Gluten Free, Dairy Free Millet Trail Mix Cookies

This recipe is what turned out when I adapted Galley Wench's Oatmeal - Trail Mix Cookies (Breakfast-To-Go) to my dietary needs: No gluten, no dairy, no oats, no coconut and low fructose. I used brown rice syrup but will post the recipe with honey so that it will appear in the nutritional facts. This is a more grown up, not so sweet version using chopped dark chocolate (I used 85 %) and slightly tart craisins. For kids maybe better use semi-sweet chocolate chips or dried fruit like apricots or dates. Accidentally I used reduced fat margarine instead of normal margarine, but that didn't matter at all. Use a non-hydrogenated margarine! And yes, I used olive oil - it doesn't affect the taste, but you can also use canola oil, of course :) For the rice flour use powdery white rice flour or it will be too crumbly.

• Ready In: 50 mins
• Serves: 24
• Yields: 24 cookies

Ingredients

• 4  tablespoons olive oil
• 1⁄4 cup margarine
• 3⁄4 cup honey
• 1  egg
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda (dissolved in 1 tablespoon warm water)
• 1⁄2 cup  rice flour
• 2  tablespoons  rice flour
• 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1⁄2 cups  millet, flakes
• 3⁄4 cup  almonds, finely ground
• 1⁄2 cup  dark chocolate chips
• 1⁄2 cup pecans, roughly chopped
• 1⁄2 cup craisins

Directions

1. Place rack in middle of oven and preheat to 375 degrees.
2. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper or grease the sheets.
3. With a mixer, beat together oil, margarine and honey in a large bowl until fluffy (about 2 minutes).
4. Beat in egg, baking soda mixture, flour, salt and vanilla until just combined.
5. Stir in millet flakes, finely ground almonds, chocolate chips, pecans and craisins until well combined.
6. Drop rounded tablespoons of dough about 4 inches apart onto baking sheets. With a fork flatten and spread each mound into a 3 inch round.
7. Bake cookies in batches until golden, approximately 10-15 minutes per batch (mine took 15 minutes).
8. The cookies feel still soft to the touch after removing. Let them sit on the sheet for five minutes before transferring them onto a rack to cool.
9. Cookies will keep in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days (I doubt it :lol:).