Soft Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies

It's time for another back-of-the-bag chocolate chip cookie recipe! This time the recipe is from King Arthur's Gluten-Free Measure for Measure bag. I should add that this is not a partnership or promotion, this is just me trying back of the bag recipes for fun. Since I raved about the Cup4Cup gluten-free chocolate chip cookies, it seemed only fair to try King Arthur's Soft Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Measure for Measure Chocolate Chip Cookies

Okay, so the Measure for Measure chocolate chip cookie recipe is a little unusual. It calls for only 6 tablespoons of butter, plus honey, milk and a whole tablespoon of vinegar. Also, you don't cream the butter with just the sugar. Instead, you beat the butter, sugar, honey, vanilla and leavening agents before adding the vinegar, egg, milk and flour. I'm guessing this is to help curb any whipping or overbeating, because I get the best results just by mixing with a wooden spoon. Too much beating might make these cakey and light rather than cakey and dense, which is better for cookies.

Texture and Flavor

These were just so soft and thick, but also very flavorful. In my first batch I could really taste the vinegar, then I realized I'd left out half the sugar and had to make the cookies again. This happens a lot these days, but eventually I get the recipe right. Once I got it right, I made these again and again, though usually in half batches. You can make a half batch using 2 tablespoons of egg. I make these very quickly by just putting a small mixing bowl on the scale, setting the tare to zero and throwing in all the ingredients by weight. Speaking of which, definitely weigh gluten-free flour. If you do go by volume, pour it in a bowl and whisk for a minute, then spoon it into the cup. But please weigh.

Square Shaped Chocolate Chip

Another fun thing I tried was baking the cookies in a butter-rubbed mini brownie bar pan. They baked into soft square shaped chocolate chip cookies with very buttery tasting edges. I loved how just the butter from the pan edges added so much flavor. So even if you use a nonstick square brownie bar pan, be sure to grease generously with your favorite butter.

And then there was the gluten-free Oreo stuffed version. I only did this with one of the cookies, but it was so good.

Back of the Bag Gluten-Free Cookies

So that about sums it up for the Measure for Measure cookies. If you are not gluten-free, you may want to buy a bag and use it for cookies just to get an idea of what it's like. I like to think that with gluten-free flour blends, I'm adding extra flavors and textures rather than cutting something out.

Here's a list of some other good back-of-the-bag gluten-free cookie recipes.

• Bob's Red Mill Millet Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter
• Pillsbury Flour Blend Chocolate Chip -- Also soft, but crumblier.
• Trader Joe's Almond Flour Chocolate Chip -- Less sweet and so good.
• Cup4Cup Flour Chocolate Chip -- Thick and chewy like a bakery-style.

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