If you like chocolate cookies and brownies, you are in for a treat with these gluten free brookies cookies. These cookies are moist and delicious and full of chocolate.
You will need to hide these from your family if you want more than one for yourself!! I made a short video to show you how easy this brookie cookie recipe is to make.
I know your first question. What the heck is a brookie?
First, you have to choose a team. Team Cookie or Team Brownie. Once you decide on your team, you can decide what you think of this brookies recipe. Consider these to be like brownie cookies. They are moist like brownies, but they hold their shape like a cookie.
I adapted this recipe from one my friend Charissa at Zest Bakery likes to make. She calls these “brookies” because they are a cross between a brownie and a cookie.
My kids love these chocolaty cookies. They are soft and sweet…but not too sweet. This is a fun recipe to make with them because you get to use your hands to roll the brookie dough into balls.
(insert photo of rolling the brookies in powdered sugar.)
If you love chocolate, you will want to also try these gluten free chocolate desserts:
- Creamy Dark Chocolate Custard
- Gluten Free Chocolate Mint Crinkle Cookies
- Edible Gluten Free Chocolate Cookie Dough
Are you ready to see how easy these brookies are to make? Here is a quick video to show you every step of the way!
What do you think? Easy, right?
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Things You Need to Make This Brookie Cookie Recipe:
- I used this gluten free flour blend. I believe Zest has a custom gluten free flour blend available in their bakery too.
- A great cookie sheet.
- You will want a good quality cocoa powder like this one by Anthony’s.
How to make these gluten free brookies:
Easy cookies that combine a cookie and a brownie!
- 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 1/4 cups white sugar
- 1/2 cup coconut oil melted
- 4 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups gluten free flour blend
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/8 tsp salt
- confectioner’s sugar
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In a large bowl, mix flour, baking powder, sugar, cocoa, and salt. Whisk to blend.
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In another bowl, add all wet ingredients and mix well.
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Slowly stir the liquid mixture into the flour mixture until fully incorporated.
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Cover the dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate until chilled.
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Scoop chilled dough into small balls and roll in confectioner’s sugar. I found that it was easy to just scoop out a chunk of dough, sprinkle some powdered sugar on it, and then roll it into a ball. Use a glass to smoosh the balls flat to about 1 inch thickness.
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Place cookie balls on a parchment paper covered baking sheet. Bake in 350F oven for 10-12 minutes.
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They should still be a bit soft, but fully cooked all the way through.
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Allow to cool on the baking sheet for a minute or two before moving them to a cooling rack.
(**NOTE: This post was one of my very first posts on this blog from 11/2013. I updated the post, re-did the recipe, reshot the pictures and added a tutorial video on 3/2018.)
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Misty
If it involves chocolate I am down to try it! Especially if it is healthier than oreos. Haha!
Sandi Gaertner
LOL, we think a like!
dawn
These would be great for a halloween party as well. Brookies are delicious!
Sandi Gaertner
That is a great idea Dawn!
Jessica Formicola
I am craving chocolate today, so I might need to make a batch of these!
Joyce
I love the name haha Brookies! I am a huge chocoholic and my husband loves cookies so in theory this should be perfect right? Except we will probably fight for every single one haha. 2 batches of this is definitely in order, this is such a fantastic recipe!. 🙂
Sandi Gaertner
LOL I would fight over these with my hubby too 🙂
Cindy
I love a solid brookie – yours look fantastic! For some reason I couldn’t get the video to play (said I had no media compatible but that can’t be true!) Anyway, the static pics are mouthwatering enough.
Sandi Gaertner
How strange about the video. I just tested it and it played, please do come back and try again if you would like to see it.
Catherine
Love that these are gluten free! They look wonderful.
Sandi Gaertner
Thank you so much Catherine 🙂
Jill
Gotta love a super chocolatey cookie! I’ve never actually baked with coconut oil before – I’ll have to try these.
Sandi Gaertner
I like to use coconut oil instead of butter…it helps make things dairy free. Thank you for stopping by 🙂
Deb
What can you use in place of coconut oil?
Sandi Gaertner
Hi Deb, try avocado oil or another very light oil. Enjoy 🙂
Debra C.
These cookies are the perfect bite and will be great to enjoy with a cup of coffee!
Sandi Gaertner
Oooh, yes! I love the idea of eating these with coffee.
Trudee
You should edit your steps. Currently, it says to mix “the chocolate mixture with the flour mixture”
But the cocoa and flour are already together. I think you might mean the wet mixture and the flour mixture. 😊
Sandi Gaertner
Thank you so much Trudee. I agree that can be a bit confusing so I changed the wording. Thank you so much 🙂