Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

My husband had a sweet tooth tonight, so I decided to make some quick and easy gluten free peanut butter cookies. I tried out this recipe from Delicious As It Looks. I didn't have any kisses, so I just used chocolate chips. They turned out really good and pretty dense. Tip: they get crispier on the edges as they cool. Wait to eat them if you can!

Ingredients:

• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine peanut butter, sugar, egg, and chocolate chips. Roll into little balls and place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for about 10 minutes.

Orange Chocolate Chip Cookies

I took another stab at gluten free baking today. They tasted good, but once again had a funky consistency. Very crunchy after they cooled. I won't take all the blame though. Trying to bake at altitude is hard enough. At least they are better than my muffin disaster last weekend.
I also got to play around with my Lensbaby!

Recipe adapted from vanessam.hubpages.com
Ingredients:

• 2 cups flour (I used 1 cup gluten free all purpose and 1cup oat, don't ask me why)
• 1 tbsp minced orange peel
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup butter
• 1/3 cup fresh orange juice
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350º F. Lightly oil a cookie sheet. In a medium bowl, combine flour, orange peel, baking powder and salt. Set aside. In a separate bowl cream together sugar and butter. Add vanilla and orange juice and blend well. Combine wet and dry mixtures, and mix to combine. Stir in chocolate chips.
Drop dough onto your prepared sheet, and bake for 15–20 minutes. Let cool on sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire cooling rack.