This month, Cooking for Special Needs is focusing on cookies; and I thought a cookie recipe swap would be a terrific idea. Got a cookie recipe you’d like to share? Email your favorite cookie recipe to flamencomom@gmail.com and I’ll post it here on the site! Whether it’s GFCF or traditional, send it in and share your favorites.
I find that as the holidays approach, I spend more and more time baking cookies. I find they are a thoughtful gift for some of those folks you just don’t get to thank during the year. Just ask my mailman, Kenny; he looks forward to a homemade batch of cookies each December. And with times being lean, a homemade gift like cookies can be a great option. This recipe is for a gluten and casein free option that we like to share.
Choco-Nut Puffy Rice Cookies (adapted from recipe by Lisa Lewis)
Ingredients:
1 cup gluten-free flour
2/3 cup sugar
1 tsp. xanthan gum
1 egg
½ tsp. baking soda
½ cup casein-free margarine (I used Earth Balance)
1 tsp. vanilla
3 cups puffed rice cereal (check ingredients to make sure they’re GFCF)
½ cups GFCF chocolate chips (I use Enjoy Life brand)
½ cups chopped walnuts
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and lightly grease a cookie sheet. Sift together dry ingredients and set aside. Using an electric mixer, cream together sugar, vanilla, and margarine until light in fluffy. Add the egg and beat until combined. Stir in the dry mixture, then the cereal, chocolate chips and nuts. Drop by tablespoonful onto baking sheet; bake for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown. Makes approximately 3 dozen cookies.
Yay for cookies!
Here’s my chocolate chip cookie recipe. I know you’re thinking – we all have a ccc recipe. But truly this one is the best there is!
1 lb. butter ( I use 1 Cup butter and 1 Cup Crisco, this way they will not be all spread out and flat when they are done baking . )
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
2 cups packed dark brown sugar
3 eggs
2 teas. vanilla ( real vanilla none of that extract crap! Sorry if I offended anyone.)
1 1/2 teas baking soda
1 1/2 teas. salt
5 cups flour
4 – 6 cups chocolate chips
2 cups chopped nuts , walnuts or pecans (optional)
Cream butter and sugars well. Add eggs and vanilla. Sift together soda, salt and flour. Add to cream mixture and blend well. Add chocolate chips and the other optional ingredients. Bake at 350 for 8 – 11 minutes.
Note: Cookies are best if just brown around the edges when checking whether done
White Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
Spread creamy peanut butter on a Ritz cracker. Top with a second Ritz.
Dip into melted white chocolate & coat thoroughly.
Sprinkle with festive jimmies.
Allow chocolate to harden.
Enjoy!
Trust me, these are AWESOME!
I just blogged about a snack mix recipe that is perfect for making with kids of any developmental level. Enjoy!!
http://kathrynsmoore.wordpress.com/2008/12/09/trust-me-youll-love-it/