I am not celiac. I love flour and I buy at least 12.5 lb bags of it, and I go through it! My amazing bread recipe is to come in a later post, but for now just know that I love gluten.
However, I have reason to make things gluten free. Not so much for health reasons, although I've heard that it's better to live gluten free because, even if you are not gluten intolerant, gluten is not the easiest thing for your stomach to digest.
Anywho, the real reason why I wanted to make gluten-free AMAZINGNESS is because of my sister. My sister Tiffany is serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints right now and is one of the first ever 19 year-old sister missionaries in church history! And she has celiac disease.
I wanted to send her a gluten free care package, but I found that they were EXPENSIVE and, as a poor college student, I looked for a nice alternative.
So I searched the interweb and I found a recipe for gluten free chocolate chocolate chip cookies and the picture looked pretty good, so I thought I'd give it a try.
They were okay. Flat. Crunchy. Bottoms burnt, but at least they tasted good. Still, I was not satisfied, and I got an idea.
If you haven't been on Pinterest, then you maybe have missed the new craze with putting pudding mix in cookies. (Secret: the same thing works with things like pumpkin bread, but you should reduce the amount of sugar you put in normally.) Well, I had the idea to put in chocolate pudding mix. It's gluten free.
The results are below.
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| Don't they look amazing? I think so. |
This is how it's done.
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| Ingredients |
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| Batter gets really thick! |
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| YOU MUST USE PARCHMENT PAPER! Anything else, and the bottoms will burn. |
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| Amazing GF Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies! |
Tiffany Cookies:
What you'll need...
2 Cups of Powdered Sugar
1/3 heaping Cup of Unsweetened Cocoa Powder (I love dark chocolate, so I used ultra dark Hersheys)
1 5.85 oz Chocolate Instant Pudding Mix. (The larger size you can buy at the store.)
2 tbs of Butter, melted (Use butter instead of margarine, it is so much healthier than margarine)
4 Egg whites
1/4 tsp of Salt
1 tsp of Vanilla Extract
2 cups of Chocolate chips (I used semi-sweet)
Cookie Sheet
Parchment Paper (YOU MUST USE PARCHMENT PAPER OR THE RECIPE WILL FAIL!)
1. Preheat the Oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a cookie sheet with Parchment paper. You really do have to use parchment paper. Anything else, and the bottoms will burn and this recipe will turn out horrible. Or, as my New Jersey relatives would say, harrrible.
2. Mix the powdered sugar, cocoa powder, salt, and pudding mix in a large bowl. Add in melted butter, egg whites, and vanilla. Batter will be THICK!
3. Add chocolate chips. Spoon out blobs about two tablespoons thick onto the parchment paper, make it about 2 inches apart.
4. Place in preheated oven and bake for 10-15 minutes. Do not overcook.
It's amazing! Please share this recipe with all your GF friends, family, and neighbours. I know it's so hard to find amazing GF cookies so please share this with everyone.
Feel free to comment with any questions or anything. Thanks!!
