Gluten Freebird

Teaism’s Salty Oat Cookie is something of a legend in D.C.
It’s an enigma of flavors, all wrapped together. It’s salty, sweet, soft, and thick. It looks like a healthy oat cake, but tastes like a sinful treat. And I haven’t had one in eons.
The Gluteneer ran a 10-miler over the weekend, so we treated him [...]

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This is a tale of a good treat and a bad treat. Both gluten-free and both from Kinnikinnick, but only one is worth eating.
Let’s start with the loser.
After a particularly raucous solstice party last weekend, I baked up some chocolate chip cookies from a bag of Kinnikinnick mix.
The mix had been hanging in my [...]

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I finally found the chocolate chip cookie recipe that rocks my world. It’s chocolate walnut orange chip, but that can all be tweaked as you like. I love orange and chocolate, so I use the zest of an entire navel orange. You can sub in any mix that you love. Just make sure to account for the baking soda and the xanthan gum to give it a cake consistency.

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