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Easy Gluten-Free Cassava Flour Cookies (Oven-Free)

Discover how to make soft, gluten-free cassava flour cookies without an oven using simple pantry ingredients. This easy African dessert is perfect for healthy, homemade hospitality and ideal for gluten-free baking enthusiasts. Plus, don't miss the video tutorial at the end of this post for extra guidance.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Course Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine African, South American, Southeast Asia
Servings 16 Cookies

Equipment

  • 2 mixing bowls
  • 1 Wooden Spoon
  • 1 to 2 fairly heavy pans (Preferably 10-inch pans to bake all the cookies)
  • Measuring cups and spoons as needed

Ingredients
  

  • 1 & ½ cups cassava flour
  • ⅓ cup sugar
  • ½ tsp. baking soda
  • ¼ tsp. salt
  • 1 egg
  • ⅓ cup vegetable oil
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1-2 tbsps. milk (as needed)

Instructions
 

  • Mix the Dry Ingredients
    In a bowl, stir together cassava flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt.
  • Combine the Wet Ingredients
    In a separate bowl, beat the egg with oil and vanilla extract.
  • Bring the Dough Together
    Add the dry mixture into the wet and stir.
    Once thick, knead by hand, adding milk a little at a time.
    Cassava flour is gluten-free, so the dough won’t feel stretchy—but it will come together into a soft, pliable dough.
  • Shape the Cookies
    Divide the dough into 16 balls.
    Flatten them gently using your fingers or press with a fork to make ridges.
    Arrange the cookies in greased and dusted pans. (Or lined with baking paper)
    Cover the pans loosely.
    (If you have one pan, bake in turns. For the second batch, you won't need to grease and dust the pan again. Bake in the pan as is.)
    shaped gluten-free cassava cookies in two greased and dusted pans
  • Prepare and Heat the Pan or Pans on the Stove
    If Using the smallest Burner,
    Place the pan on one of your tiny burners on your stove and turn the heat to high for 30 seconds to preheat.
    Immediately reduce the flame to its lowest setting.
    If using a wide burner,
    Preheat for 20 seconds.
    Don’t reduce to the lowest setting. The lowest setting for a wide burner is too high. It will burn the cookies before they are ready. Instead, reduce the flame as though you are switching off and reduce to a very, very low flame as shown below.
  • Bake the Cookies on the Stove
    Let the cookies bake for 20 minutes.
  • Flip the Cookies
    Flip them, then cook for another 10 minutes until golden on both sides.
    flip the cassava cookies to brown on both sides
  • Serve the Cookies
    Pair your cookies with your favorite tea, coffee, milk, juice, as a dessert, or as is and enjoy!
    soft crumbly delicious gluten-free cassava flour cookies without an oven

Video

Notes

  • Cassava flour is naturally gluten-free and perfect for healthy baking.
  • No oven? No problem—this stovetop method works beautifully.
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