Wheat-Free Soft and Spicy Molasses Cookies

Yummy! You won't even miss the wheat!:] This could be made gluten-free by subbing brown rice flour (or other gluten-free flour) for the spelt flour and the oats. You may add some finely chopped nuts, if you'd like.

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Serves: 27
• Yields: 2 cookies

Ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup margarine or 1⁄4 cup butter
• 1  medium egg
• 1  cup  brown rice flour
• 1  cup  spelt flour
• 1  cup old fashioned oats
• 1⁄2 cup molasses
• 1⁄4 cup dark brown sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ginger
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1  teaspoon cinnamon
• 1  pinch nutmeg
• 1  pinch cayenne pepper

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cream the butter, sugar, and mollases in a mixer on medium speed.
3. Reduce speed to slow.
4. Slowly add in other wet ingredients, followed by the dry ingredients.
5. Grease a cookie sheet.
6. Drop the batter by tablespoons onto the cookie sheet.
7. Bake for 10-15 minutes in the 350 degree oven.
8. Allow to the cookies to cool before removing them from the sheet.