Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
(from fearama’s recipe box)
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
Serves 20 people
Categories: Dessert, Gluten-Free
Ingredients
- Whisk the dry ingredients in a bowl:
- 1 cup sorghum flour aka sweet sorghum flour
- 1/4 cup GF millet flour or brown rice flour
- 1/2 cup tapioca starch/flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1 teaspoon xanthan gum
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- In a separate bowl, beat to cream:
- 3/4 cup Spectrum Organic Shortening
- 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon bourbon vanilla
- 2 organic free-range eggs or 1 tablespoon Ener-G Egg Replacer whisked with 1/4 cup warm water till frothy
- Add the whisked dry ingredients to the creamed brown sugar and beat to combine.
- Add in:
- 3 to 3 1/2 cups certified gluten-free rolled oats
- Start with 3 cups GF oats. Mix till distributed evenly. If you'd like more in the batter, add in another half cup.
- Add in:
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips
Directions
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Spoon balls of dough onto lined baking sheets and press down a bit to make a cookie shape. If you like your cookies flat and crispy, press down a bit thinner. If not, keep them more rounded.
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If you’re not sure, do a test run with a single cookie if you like, to see how much the dough spreads while baking.
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Bake for about 12 minutes until slightly golden and chewy. (Note: Longer baking time (15 minutes) creates a harder cookie, closer to packaged oatmeal cookies.)
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Cool the baking sheets on a wire rack for 3-4 minutes; than remove the cookies onto cooling racks.
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Wrap cooled cookies in recycled foil and freeze in freezer bags for future treats.
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These cookies keep better than most gluten-free cookies, due to the oats, so if you’d like to experiemnt, keep a few in an air-tight container. Best if eaten in a day or two.
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Cook time: 12 to 15 min