Copycat Gluten Free Trios Girl Scout Cookies (Flourless)

By Bailey1_

I had never baked with invert sugar before, but I think I’ll be using it more often in the future. It not only adds sweetness, but moisture; and unlike granulated sugar, it does not crystallize.

Ingredients

• 2 cups certified gluten free oats (Bob's Red Mill)
• 1/2 + 1/8 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/8 teaspoon salt (omit if using salted butter)
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup pure natural, salted, creamy peanut butter
• 6 Tablespoons unsalted butter* (or salted)
• 3 Tablespoons invert sugar, cooked 235ºF and completely cooled (or agave syrup)
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon water
• 6.5 oz. (appx. 1 cup) gluten free semi-sweet mini chocolate chips (Nestle's) (or Enjoy Life, for dairy-free)

Details

Servings 60
Adapted from glutenfreerecipebox.com

Preparation

Step 1

Makes 5 dozen cookies

Preheat oven to 375ºF. Gather two to three baking sheets and set aside.

In a food processor, add oats, baking soda, and salt. Pulse until combined, about 5 times.

Add both sugars and pulse until sugars break up and thoroughly combine with the oats, 15 - 20 times.

Add the peanut butter, butter, and invert sugar; and mix on low speed thoroughly, scraping bottom, if needed.

Add the egg and water, and pulse, just long enough to combine.
Using a spring-action scooper, 1 3/4 teaspoon in size, scoop dough onto ungreased baking sheets, spacing them equally so that no more than 12 cookies are on one baking sheet.
Do not flatten the dough, but you may shape them into high, rounded mounds.
Bake 7 minutes on the center rack, until they become lightly golden brown around the edges. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 2 minutes. Then transfer the them to a wire rack to cool completely. ...
If the dough is too soft to mold, refrigerate it until it firms up. Using cold dough may require you to flatten the cookie dough prior to baking. Cold dough doesn't spread in the oven very easily. In addition, the baking time may need to be adjusted.

Feel free to top the cookies with additional chocolate chips and pat them into the dough.