Ah the disappointment! I attempted to whip up a batch of Food-Tek's Quick-Bake, wheat-free, gluten free, trans fat free, enriched chocolate chip cookies, but had little success.
The gluten free chocolate chip mix, like other Food-Tek products comes with its own measuring cup, and multiple packs of mix- in this case 4.
I followed the directions initially which said to preheat the oven to 375 degrees, add contents of mix to a bowl, then add 5 cc of water and 1 tsp. of softened butter, then mix until well blended.
Perhaps I've stated this before with previous Food-Tek reviews, but the little cup needed to measure the water in never seems to have a clearly indicated mark. 5 cc's in reality is about a teaspoon's worth of liquid. So I put in the 5 cc's and mixed and mixed and not surprisingly I couldn't get it past a powder. How could I possibly drop by rounded teaspoons?? So natch I added more water, but of course it was too much water- like maybe a whole tablespoon? It just was so ludicrous.
In the oven, the rounded blobs all blended into one another, though I was still hoping for the best after 8 minutes of baking.
The cookies were uh rather crumbly, delicate would be the clear understatement here, with a taste that might have clearly begun as cookie-like, but soon became decidedly glue-like. "Glue" was Rob's term for them.
It has always been my opinion that Food-Tek products resemble more Easy Bake Oven snacks (anyone remember those?), geared for kids with celiac, than actual food products. So I guess I was left feeling utterly inept that I couldn't bake up some decent gluten free cookies. Yeah, easy for children, and impossible for adults!
So perhaps all you celiac readers out there will have a much better experience with Food-Tek's chocolate chip cookies than me.
Happy Mixing!
Ingredients
Corn starch, sugar, chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, dextrose, soy lecithin, vanillin), corn oil, nonfat dry milk, dried egg, baking soda, salt, vanilla, fumaric acid, niacin, thiamine hydrochloride, riboflavin, folic acid.
Nutrition Facts
Serving size: 23 g
Servings per container: 8
Amount per serving
Calories: 100
Calories from fat: 35
Total fat: 3.5 g
Sat fat: 1 g
Trans fat: 0g
Cholesterol: 10 mg
Sodium: 135 mg
Total carb: 17 g
Dietary fiber: 0 g
Sugars: 7 g
Protein: 1 g
Friday, March 30, 2007
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2 comments:
I'm so surprised to see these cookies (as well as the bread in the review a few below this one) use ONLY corn starch for its flour. No wonder the finished product is unsatisfactory! Ack. I haven't seen any Food-Tek items on my grocer's shelves, but I'll be certain to doublecheck the ingredients and make sure I purchase (if I purchase) an item that has more than corn starch giving it heft. I also think the multi-packaging is wasteful. I can maybe understand if an item needs a special pan in which to bake. But a measuring cup? Hm.
I couldn't agree more! Thanks for the comment Karen.
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