Gluten Free Sugar Free Oatmeal Cookies & Giveaway

I don't make many sweets or desserts these days since I'm on a no sugar diet and not just the white stuff but fruits too.  I've also been avoiding gluten and eating organic as much as possible.  If you're gluten free, you most certainly know of Bob's Red Mill products. They have tons of gluten free grains and flours and I have a refrigerator shelf full of them.They also have gluten products that are packaged in a separate facility than their gluten free ones. If you have wheat allergies you can trust Bob's Red Mill products.

They sent me four of their gluten free products to try out a couple of weeks ago.  I've been wanting to make a sugar free oatmeal cookie so I spent a long time scouring the internet trying to find a good recipe.  I couldn't believe how difficult it is to find a gf/sf one that actually looked good and didn't look like mini pancakes.  I finally ended up giving up on finding a recipe and decided to just make my own using three of the four products I got from Bob's Red Mill.

I was pretty happy with how they turned out. Mark even seemed to like them. For some reason they kind of have a raisin flavor to them.  I'm not sure if it's from the Stevia or the alcohol free vanilla flavoring or maybe a combination of both.  The size and shape of these cookies does not change during baking so make sure you make them the size and thickness you want your cookies to be. The texture is similar to what you might find in an energy bar.

I've never done a giveaway on my blog before so I'm excited to have this opportunity for Bob's Red Mill to send one of my readers the same four gluten free products they sent me which includes quick cooking oats, almond meal, coconut flour and green pea flour.  You can probably guess which one isn't in the cookies.  I have yet to make anything with the green pea flour but there is a recipe for green pea soup on the back of the package that I may give a try. There are also some tips on the package for using it in baking.

Bob's Red Mill Giveaway
Winner will receive four bags of gluten free products from Bob's Red Mill including coconut flour, almond flour, quick cook oats and green pea flour.  The giveaway is open to US readers only.  I will e-mail a randomly select a winner on Monday, August 6th at 6:00 PM PST.  Winner must claim prize within 48 hours or a new winner will be selected.  Each entry requires a separate blog comment for a maximum of 3 entries/comments. To enter the giveaway:  

Mandatory Entry: 

• Comment on this blog post and tell me what you would make if you win the giveaway. 

Bonus Entries:

• Follow @gapey and @bobs_red_mill on twitter and tweet the following: "I entered a giveaway to win 4 #glutenfree products from @bobs_red_mill via @gapey http://foodurl.info/0nhl " and post a comment on this blog post indicating you have done this.
• Like Paula Thomas Photograhy and Bob's Red Mill on Facebook and post a comment on this blog post indicating you have done this.

**WINNER ANNOUNCED** 

MARY HOROWITZ

Recipe: Gluten Free Sugar Free Oatmeal Cookies

DRY INGREDIENTS:
1.5 Cups Quick Cooking Oats
1/4 Cup Coconut Flour
1/4 Cup Almond Flour/Meal
1 tsp Stevia
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp sea salt

WET INGREDIENTS:
1 egg
1/3 Cup unsweetened apple sauce
2 Tbsp coconut oil, melted
1 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted
1 tsp vanilla

1. Preheat oven to 375°F

2. Whisk dry ingredients in a medium sized bowl.

3. Whisk egg in small bowl then add remaining wet ingredients and whisk together.

4. Add wet ingredients to bowl of dry ingrdients and stir together with wooden spoon until combined.

Note: Cookie dough should be dry enough that it doesn't stick to your fingers and should form a ball when pressed together.  If it's too sticky, add more coconut flour and if too dry, add more apple sauce. 

5. Form cookie dough into approximately 10 balls and place on a greased or Silpat lined cookie sheet (may require two batches of cooking). Flatten ball of dough with your hand until about 1/2" thick. Cookie will keep this size/shape during baking.  

6. Put on middle oven rack and bake for 12 minutes or until bottoms are golden brown.

7. Place cookies on wire rack and let cool.  

8. Store cookies in refrigerator.

Author: Paula Thomas