Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Oatmeal gluten-free vanilla chip cranberry cookie #recipe + book #giveaway from author @DarylWoodGerber



From Daryl:

To celebreate the upcoming release of SIFTING THROUGH CLUES, I have a giveaway below. Check it out.


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I found a recipe for a cookie online and knew I had to make it, but would I be okay with oatmeal? I never am. Celiacs can have trouble with oatmeal. I was taking a risk. I bought Bob’s Mill GF oatmeal and tried it. But I also decided to make this recipe with chickpea flour…just in case.

Well, talk about a recipe that works completely differently given the ingredients?  The oatmeal cookies turned out just like the blog showed. Thin and crisp.  Using chickpea flour, this recipe turned into a thicker and very chewy cookie. But delicious in a “blondie” kind of way. Interesting, right?  Ah, chemistry!

Here’s the link to the recipe I used.


FYI, I removed the nuts because I’m also sensitive to those. Sigh.

By the way, I didn’t think the recipe called for enough egg so I added one. Glad I did.  I also used sweet butter and added salt. Plus I did not include hemp seeds. Not sure why they'd be necessary. For texture?

So why am I giving you the link? So you can try her recipe the way she intended. These are beautifully big cookies.

As for the oatmeal cookies…guess what? No reaction! Yay!

My new favorite cookie. Both versions are yummy.

Gluten-free Oatmeal Vanilla Chip Cranberry Cookies


Yield: 1 dozen large-sized cookies

1 stick sweet butter softened
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 ½ cups gluten-free rolled oats (Bob’s Red Mill)
1 cup gluten-free flour (my favorite blend sweet rice flour, tapioca flour)
1/2  teaspoon xanthan gum
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2  teaspoon salt
1/2  teaspoon baking soda
1/2  cup dried cranberries
1/2  cup white chocolate chips *

Using an electric mixer, in a medium bowl beat sugar and butter until nice a fluffy. Add in eggs and vanilla and beat until well incorporated.

In another medium sized bowl, combine GF oats, GF flour, xanthan gum, cinnamon, salt, and baking soda.  Add to the butter/sugar mixture.

Slowly fold in the remaining ingredients. The online recipe suggests you refrigerate for 2 hours. I didn’t. She says the cookies will maintain a better shape that way. They go flat. What shape?  LOL

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Using an ice cream scoop (or your hands and eyeball it), form dough balls that measure to approximately ¼ cup and place on baking sheet.  These will flatten on their own.

Bake for 14-16 minutes until edges rare golden but the middle is NOT cooked through.

Remove sheet from oven and let cookies cool completely before transferring to a plate.

Recipe Notes:
*NOT all white chocolate chips are gluten-free, so be sure to use a high quality brand.  If you want to make smaller cookies, bake for only 10-12 minutes.

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Gluten-free Chickpea Vanilla Chips Cranberry Cookies


Yield: 1 dozen large-sized cookies

1 stick sweet butter softened
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 ½ cups chickpea flour
1 cup gluten-free flour (my favorite blend sweet rice flour, tapioca flour)
1/2  teaspoon xanthan gum
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2  teaspoon salt
1/2  teaspoon baking soda
1/2  cup dried cranberries
1/2  cup white chocolate chips *

Using an electric mixer, in a medium bowl beat sugar and butter until nice a fluffy. Add in eggs and vanilla and beat until well incorporated.

In another medium sized bowl, combine chickpea flour, GF flour, xanthan gum, cinnamon, salt, and baking soda.  Add to the butter/sugar mixture.

Slowly fold in the remaining ingredients.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Using an ice cream scoop (or hands and eyeball), form dough balls that measure to approximately ¼ cup and place on baking sheet. For these, because the chickpea flour makes a thicker batter, I would press down as flat as you can. I didn’t, but they were tasty and moist, just as I made them.

Bake for 14-16 minutes until edges rare golden but the middle is NOT cooked through.

Remove sheet from oven and let cookies cool completely before transferring to a plate.




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 GIVEAWAY

Because Sifting the Clues is coming out, to celebrate, I'm giving away a choice of any of my books to one commenter. Leave your email so I can contact you if you win. Tell me...do you change up recipes? Do they always work out?

 
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Book clubs from all over have descended on Crystal Cove to celebrate the library’s Book Club Bonanza week, and Jenna Hart has packed the Cookbook Nook with juicy reads and tasty cookbooks. But she’s most excited about spending an evening with the Mystery Mavens and their moveable feast, when they will go from house to house to share different culinary treats and discuss the whodunit they’re all reading. It’s all good food and fun for the savvy armchair detectives, until one of the members of the group is found murdered at the last stop on the tour.



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43 comments:

  1. Yes, I do change up recipes........and no they do not always work out. Results can be entertaining. They are an epic fail if even the dog won't eat a bite.

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    1. Ha! Cindy, that's so true. Dogs aren't that discerning. : ) ~ Daryl

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  2. Taylor R. WilliamsApril 10, 2019 at 1:49 AM

    Sometimes yes, and sometimes no, but if you don't try you will never know, and the successes are worth the failures - thanks for the contest - tr Williams 69 (at) msn ( dot ) com

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    1. Taylor, you never know if you don't try. Wise words. ~ Daryl

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  3. I try to follow recipes as closely as I can, but I will omit ingredients that I don't really care for. Thanks for the chance! JL_Minter@hotmail.com

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    1. Jaime, you'll never find beets in anything I cook. Ha! ~ Daryl

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  4. I do change up recipes. Sometimes they work out and sometimes they don’t but sometimes they are better than the original
    sgiden at verizon(.)net

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  5. The first time I make a recipe I follow it exactly just to see what it is supposed to be. Then I might change things if I make it again. ckmbeg (at) gmail (dot) com

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    1. Riley, I just did this with a cookie and found the second batch using one more egg than the recipe called for helped the structure. ~ Daryl

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  6. I follow the recipe as closely as possible but change them a small amount when the flavors are not my favorite. elliotbencan(at)hotmail(dot)com

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    1. Petite, that's how it goes. We remove what we don't like. :) I'm with you. ~ Daryl

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  7. Congratulations on your new release! I do change up recipes sometimes except when I'm baking.
    diannekc8(at)gmail(dot)com

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    1. Dianne, thanks. It comes out in 2 weeks. Gearing up... ~ Daryl

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  8. No I usually stick to the recipe. I may add or take out nuts or like you did, hemp seeds. (?) I have an oatmeal cookie recipe I got from a mystery book that I make all the time. No eggs, no butter. Sounds weird right but it is delicious. Has dried cranberries and walnuts. I always try at least one recipe from books I read. (making that butter cake this weekend for sure. got derailed this past weekend) gayleboyce@gmail.com

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    1. Gayle, I can't imagine a cookie recipe without eggs and butter. ~ Daryl

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    2. It is very good. A recipe by Gigi Pandian. Vegan recipe.

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    3. Gayle, you're the winner of this giveaway by random selection. I'll email you for your info. ~ Daryl

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  9. I usually change it a bit. Now I want cookies and I’m at work till 6. Lol. Cathiturnbull1@gmail.com

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  10. I'm not that confident in the kitchen but my husband always tells me I don't have to follow the directions so closely. I need to be more adventurous!
    tami.norman@gmail.com

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  11. Looks like a great recipe and ty for the giveaway. I create and alter entree recipes a lot, but I haven’t been confident enough to when baking. Legallyblonde1961 at yahoo dot com

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  12. Thanks for a chance to win. I usually try to follow recipes closely, but sometimes change things up when I'm not sharing the treats! ljbonkoski@yahoo.com

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  13. I do sometimes tweek a recipe. I have a daughter who is allergic to dairy. We have to be very careful what we put in the recipes. Thank you for this chance to win. 1cow0993(at)gmail(dot)com

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    1. Carol, dairy is just as tough or tougher than gluten-free. Wishing you daughter good health. ~ Daryl

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  14. The first time I use a recipe I try to stay close to the instructions.
    After that, and sometimes before that!, it's open season.
    Some of it works out great.
    Some...not.

    libbydodd at comcast dot net

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  15. I change up recipes if I am not content with the original recipe or if I am bored with the normal recipe. The changes work out well more often than not.
    Little lamb lst at yahoo dot com

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  16. Angela Burnett arkangel399 at Yahoo dot comApril 10, 2019 at 6:34 PM

    Not offen. My husband experiments a lot. I can't eat what he makes sometimes but he always says it is good. Lol To each their own.

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  17. I may take out nuts or fruit like raisins, otherwise no. I want it to turn out too bad. Donakutska7@gmail.com

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  18. I do change up recipes. Sometimes it’s only increasing the amt of a spice or vanilla. If it’s a recipe that i’m Not familiar with at all I will make it according to the recipe and then make my changes the next time I make it. No disasters yet.😊 vernagass@gmail.com

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  19. I don't normally change recipes. And, I can eat "normal" ingredients, too. I'm not much of a cook or a baker so I usually follow the recipe pretty closely.
    lkish77123 at gmail dot com

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  20. Thanks for the recipes! I’m going to save them. Yes, I do change recipes but not a lot. Thanks for the chance to win one of your books!
    faithdcreech at gmail dot com

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  21. I usually don't make any chances to a recipe the first time I make it unless I know there's something in there that I won't like. I will make changes the next time I make it tho if necessary.
    turtle6422 at gmail dot com

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    1. I think, Jana, that a lot of us are alike in that regard. Do it the "prescribed way" the first time. Then change it up. ~ Daryl

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  22. I don't have a lot of confidence in my baking abilities, so I usually follow recipes. (Sometimes I like to add more nuts!).
    lindaherold999(at)gmail(dot)com

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  23. I follow recipes pretty closely, not too adventurous.
    browninggloria(at)hotmail(dot) com

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  24. I don't use recipes except when I am baking. I cook by look and taste. doward1952(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  25. I use recipes when baking, mostly. And I do experiment with them. Usually they work. But I had one that turned out rather dry & a bit bitter. My son loved it. The rest of us didn't deepotter (at) peoplepc (dot) com

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  26. I do because I have issues with grains and my son has a dairy allergy. Sometimes they turn out and sometimes they don't, but I don't give up. I love that you have included chickpeas and photos of both in each step of the process. They look so different and delicious. I'm going to give them a try a soon as I'm of this elimination diet. Lol, I would make them for the family, but I want to try them too, so they'll have to wait. =)
    Konecny7(at)gmail(dot)com

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  27. I don't usually change up the recipe. I tend to stick with what I know works. I guess I'm not very adventurous that way. I will change up the recipe in cooking but not in baking. kkcochran (at) Hotmail (dot) com

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  28. Gayle B is the winner of this giveaway. Thanks to all for chiming in. More to come. ~ Daryl

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