Gluten Free Cookie Dough Ice Cream was like a mirage to me, back in what I call the Dark Ages of Living Gluten Free. I could find no palatable gluten free substitutes for anything whatsoever. Thus it was that when I was diagnosed with celiac disease in the 90’s, I had to kiss one of my most-loved treats good-bye: raw cookie dough (shhh – don’t tell!).
Could it get worse? Yes. When I later learned I was also lactose intolerant, I also had to give up my late night straight-from-the-carton-ice-cream eating hobby as well.
Doing without both of these things may have benefited my waist-line, but not my heart.
Doing without is actually what drove me to create my own flour and write my own recipes! Necessity has always been the mother of invention!
Luckily I was able to finally create the perfect gluten-free chocolate chip cookie, which fortunately or unfortunately meant that I had delectable doughy treats whenever I wanted them! I later fell in love with new coconut, almond and cashew dairy-free ice cream options, so nothing could stop me!
Gluten free, dairy free (yes, vegan!) Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream now threatens my hips once more, but boy is it making my mouth happy!
I’m so excited to share this super easy and too delicious recipe with you! I most often cheat and use my favorite So Delicious® Vanilla Coconut Ice Cream instead of making my own from scratch, but you could certainly make your own ice cream or homemade frozen yogurt. I even have a recipe for homemade vegan ice cream, so the whole thing can be a from-scratch affair.
The real key is in the amazingly yummy cookie dough itself! Nothing gritty of funky tasting here because we’re using my #1 voted gfJules Flour!
I highly recommend Enjoy Life’s® Mega Chunk dairy-free, soy-free chocolate CHUNKS (but chips are perfectly fine too) or choose another brand of chocolate that you prefer (Pascha Organic even has vegan white chocolate chips!), but don’t skimp on the chocolate!!!!
SO many options, depending on the time available and what flavors you most prefer for your ice cream, and of course, what you want as your base for said ice cream.
Whatever you choose, life is definitely sweet again!*
If you try this recipe and love it, please leave a 5-star review and any recipe notes or comments! What vegan ice creams do you love? Did you use any other add-ins??
Homemade Gluten Free Cookie Dough Ice Cream Recipe
Homemade Gluten Free Cookie Dough Ice Cream Recipe
Choose your favorite ice cream or non-dairy treat and add this delicious homemade gluten free, vegan cookie dough for the best gluten-free, allergen-free homemade cookie dough ice cream around!
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups gfJules® All-Purpose Gluten-Free Flour
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 3/4 tsp. sea salt
- 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated cane sugar
Plus
- 1/2 cup Earth Balance® Buttery Sticks
- 1/2 cup mild cooking oil OR shortening Spectrum Organic Palm Oil Shortening
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 Tbs. Ener-G® egg replacer, whisked into 4 Tbs. warm water OR 1/2 cup applesauce
- 8-10 oz. chocolate chips or Enjoy Life® Mega Chunks
- 1 ½ cups chopped pecans (optional)
- 1 pint or 1 gallon Ice cream of choice, dairy or non-dairy (So Delicious® Almond Milk Ice Cream, Coconut Milk Ice Cream, Cashew Milk Ice Cream or Soy Milk Ice Creams
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 F.
Evenly spread the gfJules Flour out on a parchment lined sheet pan. Bake in preheated oven for 5 minutes to kill any bacteria present in uncooked flour (it needs to reach 165°F). Alternatively, you could microwave the measured flour in a bowl, stirring a few times to be sure it is evenly heated. Remove from oven and allow to fully cool, then whisk together with baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
Bring the Buttery Sticks close to room temperature, then beat together with oil/shortening and sugars until light and fluffy – several minutes. Mix in the egg replacer/applesauce and vanilla until combined. Gradually beat in dry ingredients to incorporate.
Stir in chips and nuts, if adding.
Spoon out small teaspoonfuls of dough and place on a plate or bowl, cover and freeze (they may be rounded or unshaped dough balls). Freeze until very cold (1 hour or longer). Whether you use a pint or a gallon, you'll still have more cookie dough than you need, so you get the bonus of making the rest of the dough into cookies!!!
Pick your favorite ice cream or non-dairy ice cream; set out to thaw slightly so that it is easily stirred. Scoop frozen dough balls into the ice cream and mix to distribute. Return to the freezer to set until ready to serve.
Notes
*Since originally writing this recipe years ago, So Delicious® has actually come out with their own Gluten-Free and Vegan Cookie Dough Ice Creams! So, there's yet another yummy option when you're short on time and long on your cookie dough ice cream craving! Always read every label to be sure that ingredients match your dietary restrictions.
**Prep time includes freezing time
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We “liked” you and would love to win your contest because as my son says, ” the ice cream spoons, shaped slightly differently than regular spoons, allow the users to more avidly enjoy their summer ice cream treats while appreciating the fact that the ice cream is not melting due to the use of the insulated bowls!”
So far, 2 of our 7 children have been diagnosed with Celiac disease!
Thanks, Deb
liked your facebook! and all the rest of them !
I just tried your flour for the first time this sunday. ive made 3 loaves so far! you werent kidding, this is some good bread!
Oh btw I “like”d your FB
I have been wanting an ice cream maker and this would be perfect
My son 12 just had his 1st summer gluten free and let me tell ya it was not a good one. Having to tell your kid NO! You can’t eat what all your friends are eating stinks to say the least! What a good excuse to invite some of his friends over for a gluten free ice cream party! He deserves it!!
I like your FB page, your blog posts, and LOVE your flour!
I’ve had a rough couple of weeks and an ice cream social just might be the ticket to perk me up!
I drove from South Carolina to Virginia on Aug 23rd to move my last child out of our nest to the Virginia Beach area for her freshman year of college at ODU. She drove her new car (a stick that she’s still getting used to) and followed me in the van loaded down with all her clothes and shoes….lots and lots of shoes! She’ll be living with my married son rather than in the dorms, and I like that I can visit two of my kids at once.
Well….we were on I 95 when my CDs started skipping like crazy and the road seemed a bit too bumpy…when we arrived in VA, we were told it was an Earthquake and to plan on extending my stay because Hurricane Irene was headed right for us!
We’d arrived two days early for college because my daughter had job interviews set up on campus and we’d decided to wait till we got to my sons to figure out what furniture etc she’d need for her room.
Her interviews were cancelled, all of Norfolk was evacuating, all of Hampton Roads was at Wal-Mart, Target, K-Mart, Lowes, and any other store we tried to shop in preparing their homes and businesses for the coming hurricane.
She wasn’t able to do much driving around in her car to get used to the heavy traffic and the routes to/from school because of evacuation traffic jams.
On Friday morning, my husband called me to say he was OK, but his car was not…it had just been totaled in an accident! Of course, within months of having it paid for!
On Saturday, Irene showed up. My son had to pull all the cars way up on his grass to the front of his house because with in an hour, the street was flooding and slowly his yard was disappearing into a lake. His neighbors went outside with a canoe and paddled it from the street to their backyard, around their house, and back out to the street!
Before the water reached the house, the rain finally let up and the waters receded! Then the wind kicked up! Lucky for us, any trees my son had that could have hit the house, were taken out by Nor’Easters from the previous winter! Others in his neighborhood were not so lucky and after the storm we saw many huge trees, roots and all, tipped over, some crashing into houses.
On Sunday morning, my husband called again. Our air conditioner gave up the ghost and it would be mega bucks to replace because the whole system was shot! You can’t live in South Carolina without AC!
I was planning to leave Monday morning for home, but decided to check the NCDOT website and saw too many road closures on I 95 and decided to give them an extra day to clear the roads. Thank goodness! On Monday, they had TORNADOS in North Carolina near the Virginia Border!
When I finally did leave for home on Tuesday, driving along Hi Way 58 in VA it was downed tree after downed tree, logging trucks and men with chain saws! Same thing on I 95 till I hit the outskirts of Fayetteville! I thought I was in lumberjack country! I also narrowly missed getting my windshield hit by a large branch that flew off the top of one of the logging trucks!
I did make it home safely though! Now I’m just waiting for a blizzard to hit and a swarm of locusts!
Oh my goodness, Kathleen! There have been so many comments coming in on this posting that I haven’t made it through them all, but wow! You REALLY have been through it! Girl, so glad you made it home safely!!!! I’m in MD and been joking that after the earthquake and Irene all in one week, that the locusts must be coming … but then I remembered we already had stinkbugs!
Hope things pick up for you soon!!!! Ice cream really does make most anything better!
Cant wait to try this recipe!!! It sounds so yummy! We are so glad we found you on facebook, best discovery ever! (and we hope we win the prize!)
I liked you on FB. The bowls sound great.
I liked you on FB AND my 10-yr old GF son just got his own personal ice cream maker for his b-day and is starting to enjoy cooking, so he would loooove to win this!:)
Jules,
I’ve liked your FB page for over a year. I LOVE the ice cream contest and it would be a perfect treat for my family to end the Summer with and celebrate the purchase of our first home!
I like your FB page and this contest! I didn’t read all the replies but I wonder if it can be made with spectrum shortening instead of the butter and the other brand?
Janel – you can certainly use Spectrum Shortening. I find that the mixture of both the shortening and the butter (or Buttery Sticks) makes for a better consistency and flavor in the finished cookie, but if you’re just using it for cookie dough ice cream, you may not notice a difference at all. Enjoy!
I liked you on facebook, and I would love to win the ice cream party!
Great website and recipes…….
I ‘liked’ you on Facebook.
I love those insulated bowls and those cute spoons. Great for those HOT summer days! GF ice cream! Fantastic!
I have “liked” your facebook, webpage, and products for many months!
I am so grateful for all that you do for the GF community. I have been GF for 2 years, and I can’t believe the changes in these years alone. Thanks for all that you do. Winning the ice cream package would be the perfect way to end a hot summer and enjoy one last movie in our backyard.
I “liked” you on Facebook. I’m allergic to wheat and milk, so the Ice Cream Social Contest is perfect. Ice cream is my favorite dessert…thanks for offering the giveaway!
I just “liked” your FB page. Both of my kids were recently diagnosed with Celiac so I’m still finding my way and need all the resources I can get.
Those bowls are adorable! (Also, my son goes by Jules, which is short for Julian, so I always have a moment of confusion when I get your emails)
Earth Balance has the good taste we crave without transfats, it’s dairy-free, and gluten-free. Add Jule’s e-book, ice cream that’s So Delicious and big Mega Chunks. Are we ready for indulgences yet? I am!