Lace cookies

Remember those lacey cookies with the chocolate bottoms, that were an almost essential part of the holidays?

We tried making some today. With varying degrees of success.

We started with this recipe, which has a beautiful yummy finished product picture – and modified it ever so slightly to remove the ginger, and add some orange zest.

For some reason, we couldn’t quite get the cookies to turn out the way they were in the picture. They kept rising and getting puffy, like you would expect a normal cookie to do.

So -  we had to modify the steps to get to the cookies to turn out – but once they did, yum, yum, yum!

So, our current adaptation of the lace cookie recipe:

• 5 1/2 Tbs sorghum flour
• 3 Tbs potato starch
• 1/2 Cup sugar
• 1/2 Cup GF rolled oats
• 1/2 Cup toasted pine nuts
• 2 Tsp fresh orange zest
• 1/4 Tsp baking powder
• 1/4 Tsp xanthan gum
• 6 Tbs butter, melted
• 2 Tbs light corn syrup
• 2 Tbs half n half or cream

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees

1. Using a food processor, blend all ingredients together until evenly distributed.
2. Line a cookie sheet with either parchment paper or a silpat (we used a silpat).
3. Drop by at most a tablespoon onto the sheet, and then, using the back of the spoon (or your oiled hands – sticky dough), spread them out to the desired thickness.
• If you want only a cookie sized portion, use a teaspoon size, but still spread the dough out.
4. Put no more than 4 on the sheet at a time, as you will need work quickly when they come out of the oven (if you want to shape them).
5. Bake approx. 8 minutes, or until the bubbling of the cookie stops (you’ll have to watch). They should be golden brown at this point.
6. Remove from the oven and, if shaping, count to 3 before using a large spatula to remove from the sheet and place over the object that is your form.
• You should cover your form in parchment or plastic wrap, or the cookie might stick.
7. Cool cookies on the forms until they feel hardened. Cool the formed cookies and the non formed cookies completely before storing.

Enjoy!