Cookies are hands down my favorite treat. I’m not a fan of overly soft cookies, so when I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease and started eating gluten free, I began experimenting with recipes trying to get a crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside cookie!
I combined a few simple recipes to come up with this cookie and I might just change the name to :
The BEST Gluten Free Cookie You’ll EVER Eat!!!!!
Seriously.
Ingredients:
*2 Cups All-Purpose Flour
(My favorites are Cup4Cup and King Arthur’s Gluten Free all-purpose flours- You can also substitute Pamela’s Baking Mix for the flour-just leave out baking soda!)
* 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
*1/2 Cup Certified Gluten Free Oats
(If you don’t eat oats of any kind, simply add 1/2 cup more flour)
*1/2 Cup softened butter
*3/4 Granulated Sugar
*3/4 Dark Brown Sugar
*2 Eggs
*1 1/2 cups White Chocolate Chips
(Nestle White Choc. Chips are GF)
*3/4 – 1 Cup Craisins
*2 Cups TOASTED chopped walnuts-don’t chop too fine. They need to be bigger pieces!
(toast at 350* for 5 minutes-don’t skip this step! )
***Optional~If you’re in the mood for autumn… 1/4 -1/2 teaspoon of Pumpkin Pie Spice***
(I was in the mood for autumn…so I lightly spiced this cookie! You can leave this out they’re great either way!)
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Instructions:
Whisk together flour and baking soda.
Mix butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
Add eggs one at a time mixing well after each addition
Add flour mixture and oats and pumpkin pie spice-mix well
Stir in chips, walnuts and cranberries-
Drop by rounded tablespoons onto parchment paper****UPDATED: wet your palm and flatten your cookie- then pretty-up the edges so the cookie is nice and round 🙂 GF cookies tend to be little lumps if you don’t flatten!****
Bake at 350* until brown-8 to 10 minutes
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Cool on wire racks & enjoy!
Julie Garmon says
July 25, 2012 at 7:57 amAmen! “Sometimes it doesn’t take much!”
Praying for precious Bella to heal.
Much love, my friend!
tam says
July 25, 2012 at 11:18 amso going to make these. this is my husband favorite combination for cookies.my husband recently diagnosed, and is really struggling with taste and texture. tfs!
Robin says
July 27, 2012 at 6:02 amtam, I think he’ll be happy with these, they turned out delish!
Jane says
July 25, 2012 at 12:56 pmOh, poor Bella! Lots of rest… Her bed looks really comfy!
I must try the cookies. Yum! Thanks!
Kelli Frueh says
July 25, 2012 at 3:52 pmMy Bella has done that several times. We ended up lowering our bed because we think that is how she does it. Jumping off the bed. She is always so pitiful and she grunts whenever she moves. I usually lay her on a heating pad and put it on her back too. Our poor babies with back problems. Hope she feels better soon.
Melody?? says
July 26, 2012 at 8:02 amBella doesn’t look happy, poor baby. We give our lhasa-poo fish oil every day to prevent disc disease. He barks at us if we forget to put it over his food. 🙂
These cookies look quite delicious. I think I will try them with stevia (since there’s plenty of sweetness in the chips & dried cranberries…) Thank you for sharing your recipe!
Elaine Arent says
July 26, 2012 at 10:34 amPraying for the pupppy. Cookies look great
Marie says
November 13, 2012 at 10:13 pmThanks for the delicious recipe! My grandmother had given me fresh cranberries from Cape Cod and wanted me to bake some gluten free cookies with them. Do you believe the fresh cranberries vs. the dried cranberries will still work out nicely? Shall I adjust anything?
Robin says
November 14, 2012 at 6:35 amMarie, I have no idea how fresh cranberries would work! I know that dried cranberries are quite a bit sweeter than fresh ones though…I think of fresh cranberries working well in breads and muffins…I’m just not sure they would work in cookies…BUT if you do try them let me know!!! You could make the batter exactly as instructed without the cranberries, then set some batter aside and add a few fresh cranberries-bake and try them out! If they aren’t what you want, just add some dried cranberries to the rest of the batter! I promise you one thing…you will LOVE these cookies. No kidding. I’ve taken them to several parties where people rave about them. People who are not gluten free and have NO idea that these babies are sans gluten!!! xoxoxo
Pam bizal says
September 15, 2016 at 3:43 pmI cant see the recipe on the interenet.
can you please send it to me?
Robin says
October 24, 2016 at 8:49 amSo sorry Pam…the recipe should be up now- there was a glitch on my website and I think my tech guy has fixed it! ox