Gluten Free Cookie Ideas

Are you a cookie person? With celiac, it can be hard to give up everyone's favorite treats, but now you don't have to! These delicious cookie recipes are certainly not a bore, and will give everyone a chance to laugh, cry, and enjoy each other and some especially good cookies! Try these, and let me know your opinion!

 

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Ooey-Gooey Chocolate Chip Cookies  ***Gluten Free***

• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/4 cups packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon gluten-free vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup egg substitute
• 2 1/4 cups gluten-free baking mix
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 12 ounces semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F ( 190 degrees C). Prepare a greased baking sheet.
2. In a medium bowl, cream butter and sugar. Gradually add replacer eggs and vanilla while mixing. Sift together gluten- free flour mix, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Stir into the butter mixture until blended. Finally, stir in the chocolate chips.
3. Using a teaspoon, drop cookies 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheet. 
4. Bake in preheated oven for 6 to 8 minutes or until light brown. Let cookies cool on baking sheet for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks.
5. enjoy and share some with your family and friends.

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Gluten Free Goodness- Sugar Cookie Recipe

Ingredients: 

cups gluten-free flour mix*
2 eggs
1 teaspoon soda
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 teaspoon almond (or flavoring of your choice)
1 cup gluten-free margarine
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1. Sift flour, soda & cream of tartar - cut in margarine or butter . 
2. Beat eggs, add sugar & almond - mix well. 
3. Pour egg mixture into flour mixture and mix well by hand.
4. Chill at least 15 min (several days is also ok). 
5. Roll out to desired thickness on floured surface and cut into shapes. 
6. Decorate with colored sugar, or if you prefer, after baked & cooled frost and then sprinkle with colored sugar, etc.2 cups powdered sugar mixed with some melted butter & lemon juice frosts one batch. 
7. Bake at 350F for 9 minutes.

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Gluten Free Snickerdoodle Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 stick plus 5 tablespoons (13 tablespoons) unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 extra-large eggs
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose gluten-free flour (I use Better Batter)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons xanthan gum (omit if using Better Batter)
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons ground cinnamon combined with 3 tablespoons sugar for rolling

Instructions

1. In a large bowl, beat the butter and 1 1/2 cups sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, and the vanilla until well blended.
2. Add the flour, xanthan gum, salt, 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon, baking soda, and cream of tartar to the wet ingredients. Beat the batter well until it becomes thicker and a bit more elastic. It should be thick.
3. Separate the dough into two portions, wrap each tightly in plastic wrap, and refrigerate until chilled firm (at least 1 hour or up to overnight).
4. Once the dough is ready, preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Line rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper and set them aside.
5. Slice each portion of dough into 21 pieces of roughly equal size. Roll each of the 42 pieces of dough between your palms until it forms a ball, and then continue rolling to flatten the ball a bit into a disk. Toss each disk in the cinnamon-sugar mixture until it is well-coated. Place the balls of dough into the freezer for about 10 minutes, until firm again. Roll each ball of dough in the cinnamon-sugar mixture once more, and arrange them about 2 inches apart on the lined baking sheets.
6. Place the rimmed baking sheets in the center of the preheated oven and bake for 8 to 10 minutes, or they are either pale but flat (8 minutes), or a tiny bit crisped around the edges (10 minutes). If you prefer them crispy, that’ll take about 12 minutes.
7. Cool on the baking sheets for about 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. 

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