These are probably my favorite GF cookie of all time. The original source was the Ancient Harvest Quinoa Flakes box. In the last few years, those quinoa flakes have been harder to find and have gotten very expensive. But, for these cookies, it's well worth the price.
The last box I bought didn't seem to have the recipe on the box, so here is my variation on it. My modifications: mixed nut butters instead of peanut butter, different sweeteners, real butter, add xanthan gum, weights instead of measures, cookie size, and some changes to directions
Alas, no photo. Just use your imagination. They look like.... cookies.
Ingredients
170 g total of maple syrup, honey, and/or agave (1/2 cup)
68 g organic cane sugar or raw sugar (1/3 cup) Optional:
Substitute about 8-10 grams molasses
112 g organic butter (1 stick)
128 g total mix of cashew, almond, and sunflower butters
(1/2 cup)
1 tsp vanilla
140 g brown rice flour (1 cup) Can substitute part sorghum or other grainy
flour
83 g quinoa flakes (3/4 cup)
1 tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt (more if butter is unsalted)
¼ to ½ tsp xanthan gum (optional)
55 g chopped nuts (1/2 cup) (Optional. See notes.)
Directions
Yield: About 90 tiny cookies
1. Beat first 5 ingredients together until creamy.
2. Combine
remaining ingredients except nuts.
3. Mix
creamed and dry ingredients, then fold in nuts.
4. Chill
for about ½ hour or more to make dough easier to work with.
5. Line
cookie sheets with parchment.
6. Roll
dough into 8 g balls, flatten slightly, and place on cookie sheet about 1” to
1.5” apart.
7. Bake
350 for 7-10 minutes, until cookies are lightly brown on bottom.
8. Let
cookies sit on cookie sheet for 2 minutes, then move them to racks to cool.
Notes & Tips:
·
Pecans are the best nut to use, especially if
you use more maple syrup and less honey/agave.
·
Use 1/3 cup each nuts and mini dairy-free
chocolate chips.
·
Use 1/4 cup chopped coconut shreds, ¼ cup
chopped pecans, and 1/3 cup mini chocolate chips.
·
If you must measure instead of weigh, oil the
measuring cup before you put nut butter or honey/agave/maple in it.
·
Weighing the cookie dough makes the cookies a
more even size, which helps them bake more evenly.
·
Consider dipping the bottom of the cookie balls
in almond meal before putting them on the cookie sheet. Then use a sugared fork
to flatten them, as you would peanut butter cookies.