Back with Delicious Cookies

School has been absolutely insane but with classes winding down this week and just one final left, I have finally had a moment to breathe! So I made cookies! In my mind, I had been wanting to make a cookie with oatmeal, white chocolate chips, and dried cherries. I thought I came up with this combination all by myself, but turns out, so have some other people... Really great gluten free recipes are pretty hard to come by so I found a decent sounding recipe and tweaked it a bit.



Here is the basic idea of what I did:

Ingredients:
2 cups all purpose flour (I used a gluten free flour)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup oats
1/2 cup softened butter
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup dark brown sugar (I used light and everything still worked out fine)
2 eggs
1 cup white chocolate chips
3/4 or 1 cup of chopped dried cherries
3/4 or 1 cup of chopped walnuts
*I also added vanilla extract. Probably about 1 teaspoon.


Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In bowl, whisk together flour and baking soda and set aside.
Mix together butter, sugar, and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each one.
Add flour mixture and oats.
Mix in chips, cherries, and walnuts.
Drop by tablespoon onto parchment paper covered cookie sheet.
Bake for 8-12 minutes.




After tasting the gluten free dough and watching them expand in the oven, I was convinced these would turn out absolutely horrendous. But much to my surprise they are simply amazing and super addictive! I am also glad I made them large! It makes them even better! Something about them makes me not feel guilty about eating them for breakfast. I will be making more very soon!


-Dani