Chocolate Chip Cookies (Gluten-Free)

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Photo of the first incarnation of my gluten-free chocolate chip cookies. The cookies look somewhat different from each other because of various additions and subtractions. Photo taken by myself (and cookies made by myself). Dropframe 17:53, 27 July 2006 (UTC) ? Photo by Dropframe at English Wikibooks, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

These gluten-free chocolate chip cookies use sweet rice flour, also known as glutinous rice flour. Don't be fooled by the name; there's no gluten in glutinous rice flour (or any rice flour, for that matter). This flour, like most gluten-free flours, is easy to find if an Asian grocery can be located. It can also be found in many boutique grocery stores, such as Trader Joe's or Whole Foods. Other gluten-free flours may be substituted, but be prepared to adjust the amount of flour needed to compensate for variations in starchiness. It should go without saying, for any household coping with celiac disease, that it is imperative to make sure all your ingredients, work surfaces, and utensils are free of gluten contamination. Special care should be taken with compound ingredients such as baking powder; make sure its ingredients list does not include gluten-containing items such as modified food starch. The cookies are pictured to the right with various additions to the dough. Experimenting is encouraged, but please be careful choosing additions. Some of the cookies pictured have oats added, which introduce trace amounts of gluten and are not safe for celiacs.

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