Chocolate Chip Mookies (cookies)

Well, you can always tell when my daughter is either coming home or is home. That is when I blog recipes.  I have to start by saying a few weeks ago I got a big compliment.  A chef, who leads a culinary arts department as the instructor and director, tasted my Gluten Free Banana Bread.  He said it was the perfect texture and consistency and was delicious.  He couldn't even tell it was gluten free.  Recipe is here on my blog.  I won't be changing it at all.  But on to the Mookies.

The problem we always have with gluten free cookies is that they spread too much and are usually crunchy.  My daughter missed the ooey goodness of those gluten filled cookies of her childhood.  While I was looking through Facebook one day, I saw a unique cookie recipe that everyone who posted was raving about.  It had three simple ingredients:  a cake mix, cool whip and an egg.  I decided I would make a gluten free version.  But I was afraid that once again we would have crispy cookies.  My solution was to use muffin tins instead of a baking sheet.  This way I could control the spread and hopefully get a good ooey texture for my daughter.  It worked, although they weren't ooey gooey, but they were very soft. .  But to make sure, I did bake some on my baking stone.  They spread out into a thin sheet of cookie dough that was crispy on the outside and falling apart in the middle. Then, it just made sense that Mookies were the way to go...muffin cookies!

Chocolate Chip Mookies

1 box gluten free cake mix
1 container extra creamy cool whip

1 large egg
1/2 bag of chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350. Mix cake mix, cool whip, and egg together. Add chocolate chips. Drop by spoonfuls into bag of powdered sugar. Shake to coat. (I did one at a time)  Put each cookie into muffin tin coated with non-stick gluten free cooking spray. Bake for 12 -14 minutes. Cool for at least five minute before removing from muffin tins.  Makes 2 1/2 to 3 dozen Mookies.

My daughter was happy with the soft goodness of these cookies.  While they weren't ooey for her, these satisfied her desire for soft cookies and said that these will work just fine.