Gluten free, fructose free chocolate cookies
I had a big win in the kitchen today! It was my fourth attempt at making my own fructose free chocolate and to be honest I was going to give up if this one didn’t work. I have tried making chocolate using rice malt syrup and dextrose syrup (separately of course!) but every time I made it the sweetener separated from the chocolate leaving an ugly and bad-tasting mess.
Just when I thought home-made chocolate was over for me I remembered that wonderful thing we have called Google (duh)! And hey presto I found not only the solution to my problem but a fab new Australian website dedicated to the fructose free journey. I followed all the tips suggested and it worked a treat – no separating at all, just delicious sweet raw chocolate made by me. Today I used dextrose syrup as I still had some left from my last attempt but next time I will try rice malt syrup and report back.
For those of you attempting this yourselves I urge you to use a stick blender people. It will change your life I tell you (well it will change your chocolate-making results at least). And set it in the FREEZER – not the fridge. The results were long awaited and delicious (although a couple of sugar-loving taste testers disagreed and I’m okay with that – in fact I LOVE the honesty of my friend’s five year old daughter who spat it directly in the bin!!!) I was so carried away with the success I forgot to take photos – SORRY – but you can see the chunks in the cookie dough pic.
Gluten free, fructose free cookie dough
I then used the chocolate to make David Gillespie’s Double Choc Chip Cookies (recipe in The Sweet Poison Quit Plan Cookbook) and they were superb, I highly recommend them if you have the book (the mix seems a little dry but trust it – they come together beautifully). The only change I make is to use Spelt flour as it’s better for my guts but feel free to use whatever flour you like. Bob ate four and then announced they were a little rich (how ‘bout you stick to two next time?) and Bella said they tasted like they had real sugar in them and that was after an afternoon at the chocolate bar afternoon tea at the Langham! Even my sugar-loving son and his gf gave them the thumbs up so all in all I’m super happy with my sweet success.
* With permission I have published the recipe for these cookies on my Instagram feed. You can find the link in the sidebar.
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