That was a gf cookie?

Monday morning saw the Trader Joe's (TJ) pancake and waffle mix disaster. Wrong combination of flours or something, but I only took one bite of those vile things before 86ing them. Gotta love El Jefe though, he got back up and tried dousing them with more syrup (that didn't help by the way, I tried) while his friend JWes asked "Um, are these pancakes part of your diet?" Me: "Yes" JWes: "Yeah I can tell, they have a different <insert dramatic pause> taste." Uh oh...another mental note to self--TJ pancake and waffle mix is a NO GO!  So, not only do I need to find a mix/flour combo that tastes GREAT, I am looking for a cookie that tastes like a FANTASTIC chocolate chip cookie that I can manipulate and hopefully exceed tastewise in my own kitchen. Ladies and gentlemen...I have found it!

I bought this baby last night at a health food store called Wild Bran in downtown Lisle. Apparently, Sweet Ali's is solely a gluten free bakery in Hinsdale, IL and it just so happens that Wild Bran-a mere hop, skip and a jump away from our house-carries her label. I had it for my lunchtime dessert and in a matter of minutes I had nothing but gf crumbs

For me, half of the battle with going gf is mental. It is extremely difficult to take the first bite presuming (in some cases like the TJ pancakes with about 99.9% accuracy) that it is going to taste absolutely abysmal because it says "gluten free" on the package. My taste buds were singing when I took the initial bite and I had this bad boy down in a matter of two minutes (sadly, maybe less). Moral of the story: I will one up this cookie. Watch out Sweet Ali, here comes Amware and I get a bit competitive when I'm in the kitchen! You have been warned.