Cookies!

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Greetings.

I was experimenting in my kitchen yesterday and made a (mostly burnt... that'll teach me) batch of gluten-free cookies. Whee! :-D


Here's the Recipe:


Chewy Almond Spice Cookies

1/3C veggie oil
1C brown sugar, packed
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp almond extract (optional) - I didn't use it, but it would be a fine addition.

1C ground almonds
1/2 C amaranth flour
1/4tsp salt
1/2tsp EACH: Baking Powder, Baking Soda, Cinnamon and Ground Cloves
1-2 tsp ground ginger
1 pinch (1/16 tsp) black pepper

1/2C white chocolate chips, melted


Directions

Preheat the oven to 350F.

Blend the first bunch of ingredients together until smooth (use a fork, it's easy)

Add the second bunch of ingredients (dry stuff) to the egg mixture and mix until everything is well-blended.

Add the melted white chocolate and stir in until smooth.

Drop onto a well-greased cookie sheet - drops should be no bigger than a toonie - leaving a good 3" between drops, because these cookies get BIG.
(Nine cookies for an average-sized cookie sheet should be fine).

Bake for five minutes.
No, really. FIVE minutes.
Six or seven minutes will make them crispy and crunchy once they've cooled.
Eight minutes or more will simply make them burnt.
Watch them closely and take them out when they're "golden".

Let Them COOL at least a little bit before taking them off the sheet. They are *very* soft when they come out of the oven because the brow sugar and the white chocolate are still soft. Once they cool, they'll be solid, but getting them off the sheet basically requires each cookie to be fully supported by a flipper/spatula/cookie-lifter. They tear easily. Be forewarned. :-)

Allow to cool before eating.

Enjoy. :-)

Makes about 30 big (palm-sized - my palm sized) cookies. :-)



Have fun. :-)