3. In a large bowl, cream together shortening, butter, sugars, egg, and vanilla.
  4. Gradually combine half of the flour mixture into the wet mixture. Use a rubber spatula to incorporate the other half of the flour mixture if the dough gets to thick for the mixer.
  5. Stir in the chocolate chips.
  6. Roll the dough into tablespoon sized balls.
  7. Place on a baking sheet, two inches apart, lined with parchment paper.
  8. Bake for 7-9 minutes if using regular baking pans.
  9. Remove from oven when cookies are slightly golden around the edges and puffy and soft on the tops.
  10. Leave cookies in the pan for 2-3 minutes to continue cooking outside of the oven.
  11. Transfer to cooling rack to cool completely.
  12. Serve immediately. Store leftovers in an air-tight container.
Recipe by Let's Be Yummy at http://letsbeyummy.com/2013/12/27/chocolate-chip-cookies-gluten-free-recipe/