Oatmeal Cookies

[NoahsWife]

I just made the best GF Oatmeal Cookies with dried cranberries and pecans. Just use your favorite Oatmeal Cookie recipe, GF of course. And add chopped pecans and dried cranberries to the mix. They turned out wonderful. I really missed oatmeal cookies.
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[Linda]

I made the following recipe the other day. Both kids love them. My older son (NGF) has been bugging me to make oatmeal cookies, but I made them GF so I wouldn't have all-purpose flour floating around the kitchen.

Gramma's Dad's Cookies

2 cups white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 cups margarine
2 eggs
2 cups coconut [1 pkg seems to be 2 cups]
2 1/2 cups oatmeal
3 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder

make into balls and if you want, flatten with a fork dipped in sugar...Bake at 350 for 7 to 10 minutes...Makes lots of cookies..

Linda's notes:
I used Lara's rolled oats and Lara's oat flour (AKA Cream Hill Estates - from Quebec). I used one cup oat flour and the other 2 cups I used Carol Fenster's sorghum/corn flour blend.
1 1/2 cups sorghum flour
1/1/2 cups potato starch
1 cup tapioca flour
1/2 cup corn flour (or chestnut flour or bean flour)

They didn't quite look done at 10 minutes, so I baked for 12 and then they crisped up afterwards, so they were a bit over done. I'll stick with the 10 minutes next time. I don't like coconut at all, but you can't really taste it, so it's okay for supertasters, Colleen! (I can't make that link thingy to your other post.)

Also when this says "makes lots of cookies" it's right! I had a tupperware container full and three 1 litre zip bags full to put in the freezer.

I got the recipe from my mother-in-law, so I suppose it's her dad's recipe.
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Mom of Ty (he's ten) who was diagnosed by bloodwork June 2005, biopsy August 11, 2005, notified on & started GF August 18, 2005