My new favorite, this Vegan Gluten-Free White Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie is naturally sweetened and free of added fats. And it's nuttily delicious with almond flour and bits of cashews. Want more? It comes together in one bowl, or in the food processor, in five minutes flat. Vegan, gluten-free, grain-free and soy-free recipe.
In the last five days, I've made this cookie four times. Twice for my own family, which polished it off in minutes before I could even get a photo. Once for a friend who had invited us to dinner. And this time, for you.
I barely managed to get the photos checked off the list before I could devour it. For you, of course ;).
There's something about this Vegan Gluten-Free White Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie. It's delicious, which goes without saying, but it's also nutty and fragrant and it has that addictive flavor of white chocolate. And the texture is rather perfect too. Crispy on the outside and gooey and soft on the inside.
Plus, which baker can resist a cookie that takes just five minutes to put together? In a food processor (or a single bowl) no less.
Jay, who had been begging me to bake a skillet cookie this holiday season (he is a huge fan of my Banana Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie), has proclaimed this to be his new favorite cookie. I couldn't agree more.
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Vegan Gluten-Free White Chocolate Skillet Cookie
Equipment
- Food processor or large bowl
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups superfine almond flour
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt or pink salt
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ cup maple syrup or turbinado or vegan cane sugar
- 2 tablespoon applesauce
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ¼ cup cashew pieces
- ¼ cup vegan white chocolate chips (You can also use regular vegan chocolate chips in this recipe)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Place the almond flour, cornstarch, salt, baking soda and baking powder in the food processor and pulse a couple of times to mix.
- Add the sugar or maple syrup, applesauce, and vanilla and pulse 4-5 times until everything comes together. Add the cashews and the chocolate chips and pulse a couple more times to mix. If you are mixing in a bowl, toss the ingredients as indicated into the bowl and mix with a spatula.
- Spray an eight-inch cast-iron skillet lightly with cooking spray. Place all of the cookie dough in the skillet and, using your fingers, pat it evenly into the skillet.
- Bake for 25 minutes or until set in the center. If you want a softer cookie, remove the cookie from the oven a couple of minutes earlier.
- Cool the cookie thoroughly on a rack while still in the skillet, then cut into pieces using a knife.
Nutrition
Surekha
Vaishali,
I made the cookie and it turned out really well. Loved how easy it was to put together!! However, the thickness of my cookie is a little less than a half inch, seems a lot thinner than your pictures here. I used an 8 inch skillet and followed the recipe to a T. Not sure how to make it thicker!
Surekha
Vaishali
Hi Surekha, the cookie should be about 1/2-inch thick. It may have looked thicker in the closeup shot. If you want to make it thicker, you can use a smaller skillet. Glad you liked it!
Vaishnavi vaikunth
Can I use this the recipe for chickpea flour( Besan) instead of almond flour??
Vaishali
Yes but besan will add a certain flavor!
Dannye Bragdon
I was gathering the ingredients for Vegan Gluten-Free White Chocolate Skillet Cookie recipe and noticed that 1 tsp vanilla is THE ONLY LIQUID in the recipe. Is that correct?
Vaishali
Yes, you also have the applesauce and sugar is a "wet" ingredient. You'll find, upon mixing, that it's more than enough to make a dough you can pat into the skillet.
Sarah
Any thought if this would work with regular flour rather than Almond? I am allergic to almonds but would love to give it a try!!!
Vaishali
Sarah, you can follow this other skillet cookie recipe-- just sub the regular chocolate chips with white, and keep in the cashews. If you don't want the banana flavor, use applesauce instead. https://holycowvegan.net/giant-banana-chocolate-chip-skillet-cookie/
N
OMG this looks amazing 😀 I don't get many of these ingredients in India and don't have a skillet anyway. But yeah, at least I can drool at these :p
Vaishali
Namrata, you can try baking it in a steel skillet that's oven safe.
Leslie
Do you think this would work in a regular skillet with straight sides? I was told not to use my cast iron skillet with my new induction cooktop, because it could easily scratch the cooktop. I'm not sure now that that was correct advice, but I've already donated the skillet.
Vaishali
Hi Leslie, I don't see why not. Let me know how it turns out!
Judy
What size cast iron skillet????
Vaishali
Eight inches!
Cal
Please get out your tape measure as this amount of dough overflows my 6 inch skillet.
Vaishali
My bad. I did bring out my tape measure and it's eight inches. I have corrected in the recipe.
Jennifer Bliss
I need to get back into my cast iron skillet attempts!
Vaishali
🙂