General Mills GF Products & Yummy Oatmeal Cookie Recipe

A few weeks ago, I went to a gluten free food fair at some fair grounds in Colorado. I came out of that place with more then a full belly, there was so much helpful information I collected I didn’t know where to start going through it all. One of the things I discovered at this fair is that General Mills has a website for Glute Free Customers which means that I can now shop at Walmart again for some of my grocery needs. The website is http://www.liveglutenfreely.com/products/default.aspx. New to the list of products: Bisquick Gluten Free, Larabar Chocolate Chip, Progresso Soup Traditional Split Pea and Yoplait Whips-Key Lime Pie.  I picked up a flyer at the fair but was almost jumping up and down when I went on the site to check it out. They have organized all of their Gluten Free products and made a print friendly brochure you can take with you to the store.  I haven’t been grocery shopping yet, but I plan on taking it with me. Very cool!

I have been testing out Gluten Free Oatmeal and I have found two brands that I really like they are Gluten Freeda Instant and Bobs Red Mill Gluten Free Oatmeal (very good with soy, flax, blueberries and a little bit of stevia). Here is a recipe for Bobs Red Mill Gluten Free Cookies straight from their website.

Gluten Free Oatmeal Cookies

Ingredients

1-1/2 cups Gluten Free All Purpose Baking Flour

3 cups Gluten Free Rolled Oats

1 cup Butter (softened)

1 cup Brown Sugar

1/2 cup Granulated Sugar

1 tsp Vanilla

1 tsp Baking Soda

1/2 tsp Sea Salt

1 tsp Cinnamon

2 large Eggs*

1 tsp Xanthan Gum

1 cup Raisins (Unsulfured)

Directions 

Preheat oven to 350°F. Beat butter and sugars together until smooth. Add vanilla and eggs; beat well. In a separate bowl, blend flour, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and Xanthan Gum. Stir flour blend into wet ingredients. Add oats and raisins and mix well. Drop rounded tablespoons of dough onto un-greased cookie sheet. Bake for 10 – 12 minutes, or until golden brown. Cool one minutes then transfer to wire rack. Makes about 4 dozen cookies.

*Eggless Option: Mix together 2 Tb. Flaxseed Meal with 6 Tb. of water and let sit for a minute. Add to recipe as you would the eggs.

*I like they provide egg subsituation option. I didn’t know you could use flaxseed that way :0).