The Gluten-Free lifestyle is not always easy, but for those that are Gluten-Intolerant/have Celiac Disease it is a lifelong path that does NOT have to be boring and tasteless along the way! Come on in and see what yummy goodies are being made at my place! Bon appetite!!!
Thursday, February 5, 2009
My Uncle Byron's Oatmeal Cookies (Gluten-Free, of course!)
I made a quadruple batch of my Uncle Byron's Oatmeal Cookies this evening. A single batch doesn't last the night and a double batch *may* last a full day or two at the most. I only recently "converted" this recipe from a wheat-based recipe to a Gluten-Free version. As always, I am using McCann's Quick Cooking Irish Oatmeal. (http://www.mccanns.ie/p_QuickCook.html) I found it for $2.99 a box at Trader Joe's (http://www.traderjoes.com/index.html) which is an awesome price (some stores around here charge $6 or more for the same box). I use Craisins in place of the raisins (as I am allergic to raisins). I also only add half of the amount of Craisins as it calls for and substitute the other half with chocolate chips. So instead of a 1/2 cup of Craisins and then another 1/2 cup of chocolate chip cookies (for a single batch), I use a 1/4 cup Craisins and a 1/4 cup chocolate chip cookies. I have found that by using this ratio the cookies are not too tart due to too many Craisins and not too sweet due to too many chocolate chips. Yes, I am a chocoholic, but too many chocolate chips in these cookies is just too much chocolate. This time, I added one teaspoon of nutmeg (for the quadruple batch). For the flour, I did 2 cups tapioca starch, 1 cup brown rice flour, 3/4 cup white rice flour, and 1/4 cup rice bran. I really like how the cookies turned out this time. They taste really yummy and I can't keep them on the rack very long. These cookies are so yummy that whenever I make them friends of friends are now begging for "more cookies, pretty please!" I have never liked oatmeal cookies...except for my Uncle Bryon's recipe because they are THE BEST!!!
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