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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I can’t wait to show my wheat-free eon this recipe. Thank you for giving him an opportunity to try something he has never had before
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I would love to win this! I love So Delicious icecream and use Earth Balance almost religiously. This would be awesome to have.
liked all the pages, but love all those products at our house!!! can’t wait to make baby boy some yummy icecream!
Hi Jules
I think I would make ice cream sandwiches with the leftover cookies from your Cookie dough Ice Cream recipe!!!!
Love your website. You have made my life so much more easier and tasty.
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Hi Jules, I liked you’re fb page…and I love your newsletter. Sorry for the troublel Irene has caused you and so many others. I’m from Texas, where the heat and drought bring on a whole new meaning to seasonal affective disorder. We need an ice cream social down here. Thank you.
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I like your page and I love anything coconut. I did enter some GF dinner rolls in our fair and got a blue ribbon!
Jules,
I enjoy reading your recipes and I Love those ice cream bowls. Please enter me in the contest. Thank you
WOW!! AWESOME prizes!! We are a gluten free family so it would be an incredibly amazing thing to win!! were also facebook fans:)
We just recently discovered that my husband’s stomach problems seem to be due to gluten, so we are in the process of trying to keep his window of food possibilities big while keeping his body happy. I’ve been so thrilled by the reviews I’ve read on your flour that I liked your FB page and we just placed an order we are looking forward to receiving shortly.
Thanks for the opportunity to share and for all your hard work to make the gluten free life a little easier for all of us!
One of the things my husband was super sad about having to give up is cookie dough ice cream – and since I am lactose intolerant, So Delicious is something I’ve come to love. Especially being pregnant in the South, where the hot temps won’t be letting up for awhile, your recipe would allow both me and my husband to enjoy a sweet treat together. Your prize pkg would be the icing on the (gluten-free) cake, so to speak.
Already like your fb page and vie been dying to try your cookie mix!
Like everyone else here is likely saying, I would enjoy very much having the prizes I learned of in my inbox. I am allergic to more foods than anyone in my family and finding out that there are companies out there working together to make the food community a little better for those of us plagued by allergies of all kinds is a real relief!
I too have had a hot summer of staying inside and would love to learn of a way to make homemade ice cream that doesn’t taste like cold flakes covered in cream!:)
I liked you on FB but we LOVE you in our house! My 6 year old Celiac can’t wait to eat your Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe. Now I imagine them with all the ice cream goodies, we would be in dessert heaven! I craved ice cream when I was pregnant and its in my son’s blood. He craves ice cream too! Thanks Jules for a great product and great info!
I love your site and want to be like you someday! Thanks Jules! Also, hope you guys are safe from the weather and so glad you are having this awesome contest, hope I win!
Thanks!
My little celiac is 6 years old, and LOVES his ice cream and to bake yummy gf treats. Your site is fantastic ~ and right up his alley! You know how hard it can be to get a little one with celiac up to a correct weight. . . . we’ll make it one of these days!