Why You’ll Love this Flourless Cookies Recipe
As I compile my list of Christmas cookies to bake this year, I will never forget about my gluten-free friends. These flourless chocolate cookies are specifically for them, but you may have to fight off everyone else to eat them. These are the rich, chocolatey and chewy brownie-like cookies that everyone loves. They’re not missing a single ingredient, even though they lack flour. In fact, the lack of flour is what makes the texture of these cookies SO GOOD. Without flour, egg whites are the binder for our cookies. This means that the egg whites bake up slightly crisp yet chewy in the oven—exactly like the best pavlova or eton mess you’ve ever had. Meringue is one of the best things in the dessert world if you ask me: sweet, crisp, chewy, fluffy and airy all at once. But this recipe for flourless chocolate cookies is the easiest way to enjoy meringue because we’re just going to stir the egg whites into the flourless chocolate cookies batter. We’re not whipping them with beaters or looking for soft or stiff peaks—literally just stir the egg whites with a spatula until the batter is wet. That’s it!
Flourless Chocolate Cookie Recipe Ingredients
Powdered Sugar. Also referred to as confectioner’s sugar, this is a super finely ground sugar that contains a small amount of cornstarch. It cannot be substituted for granulated sugar, so please only use powdered sugar for this recipe. Cocoa Powder. All natural, unsweetened cocoa powder made of 100% cacao is what we need for this flourless chocolate cookies recipe. Egg Whites. Two large egg whites that have been left on the counter for about an hour to come to room temperature. Here’s a list of recipes that use egg yolks. Vanilla. Real pure vanilla extract enhances the chocolate flavor of these cookies. Chocolate Chips. You can use semisweet, dark or even milk chocolate chips for these cookies. I most commonly use dark chocolate chips for a rich flavor.
How to Make Flourless Cookies
This is a small batch recipe for flourless chocolate cookies that makes just 8 cookies, so it’s perfect if you just want a few chocolate cookies after making any of my dinner for two recipes. My husband and I can attest that 4 cookies per person is the appropriate serving size! You have to eat 1 or 2 cookies right when they come out of the oven when they’re SUPER soft, but then you have to eat 2 more when they’re room temperature and have the perfect meringue-like crisp and chewy texture.
Flourless Chocolate Cookie Storage
These cookies last for a few days on the counter at room temperature. Do not refrigerate them. You cannot freeze this dough to be baked later; it needs to be made the day it is prepared. Other holiday cookies you may like: Peanut Butter BlossomsChocolate ShortbreadAlmond BarsGingersnapsChristmas Lights Cookies
