teff chocolate chip cookies

original recipe taken from
http://www.thedailygreen.com/healthy-eating/blogs/gluten-free/gluten-free-chocolate-chip-cookies-44061308#ixzz13Po3piZn

INGREDIENTS
1 cup teff flour
1/2 cup sorghum flour
1/2 cup ground flaxseed
1/4 cup sweet rice flour
3/4 cup Muscovado sugar
3/4 cup white sugar
2 sticks butter- softened
2 eggs
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 bag Ghirardelli bittersweet chocolate chips
1 cup chopped walnuts

PREPARATION
1. Preheat oven to 375ºf.

2. Put softened butter in a large bowl. Blend in sugars. Mix in eggs and then add vanilla.

3. Mix all dry ingredients together, and blend into wet mixture. Blend in chocolate chips and nuts. Put heaping teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheet.

4. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove to cooling rack.

what I did:

INGREDIENTS
1 cup teff flour
1/2 cup tapioca flour
1/2 cup ground flaxseed
1/4 cup sweet rice flour
1 cup date sugar
2 sticks butter- softened
2 eggs
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 bag sunspire chocolate chips

PREPARATION
1. Preheat oven to 375ºf.

2. Put softened butter in a large bowl. Blend in sugars. Mix in eggs and then add vanilla.

3. Mix all dry ingredients together, and blend into wet mixture. Blend in chocolate chips and nuts. Put heaping teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheet.

4. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove to cooling rack.


Conclusions - they are quite tasty but spread too much while baking and are very crumbly. Pleased with texture and sweetness level. *note for next time* try 1 - 1 1/2 sticks butter. and/or another 1/2 cup or so flour.