Baking Cookies And Always Failing?

[Lady Stardust]

I'm so glad I found this forum!!

I've tried several times to make cookies with my plain gluten free flour and fail every time.

I made some today, rolled them into balls and put them on a baking tray and, as usual, as they were baking they just all pread out and merged into one big crumbly mess on the baking tray!!

What am I doing wrong?!

[stolly]

Did you add xanthan gum? Gluten free flours need something to hold baked goods together because gluten is what holds gluten baked goods together. If that's not the issue, maybe you need to cut back on the amount of butter/fat in the recipe to prevent the spreading. You can post your recipe so we can help make adjustments. Good luck!

[Lady Stardust]

Did you add xanthan gum? Gluten free flours need something to hold baked goods together because gluten is what holds gluten baked goods together. If that's not the issue, maybe you need to cut back on the amount of butter/fat in the recipe to prevent the spreading. You can post your recipe so we can help make adjustments. Good luck!

I did not use xantham gum, but I've made gluten free pastries and cakes without it and had no trouble!

This was the cookie recipe:

225g Butter, at room temperature

110g caster sugar

275g plain flour

[Takala]

Is that it ?

Where's the egg ? The pinch of salt ?

[N.Justine]

I did not use xantham gum, but I've made gluten free pastries and cakes without it and had no trouble!

This was the cookie recipe:

225g Butter, at room temperature

110g caster sugar

275g plain flour

xantham gum is not necessary, ever.

but some sort of binding agent is -- egg or something.

here is a good cookie recipe:

* 2 1/4 cups all-purpose gluten-free flour

* 1 teaspoon baking soda

* 1 teaspoon salt

* 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened

* 3/4 cup granulated sugar

* 3/4 cup packed brown sugar

* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

* 2 large eggs

* 2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) Chocolate Chips

* 1 cup chopped nuts

are you avoiding eggs? if so, there are many alternatives like 1/2 a banana or arrowroot and ground flax seeds, etc.

[Lady Stardust]

No, not avoiding eggs, it wasn't a speciality recipe, but that's all that was in it!

I will try that recipe thanx!

[HiDee]

We (my toddler and I) just made peanut butter cookies today. No flour necessary. 1 cup PB, 1 cup sugar, 1 egg, 1/2 tsp baking soda, 1 tsp vanilla. I got the recipe on this forum a while ago, super easy and good!

Our other cookie favorite is (gluten-free) Oatmeal toffee cookies. We use shortening because it doesn't spread as much as butter does in cookie recipes.

[ek327]

try the Pamela's pancake and baking mix chocolate chip cookes. if the batter is a little gooey, add more flour mix.

if they are really gooey and spread out, you usually need more flour.

[lobita]

I usually freeze my cookie batter before baking and it tends to keep them from spreading out.