{"id":2110,"date":"2009-12-11T09:37:58","date_gmt":"2009-12-11T13:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glutenfreeislife.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/11\/cookie-a-day-day-9-festive-candy-cookies\/"},"modified":"2009-12-11T09:37:58","modified_gmt":"2009-12-11T13:37:58","slug":"cookie-a-day-day-9-festive-candy-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=2110","title":{"rendered":"Cookie-A-Day: Day 9 &#8211; Festive Candy Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I started out my day yesterday with hopes of changing up my <a href=\"http:\/\/glutenfreeislife.wordpress.com\/2008\/08\/18\/c-is-for-cookie\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chocolate Chip Cookie<\/a> recipe to make it a little more festive.\u00a0 I thought that adding Mini M &amp; Ms to the cookies would make them more festive.\u00a0 I got that butter out when I was making breakfast in the morning to let it soften.\u00a0 The recipe calls for <strong>melted<\/strong> butter, but I have never had success when melting the butter (gluten-free or not gluten-free).\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t get around to mixing the dough until 4:00.\u00a0 Here is how the first tray turned out:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/glutenfreeislife.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:0;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/015_thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"015\" width=\"454\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After this, I promptly stuck the dough in the fridge to chill, hoping that would help.\u00a0 Not my luck.\u00a0 A little better, but still spread way too much.\u00a0 The next tray came out like that as well.\u00a0 I quickly abandoned any thoughts of making another tray &amp; pressed the remaining dough into a round Pyrex dish &amp; made a round bar cookie.\u00a0 It came out wonderfully!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/glutenfreeislife.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/0181.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:0;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/018_thumb1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"018\" width=\"454\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are the cookies &#8211; I cut them into thin bars.\u00a0 They taste amazing, but look horrible!\u00a0 LOL!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/029.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:0;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/029_thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"029\" width=\"454\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was tweeting last night about my flop and Shirley from <a href=\"http:\/\/glutenfreeeasily.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gluten-free Easily<\/a> had a great idea.\u00a0 She told me to freeze the cookies &amp; use them later for a pie crust!\u00a0 Brilliant!\u00a0 I would just need to crush &amp; add butter or oil &amp; press into a pan.\u00a0 Never throw away your flops &#8211; they can be used for something.\u00a0\u00a0 These may not make it to the cookie crumb crust &#8211; the kids love them!<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">Tips\/Notes<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The recipe can be found on the link above.\u00a0 Omit the oats and don&#8217;t use melted butter.\u00a0 Do soften the butter, but only for a hour or 2.<\/li>\n<li>This recipe is normally a huge success.\u00a0 I love the flavor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I wanted to show that even though &#8220;Life gave me lemons, I made lemonade&#8221;.\u00a0 I turned a potentially frustrating &amp; upsetting situation into a joke &amp; laughed about it.\u00a0 That is all you can do.\u00a0 Baking is about trial &amp; error, just like a lot of things in life.\u00a0 It isn&#8217;t just gluten-free baking that is like that, either, though it does seem to require a little more patience at times.\u00a0 There have been times over the past 4 years that I have thrown in the towel and said I wouldn&#8217;t bake again, but I did.\u00a0 I am glad I did.\u00a0 It may just be the flour mix or the temperature in the oven.\u00a0 Or, you may never figure out what the problem was.\u00a0 Just don&#8217;t stop trying.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Buddy the Elf showed up again today.\u00a0 He was hanging from our pot rack in the kitchen!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/glutenfreeislife.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:0;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/006_thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"006\" width=\"232\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hannah got a big kick out of that! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Did you catch Dr. Oz&#8217;s show on Celiac Disease yesterday?\u00a0 I thought the first 15 &#8211; 20 minutes were very informative.\u00a0 The animation &amp; details about symptoms were just what needed to be shown &amp; said to get the word out to those who may be suffering.\u00a0 I was a little disappointed when the conversation turned to the gluten-free diet being great for weight loss even if you don&#8217;t have Celiac or gluten intolerance.\u00a0 This seems to lessen the importance of the gluten-free diet for those who really need it.\u00a0 While it is great to have so much awareness, this shouldn&#8217;t be promoted as the newest &#8220;fad diet&#8221;.\u00a0 For those who have Celiac, this is the only &#8220;cure&#8221;.\u00a0\u00a0 Cross contamination can make Celiacs sick and cause damage. \u00a0I was also curious as to how many people actually lose weight on the gluten-free diet. \u00a0I tweeted the question and I received mixed responses. \u00a0Some people did lose weight, but others gained. \u00a0I gained weight (needed to). \u00a0The weight gain most likely comes from the body finally being able to absorb the nutrients that it couldn&#8217;t when the villi were damaged. Another very important point that I initially missed &#8211; Dr. Oz mentioned trying the GF diet first for a few weeks and then getting tested &#8211; <strong>don&#8217;t do this<\/strong>! \u00a0If you remove gluten-from your diet &amp; then go get tested, the results can be skewed. \u00a0Get tested first, then remove the gluten. \u00a0Dr Oz does have an informative page on his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doctoroz.com\/videos\/celiac-disease-advantages-gluten-free-diet\" target=\"_blank\">site<\/a> &#8211; lots of good info there.<\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Make sure to stop by Diane&#8217;s today &#8211; The Whole Gang. \u00a0She is hosting the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewholegang.org\/2009\/12\/friday-foodie-fix-chocolate\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+TheWholeGang+(The+W.H.O.L.E.+Gang)\">Friday Foodie Fix<\/a> and the secret ingredient is <strong>chocolate<\/strong>! \u00a0You all know how near &amp; 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