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Gluten-free Pumpkin Spice Cookies

Pumpkin contains vitamin A, vitamin C, fiber...so why not put it in cookies? A co-worker brought in the most delicious cookies the other day and I had to try one despite the fact that they were made from a traditional recipe (i.e., with wheat flour). They were delicate...scrumptious...the perfect balance of crunchy and chewy. I asked her what they were, and when she replied, "Pumpkin spice cookies," I knew that I had to try a gluten-free version.

With a base recipe found here for inspiration, I came up with the following recipe:

1/2 cup unsalted butter
1 cup coconut sugar
1/4 cup maple syrup
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 -15 oz can pumpkin
1 cup millet flour
1 cup oat flour
1 cup gf pancake mix (I recently discovered one from Costco that is turning out to be very multi-purpose)
1 1/3 cups old-fashioned oat meal
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons guar gum
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon ginger
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon salt
1 -10 oz package white chocolate chips (optional - I have found that for the money, Trader Joe's has the best chocolate and white chocolate chips)
1 cup nuts (optional - walnuts or pecans would be tasty)


Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and coconut sugar together, add eggs, and mix until smooth. Add all other wet ingredients and mix thoroughly. I used an electric mixer for this part. Mix dry ingredients together and slowly add to wet ingredients until smooth. I switched to mixing by hand to mix dry ingredients with wet ingredients. Add white chocolate chips and nuts if desired.

Drop cookie dough with spoon or cookie scoop onto baking sheet. Flatten slightly with fork or bottom of cup (these cookies do not spread out while baking). Bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes. Remove from oven and place cookies on a rack to cool. Eat and enjoy with gusto!

If you try this recipe yourself, let me know! I would love to hear how it stands up to tests.

Comments

  1. CjanzknitsDecember 27, 2013 at 8:16 PM

    I'm excited to try these. My husband has gone gluten free, and is also very picky about what he eats. He doesn't want to spend the extra money for the different flours (he only uses rice flour), but complains about how stuff tastes. I can't get it through his head that the cost isn't that bad! Looking forward to more recipes :-)

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