After having gestational diabetes with both children, I learned to cook some low carb and low/no sugar foods. I know when it comes to baking you really need to be precise. I am never good about following directions so baking is sometimes hard for me. I am always trying to make substitutions for sugar and have failed many times. But alas, here is a recipe that i did multiple substitutions and it turned out great. So I thought I would write up a recipe since it has been a while.
Gluten free/Sugar free Oatmeal Cookie Recipe
Ok, so the original recipe comes from the back of a Trader Joe’s Rolled Oats. But like I said I made quite a few changes.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In large bowl combine:
1/4 cup of softened butter (yes that is all!!)
1 cup sugar substitute. *Important* please DO NOT use splenda or the other nasty options. I have found some great alternatives for sugar. Just go to your local coop or Whole paycheck, I mean Whole Foods and look around. My favorite right now and what I used for this recipe is coconut palm sugar. It is very low glycemic and good for you too. I actually used this for all my holiday cookies this year and no one noticed the difference. Sneaky I know!
So beat up the buttah and sugah real good. I also let it sit for a bit and warm up to the room temp.
Then beat in 2 eggs,1 tsp Vanilla, 1 1/4 tsp baking soda. Should be a nice creamy texture now.
Add a cup of almond butter and keep beating. Now the original recipe called for peanut butter but I kind of think sometimes peanut butter is too strong a flavor in a cookie. I want to taste the butter sugar and CHOCOLATE! We also have no peanut butter in the house because my husband eats almond butter religiously every morning. So, I made do with what I had and it turned out really freakin’ awesome!
Now add:
3 cups of rolled oats
1/2 cup of nuts of your choosing :)
AND, last but not least… chocolate. Now, I was sticking with the sugar free and I found a great chocolate bar at Trader Joes. I cut up the bar into little pieces and it bakes up very nice.
After it is all mixed up good together you bake the cookies for about 10 min depending on oven. Seriously they are so moist and chewy and darn good!
Enjoy!!
