When we were invited over to our friends’ place for dinner the other night, I was honestly going to bring that awesome salad and call it a day, but when I found out there wasn’t any dessert, I was forced to act. ^_^
Extra-chewy Brownie Cookies - Accidentally Gluten Free and Dairy Free!
One of our friends doesn’t eat gluten or dairy, so a lot of my typical “whip up in a pinch” recipes weren’t an option. A vegan recipe would take care of the dairy free, but not the gluten free. A gluten free recipe would take care of the gluten, but not the dairy… I don’t have anything in my go-to-fancy-dessert arsenal that spans both. Plus,  I was short on time, and we were going to have a big dinner…

Eventually, I came to the conclusion that cookies would be the perfect little touch of sweetness to round out the meal. Nothing too crazy, but enough to take care of that sweet tooth.

Forgive my small vocabulary, but these cookies are simply *awesome* – you know that crispy crusty coating that forms on the top of brownies? They have that. Plus the chewiness. Plus the chocolateyness. Plus the nuttiness. So, basically they’re everything brownie in wafer form, I guess?  But then there’s also a touch of chocolate chip cookieness, too…?

Whatever. I love them, our friends loved them, my husband loved them, and you will too! 😀

Chewy Brownie Cookies (accidentally Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free)
Ingredients
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 3/4 cup dutch process cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp kosher salt
  • 2 egg whites large
  • 1 egg large
  • 3/4 cup chocolate chips
  • 24 pecan halves toasted
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350. Combine all ingredients except the chocolate chips and pecans and whisk until smooth. Dough will be thin. Mix in chocolate chips. Using a cookie scoop or teaspoon, drop onto a cookie sheet lined with a silpat or parchment. Place 1 toasted pecan in the center of each cookie. Bake for 14-16 minutes or until the cookies are just set and the tops are puffy and crinkly. Allow to cool before removing from the pan.
  2. Yields 2 dozen medium cookies.
  3. Adapted from Bon Appetit.
4 thoughts on “Chewy Brownie Cookies (accidentally Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free)”
  1. Hello!

    Seems like a delicious recipe! Curious as to how your friend ate these if there was egg in them? I’m not a vegan myself but aren’t eggs not a part of the vegan diet?

    Mae 🙂

    1. Hi Mae,

      You are correct – eggs definitely aren’t part of a vegan diet.

      My friend avoids dairy and gluten due to intolerance reasons, so eggs were OK for her. I was the only veg*n in the room that day. 🙂

      Thanks for visiting!
      Leesha

  2. There is no way the pic is the same recipe I used everything that u asked for and made them and they turned out very thin and hard i don’t know what happened

    1. Oh no! I’m sorry these didn’t work out for you, but I assure you it’s the same recipe! 🙁

      If you give them another try, I would suggest two things – see if you can mix the dough less vigorously (this might take care of the lack of rise and hardness), and also try taking them out of the oven sooner – they’ll be puffy and almost seem underdone, but they’ll set up as they cool (this may take care of the hardening)

      Hope that helps!

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