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Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies {Wheat Free}

May 3, 2013 By Jo-Anna 12 Comments

Hi everyone! Want some cookies & milk?
Is there a better snack I ask you? No really, is there? I think not. And you’re in luck…I made you Chocolate Chip Cookies! ;)

So you may have noticed that we’ve been on a wheat free journey over here. And what a journey it is. I’ve been 98% wheat free since January 1, and I have to say that I have never felt better in my life. Truly.

The weirdest thing? I don’t crave bread at all, and I was a bread junkie. Honest. I do still crave my sweet treats, but as luck would have it, baking gluten/wheat free is not easy. There is no magic flour combination to replace the wheat flours in your recipes. That is the hardest part of all. There is a lot of trial and error, and quite a few recipe fails, so when a recipe works out more than 2 times in a row, it’s a winner. Winner winner chicken dinner!

No this is not a chicken dinner recipe…it is in fact a recipe for the most delicious, chewy, soft and chocolatey chocolate chip cookie. This one is nut free too, which is great for my friends with nut allergies. Oh and there is no egg either. I have no aversion to eggs, there just aren’t any in this recipe. I was skeptical of this but these cookies work. They’re scrumptious. I think it’s the coconut oil.

Did I mention they’re yummers?!

And don’t worry, I will still bake the occasional treat with regular wheat flour, just not as often as I usually did! But I do promise to keep the recipes coming deeeelicious!

These cookies have a slight coconut flavour from the oil & coconut milk…it’s subtly perfect!
And the best thing? You make these with a food processor so they’re super duper easy to make.

And trust me when I say they work. Don’t worry about the batter being crumbly. The cookies stay together. They just do.

Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

Serves: Makes 36 cookies.

Ingredients

3 cups rolled oats
1 tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
½ cup brown sugar
¼ cup white sugar
¼ cup coconut oil, melted
¼ cup milk (I use unsweetened coconut milk)
1 tsp vanilla
½ cup mini chocolate chips

Instructions

In a food processor, combine the oats, baking soda, salt and sugars until the mixture is mealy. Not chunky, not like flour, but mealy.
Transfer the oat mixture to a mixing bowl.
Add the coconut oil and milk to the oat mixture, then combine thoroughly.
Stir in the chocolate chips.
Using your hands, roll the batter into about 1 inch balls. The batter will be sticky, and crumbly, but press that dough into balls! Trust me. It will work.
Then put them on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet and gently press down.
Bake for 8-10 minutes. I like to bake mine for only 8 because they’re much softer!

Notes

To make these cookies completely gluten free, make sure you use GF oats and other GF baking ingredients.

I found the inspiration for this recipe from Chocolate Covered Katie, but made the recipe family sized, and tweaked a few of the ingredients.

Eat one warm. Like right out of the oven warm. Omg. Seriously.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a delicious day!

Sharing with Whipperberry, Nifty Thrifty Things, Monday Funday, Under the Table and Dreaming, Chef-in-Training

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Wheat Free Chocolate Chip Cookies

January 14, 2013 By Jo-Anna 5 Comments

Oh these cookies. They are divine.

Honestly, I think they are my new favourite cookie! Maybe yours too? ;)

They’re nutty and oaty and chocolatey all at the same time! Fab. U. Lous.

And they’re wheat-free…just chock full of nutritious almonds and oats. Yeeeeum.

You’ll love them. Trust me! ;)

Even my kids loved them, and they’re the real test.

Don’t you just love it when you discover a keeper?!

One word of caution though…they’re not good milk dunkers! I’m warning you, these are crumbly. And won’t survive a milk dunk. Just drink your milk after! ;)

Wheat Free Chocolate Chip Cookies

Serves: Serves: Makes 3 dozen medium cookies.

Ingredients

2 cups almond meal (See Tips)
1 cup oat flour (See Tips)
¼ tsp salt
½ tsp baking soda
½ cup butter, at room temperature
½ cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
½ cup chocolate chips

Instructions

Combine the almond meal, oat flour, salt and baking soda. Set aside.
In a separate bowl, cream together the butter and sugar, until smooth.
Add the eggs and vanilla. Mix well.
Then add the almond meal/oat flour mix to the butter mix. Combine.
Stir in chocolate chips.
Refrigerate the dough for at least one hour. (This is a must! See tips)
When the dough is ready, preheat your oven to 375 degrees.
Scoop batter onto parchment lined cookie sheets, and bake for 12-14 minutes. Just until the edges turn slightly brown.

Tips!

You can make your own almond meal! Lindsay over at the blog Delighted Momma has a great tutorial. It’s SO easy, and so much cheaper to make your own!
You can also make your own oat flour. Just run oats through a food processor until they are the consistency of coarse flour.
You can make these completely gluten-free if you use gluten-free oats.
Make sure to refrigerate your dough for at least one hour before you bake the cookies. Because there is no flour in this recipe, the cookies want to spread out, and not in a good way. The cold dough ensures that they spread out and cook properly.

So go ahead and tempt your tastebuds! You won’t be sorry!

Have a delicious day!

Yummy Linking: Tip Junkie, Chef-in-Training, 33 Shades of Green, The Winthrop Chronicles, Momnivore’s Dilemma, Craftberry Bush, It’s Overflowing, This Gal Cooks, Five Days 5 Ways

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Cookies of Christmas Past

November 30, 2012 By Jo-Anna 1 Comment

Well this past week I baked my buns off. And I’ve gotta say, I enjoyed it, but it was a lot of work!

And my house fell apart…and I was a spazz. Here’s proof:

(if you follow me on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook you’ve already seen/discussed this spazzy photo!)

Ahhh. So needless to say, today is tackle my life day. Grocery shopping. Bathroom cleaning. And basic getting order back in to the house! It’s amazing how a little cookie baking can make things cahrazy. ;) Plus we added a gigantor Christmas tree to the mix so I’ve got spruce needles everywhere!

Anyway, since my Christmas Cookie Extravaganza is over, I wanted to end things off with a round-up of my cookie recipes from last year! Give them a little chance at the spotlight once again. They are delish.