Yummy Chocolate Chip Cookies…Gluten Free!

Who doesn’t love a warm chocolate chip cookie dipped in cold milk in December?  The sweet and comforting taste of a homemade chocolate chip cookie instantly brings me back to childhood. 

This season I wanted to bake a gluten free version of the famous cookie.  I think we all know someone with gluten sensitivity, so it’s nice to have gluten free options around the holidays. 

Plus, I wanted a cookie around my house I could eat and not feel “bloated” after.  You know, the feeling you get after you consume flour and sugar.  That can’t move, heavy stomach, can’t button your pants kind of feeling?

So…poof! Here is the recipe for a semi-guilt free, but 100% gluten free chocolate chip cookie. Enjoy!

 

Makes about 20 cookies

Ingredients:

2-¼ cup oat flour

¼ cup white sugar

¼ cup brown sugar

½ tsp. baking soda

½ tsp. salt

1 stick of butter (softened)

1 tsp. vanilla

1 egg

¾ cup dark chocolate chips

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.

Combine all dry ingredients in a large bowl (except chocolate chips) and mix well.  Beat in softened butter.

Combine all wet ingredients in a separate bowl and mix well. Add the wet ingredients to the dry, and mix well. Fold in chocolate chips.

Line cookie sheet.

Place tsp. sized dollops of the dough onto the cookie sheet, giving each enough room to expand when cooking. Bake for 6-8 minutes. Let cool, and enjoy!

*To make your own oat flour (which is what I do), place 2-¼ cup of gluten free rolled oats into a blender or food processer until they are broken down into flour.

*These cookies only have 5 grams of sugar per cookie!