Gluten-Free Monster Cookies
These easy to make monster cookies that are gluten-free and peanut-free will get snatched up super fast by your kids or at any gathering!
Servings 16 cookies
Calories 217kcal
Ingredients
- 7 tablespoons unsalted butter room temperature and soft
- 3/4 cup + 1 tablespoons coconut sugar
- 1.5 tablespoons vanilla extract
- 5 tablespoons tahini paste
- 1 large egg
- 1.5 cups fine almond flour
- 3/4 cup oat flour or ground up oats (measure after grinding)
- 1 tablespoon coconut flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup candy gems (I used UnReal brand)
- 1/3 cup mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Using a hand mixer, cream together the soft butter, coconut sugar and vanilla extract for about 45 seconds, or until fluffy.
- Add the tahini paste and egg and mix together using the mixer.
- Grind your rolled oats in a blender until a coarse flour forms. You can also use storebought oat flour if you'd like.
- Add half of the almond flour and oat flour and mix with the mixer until combined. Mix in the remaining almond flour and oat flour, as well as the coconut flour, baking soda and salt.
- Fold in the candy gems and mini chocolate chips.
- Use an ice cream scoop to scoop the dough into balls and place them on a parchment-covered cookie sheet about 2" apart from one another. The dough should make 16-18 cookies. Place the cookies in the oven for 8 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the oven and gently tap the pan on the stovetop or countertop a few times. Place the cookies back in the oven and bake for an additional 6-8 minutes, or until the edges are slightly brown. Tap the pan on the stovetop or countertop once more when they come out of the oven to help them deflate slightly.
- Allow the cookies to fully cool before enjoying. They will be slightly soft when they come right out of the oven but firm up as they cool.
Notes
*If you have a Peanut ALLERGY, please use candy/chocolates/ingredients that are peanut-free and made in a peanut-free facility. In lieu of these candy gems, you may be interested in peanut-free "Skippers" made by Vermont Nut-Free Chocolates. If you have a gluten allergy or have celiac disease, please use whatever safe items that you can be sure are gluten-free.
*This monster cookie dough makes 16-18 cookies depending on how much dough you scoop up
*You can make your own oat flour by grinding rolled oats in a blender until a coarse flour forms. Make sure to use gluten-free oats if you have celiac disease or are gluten-sensitive
*for a firmer, crispier cookie, bake the cookies a little longer. for a softer cookie, bake them a little less.