That’s So Crispy Edges & Somewhat Gooey in the middle Chocolate Chip Cookies

I think I have finally perfected the crispy around the edges and somewhat gooey in the middle cookie, so I thought it would be only fair to share with others!

I know I have struggled over the last few years to get a vegan and gluten free chocolate chip cookie to not be big, round, and thin. Not these are not good, but I wanted a somewhat gooey and fluffy middle for my chocolate chip cookies as those remind me of the ones my family make. Unfortunately, the ones the family make are filled with gluten [#thatssoceliac]. I have been trying different mixtures of ingredients and being patient in the kitchen to finally get it right.

Not only are these cookies satisfying to my tastebuds, but they’re satisfying to my gluten free and vegan requirements as well!

Ingredients:

• 1 1/4 C Dark Brown Sugar or Coconut Sugar

• 3/4 C Crisco Butter Flavor All Vegetable Shortening [I bought the sticks and utilized 3/4 of one of the sticks]

• 2 TBSP Califia Farms Unsweetened Almond Milk

• 1 TBSP Vanilla Extract

• 1 Neat Egg

• 1 3/4 C Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free 1-to-1 Baking Flour

• 3/4 TSP Baking Soda

• 1 TSP Salt

• 1 C Enjoy Life Foods Semi-Sweet Chocolate Mini Chips
  

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit

2. Make the Neat Egg

3. Mix together the almond milk, vanilla extract, brown sugar or coconut sugar, and crisco. Mix well which means mix until it is fluffy [like it is so fluffy and I am going to die]

4. Once the batter is fluffy, add in the neat egg and mix into the fluff.

5. Add the gluten free flour, salt, and baking soda to the fluff! Make sure this is well mixed.

6. Fold in the chocolate chips.

7. Take a spoon to scoop batter into your hands. Roll the batter, place onto baking sheet, and slightly press down the top of the dough. You do not want the dough ball to be too deflated or flat! I do this so the cookie is a little fluffy / somewhat gooey once done baking.

8. Bake for 12-14 minutes [I recommend just for 12 minutes].

9. Move cookies onto a wire rack to cool.

10. Enjoy and try not to eat them all.

PS: I know I need to work on proper lighting for my food pictures. I promise to get better at this for recipes posts in 2021! However, you get the picture and have all the possible tools to go make this amazingly simple and yummy recipe.

PPS: I also know these photos do not showcase the somewhat gooey center, but I promise is it there!