Low Fat Chewy Goodness!

Hello, dear Reader. Come, sit. Here... have a cookie and some hot tea.

Pardon? You don't want a cookie? Trying to lose those 5 (*cough* 10) pounds you gained over Christmas? Oh, dear friend... do not fret. For I, Katie, have got your back on this one.

You see... I, too, am in the middle of a diet lifestyle change and am trying to be good. I managed to not gain any weight over the Christmas holiday (a miracle, to be sure!) and don't want to start now! But, dear friend, we both know that sometimes in life... we need a cookie.

Not an Oreo or Fig Newton (though we both know a Fig Newton isn't a cookie, it's fruit and cake)... but a real, homemade, warm cookie. Chocolate Chip, to be precise.

I don't know about you... but in this house, sweets must still abide, even if in smaller amounts. We have a bowl of dark chocolate in the living room and grant ourselves one piece every day. (Wait, you don't? Don't you know a piece of dark chocolate a day is GOOD FOR YOU? It's true. Read, my friend, and then run immediately to the store and get some Dove Dark Chocolate: http://www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/nutrition/healthy-eating/6-health-benefits-of-dark-chocolate.html#b)

Recently, I've been craving a cookie. The pre-made gluten free cookies in the grocery store, bless them for trying, don't do it for me. They are rather dry and crumbly. I want warm and chewy.

So, sometimes you just have to take matters into your own hands and make a cookie! Below.... oh yes, below... is a low fat, gluten free CHEWY chocolate chip cookie recipe. I just had one after my lunch and I have to tell you that although I baked them yesterday, they are still moist and chewy today! Another gluten free miracle, right there folks.

If you are in the middle of a diet lifestyle change like I am... be sure to give yourself a little treat now and then. Just a cup of tea and this little cookie and you'll be ready to hit the treadmill with renewed vigor... because yes, my friend, you can have your cookie and still lose weight.

Just don't eat ALL the cookies. That wouldn't be good. Not good at all.





Low Fat Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies

1/2 cup brown rice flour
1/2 cup sorghum flour
1/3 cup tapioca starch
1 tsp salt
1 tsp xanthan gum
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
2 Tbsp milk
3 Tbsp melted butter
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or silpats.

In a large bowl, whisk together the brown rice flour, sorghum flour, tapioca starch, salt, xanthan gum, baking soda and baking powder. Set aside.

In a medium bowl, mix together the dark brown sugar, white sugar, egg, milk, melted butter and vanilla extract. Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and stir to complete combine. Fold in chocolate chips.

Using a medium sized cookie scoop (a heaping, rounded tablespoon), space cookies 2 inches apart. Bake for 12 minutes until slightly golden around the edges and set in the middle.

Remove from the oven, let sit for 3 minutes before transferring cookies to a cooling rack to finish cooling.

Makes about 18 cookies, depending on your scoop size.