Cookie mix

Yesterday was Christmas, and it's not Christmas without cookies. Being a bit cooked out, I decided to throw together some gluten free cookies from a mix. In the cupboard was one from "King Arthur" - yes the flour company. This mix is made using tapioca starch and rice flour. the other nice item was, that it was a plain cookie base. What was added in was up to me and what was left in my pantry. I added in chocolate chips and slivered almonds.
The dough came out very soft. The mix took 1 cup of butter, 2 eggs, 4 tbsp of water and then the chips and nuts. As it cooked they really spread out alot. Even though I had them spaced about 3 inches apart the cookies still ran into each other. I made the cookies smaller than the dirrections specified. The other thing that I did was to make the whole box. Why?? #1 to have more cookies. #2 the directions said to use 1/2 the contents of the box, but did not give a measurement to use. Hmm, actually, now that I think about it, could have figure out 1/2 by weight - it would have been 8 ounces of mix.
The cookies themselves were very tasty. The non-gluten free family member liked them too.