Vegan MoFo #12/ GF- Chocolate Chip Cookies

Happy Friday!  Another beautiful California day but boy was it chilly this morning.  Last night was the coldest so far...brrrrrr. 

These cookies do contain oatmeal so if you are one who has Celiacs, you will need to buy GF certified oats. For you readers who don't know much about Celiacs disease, if you are truly gluten intolerent you can not have any food that touches gluten or processed from a facility that may also process wheat products.  My son doesn't have celiacs but he is sensitive to too much wheat so he does okay with organic oats.  Keaton says that these are his favorite GF cookies so far.  So coming from a kid that's pretty good.  Also for you out there I won't always list my ingredients as organic but most of them are.  The chocolate chips I use are Guittard, they are also Gluten Free and the dark or semi-sweet chocolate doesn't contain milk.  Personally, I feel these chocolate chips totally out do Ghiradelli in taste, they have this wonderful underlying caramel taste to them. Yum!

GF-Chocolate Chip Cookies with Oats
Recipe

Preheat oven to 350.

In a mixing bowl cream together:
1/2 C. brown sugar
3 T. apple sauce
1/3 C. oil
1 tsp. vanilla

In another bowl combine:
1/2 C. sorghum flour
1/2 C. rice flour
1/2 C. tapioca flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder(Rumford brand  aluminum-free)
1/4 tsp. salt

When sugar mixture is completely creamed together add in the dry ingredients.  Next stir in 3/4 C. oats and 1/2 C. chocolate chips.

Use a tablespoon to drop cookie dough onto cookie sheet.  Bake in oven for about 12min.

Enjoy your friday night.  Keep warm.

Oats, oats and oats! Breakfast and gluten free cookies!

My son loves oatmeal, especially steel cut oats, which is my favorite as well. This has been our breakfast for the last couple of days. Trader Joes Quick Cook Steel Cut Oats, sliced bananas, walnuts, maple syrup and soy milk. It still takes a good 15min. to cook although the directions say 7 min or so.

Gluten free Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Gluten-free Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Recipe:

Preheat oven to 350.

1/2 C. sorghum flour

1/4 C. brown rice flour

1/4 C. buckwheat flour

1/2 tsp. xanthum gum

1/4 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1 C. gluten-free oats (or regular if not gluten intolerant)

1/3 C. coconut oil, melted or you can probably use any other oil

3 T. applesauce

1/4 C. organic sugar

1/4 C. maple syrup

1 tsp. vanilla

1/3 C. chopped walnuts

1/2 C. semi-sweet chocolate chips

In a med. bowl mix together flours, xanthum gum, baking powder, baking soda, salt and oats. Set aside.

In another medium bowl whisk together, coconut oil, applesauce, sugar, maple, and vanilla.

Once thoroughly mixed, add in the flour mixture. Stir to combine then add the walnuts and chocolate chips.
Drop by teaspoonfuls onto cookies sheet. Bake for about 12 minutes until slightly brown.

Makes approx. 18-20 cookies.

Enjoy!