Chocolate Chip Cookies

Biscuits Cookies

5 Feb

I used to love going to the shopping mall’s and buying those huge cookies you can get. You know the giant one that just melt in your mouth and that you wish could last forever. I guess I love cookies, cakes and all types of food! Becoming gluten free and dairy free was an awful shock to me! This is a fantastic recipe for giant chocolate chip cookies.

Makes about 8 giant cookies or a lot more smaller ones!

Ingredients:

125 g dairy free spread

75 g soft light brown sugar

50 g caster sugar

1 egg beaten

175 g gluten free self raising flour

100 g gluten free and dairy free chocolate buttons or chocolate chunks

Method:

Preheat the oven to 180°C / 160° Fan / 350°F / Gas Mark 4.

Lightly grease or line several baking sheets.

Place the butter and sugar into a bowl and beat until light and creamy. Gradually beat the egg into the mixture.

Sift the flour into the bowl and stir into the mixture.

Once it is combined add the chocolate and stir again.

Place 8 heaped spoonful’s of mixture onto a baking sheet. Shape them into round and flatten slightly. Space them well apart.

Bake in the oven for 20 - 25 minutes until browned.

Leave for 5 minutes on the tray to cool and then carefully transfer them onto a cooling rack.

Additional Notes:

Allow space on the baking sheet between the cookies. They may spread a lot and I have found this is dependent on which gluten free flour I use.

If you are not a big chocolate fan then substitute the chocolate for raisins or cherries.

I use an Ice cream scoop to place the mixture onto the baking tray.

Equipment Used:

KitchenAid Stand Mixer or hand whisk

Spoon

Ice cream scoop

Baking sheet

Cooling rack.

Gluten FreeDairy Free

Emma Alexander-Cook

My name's Emma. I've been living gluten-free for over 25 years, and I've been dairy-free for over five years.

Health and Auto-immune Diseases

I have auto-immune diseases and expected to be on medicine for the rest of my life, but I didn't want to live like that. My rheumatology Doctor was so supportive of the change I wanted to make, and with their help, I now manage my auto-immune diseases by being strict with my diet.

It can be quite frightening when you first find out you have to change the way you eat but for some of us' Food is our medicine.'

I have several websites, write blogs, and I'm currently in the process of writing a book.

I trained to be Holistic Health Coach, Meditation and Mindfulness Teacher and Certified Gluten Free Practitioner in order to heal myself, my family and others who find themselves on the same journey as myself.

Websites include:

www.emmaalexandercook.com

www.savemoneyfreezefood.com

www.livefreelovelife.com

www.cooksprojects.com

Photography

Our love for photography started on our travels. We wanted to capture images of the areas we travelled to both for our own records and for our family back at home. Some of these images were reproduced as watercolours. Our favourite images we display at home and friends often asked where we had purchased the pictures! Now you can purchase them online directly from us.

Coaching and Consultancy

Previously an IT Manager my skill set has come in very handy as I am both a Health Coach and also offer consultancy for small business starts up and fellow Health Coaches. This has included building websites and online profiles.

Our Family

Family is everything to me! We have a family of four boys where the age difference between the youngest and the eldest is 18 years. Two of our sons are also Gluten Free and Dairy Free. Emma is a Health Coach who specialises in helping individuals and families achieve their health and wellness goals. Ian runs his own business which began developing a Race Timer for diecast model cars.

http://www.glutenfreedairyfreefamily.com

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