Treats With a Twist

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A GIVEAWAY and Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Sandwich Cookies

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[Giveaway announced at the bottom of this post…]

I was always that kid with her hands in the bowl of cookie dough while my mom was trying to scoop it onto baking sheets. I use to run full-force to the kitchen at the first inkling that cookies were being made because I didn’t want to miss the dough! Forget the cookies!
As I got older, this certainly didn’t change. I remember one time when my mom and I ate so much of a bowl of cookie dough (specifically, Kitchen Sink Cookie Dough, full of every kind of baking chip, cereal, coconut, and nuts) that by the time a few of them were baked, we didn’t want the cookies anymore (I don’t think we wanted the cookies in the first place). And this affliction has certainly been handed to my younger brother as well, because when he was visiting me just a few months ago, I made him cookies, but he reached straight for the bowl instead.
So, when I received Lindsay Landis’s cookbook, The CookieDough Lover’s Cookbook, I knew that I had found someone who knew who I truly was. She’s compiled a book full of egg-less cookie dough recipes and treats that will make your heart sing. The photos are beautiful and I think I drooled all over them. Upon realizing that I was out of flour (yup, a baker runs out of flour too), I shed a tear for not being able to attempt a recipe immediately, then I ran out for cookie dough frozen yogurt to hold me over until I was fully stocked up!
I’ve decided to makeover the most essential recipe in her cookbook for this post. The edible chocolate chip cookie dough is amazing, and I’ve tweaked it a little for my own liking (made it vegan, reduced sugar, and gluten-free), and I did a riff on one of the cookie sandwiches she has in the book! To check out the original recipe, you should definitely grab her cookbook…and enter to win it here because free cookbooks are the best thing ever!!!
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Sandwich Cookies
(makes 4 sandwich cookies)
(based on The Cookie Dough Lover’s Cookbook by Lindsay Landis)
¼ cup Earth Balance (or butter substitute)
2 Tbs. Splenda
2 Tbs. brown sugar
1 Tbs. unsweetened almond milk
¼ tsp. vanilla extract
¼ tsp. salt
½ cup + 2 Tbs. oat flour (or flour of your choice)
1 Tbs. semi-sweet chocolate chips (mini work best)
1 Tbs. old fashioned oats
1/8 tsp. baking soda
~Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
~On medium speed, cream the Earth Balance, brown sugar, and Splenda until fluffy and light. Then, add the almond milk and the vanilla and mix until well mixed. Then, slowly add the salt and oat flour. When the dough comes together, turn off the mixer and mix in the chocolate chips.
~Set aside 4-5 tsp. of the raw cookie dough (try not to eat it!! In fact, place it in the fridge so it will firm up a bit while you finish the recipe!). With the rest of the dough (not the reserved dough), add the oats and the baking soda. Divide the dough into 8 cookies, rolling into balls, and placing the dough evenly spaced on the cookie sheet. Bake for 7-9 min, until golden brown. Let the cookies cool on a wire rack.
~When the cookies are cool, fetch your reserved cookie dough from the fridge. Divide it into four portions, roll it into a ball and flatten a bit, then sandwich between two of the finished cookies. Repeat with all of the cookies/dough until your done! Enjoy and try to share one with someone you love.
THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED! Congratulations to Bianca who won via random drawing! 
To win a FREE copy of Lindsay’s cookbook:
 Leave a comment below saying what your favorite flavor of raw cookie dough is (we all know you eat it too)!
That’s it! I’ll announce the winner (chosen via random drawing) on Monday, June 25, right here on this page. I’ll also send you an email that you need to respond to within 24 hours… which means that you need to leave your email address, either in your comment or linked to your comment!
For up to 4 additional entries (please leave a separate comment per entry!):
1. Be a follower of this blog, Treats With a Twist and leave a comment telling me which method you follow the blog (Google Reader, RRS, etc).
2. Follow my twitter (@melissakarras) AND tweet a link to this giveaway, using my handle in the tweet so I can see it too.
3. Like Treats With a Twist on Facebook
4. Follow my pins on Pinterest (Melissa Karras (Treats Witha Twist))

 *giveaway sponsored by Quirk publishing* *Giveaway now closed*

About Melissa

I am a passionate gluten-free baker and blogger who has moved to Memphis, TN from Fayetteville, AR. I have two kiddos, two pups, and LOVE fitness, yoga, and finding new ways to stay sustainable and green in my home.

Comments

  5. Bianca says

    OMG!! There’s a book of cookie dough recipes! I NEED THAT! My fave flavor is, of course, chocolate chip…we all know if doesn’t get much better than that.

  9. Yvonne says

    Oatmeal raisin cookie dough, so sweet and comforting – but I always make sure to leave some dough for the actual baking of the cookies!

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