Missing your sweets on your gluten free Diet ? Here is a great recipe for Gluten free Chocolate chip Cookies for those on a wheat free, gluten free diet.

Quinoa Choc-chip cookies

Half cup Lactose free butter or margarine (could try using light olive oil/veg oil if not available)

3/8 cup of raw sugar

3/8 cup of brown sugar

1 egg

half teaspoon salt

half teaspoon of bi-carb soda

pinch of baking powder

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

6 oz or a pack of Lindt dark choc broken into small bits (1 pack is a LOT, so may want to use about 3/4 of the pack instead)

3/4 cup gluten free flour (potato 1/4, rice bran 1/4, brown rice flour 1/4)

1/2 cup almond meal

1/4 Quinoa flakes

1 teaspoon Xanthum gum

Heat the margarine in the microwave mix with a beaten egg and sugar. Mix all dry ingredients together and add the margarine, egg and sugar to this. Mix well till you have a stiff mixture. Greese a baking tray and drop small teaspoons of the mix onto the tray. Bake at 180 c until golden brown.

Missing your sweets on your gluten free Diet ? Here is a great recipe for Gluten free Chocolate chip Cookies for those on a wheat free, gluten free diet.

Alternative recipe

1/4 cup Tapioca flour

1/4 cup rice bran

1/2 cup Quinoa flour

1 cup Quinoa flakes

1/4 cup rice flour

half teaspoon xanthum gum

pinch baking powder

half teaspoon bi-carb baking soda

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

1/2 cup raw sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 egg

1/2 cup margarine

Lindt dark choc pieces

Mix dry ingredients together. beat egg and sugar together and add to heated margarine, and vanilla. Then mix all in together till you get a stiff mixture. drop onto greased baking tray and bake for 13 mins at 180 c / until golden brown