Gluten Free Chocolate Crinkle Cookies are chewy and fudgy in the center, with a festive, snowball appearance. They're one of the easiest gluten free cookies you can make, and are a must for the holidays!
“These cookies are amazing!!! One of the best (and easiest) gf cookie around! Thank you for sharing”
When it comes to my children, I have no favorites. When it comes to holiday desserts, however, Gluten Free Chocolate Crinkle Cookies are hard to beat.
Each bite of these chewy, fudgy cookies is heavenly. The outsides are sweet and slightly crisp, while the insides are rich and dense. A roll in powdered sugar before baking makes them appear as flattened snowballs.
Translation: they’re holiday baking perfection!
These cookies are super easy to make too. Beat together unsweetened cocoa powder, vegetable oil, and granulated sugar in the bowl of an electric stand mixer, or a large glass bowl if using a handheld mixer, then add eggs and vanilla and beat to combine.
Next add gluten-free measure for measure flour, plus baking powder and salt.
Chill the dough for 4 hours then roll 1 Tablespoon worth of dough into a ball, and then roll in powdered sugar. Bake for 8-10 minutes, and voila!
I adore these cookies, and they’re always such a crowd pleaser when I take them to get togethers!
The insides of these cookies are dense like fudge, which I just can’t get enough of. So delicious, so festive — they’re a holiday season must have! Enjoy!
More Gluten Free Cookie Recipes
- Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
- Gluten Free Sugar Cookie Bars
- Almond Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Soft and Chewy Gluten Free Sugar Cookies
- Brown Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Gluten Free Peanut Butter Blossoms
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup gluten free baking flour blend WITH binder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup powdered sugar
Directions
- In the bowl of an electric stand mixer, or large glass bowl if using a handheld mixer, add the cocoa powder, sugar, vegetable oil, and vanilla extract then mix on medium speed until well combined. Add one egg then mix on low speed until just combined before adding the next egg and mixing on low speed until just combined. Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
- Add the gluten free flour blend, baking powder, and salt to the bowl then mix on low speed until just combined. Cover the dough then refrigerate for at least 4 hours, or overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees then line a half sheet pan with parchment paper. Pour the powdered sugar into a shallow dish.
- Scoop out 1 Tablespoon dough at a time then roll it into a ball, and roll it in powdered sugar. Place the dough balls onto the prepared sheet pan then bake for 8-10 minutes, rotating the baking pan halfway through. Err on the side of slightly under-baking, vs over-baking. Rap the baking sheet from a few inches above the countertop, then let the cookies cool on the pan for 2 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack to cool completely.
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Must be an Iowa thing. Those are, also, my fave Christmas cookies. Mom only made them at Christmas growing up and the tradition continues! YUM!
My momma makes these [and molasses] cookies every Christmas- bring back so many great memories! But I always remember the wait time being the worst…
Yay! Someone else who doesn’t have the patience for decorated, cut out, iced and sprinkled holiday cookies! These look great!
These are my FAVORITE! My Mom makes them for me every year, I could eat an entire batch! I made some last year and they are really quick and easy, but they always taste better when my mom makes them :)
Gluten-Free holiday cut-outs and thumbprint cookies :)
Chocolate Crinkles are my absolute favorite as well!
They look delicious!
Did anyone else ask this? “Is it possible to leave the dough in the refrigerator overnight?”
Thanks!
You can chill the dough overnight in the refrigerator.
I made peppermint chocolate crinkles this weekend from BakersRoyale that were WAY labor intensive (chopping 8 oz of baker’s chocolate, melting, stirring, etc) and they didn’t turn out half as lovely as yours. Will definitely try this recipe next time I’m craving crinkles!
yum! i am making those for sure! as for the stair stepper, yea, we officially broke up. BUT for a good reason. my mom did it 4 days a week FOR AN HOUR (yes shes a crazy workout woman! and she is 61!!! but anyways enough about that…) and her legs actually got quite a bit bigger…i dont know about you, but i am always on a quest to make these gams nice and thin so that was all i needed to dump the ol’ stair stepper in the gutter. havent looked back since!
My favorite too! Mom always made them for my birthday too (early January) because I loved them so much :)
How funny, I just made chocolate crinkles last night! I used this recipe: but subbed mint dark chocolate for half of the chocolate. They came out really good but yours look fantastic as well! I’ll have to try those next. :)
My favorite holiday cookies are chewy molasses cookies. They are good alone or paired with milk, coffee, cocoa, or cider. Delicious!
Love the way you’ve photographed them! Beautiful.
And such an easy recipe. Gotta try it! Happy holidays :D