These easy Gluten Free Mini Egg Cookies are a fantastic Easter bake everyone will love! Proper, bakery-style gluten free cookies with Cadbury's Mini Eggs and milk chocolate chunks.
Melt the butter in a bowl in the microwave - it's best to do this in short, 10-15 second intervals as you want it just melted, not bubbling hot!
Add the melted butter and caster sugar to a large mixing bowl and beat with an electric whisk (or wooden spoon) until combined. Add the egg and beat again until it combines and forms a runny batter.
In a separate bowl, add the gluten free flour, baking powder and xanthan gum and stir to mix it all together. Sift the flour mix into the butter/sugar mixture. Bring the mixture together using a wooden spoon.
Once the mixture starts to come together, add the chocolate chunks and crushed Mini Eggs - I like to reserve a small handful of these to press into the top of the cookies before baking!
Use your hands to bring the dough together, making sure the chocolate and Mini Egg chunks are mixed well throughout. It should form a thick, sticky dough. Once it's completely mixed together (and there is no loose flour left in the bowl) wrap the dough in clingfilm and refrigerate for an hour.
Once the hour is nearly up, preheat the oven to 180'C / Fan 170'C / Gas Mark 4. Line two baking trays with baking paper. Take the cookie dough from the fridge and roll it into balls around the size of a golf ball and place on the baking tray, making sure there is around 3cm between them in case of any spreading. Gently press any extra chocolate chips and Mini Egg pieces into the top of the cookies.
Bake the cookies in the oven for 15-18 minutes. You want them to appear a little crackled on top. Once baked, carefully remove the cookies from the oven and allow them to cool on the tray for 15-20 minutes before transferring to a baking tray to cool completely.
Notes
I suggest using either a pestle and mortar or a sandwich bag and rolling pin to crush the Mini Eggs - you want them to be in chunks, not completely turned to dust.
I recommend if baking in batches to keep any leftover cookie dough balls in the fridge until ready to bake.
You can also freeze the cookie dough or baked cookies.