It is my feeling that if I am going to heat up my kitchen and do baking, I want to have cookies when I'm done, too.

I love chocolate chip cookies.  That are so delicious, and chocolaty.  They were the first thing I tried to make, and I'll just say that the outcome has improved significantly since that first attempt.

Want to make cookies?  Conveniently, the heat level is the same as the bread, so you can just make them in the same bowl you mixed the bread in, and you'll only have to do those dishes once!  (For the asterisk marks, scroll to the bottom for my tips.)

GF Chocolate Chip Cookies (makes approx 10-15 cookies)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F

Cream** together the following ingredients:
1 stick soft butter* (1/2 cup any butter substitute, soft)
1/2 cup splenda or sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
(1 full cup splenda is also ok, if you can't have sugar)

Add:
3 eggs
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon Guar or Xanthan Gum

Mix together well.

Sift in coconut flour in the following quantities.
For thin, soft cookies, use 1/4 cup flour
For thick, chewy cookies, use 1/2 cup flour

Add 1/2 bag of chocolate chips, blend together.

I recommend using parchment paper on your cookie sheet, which is available right next to the wax paper and foil at any store. If you don't use parchment paper , make sure you grease your cookie sheet.
Spoon onto cookie sheet, and press flat with spoon.

Bake for 15-20 minutes, let cool for 5-10 minutes.
To store: let cool at least 1 hour, place in sealed plastic bags, and keep in refrigerator.

NOTES:
Since some may be relatively new to baking, here is some tips, tricks and explanations.

* To soften butter that you just took out of the fridge, just put the stick in a bowl, and microwave for 20-25 seconds on high.  It comes out perfectly soft.

** Definition and instruction for creaming butter and sugar together:
Put the softened (not melted) butter into the bottom of the bowl and put the sugar on top of it.  Using either a pastry blender or a potato masher blend them together until the color of the two combined turns almost white, and it has a creamy texture.  Do this before you add any other ingredients.