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March 18, 2010

Gluten Free Soft Drop Sugar Cookies

I admit that cookies are my weakness, so it was hard when we went gluten free as I had to learn how to bake all my favorite cookies all over again. Sometimes a new recipe was a success and other times it was a flop. We’ve had many moments when the cookies were ok, but they weren’t like we remembered them. I’m always trying to improve on recipes that I’ve created to make a really good cookie. We really like sugar cookies around here. While crisp sugar cookies are yummy, our favorite sugar cookies are soft and chewy. Sugar cookies…

Gluten Free Strawberry Pie

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Gluten Free Strawberry Pie Ingredients: 2 1/2 C water 2 C white sugar 5 Tbsp gluten free cornstarch 1 small pk strawberry gelatin 2 quarts strawberries, sliced 2 9 inch gluten free pie crusts, baked Directions: Thoroughly combine sugar and cornstarch in small bowl. In a saucepan, combine water and sugar mixture. Cook over medium high heat, stirring constantly until mixture boils and thickens. Remove from heat and stir in the strawberry gelatin. While the gelatin mixture cools slightly, arrange sliced strawberries in the pie crusts with the tips pointing up. Pour gelatin mixture over strawberries, covering the berries. Place…

Chocolate Covered Strawberries

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For Valentine’s Day, I wanted to have a special dessert, but I didn’t have the time to bake anything that day. I thought it would be fun to have some chocolate covered strawberries. We’ve had store purchased chocolate covered strawberries before, but they’re rarely very good plus they are usually quite expensive. We had to stop and get milk at the grocery store, so we picked up a container of strawberries for $2.50. I placed about 1 cup of chocolate chips and 1 Tbsp of coconut oil in a microwave safe bowl. I microwaved at 30 second intervals, stirring after…

Heart Shaped Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies

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Gluten Free Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies For Munchkin’s homeschool Valentine’s party, I happily agreed to make the cookies. Because it was a Valentine’s Day theme, I wanted to make sure I transformed the regular flourless peanut butter thumbprint cookies into something a little more special. I mixed together 2 cups of sugar, 2 tsps baking powder, 2 cups of peanut butter, and 2 eggs until thoroughly combined. I then took about a tablespoon of the dough and rolled it into a ball. The dough ball was rolled in pink sugar crystals. I then flattened the balls and shaped them into…

Handmade Christmas: Delicious Gluten Free Treats

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Christmas can be dangerous for me because I really enjoy baking, and I also enjoy eating those baked goods. Yesterday, Munchkin needed some cookies to take with her to her Awana Christmas party. Since I was busy working on several other projects, I cheated and used a Betty Crocker Gluten Free chocolate chip cookie mix that I had on hand. I tossed in some M&Ms to make it more festive and sprinkled some colored sugar on top. I turned these into quite large cookies by using ice cream scoop sized balls of dough. While I usually cook from scratch, it’s…