Enjoy Life Soft Baked Lively Lemon Cookies

Enjoy Life Soft Baked Lively Lemon Cookies
Photograph Copyright 2012 Kelsey Wyatt

One of the most significant types of food that people who cannot eat wheat or gluten tend to miss is the glorious cookie. From giant chocolate chip cookies that are the size of a Frisbee to soft baked sugar cookies, there are just an endless supply of delicious treats that like to sit on store shelves and taunt anyone with an allergy. 

And this is why many dessert and candy manufacturers have been searching for the perfect cookie recipe. But most companies have had little true success with creating a cookie that actually tastes like it has the right consistency.

And that is one of the biggest things about cookies that are gluten free. Usually the question is: are they smooth and sugary or cake-like and gritty?

For Enjoy Life Soft Baked Lively Lemon Cookies, the answer is something in the middle as they do have a nice consistency yet it's still possible to tell that it's a gluten free type of cookie. But this isn't necessarily a deal-breaker as people who must eat things that don't have the magical "glue" of gluten are used to their food falling apart before it even comes out of the package.

Enjoy Life Soft Baked Lively Lemon Cookies
Photograph Copyright 2012 Kelsey Wyatt

But these cookies definitely stay together and upon opening the box, you'll likely see twelve completely intact cookies. But they are twelve very tiny cookies as they are not much bigger than a half dollar. If you don't pay attention to what you're eating, you can down this entire box in a matter of seconds. And for anyone who doesn't otherwise possess the metabolism of a marathon runner, this would mean a whopping 600 calories! That's more calories than a Quarter-Pounder with Cheese! It's hard to believe, but just a single cookie is actually fifty calories and has 3.5 grams of fat. 

This is definitely a food you need to eat in moderation unless you happen to be running a marathon the next day.

Enjoy Life Soft Baked Lively Lemon Cookies - Tiny Cookies
Photograph Copyright 2012 Kelsey Wyatt

One of the nice things about these cookies is that they're not only gluten free, but they're also nut free as well and this is a plus for anyone seeking dessert food who is also allergic to nuts. Many dessert foods that are in the cookie category are either filled with nuts or are produced in a facility that processes nuts. 

Fortunately for people with gluten allergies or nut allergies, the Enjoy Life bakeries are stated to be free of either substance.

The consistency of the cookies is nice though and for the lemon variety (the company makes several flavors), the aroma of lemon will definitely fill the general vicinity when you open the box. Some other nice things about these cookies include the fact that they are completely free of artificial flavors, although it's interesting to note that they're not organic (so many gluten free and "natural" foods are also organic).

Biting into one of these cookies is a nice experience, even if the cookie's size is not exactly significant.

Enjoy Life Soft Baked Lively Lemon Cookies
Photograph Copyright 2012 Kelsey Wyatt

Enjoy Life Soft Baked Lively Lemon Cookies Report Card

The Good Things:

The lemon aroma of these cookies is great and the "soft baked" angle is a tasty way to present the cookie. If you like lemons and you like cookies, these cookies provide a decent cookie experience. You won't fall out of your chair in bliss, but you'll get your cookie fix.

What Could Be Improved:

It's likely that the bakery responsible for these cookies was concentrating on taste and consistency more than making a cookie that could be eaten without worry about things like fat and calories. The cookies are pretty small and could be flattened out a small amount to make their real estate seem a little more significant.