Agave Sweetened Chocolate Chip Cookies and Shari

I have a huge sweet tooth.  Let me just say really huge, but I have a big problem, I am pretty severely hypoglycemic.  I am unable to eat any sugar, honey, maple syrup, or artificial sweeteners, I get by with fruit juice and agave.  For a long time I was able to eat malt sweetened chocolate chips made by Sunspire, but then they stopped making them and I was so mad.  Recently my husband found some at our local health food store.  They are sweetened with rice syrup now, something I tend to stay away from, but in small doses I can handle.  So this past weekend I made a batch of chocolate chip cookies, yum, I am in Heaven.

These aren't as sweet as your normal cookie made with sugar or honey, but they are pretty darn good especially for someone like who loves to eat sweets but whose body can't handle them.  I think I may have given you this recipe before, but I am so excited to have them back in my life I am giving it to you again.  These are based on a recipe my sister Claudia gave me which I tweaked a bit.

1 egg

1/2 cup agave

1/2 cup butter melted

1/4 cup oil
3 tbsp water

2 tsp vanilla extract

2 1/4 cups flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1- 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips

* I also add 1/3 cup sliced almonds

 * and I add Crispy Brown Rice Cereal sprinkled in to add crunch, my brand Erewhon is fruit juice sweetened

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  

In a smaller bowl add all liquid ingredients and mix well.  Add liquid mixture to flour, baking soda, and salt, mix together.  Add chips, almonds and sprinkle in brown rice cereal.  Scoop out onto cookie sheet and bake, around 10 minutes.  

I usually double my batch and add in extra flour if needed.  Store in the freezer and you always have yummy cookies on hand.

They do not flatten out like regular cookies but they sure are yummy.

Want to come over for a cookie and a cup of tea?  We could chat about all sorts of things and play with yarn.  Wouldn't that be fun?

One blogging friend I would love to have over today is my dear friend Shari at Gum Tree Lane.  You all will know Shari from her past blogs Kashmere Kisses and Lauren's Closet.  Shari is the sweetest friend, a true southerner with more warmth and charm than you can imagine.  Shari has had more issues with her blog lately, she has what I'd like like to refer to as a blog malfunction  (not much better than a wardrobe malfunction I am afraid), but she is keeps trudging on, and for that I am grateful.  I'd hate for her to stop blogging, I'd miss her gorgeous photography, her beautiful children, and all of her amazing sewing, quilting and crochet. Plus I would miss her friendship.  I always feel better having visited her as her blog is a place of peace for me, a place where I feel I can visit and find someone real, not all fluff and staged beauty, but a life that is lovely but also has the ups and downs we all have. A true blog.  I am drawn to these more and more everyday.  Please pop by and give Shari a hello at Gum Tree Lane.  If you have been missing her this is where you can find her.

Have you found any great blogs lately?  I'd love to hear about them.

Hugs to all of you my friends and Happy Friday.