Gluten Free Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies (from scratch)

AJ AND I MADE COOKIES AND THEY MADE EVERYONE REALLY HAPPY

1 1/2 cups of rice flour

1 1/4 teaspoons xanthan gum 

1 teaspoon of baking soda

1/2 teaspoon of salt

1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon

8 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips

1/2 cup of granulated sugar

1 cup of brown sugar

3 cups of old fashioned oats

8 tablespoons of unsalted butter, at room temperature

2 eggs, beaten

1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

• Preheat your oven to 325 degrees. 
• In a big bowl, mix the flour, xanthan gum, baking soda, salt and cinnamon: I whisked mine. 
• Add the sugar and light brown sugar to the large bowl of dry ingredients, continue whisking to combine well, breaking up any lumps in the brown sugar (AJ loved this part, he used a big wooden spoon and took his aggression out on the lumps). Add the oats, stir well!
•  Add the butter(I transferred everything to my Kitchen Aid, **thank you Grammy** at this point) and mixed on low until the butter moistened all of the other ingredients. Add the beaten eggs and vanilla, and mix until the dough comes together on low. It was very thick!!
•  Add the chocolate chips!! Mix for another minute on low.
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• Use your hands to press together cookie dough into equal size drops onto prepared baking sheets, about 2 inches apart. Place the baking sheets in the freezer for about 10 minutes, making the dough cohesive. Once chilled, place the baking sheet in the center of the preheated oven, and bake for about 14 minutes, or until lightly golden brown all over (and a bit browner on the bottoms). Remove the cookies when they seem like the appropriate color, they will be soft because these are a chewier, denser cookie.

Allow them to cool on a cooling rack. Then eat them until you can't fit anymore in your mouth.

:) Makes about 48 tablespoon sized cookies!

xoxo