Gluten Free Monster Cookies

This is by far my favorite cookie recipe.  My aunt makes these for our road trips back home and we have them devoured by hour 4.  We pretend they are healthy and eat them at breakfast because they have oats in them.  Beware, once you make these, you won't be able to stop eating them!  Since they are my favorite cookie, I decided to try and make them gluten free by subbing regular flour (original recipe calls for 2 cups of regular flour) for oat flour.  I just took a bunch of gluten free oats and blended them up in our awesome Ninja blender for 20 seconds.  Then measured out 2 1/2 cups.  They were really sticky with only 2 cups, so I added another half.  They turned out really delicious! You didn't even miss the flour.  By far the best gluten free cookie I've ever had.  They were still moist and delicious by day 2 as well.  They didn't turn into hard bricks like most gluten free cookies.  Not sure if they will make it to day 3 though... meaning they will be gone.  Highly recommend this recipe.  It's awesome and I'll make them this way from now on! :)

Gluten Free Monster Cookies
Makes: 48 cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup white sugar

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup butter    

1 cup creamy peanut butter

2 tsp. vanilla

2 eggs

2 1/2 cups oat flour (I just grind up gluten free oats in a blender until powdery)

1 cup oats

2 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

2 cups chocolate chips

1/2 cup M&Ms

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

In a large mixing bowl, stir together the flour, oats, baking soda and salt.  Set aside. 

In another large mixing bowl, cream together the butter, sugars, peanut butter, vanilla and eggs. Add in the dry ingredients and mix until blended. Add in the chocolate chips and mix until everything comes together. 

Blob by the tablespoonful onto a baking sheet and flatten.  Add M&M's to the top of the cookie and bake at 350 for 8-9 minutes.  Remove from baking sheet and place on cooling rack.  Enjoy!