GFCF Friday - Chocolate Chip Cookies made easy by GFMeals

Photo: My kids devouring Chocolate Chip Cookies from GFmeals

It's been a while since I've done a GFCF Friday review but today I felt compelled to share the newest gluten free chocolate chip cookie that we taste tested. I recently was turned on to GFMeals.com, a website that makes serving up Gluten & Casein free meals quick and easy. One thing that caught my eye is that they sell pre-made frozen cookie dough that you can simply scoop and bake like the mainstream cookie-doughs that you'd find in the grocery store. Usually, I bake my son's cookies from scratch or use a mix, like Pamela's Incredible Chocolate Chunk Cookies (read my review here) but the allure of pre-made dough was simply irresistable - what a very handy thing to keep on hand for occasions when I needed to make up cookies quick with no mixing and no mess. Pre-made dough is absolutely a convenience that I've missed since switching to the GFCF diet - no longer being able to just pick up cookie dough from the grocery store, warehouse club or the school fundraisers.

The Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough from GFMeals.com is

• Gluten-Free
• Casein-Free
• Dairy-Free
• Nut-Free
• Wheat-Free
• Yeast-Free

It ships frozen and ready to use (once thawed). I gave one kid a spoon and the other a fork and with a little supervision the cookies were ready to go in the oven. To reinforce cooperation I had one child scoop the dough out and then my other child pressed it down a little with the fork - as always there were a few minor squabbles about who did what - siblings! The cookies bake at 350 for 12 minutes - quick and easy. The whole container of dough made 2 dozen large cookies (2 cookie sheets worth). Next time I will use smaller scoops, so as to not use the whole container at once and get even more cookies out of the container. (Regular price is $15.97/1.25lbs)

INGREDIENTS: GF-flour blend (brown rice flour, potato starch, tapioca starch), brown sugar, chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, anhydrous dextrose, soy lecithin, GF vanilla extract, non-hydrogenated expeller-pressed natural oil blend (from soy, palm, canola, and olive oils, natural flavors and colors), granulated sugar, soy milk, eggs, GF pure vanilla extract, baking soda, xanthan gum. Contains: Egg, Soy

Verdict: My kids gobbled up the GFMeals cookies and enjoyed them equally as much as they love Pamela's. The cookies from GFMeals cost a bit more than Pamela's but are quicker and easier to make. I can't pick a favorite - I have a feeling that I'll continue to buy both. One thing is for certain, the kids need a treat now and again and being GFCF shouldn't mean no treats, and seriously - nothing beats the smell of fresh baked chocolate chip cookies.