Betty Crocker. It’s becoming a name I know I can trust. Especially since having to step into a gluten-free lifestyle, finding products that actual “WOW” my palate has been a trick. Even more…finding affordable products that fit my budget has been one challenge after another. So, when a sale hits on gluten-free goodies, I usually snatch them up quickly.
Betty Crocker’s gluten-free bake mixes were a part of an “on-sale budget splurge” one day while grocery shopping. I filled up a basket just on these things because…I finally could. I already reviewed her brownies, which I loved…so now…it was time to get my Cookie Monster on.
I love sweet things as much as the next person, but cake isn’t one of my favorite things in the world. So, growing up, I was all about my mom’s homemade cookies, brownies, dessert bars and fudge. And she was one hell of a baker, let me tell you. The best part was when you got to taste one fresh out of the oven. I still love to sneak a treat as it comes out of the oven, still soft and hot and melting as you attempt to cool it off by blowing across it, juggling from hand to hand so as not to burn yourself, and still get that “fresh from the oven” taste.
That was what I was hoping for with Betty Crocker’s Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies. The preparation is easy. One stick of softened butter. One egg. Mix with the boxed mix until a crumbly dough forms. Like I said…easy! One thing I did notice was there was an ample amount of chocolate chips. A lot of mixes skimp on their chocolate chip to dough ratio when it comes to these pre-packaged delights. But not Betty Crocker. I’d have plenty of chocolate chips in each cookie. And this made me stupidly happy.
I preheated the oven and got to spooning out the dough onto cookie sheets. Nothing could be simpler. And I even got the proper amount of servings from the dough. All 40 cookies present and accounted for…for now.
As they baked in the oven, they smelled amazing. The entire aroma of cookies flooded my apartment. It was like what it was like growing up, when my mom would randomly bake up a batch of cookies for my friends and I while we played and call us up as they were finishing up in the oven. That’s what these reminded me of. And when something can bring me back to my childhood with a simple whiff, then something is definitely right.
They baked for the allotted time and I pulled them out of the oven, letting them sit for only a moment on the sheet before moving them over to a cooling rack. Only a couple crumbled on the way, but those would be the fresh testers anyway. So, once they were baked moved, my roommate and I gathered up the crumbled cookies and took a taste.
They were fantastic. Just like homemade cookies from scratch. Not only that, you couldn’t even tell that they are gluten-free. No one would be the wiser unless you told them. They melted in your mouth as any fresh cookie should. Bursting with chocolate chip flavor and that buttery taste of cookie dough…so delicious! I had to grab another one and I didn’t feel bad doing it either.
If you are looking for the most amazing pre-packaged, gluten-free chocolate chip cookies…give these a whirl. I promise, you won’t be disappointed. And it saves you time mixing together different flours to get the texture and taste just right. Betty Crocker does all that for you, packaging it with gluten-free love, and serving it to those of us who definitely need a delicious hit of chocolate chip deliciousness.
Go crazy…dip it in almond milk or put some Cool Whip between two cookies for a cookie sandwich. Or eat them as they are. Because…any way you serve them up, they are incredible. Hot from the oven or straight from the cookie jar, Betty Crocker serves up so-close-to-homemade chocolate chip cookies that you’d be hard-pressed to tell the difference.
So get baking…and enjoy!
The Celiathlete 