Fudgy Chocolate Brownie Cookies: Gluten Free, No Butter, Eggless
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If you have been looking for a healthy fudgy brownie cookie recipe for a while, you came to the right place! These brownie cookies are the perfect combo between healthy gluten-free snacks, chocolate cookies, and fudgy brownies! Moreover, the base of these tasty cookies is actually vegan.
However, since we chose to add milk chocolate chunks to the dough, we couldn’t call this recipe 100% vegan. Nevertheless, if you wish to make it fully vegan, we recommend using this delicious vegan dark chocolate from Hu.
Also, as a substitute for butter, we used this excellent organic coconut oil from Nutiva. Nutiva is a brand we love and we enjoy using their wide range of high-quality health-focused ingredients in our kitchen.
For more information and recommended coconut oil, check out our detailed article "A Guide To Coconut Oil".
When making recipes with chocolate, it is recommended to use a good quality one. Usually, the easy way will be to go to the grocery store. However, their chocolate often contains large amounts of added sugar.
If you have never tasted Valrhona chocolate, you absolutely must! We have been using them for many years now and will never be able to go back. They have so many varieties with so many different flavors. They are not cheap, but their chocolates are truly going to bring your recipes to the next level. No wonder this is what the pros use!
Here are the chocolates we used:
For more, check out our entire selection of recommended baking chocolates.
Bon appétit!
Difficulty: 
Prep time: 10 mins / Cook time: 13 mins / Servings: 15 cookies
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Chocolate Brownie Cookies
⅓ cup (88g) - Applesauce
½ cup (100g) - Coconut oil
1½ tsp (6g) - Coffee
2 tbsp (30g) - Coconut sugar
2 tbsp (30g) - Stevia
½ tsp (3g) - Sea salt
4.4 oz (125g) - Milk chocolate
1.7 oz (50g) - Dark chocolate
1½ cups (225g) - Gluten-free flour blend
½ tsp (3g) - Baking soda
To taste - Sea salt flakes
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We advise that you prepare all the above ingredients before starting.
You will typically need: a scale, measuring cups, mixing bowls.
Chocolate Brownie Cookies
1 - Preheat your oven to 360°F (180°C).
2 - To a large mixing bowl, whisk together the apple sauce, coconut oil, coffee, coconut sugar, stevia, and sea salt before setting aside. The mixture will expectedly start to solidify due to the coconut oil in it.
Tip: We store our ingredients in these mixing bowls and mini glass bowls from Duralex while cooking. We love Duralex for their quality products and low prices!
3 - Roughly chop the chocolate milk and set it aside into a separate bowl.
Tip: We recommend you use a chef's knife for this task. We love Japanese knives and recommend this quality kit from GLOBAL for home and professional chefs. We also love this reversible cutting board with integrated hand grips from John Boos.
4 - Microwave the dark chocolate for about 1 minute (or until fully melted) and mix it into the previous mixture.
5 - Add the gluten-free flour and baking soda to the batter and stir with a silicone spatula until just combined.
6 - Finally, add the milk chocolate chunks to your cookie dough and stir until fully incorporated and homogenous.
7 - Portion the cookies using an ice cream scoop. Then, shape each ball into a thick flat disk and sprinkle some sea salt flakes on top.
8 - Place the cookies on a baking tray lined with parchment paper (or a silicone mat), making sure to leave a little bit of space between each. Then, bake at 360°F (180°C) for about 10 to 13 minutes.
9 - Once baked, transfer the cookies to a cooling rack using a spatula. The cookies will feel very soft at first so you may let them rest for about 5 minutes.
10 - Enjoy!
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Disclaimer: baking/cooking times vary according to each appliance. Make sure to always control halfway through for success.
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