Christmas Cookies Part 2: Mississippi Muddies

The tree is up, the stockings are up, the poinsettias are up, the cookies are baking.

Make these Mississippi Muddies NOW. Your family will love you more if you do. If you use the ingredients I tell you to use, no one will know these are Gluten Free. It's our little Christmas secret.

Mississippi Muddies

2 sticks butter, softened to room temp
1.5 cups sugar
2 eggs at room temp
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups GF Baking Flour Mix (use Bette's Featherlight Flour Blend, please)
1/2 teaspoon xanthan gum
2/3 cup cocoa powder, sifted
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup white chocolate chips
2 tablespoons milk as needed for wetness

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In large bowl, beat butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla until light and fluffy. In medium bowl, combine GF flour, xanthan gum, baking soda, salt, and sift in the cocoa powder. Whisk dry ingredients until evenly blended. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, adding milk by the tablespoon if more wetness is needed. Mix in the chocolate and white chocolate chips. Drop onto ungreased cookie sheets, or use your cookie scooper. Don't have a cookie scooper yet? What's wrong with you? Put it on your Christmas list!

Bake 9 minutes, let cool slightly before placing on wire racks to cool.