Gf + vegan m&m chocolate chip cookies
These cookies are a major accomplishment!! Im so so proud of them. I know you guys are absolutely going to love them. M&m.s are not vegan of course- that’s the only part of this recipe that you’ll need to change to make them dairy free. Unreal dark chocolate morsels are fantastic and sold at Whole Foods! There’s also a brand called Nono’s and they have some green and white mint flavored vegan mock m&m’s.
I’ll update the post with more info on that in a few hours!! xoxxo- Brittany
Lets talk ingredients:
Better Batter Original Blend: I opted for this flour as I have found its a dream for bread recipes and is rises so nicely! Natalie (the company owner) has since released a new artisan blend that does not have any gum in it. It uses psyllium husk instead. I bought a bag- but have not done enough testing with it to know if it will sub properly cup for cup in my bread recipes using the original blend.
I typically buy my better batter on amazon. This time of year it seems to sell out as Amazon keeps running out of stock for a day or two! But, I believe Walmart carries it in the store & I have ordered it from the Walmart website to ship to my house. I’m always nervous to order from Walmart (Never do store pickup haha. Its always a nightmare at my store anyways). But, shipping direct to my house seems to be pretty quick and dependable.
Butter
You can make these cookies with regular salted butter If dairy isn’t a concern for you. IF you are making them dairy free like I did please use Earth Balance Butter Sticks. You may try other brands but know that there is a lot of variety brand to brand and they don’t all perform the same. Earth balance is the best when it comes to mimicking how real butter works.
I know you’re going to ask me if you can use another gluten free flour blend.
And well.. its really risky. I know this much - no gluten free all purpose blend is the same or performs the same. There’s big differences between better batter and King Arthur (which have become my go to’s). So if you make changes the cookies will turn out quite different. Cookies are especially finicky and the smallest changes can make them spread too much or not enough. So I really do recommend sticking with what I have posted!
Important Notes:
If you are egg free or vegan and want to dive into these cookies without having to shop for or order vegan m&m's please feel free to use 1 cup of dairy free/vegan chocolate chips instead! (plus extra to press into the tops of the cookies before baking :) These are excellent just as chocolate chip cookies too. Depending on the size of your chips your cookies will spread more or less than mine -but any size will work and taste great. The smaller the chips the more the cookies spread, the bigger the chips the less they spread. You could also chop up & stir in gluten free Oreo's (they are vegan!).
I put this cookie dough to the test a number of ways. I tested out letting my butter get pretty melty before adding it to the mixing bowl, I tried room temperature butter, I didn't chill the dough, I chilled the dough for 30 minutes and even chilled it overnight. Every single version turned out wonderful! The only difference of course was slight changes in how much they spread. But that didn't hurt the texture or the final look of them in any shape or form. As long as you follow the gram measurements EXACTLY then the temperature of the ingredients and the dough is extremely forgiving and flexible. The only thing to know Is that chilled dough spreads a little bit less. Freshly made dough spreads the most (that's the version that I have pictured here!) But truly, do what works best for your schedule. If you want to make the dough a day or two ahead and stick it in the fridge? Go for it. I would just recommend storing it in a sealed container..not just in a bowl covered with ceran wrap. If its not well sealed it will absolutely dry out and they won't turn out the same. If you want to chill the dough for 1 hour or less- then feel free to just throw some ceran wrap over the top of your mixing bowl.
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