{"id":12510,"date":"2013-06-17T01:00:25","date_gmt":"2013-06-17T05:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=12510"},"modified":"2013-06-14T11:32:23","modified_gmt":"2013-06-14T15:32:23","slug":"at-home-with-gch-gluten-free-chocolate-chip-cookies-and-a-mix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2013\/06\/17\/at-home-with-gch-gluten-free-chocolate-chip-cookies-and-a-mix\/","title":{"rendered":"Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies (and a Mix!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Here on our <strong>At Home with GCH<\/strong> blog, Monday\u2019s are always focused on<em> healthy but oh-so-yummy<\/em>! <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct\">recipes<\/span>.\u00a0\u00a0 Being we are now in full-swing summertime, for the next few weeks we are going to focus on gluten free\u00a0treats that you can share at your <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct\">bbq\u2019s<\/span>, picnics, <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct\">hoedowns<\/span>, and block parties.\u00a0 Look forward to graham crackers for s\u2019mores, brownies, sheet cake and maybe some more cookie recipes, too!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/2013-06-13-21.24.57.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12511\" alt=\"2013-06-13 21.24.57\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/2013-06-13-21.24.57-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/2013-06-13-21.24.57-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/2013-06-13-21.24.57.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies<\/span> <\/strong><br \/>\n(<span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct\">makes<\/span> 4 dozen regular cookies)<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ingredients<\/span><\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>1 batch<strong> Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix<\/strong> * see below<br \/>\n8 tablespoons unsalted butter or shortening, at room temperature<br \/>\n2 eggs, room temperature, lightly beaten<br \/>\n1+ \u00bd teaspoons vanilla extract<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Directions<\/span><\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside<\/li>\n<li>Place <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct\">cookie<\/span> mix in bowl of <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct\">stand mixer<\/span>; give a stir to get out any lumps<\/li>\n<li>Add butter, eggs, and vanilla to bowl; mix on low until combined, approximately 30-40 seconds<\/li>\n<li>Scrape down bowl with spatula; then mix batter for 2 minutes on medium speed<\/li>\n<li>Drop balls of dough about 1+1\/2 inches in diameter about 1 inch apart onto one baking sheet<\/li>\n<li>Place in freezer for 5 minutes (this will help the cookies to not spread too thin)<\/li>\n<li>Preheat oven to 325; and fill <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct\">other<\/span> baking sheet in the meantime<\/li>\n<li>Once the dough has chilled, place 1<sup><span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct\">st<\/span><\/sup> <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct\">baking<\/span> sheet <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct\">into<\/span> preheated oven; bake until cookies are beginning to brown underneath, about 10-12 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Remove from oven and place cookies on cooling racks<\/li>\n<li><i>Try<\/i> not to eat them until they have cooled; oh, go ahead!\u00a0 <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct\">enjoy<\/span>!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>A few notes<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I made my batch dairy free by using shortening, Earth Balance non-dairy butter substitute, and coconut oil.<\/li>\n<li>This is a very stiff batter; it will give your mixer a good workout!<\/li>\n<li>I made these in a \u2018manly\u2019 size cookie. I got 26 cookies out of the recipe.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ingredients<\/span><\/em>:<br \/>\n2+1\/4 cups Gluten free flour<br \/>\nConsisting of:<br \/>\n1\/2 cup Brown Rice Flour<br \/>\n1\/2 cup Oat Flour<br \/>\n1\/2 cup Almond Flour<br \/>\n3\/4 cup Cornstarch<br \/>\n1\/2 teaspoon Xanthan gum<br \/>\n2 teaspoon Psyllium husk<br \/>\n1 teaspoon Baking soda<br \/>\n1\/2 teaspoon Sea salt<br \/>\n1 cup Coconut sugar or brown sugar<br \/>\n1\/2 cup Sugar<br \/>\n12 ounces Semisweet chocolate chips (I use dairy-free)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Directions<\/em><\/span>:<br \/>\nPlace all ingredients, except chocolate chips, in a bowl, stir until well combined.\u00a0 Pour into <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct\">any<\/span> airtight container&#8212;glass jar, plastic storage container or bag.\u00a0 Tamp down to really get it snugly in there!\u00a0 This fits well into a quart sized Mason jar (looks cute, too!).\u00a0 Add chocolate chips on top and seal.\u00a0 Use entire batch for the above recipe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #c33ba3;\">\u2665\u00a0 \u2665\u00a0 \u2665\u00a0 \u2665\u00a0 \u2665<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>God loves you<\/strong>! <span style=\"color: #c33ba3;\">\u00a0\u2665<\/span> \u00a0(Don\u2019t ever forget that!)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c33ba3;\">\u2665\u00a0<\/span> <span class=\"GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct\">coleen<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">_________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">If you would like to send a personal message to Coleen concerning this blog post, you may email her at: <strong>Coleen@girlfriendscoffeehour.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here on our At Home with GCH blog, Monday\u2019s are always focused on healthy but oh-so-yummy! recipes.\u00a0\u00a0 Being we are now in full-swing summertime, for the next few weeks we are going to focus on gluten free\u00a0treats that you can share at your bbq\u2019s, picnics, hoedowns, and block parties.\u00a0 Look forward to graham crackers for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":12511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15],"tags":[2609,2709,235,2708,1287,425,2707,2706,2515,483],"class_list":["post-12510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-at-home-with-gch","tag-at-home-wgch","tag-chocolate-chip-cookie-mix","tag-coleen-hayden","tag-dairy-free-recipe","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-gluten-free-chocolate-chip-cookie-recipe","tag-gluten-free-cookie-recipe","tag-gluten-free-recipe","tag-healthy-but-oh-so-yummy","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/2013-06-13-21.24.57.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-3fM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12510"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12527,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12510\/revisions\/12527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}