I made gluten free, egg free, dairy free chocolate cookies using a GF chocolate cake mix and they turned out pretty good so decided to share the recipe here, since finding a way to make cookies without eggs or milk or wheat always poses a bit of a challenge. These are super easy to make – though they do have nuts, so if nuts are an issue for you than these are not going to work unfortunately.
We just got back from a long trip, and so the kids were dying for a cookie. (Okay, I’ll admit it, I was craving some chocolate pretty bad as well!) We don’t do milk, so using an entire stick of butter is more than I wanted to use, and I’m not a big fan of olive oil or vegetable oil. Since we were away, I also didn’t have any eggs in the house, so making cookies was going to be a bit of a challenge!
Here’s the Ingredients I used:
1 Betty Crocker gluten free chocolate cake mix
Almond Milk
Peanut Butter
Optional: GF Oatmeal and/or coconut flakes
Here’s how I made them:
1. Dump the cake mix into a bowl. (I’ve yet to figure out how to do this in a neat way that doesn’t get “dust” everywhere, so if you have some tips on that please let me know!)
2. Use a big tablespoon and pour some almond milk in it about three times and then add a couple of splashes for good measure until there’s enough so you can mix it. I should have measured how much to put in, but I was experimenting…I’d estimate probably about 1/2 cup of almond milk – but use your best judgment.
3. Add Peanut Butter: I used about 1/2 cup of peanut butter and stirred it into the dough.
4. Add oatmeal or coconut: I was kind of in the mood for no bake cookies, so I stirred in about a half cup of oatmeal to make it a little chewier. For the second batch I used some coconut flakes I had, and they turned out just as tasty. This is optional though – I think they just give it a chewier texture and add some fiber to it.
5. Drop onto a lined baking pan and bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes. I use an oven from the 1950′s that I know is a little weird on temperature and times, so watch them carefully. The cookies were a little soft, but when I poked a spoon through them it came out clean.
6. Allow to cool, then wait for your kids say “Wow, these are really good!”
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