You only live once, so eat dessert first. Since I'm a person that loves baked goods more than a regular meal, I am going to give you my secret ingredient for gluten free baking. My mother and I have tried many different recipes to make a good gluten free cookie because those are our favorite. When trying to make cookies from scratch, the recipe called for ingredients like rice flour or tapioca flour.  The cookies would come out flat and taste like paper with chocolate chips.  We resorted to going to a gluten free bakery and buying them, tasted good, but too expensive. We had to find a different way to make a good cookie, cupcake or brownie.  About 3 years ago Betty Crocker came out with gluten free cake, brownie and cookie mix that you just had to add eggs, water, oil or butter, like regular mixes from a box. I have to say they are really good. But we wanted to find a better way  we could make cookies from scratch like we did when I was a child. New gluten free products were coming out everyday. One day my mom and her sister were in Williams-Sonoma just browsing and they discovered a gluten free section. They had several pre-mixed baked goods, but my mom found a bag of flour that was called Cup 4 Cup. The slogan is Gluten Free, But You’d Never Know it. All you have to do is substitute the flour in your recipe with Cup4 Cup. It's so easy, but the only down side is that  a 3 pound bag costs $20. My mom and I think it's so worth it because we like making everything from scratch and knowing  exactly what is goes into the food we bake.  Actually my mom just baked me a batch of gluten free cookies. I was thrilled! My school has some gluten free cookies, but not homemade.   If you just want a quick and easy way to make some baked goods, Betty Crocker is sold in most grocery store's gluten free section. If you want to make baked goods from scratch then Cup 4 Cup can be found in Whole Foods, Williams-Sonoma, Wegmans, Dean and Deluca to name a few. If you want to find out more about Cup 4 Cup the website is www.cup4cup.com. Remember, if you're gluten free, follow me!

The Best Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies

2 1/2 cups of Cup 4 Cup flour
1 teaspoon of baking soda
1 teaspoon of gluten free vanilla
2 sticks of butter
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup of light brown sugar
2 eggs
1 bag of chocolate chips

Preheat oven 350

Cream softened butter with sugar then add brown sugar, add eggs, baking soda and vanilla. Add flour, then chocolate chips.

Drop by measuring tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets

Bake for 9-10 minutes, place on cooling rack

Eat and Enjoy!!