Apr 12, 2010

Gluten-free Peanut Butter Cookies

My spring schedule just kicked up triple notches. With three kids finishing up their winter activities this month and each starting a sport this week, I am bound to mess up a time or two. So if I end up at the wrong venue with the wrong kid, please forgive me, if I forget to bake on my day, please forgive me, if I don’t post before midnight, please forgive me, if you don’t get your cookies delivered, please forgive me!!! Getting uniforms washed, ALL of the equipment packed and kids to their destinations on time is considered a successful day for me. I don’t do it all alone. I have an amazing husband who divides and conquers with me. It’s all good and I’m happy to do this for my kids because someday I’m going to miss this!!!! Like most kids, they have huge dreams and it’s my job to keep the dreams alive! A special thank you to all the friends and family who help us out carpooling or watching my children, you are also helping them achieve their dreams (while keeping me sane)!

So I am really proud of the fact that I am still eager to bake with all of this going on around me. Today I made Gluten –free Peanut Butter Cookies. Well, almost! I didn’t have all-natural peanut butter on hand so I used regular peanut butter and good to know they still turned out awesome! It is nice to see alternative recipes as there are so many people with food restrictions now that I’m sure this cookie is a blessing to some! However, feeling a little guilty that I didn’t get out and buy the necessary product so my girlfriends could taste what this cookie represents, I started to rationalize that they probably would have made them without the all natural peanut butter anyway. I am just showing them how great they taste with the product they already have on hand.

I really like these kinds of cookies. Just throw all the ingredients together at once and mix. Adding chocolate chips and coconut at the end finishes off the batter. The batter is a little heavy but not too hard to handle. I love the softness of this cookie and the combination of peanut butter, chocolate and a smidge of coconut flavors this cookie just right. Extremely delicious and make sure they are accompanied with a tall glass of milk! Yum! Phoebe

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3 comments:

  1. UnknownApril 13, 2010 at 10:04 AM

    Phoebe, I'd like to stick my hand in the picture and dunk that cookie it looks so good.

    I would have used my jiffy peanut butter too.

    Gosh all your activities bring back wonderful memories of soccer, dance, rollerskating, tee-ball and hockey. Those were the days and yes you will miss it. L. Sharon

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  2. cookiegrandmaApril 13, 2010 at 2:45 PM

    Yes, someday you will actually miss all of the hectic activity that involve your children. I cherish those memories now and all the energy expended was well worth it!

    Any kind of peanut butter will work with this recipe. I put "all-natural" in the ingredient list just because some brands have extra preservatives that I wanted to avoid. Like yourself, I also enjoy how soft this cookie turns out. Your picture is so cute with the bite taken out of one! Theresa G.

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  3. AngieApril 14, 2010 at 10:00 PM

    Phoebe,
    These were fantastic!!
    Phoebe did not take a picture of her packaging though. It was way over the top. She has now raised the bar so high and I am way to short :)
    Danielle G.
    p.s. Loved the bags!!

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