Double Chocolate Walnut Cookies Gluten Free

 

Do you feel like me??  Counting down the days until Christmas, hoping there is enough time to get everything done on that still- to-do list?
What better way to 'slow down' and enjoy the season than with a cup of coffee and a chocolate cookie, or three or four ...   no one is counting!

We did a  Cookie class this week at Lepp's Farm Market and for that class I developed a chocolate cookie that I am really happy with !   Gluten free cookies tend to be crispy but this cookie is wonderfully 'chewy' with an excellent flavour!
It is a cookie that is quick, easy and a one pot clean-up!

Here is the recipe !!

• 1 cup dark chocolate chips 
• 1/4 cup butter 
• 3/4 cup white sugar 
• 3 tbsp milk 
• 1 lg egg
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2/3 cup flour + 1 tbsp .. --  flour is equal amounts of  white bean flour, millet flour, brown rice flour and potato starch.   (tip --  if you mix together  1/2 cup of each of the flours - then you can use it as a gf flour mix) 
• 1/4  tsp baking powder 
• 1/4 tsp xanthan gum 
• 1/4 tsp salt 
• 1 1/4 cup chopped walnuts 
• more chocolate chips if desired 

1. In a  saucepan, melt chocolate chips and butter over med. heat, stirring continuously.  Be careful not to over heat .. heat just until mixture is perfectly smooth and glossy.  
2.  Remove from heat and add sugar, stirring quickly.  
3. In a cup whisk the egg, milk and vanilla and add to the mixture, stirring until smooth. 
4. Add the flour , mixing until blended.  
5. Add the chopped walnuts and if desired more chocolate chips (I find the cookie is chocolatey enough without adding more -  for my grand girls who don't like nuts, I leave them out and add more chocolate chips- 1/2 - 1 cup)  
6. Drop by teaspoon onto a parchment covered light-coloured cookie sheet and bake for 10 minutes.  Do not over bake. 
7. Wash pot and you are done!