Chocolate Chip+ Cookies

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Oatmeal Chocolate Chip+ Cookies

Yum!  These cookies are egg free and can be made using gluten free flour and quinoa flakes in place of the oatmeal. What is the + all about?  Oatmeal, quinoa, flax, dried fruit...these cookies may not be completely terrible for you!

1 cup uncooked old fashioned oats or quinoa flakes

1 cup of flour or choice of wheat free/gluten free four mixture

1 cup of a combination of chocolate chips, butterscotch, white chocolate, dried fruit (cherries, cranberries, raisins). Remember that Enjoy Life chips for allergy free.

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1/3 cup sugar

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup butter or dairy free margarine*

1 Flax egg (click for link) or 1/4 cup of rice milk or milk substitute

2 teaspoons vanilla

Cookies...

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
2. Beat butter in a large bowl until smooth.  Add flax egg/or milk, vanilla until well blended.
3. Add dry mixture to butter mixture and combine until well blended.
4. Drop rounded tablespoon full of dough into a cookie sheet, about 2 inches apart.
5. Bake for 11-12 minutes.  Remove from oven and let cookies rest on cookie sheet for 2 minutes and then remove.  Let them cool on a wire rack.

Hot Chocolate!

Makes about 2 dozen cookies

*Dairy-free margarine:  Choices vary depending on where you live and what is accessible.  A few to try: Earth Balance (click for link) or Fleischmann's Unsalted Margarine.

To give this recipe as a gift, layer the dry ingredients into a 1-quart glass Mason jar.  Include the directions and ingredients list for the butter, egg substitute, and vanilla.