Gluten Free Molten Chocolate Chip Cookies
Friday, 15 April 2011
I received a request to make a gluten-free version of Richard Ruskell’s Food Network Challenge molten chocolate chip cookies. The recipe only contains a small amount of flour, so it seemed pretty simple. I swapped it out for Bob’s Red Mill gluten-free all-purpose baking flour (a combination of garbanzo bean flour, potato starch, tapioca flour, white sorghum flour and fava bean flour), added a little xanthan gum, and ta-da! gluten-free molten chocolate cookies.
These cookies are so rich and insanely chocolatey. I omitted all the extraneous ingredients the original recipe (unusual ingredients like fennel were added as part of the Food Network Challenge), and didn’t miss them too much. I simply finished the cookies with a sprinkle of fleur de sel, and enjoyed the extreme chocolate-ness of them with a bit of saltiness to compliment the sweetness.
Recipe:
Gluten-Free Molten Chocolate Chip Cookies
Adapted from recipe by Richard Ruskell, Executive Pastry Chef at Montage Beverly Hills
Makes 2 dozen cookies
- 4 oz. 64% chocolate, chopped
- 7 oz. 72% chocolate, chopped
- 1.5 oz. unsalted butter
- 3 eggs
- 1 C granulated sugar
- 1 t instant coffee or espresso powder
- 1/2 t vanilla extract
- 1/3 C gluten-free all-purpose baking flour, sifted (I used Bob’s Red Mill)
- 1/8 t xanthan gum
- 1 t baking powder
- 1/2 t salt
- 4 oz. chocolate chips
- Fleur de sel, as needed (optional)
Preheat oven to 350°F. Melt both types of chocolate and butter in the microwave or on a double boiler on the stove, then set aside.
With an electric mixer, whisk the eggs and sugar until a ribbon forms. Mix in instant coffee and vanilla.
Stir together the flour, xanthan gum, baking powder and salt. Whisk together the melted chocolate and the egg mixture. Stir in the flour mixture and the chocolate chips.
Allow batter to set for a few minutes. In the meantime, line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Scoop cookie dough by the tablespoon and arrange 2″ apart on prepared sheet. Sprinkle with fleur de sel.
Bake for around 10 minutes (cookies will lose shine and then cracks will appear all over the surface). Remove from the oven and allow to rest before removing from the sheet.
Store cookies in an air-tight container at room temperature for several days. Serve at room temperature or warmed up.
No. 1 — April 15th, 2011 at 1:34 pm
They look fab – just recently found your blog. Awesome recipes!
No. 2 — April 15th, 2011 at 9:39 pm
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No. 3 — April 16th, 2011 at 1:16 pm
I always feel that gluten-free is somehow lacking something. There is nothing missing from these lovely cookies though. Can’t wait to try.
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No. 4 — April 16th, 2011 at 5:43 pm
Thank you for taking out the fennel! This looks super chocolaty.
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No. 5 — April 17th, 2011 at 5:53 am
Oh, my!!! What gorgeous and decadent cookies!
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No. 6 — April 17th, 2011 at 5:54 am
This looks more and more chocolaty,Can’t wait to try.
No. 7 — April 17th, 2011 at 12:41 pm
I’m not a Coeliac or gluten intolerant but I do like to avoid wheat sometimes – I eat too much of it! These would be perfect to make to take with lunch to work.
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No. 8 — April 17th, 2011 at 7:43 pm
These look amazing. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. I’m never sure when I can substitute gluten-free flour for regular flour.
No. 9 — April 17th, 2011 at 8:08 pm
These look SO delicious. And decadent. So much dark chocolate! My favorite!
No. 10 — April 18th, 2011 at 2:04 am
You really had me at the name of the cookies alone, but then when I saw the picture-wow!
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No. 11 — April 18th, 2011 at 3:47 pm
These cookies look amazingly good!! You wouldn’t tell by looking at them that they are gluten free. Yum!
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No. 12 — April 18th, 2011 at 5:47 pm
Goodness I am in such a cookie mood right now. These sound sooo yummy.
No. 13 — April 19th, 2011 at 5:38 pm
As I sit here with my afternoon chocolate craving these cooking look darn tempting!! I’ll take seconds, please!!
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No. 14 — June 1st, 2011 at 9:26 pm
Steph!! These look delicious! I will definitely have to try them! Anyways I just found your blog,(thanks to Danica’s fb post) and its AWESOME! so happy
No. 15 — June 1st, 2011 at 9:35 pm
Thanks Shelby!
No. 16 — February 12th, 2012 at 5:58 am
Just made these and they are absolutely delicious. Pity I have to share them, but it would be really mean not to!
No. 17 — June 1st, 2012 at 10:01 pm
I’m assuming the xanthen gum goes in with the dry goods?
No. 18 — June 2nd, 2012 at 7:13 am
@Samantha – yes, you’re correct. I updated the recipe. Thanks for catching my typo!
No. 19 — January 11th, 2013 at 2:42 am
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