Brown Rice Cookies - Gluten Free or Regular

Submitted by kitty.rock

"From the Lundberg Rice web-site, an interesting sounding recipe you can make gluten-free by using gluten-free flour."

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 24 cookies
• Serves: 24

ingredients

• 2 cups cooked lundberg brown rice (short grain or long grain)
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder (gluten-free)
• 1⁄2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 3⁄4 cup coconut
• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup pecans or 1 cup walnuts, finely chopped
• 1 cup sifted flour (gluten-free flour)

directions

1. Cream together butter and sugar.
2. Add beaten egg, vanilla, mix well.
3. Add sifted dry ingredients.
4. Fold in cooked rice and coconut.
5. In another bowl, mix together 1 tablespoon sugar, cinnamon and nut meats.
6. Drop cookie dough by teaspoons on ungreased cookie sheet. Sprinkle top of each cookie with cinnamon-nut mixture.
7. Bake in 350 oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until cookies are a golden brown in color.