Jack here! I am your humble Kitchen Bottom and I will be one of your hosts! Smitty will be your other host, He is The Kitchen Top.
Today's recipe is actually from me! I Switch on baking!
(moderation is key in all things honeys)
This recipe is a vegan, gluten-free, extra delicious twist on the classic oatmeal raisin cookie from childhood.
Oatmeal raisin cookie
Mix and set aside:
3 tsp. Egg Replacer powder*
3/4 tsp. Baking soda
3/4 tsp. Baking powder
4 Tbs. Warm water
In a large bowl (no mixers here, just work out those hot arms!)
Whip:
1 cup Vegan margarine
Add:
"egg" mixture
1 1/4 C. sugar
2 Tbs Molasses
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp almond extract (optional)
In a separate bowl whisk together:
1 C. GF All Purpose flour*
1/2 C. Rice flour
1/4 C. Other (quinoa, sorghum, or garbanzo, etc.)
1 tsp Xanthan gum
3/4 tsp Cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp ground ginger
Add flour mixture into wet mixture and mix!
Add:
3 1/2 C oats*
1/2 C chocolate chips
1/4 C raw sesame seeds
1/2 C sliced (or chopped) almonds
1/2 C raisins
(and anything else you would find in trail mix!)
Set oven to 350
mush into balls and slightly flatten onto greased cookie sheets
bake about 6 minutes, rotate the pan, and bake another 6 minutes, until starting to get brown on the edges. Take pans out of the oven, and let them cool for 2 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack and put more cookie dough on the pan. Repeat until you have baked all the dough!
(Warning: do not get so excited about eating your fresh cookies that you accidentally forget the last batch in the oven and have to leap over the stack of zines you are reading, run into the kitchen, only to find some "dad" cookies in the oven. But actually that is probably one of the most important perks of being in the dad role, knowing that you have the responsibility of eating any cookies which might have gotten too burnt. A clumsy sweetheart also guarantees that you have your own steady supply of cookies)
*A few notes on ingredients: Gluten-free oats can be obtained from Bob's Red Mill and various other sources. GF All Purpose flour if a handy premade mix of potato flour, garbanzo/fave flour, tapioca and a few others. It is available from Bob's Red mill, Arrowhead mills and more. You can also make your own creation! Egg replacer is available in various forms, I prefer the Ener-G variety. Vegan sugar is becoming more widely available, keep an eye out for it!)
