Recipe: Double Chocolate Chip Cookies

I love baking!

I really do love to bake! If I could just bake that would be lovely-only of course, if I didn’t have to clean up -nope I am not a fan of doing all the dishes associated with baking.

I loved to bake before my diagnosis of celiacs disease. After my initial sadness, And loss of all things wheat… And my mourning period…..

I decided to embrace this new challenge in my life.

And a challenge it has been!

Gluten makes baking pretty! It gives it that lovely airy look-
The look of cinnamon buns 3 inches high-and then don’t forget about the frosting….

So, when I baked the first time, I of course was disappointed..

Where were my fluffy muffins?
Where was my fluffy sponge cake?
Where was my fluffy cinnamon buns?

Now, that time has gone by, my baking has improved- No, I will never get the same look back-but I am now getting the Taste of old favorites again-and THAT MAKES ME SMILE!!

I can say that I LOVE BAKING again!

And, of course, with my new gluten free baking has a new Patience learned..the patience of trying a couple of times for that cookie recipe to work…

Learning to let it go-when I have to throw away some muffins, that didn’t work out-in fact, they completely crumbled.

Ahhhhh…..the zen of baking is a new thing for me.

So, today I share a new recipe.. I made a chocolate cookie recipe from the cookbook “Babycakes”- under Babycakes it says on the cover- (vegan, gluten-free(mostly) sugar-free(mostly) recipes from New York’s most talked about bakery)

Now what it means by mostly gluten- free, is that there are some recipes that use spelt flour-now spelt is wheat free, but not gluten-free .

I cannot eat spelt. But there recipes without spelt and this is one of them.

I hope you try them and enjoy them like I do.

[print_this]Recipe: Double Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 cup coconut oil*
1 1/4cups cane sugar
1/3 cup unsw. Applesauce
½ cup cocoa pwdr
1 teas salt
2 Tbsp vanilla
1 ½ cups Bob’s red mill gluten-free all-purpose baking flour**
¼ cup flax meal***
1 teas baking soda
1 ½ teas xanthan gum
1cup dark chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 325. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or use a silpat.

In a bowl, mix together the oil, sugar, applesauce, cocoa pwder, salt and vanilla.(I use my kitchen-aid stand mixer).

In another smaller bowl, mix the flour, flax meal, baking soda, and xanthan gum.

Add the dry to the wet, and mix gently. Fold in the choc chips.

Scoop the dough onto the baking sheet( I use a ice scream scooper to scoop-this makes for uniform cookies). Gently press down cookie dough.

Bake the cookies for 14 minutes.

Let the cookies rest for 10 min, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

*I use Omega Nutrition coconut oil. It is available at Planet Organic and Amaranth Whole Foods in Calgary.

**Bob’s gluten-free flour is available at Planet Organic and Amaranth in Calgary

***I use a coffee grinder to grind the yellow flax[/print_this]

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