I've set myself a further challenge ... when don't I! I'm sure my son wont notice the difference! As I have elevated cholesterol, that I am trying to reduce. I don't fancy doing on life-long medication to reduce it! I am trying to reduce saturated fats in my diet. When it comes to baking, that means I am trying to replace butter (high in saturated fat) with sunflower oil. It has a knock on effect, when mixing up a recipe, sunflower oil produces a wetter mix than a butter mix, so I've added flour to counteract that. Even considering the extra flour, this is a very good cookie
1/4 cup sunflower oil
2 eggs, beaten
1 1/4 cups vanilla castor sugar
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup gluten free flour mix
1 cup crunchy peanut butter
1/4 cup smooth peanut butter
1/2 cup medium ground oats
3/4 cup jumbo oats
100g chocolate chips
Heat the oven to 350 degrees
Mix the sunflower oil and the egg together in a small jug
Sieve the sugar and flour into a large bowl, add the baking soda and ground oats
Add the peanut butters, mix to combine. Ad the egg and oil mix, stir to combine. Add the jumbo oats and chocolate chops, stir to combine
This produces a fairly sticky dough. Take handfulls of dough and roll them into balls a bit more than an inch in diameter. Place on a baking sheet lined with baking parchment. Cook for 12 minutes or until just turning golden. Keep an eye on them, they turn from golden brown to very brown fairly quickly
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5 comments:
mmm...they are delicious ! I never quite succeeded in making this type of cookies. I'm not even sure why. :p My hubby would have gobbled up half a dozen of those with a cup of tea.
I'm just curious whether you use GF oats in your recipe or if your son just doesn't have a problem with oats most of the time. I want to try this one, but I've been avoiding the oats since investing in the GF certified takes a big chunk of change!
Those cookies look perfect! And the oats will help lower your cholesterol. Yum!
In good health,
Melissa
These look delicious! Glad you made them. ;-)
Paz
Hey Dianne, those look absolutely fantastic! Yummy! I can handle a *bit* of the gluten-free oats now and then, and I'd sure have to give in and try these. It's about time for a trip to the UK perhaps? :)
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