Gluten Free Pistachio Chocolate Chip Cookies
by: claire cary
These gluten free pistachio cookies have crisp edges, gooey centers, melty chocolate and roasted pistachios for the perfect balance of sweet and salty! Plus, they're dairy free friendly!
Ingredients
Wet
- ½ cup unsalted butter room temperature
- ¼ cup white sugar
- ¾ cup dark brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
Dry
- 1 ½ cups gluten free all purpose baking flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup chocolate chips or chunks
- ½ cup roasted and salted pistachios chopped
Instructions
- Add your room temperature or softened butter to a mixing bowl or bowl of a stand mixer.
- Add in the brown sugar and white sugar and beat for about 30 seconds to combine.
- Add in the egg and egg yolk (so it's one whole egg PLUS an additional egg yolk) and vanilla bean paste. Beat to combine.
- Add in the flour - making sure to spoon and level, don't scoop right from the bag - baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Beat until well combined.
- Fold in the chopped pistachios and chocolate.
- Scoop into 1 1/2 tablespoon balls (I like the medium of these cookie scoops) and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. I like to press on a few extra chocolate chips/chunks and pistachios on top.
- Set in the fridge for 1 hour.
- Toward the end of the hour, preheat the oven to 350 Fahrenheit.
- Leave only 6 of the dough balls on the baking sheet and add the other 6 to another baking sheet. You want enough room for spreading!
- Bake for 11-14 minutes or until the edges are just slightly golden brown and the center looks mostly set. They will continue to firm up as they cool.
- Use a round cookie cutter to swivel around the edges for perfect circles, then let cool.
- Top with flaky salt and enjoy!
Notes
You can use vanilla extract if that's what you have!
I used Bob's Red Mill 1:1 Baking flour, but another GF blend should work as long as it has xanthan gum.
Serving: 1cookie / Calories: 278kcal / Carbohydrates: 38g / Protein: 3g / Fat: 14g / Sodium: 166mg / Fiber: 2g / Sugar: 25g
