I am not a ‘Mommy Blogger’ but I am a mom who blogs. For the most part I don’t fold my family activities in with my food and drink exploits in print, though this past Mother’s Day offered a recipe too good not to share.
I like a simple Mother’s Day. No ‘stuff’. I believe the most valuable gift one can share is their time so some good food and simple moments are all I need. A day without laundry responsibilities works for me too. After being asked to relocate to a different area in the house I eventually began to smell the distinct wafts of chocolate from the kitchen. I came down to find the most gorgeous Chocolate Truffle Cookies (gluten free) baked at the hands of my third grade son (with some supervision from my husband). He was beaming with accomplishment and rightly so after trying them. These are not the misshapen, questionably flavored cookies of a soppy Hallmark commercial; those cookies only a mother could love. These cookies are rich, perfectly flavored and elegant in appearance. And nothing I’d seen in our house before.
The cookies were made from scratch leaving me all the more intrigued. When I asked about the recipe source my son told me he had Googled ‘gluten free recipes for Mother’s Day kids can make themselves’ and this is where he landed. The cookies are a perfect cross between a chocolate cookie and a brownie. They bear a glossy patina and a perfect moist, textured bite with chunks of chocolate and walnuts.
The original recipe is gluten free though if you desire to make them with gluten, substitute your favorite all purpose flour and proceed with the rest of the recipe as written. For those gluten free, the recipe calls out a specific gluten-free flour brand. My chef did NOT use the specified flour, or any added gums (xanthan or guar) and the cookies were beautiful. Use your favorite all purpose gluten free flour blend.
Since no adaptations were made to the original recipe I’m including a link and not reprinting it: Chocolate Truffle Cookie recipe (click here).
Being an equal opportunity parent I will share a visual from my elder child’s efforts. Another thoughtful culinary endeavor I excitedly mistook for something different; ‘Are these Jell-O shots?!’ Complete ‘Inappropriate Mommy’ moment. My nubile teen sweetly told me they were made from her American Girl ‘Tiny Treats’ cookbook and were mock watermelon slices, doll size. Hollowed out lime (I’d seen the pulp earlier and was sure that meant there was a Margarita nearby), filled with Black Cherry Jell-O penetrated by a skewer and inserted mini chocolate chips for seeds. You can probably wager a guess at how they tasted, but who doesn’t love some culinary exploration in Lilliputian proportion?
Jane says
That is so sweet! The cookies look so yummy, and I love the card!
Grace Boyle says
AH! I love what he Googled 🙂 How incredibly sweet and I love how you tied the blog post together with your wonderful, sweet children.
CJ - Food Stories says
Thx for connecting with me on foodbuzz. I have subscribed to your feed and can't wait to see what your next post will be!
Lea Ann says
What a wonderful post Toni! Love the Boulder Locavore card. Beautiful cookies! I really really like that glass with the bird. Where did you get that? It almost looks like an Anthropology piece.
Veronica Gantley says
What a wonderful desert. Thanks for sharing with us.
Boulder Locavore says
Thank you Veronica for reading and taking the time to comment!
Rachel says
This is the sweetest thing. Your kids make me really, really want some of my own so they can bake me wonderful cookies and write brilliant poetry some day!
Boulder Locavore says
Oh Rachel, that is so nice. I will say I have been blessed in the Mommy department. I have some really lovely people who are my children.
Jeff Rasmuss says
Those look delicious! Definitely goes along well with a tall glass of milk! Yum!
Boulder Locavore says
Thank Jeff! Looking forward to following your blog.
AnnaG says
Wonderful post! When you get margaritas and jello shots from your kids, you'll know that you've arrived. Seriously though … what a sweet way to celebrate Mother's Day–sharing homemade treats with the little ones that mean the most to you. 🙂
Boulder Locavore says
That I've 'arrived' or that someone may call Social Services about my parenting skills! It was a lovely, simple day and I loved what they did more than any material gifts I could think of! Thank you Anna.
Pencil Kitchen says
Do you know why i get afraid of baking cookies like these? I end up gaining 2 pounds!
Boulder Locavore says
Ah, totally agree. Very hard to avoid them!
lindsay | rosemarried says
“Voldemort even likes it” is definitely the best thing I've read all week. Oh, and I could hardly concentrate on your writing because your cookies, glassware, and decorative straws are all too lovely!
Boulder Locavore says
Too much, right (Voldemort)?! I also loved 'Even someone in Asia reads it'. When I told him I put it in the post he was concerned I may be losing some readers if they too were bloggers for the boastful things he said about my blog (what 9 year old thinks like this? Maybe I need to hire him as my business manager). Thanks for your kind comments on the 'decor' in the post too.