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Gluten and Nut Free Oatmeal Cookies

Sabrina
5 from 1 vote
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

  • ½ cup soft unsalted butter
  • ¾ cup light or dark brown sugar (I used dark) lightly packed
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tbsps cornstarch or any starch
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 2 tsps vanilla extract
  • ¼-½ tsp ground cinnamon (I used ½ tsp) it's not strong at all, but if you really don't like it you can leave it out
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • 1 ¼ cups oat flour (certified gluten-free if needed) I make my own oat flour by blending up lots of rolled oats in a high-speed blender until a flour forms (it won't be as fine as the store bought oat flour) and storing it in a bag or container
  • 1 ¼ cups rolled oats certified gluten-free if needed
  • 1 cup butterscotch chips, raisins, dried cranberries, chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, chopped up soft chewy caramels, chopped pecans, M&M's, chopped cadbury eggs, or any mix-in(s) of choice.

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (177 C).  Line a baking tray(s) with parchment paper.
  • In a large bowl (or the bowl of a stand mixer), cream the butter and brown sugar together until smooth and creamy using a hand/stand mixer. Add the egg and mix until light and fluffy.
  • Add the starch, salt, vanilla, cinnamon, and baking soda and mix until combined. Add the rolled oats and oat flour and beat until everything is well mixed.
  • Scape the sides of the bowl with a spatula. Add whatever mix-in(s) of choice and mix until well combined (I split my dough into three equal parts and added ⅓ cup each of raisins, butterscotch chips, and chopped caramels separately into the the three dough portions). The dough should be kind of sticky.
  • Using a cookie scoop, scoop dough balls onto the lined baking sheet(s).  If you want to roll the dough into perfect balls with your hands, (which I did not do and is totally optional) chill the balls in the freezer for 15 minutes before rolling, so that your hands won't get messy.  Bake for 8-10 minutes or until the edges are just slightly golden brown. Sometimes they don't even look like they're done baking, but I don't recommend baking any longer than 10 minutes (unless you are making big cookies). Let the baked cookies cool for at least 5 minutes before eating. Enjoy!