Chocolatelove: Gluten Free Chocolate Wine Cookies

Hey everyone, Happy Saturday!

I hope that y'alls month has started off well, and I'm excited to co-host #chocolatelove this month! There's already several amazing recipes out today, and I'm contributing my first recipe, gluten free chocolate wine cookies.

This recipe is based upon a red wine cookie recipe that I found earlier this month from this link. Its fairly easy to make, and super tasty! For this adaptation, I use chocolate red wine from a local winery in Virginia. If you can't find any chocolate infused wines, just substitute with red wine and 2 tbsp cocoa. Chocolate wines are fairly easy to find in organic-grocery stores. Also, don't be thrown off if the cookie dough looks gray before baking, it'll turn into an awesome purple color once baked!

I hope you enjoy, and here's a few of my favorite older chocolate recipes:
Gluten Free Chocolate Waffles with Mocha Ice Cream
Gluten Free Blackberry Chocolate Truffles
Gluten Free Chocolate Truffle Pie
Gluten Free Chocolate Orange Creme Brulee

Thank you to all my co-hosts, listed below, and check out all of their chocolate recipes in the bloghop! My Chocolate Wine Cookie Recipe will be below the bloghop links.

A Little Bit of Everything ~ Roxana ~ @RoxanaGreenGirl
ASTIG Vegan ~ Richgail ~  @astigvegan
Badger Girl Learns to Cook ~ Kimberly ~ @BdgrGrl
Baker Street ~ Anuradha ~ @bakerstreet29
Baking and Cooking, A Tale of Two Loves ~ Becky Higgins
Baking Extravaganza ~ Samantha 
BigFatBaker ~ Erin ~ @BigFatBaker 
Bon a croquer ~ Valerie ~ @Valouth 
CafeTerraBlog ~ Terra ~ @CafeTerraBlog 
Cake Duchess ~ Lora ~ @cakeduchess
Cakeballs, Cookies and More ~ Sue
Cooking with Books ~ Marnely ~ @nella22
Creative Cooking Corner ~ Karriann ~ @KarriannGraf 
Easily Good Eats ~ Three Cookies
Elephant Eats ~ Amy 
Georgiecakes ~ Georgie ~ @georgiecakes 
Hobby And More ~ Richa ~ @betit19 
Java Cupcake ~ Betsy ~ @JavaCupcake
Kitchen Belleicious ~ Jessica ~ @kbelleicious
Mike's Baking ~ Mike ~ @mikesbaking
Mis Pensamientos ~ Junia ~ @juniakk 
No One Likes Crumbley Cookies ~ TR ~ @TRCrumbley 
Oh Cake ~ Jessica ~ @jesshose
Rico sin Azucar ~ Helena ~ @ricosinazucar
Savoring Every Bite ~ Linda ~ @Spicegirlfla
Simply Reem ~ Reem ~ @simplyreem
Smart Food and Fit ~ Lisa ~ @LisaNutrition
Soni's Food for Thought ~ Soni ~ @sonisfood  
Sprint 2 the Table ~ Laura ~ @Sprint2theTable
Teaspoon of Spice ~ Deanna ~ @tspbasil  
That Skinny Chick Can Bake ~ Liz ~ @Thatskinnychick
The Dusty Baker ~ Jacqueline ~ @dustybakergal
The More Than Occasional Baker ~ Ros ~ @bakingaddict
The Spicy RD ~ EA ~ @thespicyrd  
The Wimpy Vegetarian ~ Susan ~ @wimpyvegetarian 
Vegan Yack Attack! ~ Jackie ~ @veganyackattack 
Vegetarian Mamma  ~ Cindy ~ @VegetarianMamma
You Made That? ~  Suzanne ~ @YouMadeThatblog



Gluten Free Chocolate Wine Cookies

Servings 2 dozen cookies
Prep Time 20 minutes
Bake Time 15 minutes

Ingredients
1 cup chocolate red wine
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup canola oil
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
1 1/2 tbsp baking powder
1 1/2 cup white rice flour
3/4 cup potato starch
1/2 cup tapioca flour
1/4 cup almond flour
2 tsp xantham gum
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Steps
Preheat the oven to 325F

In a small saucepan, reduce the wine and cinnamon down to a half cup, over medium low heat. Let the wine reduce to room temperature.

Its so red!

In a medium bowl, cream the sugar and butter until combined. Pour the wine into the bowl, along with the oil and baking powder. Whisk until well combined.

Mix the flours and gums in a small bowl, and add to the wet mix by the half cup, stirring in between each addition until combined. Once all the flour is added and mixed together, add in the chocolate chips. Spoon onto an ungreased cookie sheet, and bake for 15 minutes or until slightly browned around the edges.

Serve with a nice red or sweet wine, and enjoy!

From grey...

to purple!