{"id":28,"date":"2011-09-26T05:23:27","date_gmt":"2011-09-26T05:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maryellensmakingitup.wordpress.com\/?p=28"},"modified":"2011-09-26T05:23:27","modified_gmt":"2011-09-26T05:23:27","slug":"my-first-homemade-gluten-free-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maryellensmakingitup.com\/?p=28","title":{"rendered":"My First Homemade Gluten Free Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gluten Free Cashew Butter Cookies<\/p><\/div>\n

Being able to have an occasional sweet treat is something I have always looked forward to, but since I started to pursue a gluten-free lifestyle it has been more difficult. No longer can I just wander down the Cookies\/Crackers lane of the grocery store and just pick up whatever my taste buds are hungry for. And I better not even think of heading over to the Bakery department with its fresh baked rolls, specialty breads, and pastries. I checked out the “specialty” department of the store and found a few kinds of pre-made gluten-free cookies, but at $3.99 for a small bag they aren’t for everyday. I tried the Gingerbread cookies but can’t say I was overly impressed.<\/p>\n

So l went online and started looking around at gluten-free recipes, saving the ones that interested me, and compiling a list of the various flours that must be mixed balanced for the recipes to work as a precursor to a shopping trip in Duluth at at the Whole Foods Co-op. I also looked online at various gluten-free cookbooks, at their ratings and recommendations. But even knowing the ratings makes me reluctant when buying a cookbook. Does it really have the recipes I and my family will eat?<\/p>\n

I headed off to Duluth and did my shopping, first picking up most of the flours I had on my list. I came home with 7 types of flours or the grain to be turned into flour to try. I also picked up Xanthan and Guar gum, some of the more expensive parts needed for baking.\u00a0 Stopping at Barnes & Noble I checked out the gluten-free cookbooks and came home with “The Gluten-Free Bible” by Publications International Ltd. It gives an overview of setting up your gluten-free kitchen – two different flour blends, one for recipes involving yeast, the other\u00a0 for regular baking – and over 200 pages of recipes with pictures.<\/p>\n

So now it’s time to make my first batch of gluten-free cookies. The recipe I tried was on page 244, for flourless peanut butter cookies, although I didn’t use the recipe as written. Dealing with thyroid issues I need to avoid peanuts and peanut butter. The other recipe on the page was for flourless almond cookies. With only 3 ingredients – sugar, nut butter, and egg – it doesn’t require alot of time or effort. The most expensive part is the nut butter. I had a jar of cashew butter that needed using so I modified the recipe. Baking in only 10 minutes and giving them a few minutes to cool, I had fresh cookies\u00a0 start to finish in under 30 minutes from when I started heating the oven and pulling out the ingredients until tasting the first of my labors.<\/p>\n

So here is the recipe with my modifications:<\/p>\n

Flourless Cashew Cookies<\/strong><\/h4>\n

1 cup white sugar<\/p>\n

1 cup cashew butter<\/p>\n

1 slightly beaten egg<\/p>\n

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Mix together the ingredients until well blended. Form into 1 inch ball, place onto an ungreased cookie sheet, flatten with a fork. Bake for 10 minutes (or so until it is set). Allow to cool for a few minutes then remove and store. The original recipe said it made 24 cookies, I got 26 when I made these.\u00a0 You could also add 1\/3 cup of chopped cashews to the mix if you’d like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Being able to have an occasional sweet treat is something I have always looked forward to, but since I started to pursue a gluten-free lifestyle it has been more difficult. No longer can I just wander down the Cookies\/Crackers lane of the grocery store and just pick up whatever my taste buds are hungry for. And I better not even think of heading over to the Bakery department with its fresh baked rolls, specialty breads, and pastries. I checked out the “specialty” department of the store and found a few kinds of pre-made gluten-free cookies, but at $3.99 for a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[11,12,13,22],"class_list":["post-28","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cooking","category-uncategorized","tag-flourless-cookies","tag-gluten-free-baking","tag-gluten-free-cookies","tag-mary-ellen-higgins"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maryellensmakingitup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maryellensmakingitup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maryellensmakingitup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maryellensmakingitup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maryellensmakingitup.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maryellensmakingitup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maryellensmakingitup.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maryellensmakingitup.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maryellensmakingitup.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}