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    Published: Oct 6, 2017 · Modified: Aug 12, 2023 by Cinde LittleThis post may contain affiliate linksLeave a Comment

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    When Halloween comes around I want to make these Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies. After writing my yearlong blog post series on How To Use gluten free flours I’m more comfortable reworking old cookie recipes to be gluten free. These soft Jack-‘o-lantern cookies are as easy to make as any chocolate chip cookie and everyone loves the chocolate chip freckles.

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    1 PIN Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies for later...
    2 Jack-o'-Lantern Cookies and a Halloween Cookie Pizza
    3 My EGFG Flour Blend for Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
    4 Get The Tools for Cookie Baking
    5 More Pumpkin Recipes
    6 Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
    6.1 Ingredients 1x2x3x
    6.1.1 DRY INGREDIENTS
    6.1.2 WET INGREDIENTS
    6.1.3 ADD IN
    6.2 Instructions
    6.3 Notes

    As gluten free bakers we need to learn as we go. There's so much variation between store bought flour blends, homemade blends and the inevitable substitutions for a missing flour. Add to that other dietary restrictions and you can see why baking is more challenging than cooking. The good news is you can learn to bake gluten free cookies and I've got lots of resources to help you. See the list at the bottom of this page to see if there's something there that interests you.

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    Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies make perfect Jack-o'-lanterns.

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    Jack-o'-Lantern Cookies and a Halloween Cookie Pizza

    This recipe can be made as regular round cookies but I wanted to make Jack-o'-Lanterns for this post. To keep it simple I decorated them with regular size chocolate chips. If you have some enthusiastic children in the kitchen you can decorate them with colourful candy, regular icing or royal icing.

    To make one Jack-o'-lanterns I put three scoops of dough, touching each other, onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. Using a small spatula I smush them together into a pumpkin shape. For the final touch add a small bit of dough using a tiny scoop to shape a stem. A fairly thick stem is best so it doesn’t fall off when the cookies are removed from the baking sheet.

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    My EGFG Flour Blend for Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

    To make this cookie like the gluten filled version I started with my everyday blend that I call my EGFG Flour Blend. To make them more crispy I added brown rice flour plus some more potato starch and they were perfect for me. The more you bake the more confident you'll be to try this is your own kitchen.

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    Get The Tools for Cookie Baking

    Metal ice cream scoops are the best tools for making cookies. Using a portion scoop is the best way to make cookies that are a uniform size so the cook evenly and look nice. You can still push the batter into random shapes just like the pumpkins you see at the store. Tell that to a group of kids and watch the fun making them tall, short, stout and ridiculously odd shaped.

    Whether you bake cookies once a year or once a month you need baking pans. Some of my pans are ten and twenty years old so I suggest you work on collecting good quality pans over time.  This is a good start:

    • two cookie sheets , the ones with no edges
    • two jellyroll pans, also know as baking sheets, with ¼-inch sides all around (technically used for cooking they are essential for a cookie baking spree and I have baked hundreds of cookies in jellyroll pans)

    I'd love to hear about your cookie baking experience. Let me know in the comments below if you made this recipe and how they turned out.


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    Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies in the shape of Jack-o-lanterns.

    Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

    Cinde Little
    Kids love the chocolate chip freckles in these Jack-o'-Lantern Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies. Have fun letting them shape their own.
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    Course Baking, Cookies & Bars
    Cuisine Canadian
    Servings 13 Jack-o'-lanterns

    Ingredients
      

    DRY INGREDIENTS

    • 1 cup EGFG gluten free flour blend (130 g)
    • ¾ cup brown rice flour (110 g)
    • ¼ cup potato starch (40 g)
    • 1 cup gluten free whole oats (95 g)
    • 1 teaspoon baking soda
    • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
    • ½ teaspoon xanthan gum
    • ½ teaspoon salt

    WET INGREDIENTS

    • 14 tablespoon butter, melted (1 cup less 2 tablespoons)
    • 1 cup white sugar
    • 1 cup brown sugar
    • 1 egg
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla
    • 1 cup pumpkin puree
    • 2 tablespoon milk

    ADD IN

    • 1 cup mini chocolate chips

    Instructions
     

    • Combine flours, oats, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in a medium bowl. Stir and set aside.
    • In large bowl of an electric mixer add melted butter and sugars. Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.
    • Add egg, vanilla, pumpkin puree and milk. Continue beating until combined.
    • On low speed add dry mixture until just combined.
    • Add chocolate chips.
    • Let cookie dough rest for 30 minutes to allow GF flours to hydrate.
    • Preheat oven to 350°F. While oven is heating portion cookie dough on parchment lined cookie sheet. For regular round cookies use a 3 tablespoon scoop. For big Jack-o'-lanterns use an ice cream size scoop (½ cup). Using a bit of flour if needed, flatten into a large pumpkin shape. Add a bit of dough at the top for the stem.
    • Bake cookies in 350°F oven for 20-22 minutes, slightly longer for large pumpkins.
    • Allow cookies to cool for a few minutes before transferring to a wire rack. Cool completely before decorating or storing.
    • Decorate with icing, chocolate chips, candy corn or candy eyes. Makes 26 regular cookies or 13 large Jack-o'-lanterns.

    Notes

    *EGFG flour blend: 300g sweet rice flour, 300g potato starch, 200g sorghum flour, 200g millet flour (makes ~8 cups)
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