Notes From a Green Kitchen: Gluten-Free Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookie / Gift idea

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Gluten-Free Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookie / Gift idea

As a token of appreciation to the kids' teachers this year, I decided that we would bake something instead of buying a gift. This way the kids can help in making it and we have enough to thank everyone from the phys. ed. teacher to the school crossing guard, because they all have a role to play in your child's education and they are all as important. I also included a card and page mark from Cartes Julie à la Folie for the main teacher and the lunch lady.

We baked gluten-free chocolate chip cookies, since I was really looking forward to try a recipe I stumbled upon on Weelicious.com and gluten-free carrot dates muffins that I will post next week.

Gluten-free Vegan Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

1/2 cup coconut oil

1/2 raw can sugar

1 tbsp. ground flax seeds

3 tbsp. water

1 tsp. pure vanilla extract

2 cups gluten-free old fashioned rolled oats

1 cup gluten-free all purpose flour

1/4 tsp. xanthan gum (before you add this ingredient make sure you GF all purpose flour doesn't already contain some)

1 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1 cup vegan or dairy-free chocolate chips

Method

Preheat oven to 350F and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.

Place coconut oil and sugar in a mixing bowl and mix on medium speed until you get a fluffy texture (approximately 2-3 minutes). Mix flax seeds with water and let sit for 2 minutes (this acts as an egg). Add this mixture and the vanilla to the mixing bowl and continue to mix on medium speed.

In another bowl, combine oats, flour, xanthan gum. Add to the wet ingredients and continue to mix. Add cinnamon and baking soda, while still mixing. Fold in chocolate chips.

Bake for 25-30 minutes or until slightly golden. Cool for 10 minutes and transfer to a wire rack. Enjoy!