Thursday, October 7, 2010

Gluten Free Cranberry Almond Cookies!

I bought some cranberries because they were on sale and I wanted to try something new! Well they sat in the fridge for 5 days until I came up with the idea of trying to make a healthy snack for me and the baby that was yummy and gluten free. Well I thought about some cookies! And viola here they are:


Gluten Free Cranberry Almond Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients


1 cup(s) uncooked old fashioned oats   
1 cup(s) white rice flour   
3 Tbsp packed brown sugar   
1 cup(s) cranberries   
1/2 cup(s) unsweetened applesauce   
4 oz egg white(s)   
1/2 oz almonds   

Instructions


Combine oats and rice flour
Add brown sugar and egg whites and mix
add applesauce and cinnamon
Add cup of chopped cranberries
Chop almonds and toss in
Mix all ingredients together
bake on greased cookie sheet at 375 for about 20 minutes
makes 14 cookies Each cookie is 2 points

They came out really good actually I was pleasantly surprised. Next time I make them I will put a little GF vanilla for a little bit more flavor but the baby liked them too! For the almonds I used those 100 calorie packs and just hammered it up before opening the packet. I like using those because they are pre-portioned so it takes the guess work out for me!

*Note make sure you use GF oats if you need GF. Also if you are not gf you can substitute the white rice flour for a whole grain flour of your choice. I think next time I am going to try brown rice flour and reducing the amount a little.


1 comment:

Mimi said...

Yum! I love anything involving cranberries, so these look like winners!