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Gluten-free Nut-Free Cowboy Cookies

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By Michelle ~ My Gluten-free Kitchen
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 13 minutes
Total Time: 28 minutes
Yield: 3 dozen
These gluten-free cowboy cookies are free of nuts, dairy, peanuts, and of course wheat and gluten, making them a more allergy-friendly option to send with your child to school!

Ingredients 

  • 1 ½ cups good-quality gluten-free flour blend
  • ¾ teaspoon xanthan gum, *see note
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups certified gluten-free old fashioned oats
  • 1 ¾ cups packed brown sugar
  • 1 cup dairy-free butter alternative, 16 tablespoons; room temperature
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tablespoon water
  • 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  • 6 ounces Enjoy Life Mountain Mambo Seed & Fruit Mix
  • 1 cup Enjoy Life semisweet chocolate mini chips

Instructions 

  • Preheat oven to 3500. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together gluten-free flour, xanthan gum, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Stir in the gluten-free old-fashioned oats. Set bowl aside.
  • In the bowl of your electric mixer, beat together the brown sugar and the butter alternative. Cream together for 1 minute.
  • Add the eggs, one at a time, and beat until mixed in. Add the water and vanilla extract and beat until mixed in. 
  • With the mixer on low speed, add the flour mixture in three batches, mixing just until combined.
  • Stir in the 6 oz. of Mountain Mambo Seed & Fruit Mix and 1/2 cup of the semi-sweet chocolate mini chips. *Note that you'll be adding 1/2 cup of the mini chocolate chips to the dough and saving the other half for sprinkling on the cookies as they come out of the oven.
  • Use a medium cookie scoop (#40 scoop = 1.5 Tbsp dough) to scoop dough, roll into a ball with your hands, an place on the parchment paper lined cookie sheet. I did 12 per large cookie sheet. 
  • Bake at 3500 for 12-13 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Remove from oven to a cooling rack to cool. I usually bake one sheet of cookies at a time. If you want to do two sheets at once, be sure to rotate the sheets both front to back and top to bottom partway through the cooking time. 

Notes

*If your gluten-free flour blend already has xanthan gum or guar gum in it, then omit the xanthan gum called for in this recipe.

Nutrition

Calories: 178kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 11mg | Sodium: 117mg | Potassium: 95mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 20IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 26mg | Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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