After an excessively long hiatus, I’m finally back! Granted, the kitchen still isn’t completely done, but it’s close. We had a bit of delay waiting for lights. I had to cancel our original order and get them elsewhere. They are being installed on Friday. Some additional finishing touches will finally get done then too. Then the only major thing left to do will be the back-splash. Oh – and paint the whole place! I’ll get some more pictures up once we get those lights in.
I’ve been enjoying my brand new range. It has a convection oven, which I’ve never used before, and beginning to experiment with. I’m thinking it will help with some gluten-free baking projects. And it is unbelievably wonderful to have more than 2 feet of counter space!
So back to blogging. Today I just have a product review. 
Betty Crocker’s Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies.
I followed the instructions on the box exactly – just add one stick of butter, one egg, and one teaspoon vanilla; then mix. Can’t get any easier than that! I then baked them on parchment paper using the convection setting of my oven.
They are really soft (to the point of falling apart) when they come out of the oven, but after letting them cool a few minutes on the cookie sheet, they firm up a bit, and can be transferred to a cooling rack. They stay fairly chewy on the inside with a little bit of crispness on the bottom.
I was impressed with the taste and the chewiness. And you really can’t get any easier. It is a lot of butter, but since when are cookies healthy? I won’t count that against them.
(non-gluten-free) Husband’s comment: “They tasted pretty much glutenous.” (translation – they tasted “normal.”)
It’s still day one, so the jury is still out on how well they hold up after a day or two. However, initial score = A
Day 2 impression – the cookies do tend to crumble a bit. Still taste good though. Overall score = A-
Filed under: baking, cookies, dessert, gluten free, product review
Welcome back! Its great that your kitchen is working and useable again =D. I’m glad you enjoyed the cookies – I haven’t tried them yet because they’re not available in Canada, but I’ve heard so many great reviews!
Glad to hear your kitchen project is coming to a close. It must be exciting to have an all-new kitchen!!
The funny thing about the Betty Crocker cookies is that I didn’t care for them, but gluten-eating husband did. Go figure!! Not that I think there really IS a bad cookie.