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Trail Mix Cookies, (left), Gluten Free Trail Mix Cookies, (right).
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I’d always assumed that trail mix was a creation of the back-to-nature hippie movement in the 1960′s. Apparently though, it goes back a little bit further than that, as Jack Kerouac mentions it in his classic 1958 novel, The Dharma Bums. Whatever its origin, trail mix gets its name because it’s a light weight, easy to store, nutritious food to take along while hiking or camping. And wouldn’t it be even easier to eat if it came in cookie form? Now, it does. Seeds, nuts, dried fruit, cereal–everything you want in a trail mix can be packed into a cookie. I’ve also come up with a version which replaces rolled oats and wheat flour with quinoa flakes and brown rice flour, making it gluten free. Friends who came around for tea gave the gluten free version a hearty thumbs up–in fact it they wouldn’t have noticed the difference if I hadn’t told them. Both regular and gluten free recipes are after the jump…
