These Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Cookies are soft and chewy eggless chocolate chip cookies that are loaded with cinnamon and chocolate chips! They are then rolled in cinnamon sugar and topped with more chocolate! A little woodsy spice mixed with sweet chocolate makes for such a cozy combination. Best yet, these cookies are gluten free, nut free, eggless and easily vegan!
This recipe of Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Cookies makes 6 large or 12 small cookies and only requires 15 minutes of chill time, just like my Small Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies and my Mini Chocolate Chip Cookies!
If you’re looking for more eggless chocolate chip cookie recipes, try Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookies, Double Chocolate Chip Cookies and Red Velvet Chocolate Chip Cookies.
Reasons to Love these Cookies
- Allergy Friendly- These cookies are gluten free, nut free, egg free and can easily be dairy free (vegan).
- Crip Outside- These cookies have a crispy exterior when right out of the oven.
- Soft & Gooey Inside- The cookies are chewy and oozing with chocolate inside!
- Chocolate Chips- They are loaded and topped with chocolate chips!
- Cinnamon- They're loaded with cinnamon in the dough and also rolled in cinnamon sugar prior to baking!
Ingredient Notes
- Gluten Free Flour- If you also have nut allergies, make sure to use a brand that’s made in a nut free facility. I really love to use this one because it’s nut safe but it does contain dairy.
- Butter/ Vegan Baking Stick- Only use room temperature. If you use melted, the cookies will spread too much.
- Cornstarch and Water- These are eggless cookies so this mixture helps bind everything together.
- Dark Brown Sugar- I use this instead of granulated for added moisture.
- Milk- Use any milk of your choosing for added moisture.
- Chocolate Chips- Make sure to use gluten free/nut free/vegan if you want this recipe allergy friendly.
- Cinnamon- Use 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon in the in the dough itself and a cinnamon sugar mixture to roll the cookies in. If you want a sugar cookie with chocolate and no cinnamon, check out my Chocolate Chip Sugar Cookies.
See my recipe card below for a complete list of the ingredients with measurements.
Substitutions and Variations
How to Make these Vegan
- Use a gluten free flour that’s free from dairy.
- Instead of butter, use a vegan baking stick.
- Only use a non dairy milk.
- Make sure the chocolate chips you use are gluten free/vegan.
For All Purpose Flour
- Use ¾ plus 2 tablespoons of packed AP Flour
- Use 1 Tablespoon of milk
This recipe has not been tested with these substitutions and/or variations due to celiac disease and food allergies. If you change any of the ingredients, please let us know how the recipe turned out in the comments below!
How to Make Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Cookies
Here are the steps to make these cookies!
Step 1: Whisk Together the Dry Ingredients
In a medium bowl, combine the gluten free flour, baking soda, salt and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon. Whisk to combine.
Step 2: Make the Cornstarch Water
In a small bowl, using a spoon, mix together the cornstarch and water until thin and watery. It will be thick and tacky at first.
Step 3: Cream the Sugar
Add the dark brown sugar and room temperature butter or vegan baking stick into the bowl of an electric mixer or use a hand held mixer to combine.
Step 4: Add in the Other Wet Ingredients
Beat in the cornstarch water, the milk and the vanilla until fully combined. It will appear chunky. That’s normal.
Step 5: Add in the Dry Ingredients
Beat in the gluten free flour mixture a third at a time until just combined. Use a spatula to scrape down the sides.
Step 6: Fold in the Chocolate Chips
Fold in ½ cup of chocolate chips using a spatula.
Step 7: Chill the Dough and Preheat the Oven
Pop the entire bowl of dough in the freezer for 15 min. Make sure the bowl is freezer safe.
While the dough is chilling, preheat your oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Step 8: Scoop the Dough
For the cookies, use an ice cream scoop to scoop the dough.
There should be 6 scoops.
Step 9: Make the Cinnamon Sugar
In a small bowl, whisk together the ¼ cup granulated sugar with ¼ teaspoon of ground cinnamon.
Step 10: Press Dough in Chocolate Chips and Roll in Sugar
Press the top of each dough ball into the extra ¼ cup of chocolate chips.
Then roll each dough ball in the cinnamon sugar mixture.
It must be in that order or else the chocolate chips will not stick to the dough.
Step 11: Bake
Place dough balls about 3-4 inches apart on the parchment lined baking sheet.
Bake the cookies in the center rack of the oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 13 minutes until golden on the bottoms. You can carefully use a cookie spatula to check.
Step 12: Cool
Immediately reshape the cookies into a circle with a spatula when they come out of the oven and let cool on the baking sheet for 5 min before transferring to a cooling rack.
If you don't let them cool on the baking sheet, the cookies will break apart into a giant mess.
Expert Baking Tips
- Use Room Temperature Butter/Vegan Baking Stick- Do not use melted butter. Since these cookies have no eggs, if you use melted butter the cookies will spread into a giant mess while baking.
- Chill the Dough- I know this seems like a step you could skip if you’re in a rush, but please don’t. Cookies without eggs spread way more than cookies with eggs. If you don’t pop the dough in the freezer for 15 minutes, the cookies will spread and be flat and thin.
- Reshape the Cookies- If you want your cookies nice and round, and less spread out, reshape them as soon as they come out of the oven. Either use a spatula to push them back into a circle shape or use a large circle cookie cutter. I prefer to push them back into a circle with a spatula. If using a cookie cutter, place it over the cookies and rotate quickly in a circle.
Recipe FAQs
Yes. If you don't freeze the dough for 15 minutes, the cookies will spread into a mess while baking.
You can make the dough the night before. Keep it shaped in a disc, wrapped in plastic and place in a zip top bag.
If doing this, there is no need to chill it again, prior to baking.
Or, you can make the dough and freeze it for up to 30 days. See the section titled, "storing and freezing".
I don’t recommend using a different sugar.
Eggless cookies can be very dry and the dark brown sugar adds lots of moisture.
Most gluten free baked goods are best made the same day, and these are no exception.
I recommend making them the same day.
Yes! You can use a small cookie scoop.
Bake the cookies at the same temperature but for 11 minutes. Reshape as needed. Should make 12 cookies.
Yes, of course! Add as little or much as you like.
Not at all! You can skip that step entirely but it truly gives the cookies a little something extra!
If you want your cookies nice and round, reshape them as soon as they come out of the oven.
Use a spatula to push them back into a circle shape or use a large circle cookie cutter.
If using a cookie cutter, place it over the cookies and rotate quickly in a circle.
Yes. Sadly I cannot test the recipe due to celiac disease, but these are the changes I would make:
- Use ¾ cup plus 2 tablespoons of packed cups of AP flour
- Use 1 tablespoon milk of choice.
Storing and Freezing
Storing
I recommend eating all these chocolate chip cookies with cinnamon in two days. Trust me...you won't have any issues with accomplishing this!
This recipe isn’t meant for the cookies to stay soft for a long period of time; it's small batch.
Keep any extra cookies in an airtight container or zip top bag at room temperature for two days.
Cookies will be soft and chewy in the middle with crip edges the first day. After being in an airtight container, the cookies will be soft throughout.
If you want them warm and gooey, heat the cookie in the microwave for a few seconds prior to serving.
Freezing
You can freeze the dough of these cinnamon chocolate chip cookies.
Simply wrap the dough in a disc in plastic wrap then pop it in a zip top bag and freeze.
You can keep the dough frozen for up to 30 days.
Thaw the dough in the fridge the night prior to using.
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📖 Recipe
Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
For the Dough
- ¾ cup plus 2 tablespoons gluten free flour (I use a 1:1 gf flour with xanthan gum)
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ cup unsalted butter or vegan baking stick, room temperature
- ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
- 1 heaping tablespoon heaping tablespoon of cornstarch mixed with 1.5 tablespoons of water
- 2 tablespoons milk of choice
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ½ cup semi sweet chocolate chips
For Rolling
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ cup semi sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- In a large bowl, whisk together the gluten free flour, the baking soda, the kosher salt and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon. Set aside.
- In a small bowl, using a spoon, mix together the cornstarch and water until thin and watery. It will be thick and tacky at first. Set aside.
- Using an electric mixer or a hand held mixer, beat the room temperature butter or vegan baking stick and the dark brown sugar until soft and creamy. About 2-3 minutes.
- With the mixer on low speed, beat in the cornstarch water mixture. Then beat in the milk and vanilla. The mixture will look chunky and that’s ok.
- Still on low speed, beat the gluten free flour mixture into the wet ingredients, a little at a time until just combined.
- Once combined, scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula and using the spatula, fold in ½ cup chocolate chips.
- Pop the bowl of dough in the freezer for 15 minutes. Make sure the bowl is freezer safe.
- In the meantime, preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
- Take the bowl of dough out of the freezer. Using an ice cream scoop, scoop the dough out into 6 scoops.
- In a small bowl, using a tiny whisk, mix together the ¼ cup granulated sugar and the ¼ teaspoon cinnamon. Set aside.
- Pour the extra ¼ cup chocolate chips into a small bowl. Press the top of each dough ball into the chocolate chips and gently press the chips down with your hand to make sure they stick to the dough.
- Then drop the dough balls, one at a time, into the cinnamon sugar and coat completely. It must be in that order or else the chocolate chips will not stick to the dough.
- Place the dough balls on the lined baking sheet. Make sure to space the dough balls at least 3 inches apart.
- Bake the cookies in the middle rack for 13 minutes until golden on the bottoms. You can check carefully with a cookie spatula.
- When the cookies come out of the oven, reshape. Immediately use a spatula to push the cookies back into a circle shape or use a large circle cookie cutter. If using a cookie cutter, place it over the cookies and rotate quickly in a circle.
- Do not take the cookies off the baking sheet for 5 minutes. If you try, they will fall apart. After 5 minutes, transfer cookies to a cooling rack and enjoy!
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Notes
Storing
Keep extra cookies in an airtight container or in a zip top bag at room temperature for up to 2 days. Heat in microwave a few seconds before serving if you want them warm.Freezing
Wrap raw dough in a disc in plastic wrap and then pop it in a zip top bag. Freeze for up to 30 days. Thaw dough in the fridge the night prior to using. Cookies will be soft and chewy in the middle with crisp edges the first day. After being in an airtight container, the cookies will be soft throughout.For Smaller Cookies
Use a small cookie scoop and bake at the same temperature for 11 min. Make sure to keep dough in the fridge in between baking the batches.For Vegan
Use non dairy gf flour, vegan baking stick, non dairy milk and allergy friendly chocolate chips.For AP Flour
I cannot test this recipe due to celiac disease but these are the changes I would make:- Use ¾ plus 2 tablespoons of packed AP Flour
- Use 1 Tablespoon of milk
John
These cookies are so easy to make! AND so delicious! Thank you!!!
Lee
Thanks so much!
Tiffany Lund
Easy to follow recipe, I love that you can change some ingredients out for a different type (for example: you can use any type of milk you want). This was so fun to make with my son. We enjoyed the process and the fruits of our labor at the end. The cinnamon added to it brought me back to my childhood. It reminded me of Ibarra Mexican hot chocolate. Yum!!!! Make these you won’t be disappointed!
Lee
SO so glad! Thanks so much!
Terry
So gooey and chocolatey.
Gianna Frale
So great and yummy ! honestly better than regular cookies and easy recipe to follow !
Lee
Thanks so so much!
Alicia
I was craving cinnamon and chocolate, and these cookies were amazing!
Kellyn
Cookie was delicious and doesn’t taste gluten free! The cinnamon taste is fairly light, but you could add more into the sugar mixture if you wanted it to taste more “fall”! Will definitely make these again!
Lee
SO glad you liked them! Thanks!!!
Ashley
I’ve been making these cookies twice a week for the last month. I’ve taken them to my family’s homes and they love them too.
Lee
SO glad thank you so much!
Abbie
This is my first try at making anything gluten-free. I have almond flour at home. Am I able to make this recipe or should I be using something else/getting xanthum gum?
Lee
Hi Abbie! Almond flour is quite different than a multi purpose gluten free flour with xanthan gum. Almond flour has more fat due to the nuts and therefore tends to add more moisture into baked goods and can make them more dense. Sadly I cannot be of much help due to my son's severe allergy to nuts. I really love to use a multi purpose flour with xanthan gum. I can email you my favs if you'd like!