Thumbprint Jam Cookies

Nov 24
Posted by: Under: Featured Recipes & Content, Gluten Free Baking

These delicious thumbprint jam cookies are based off of the Big Red Betty Crocker cookbook.  Mine were too crumbly so I’ve added another egg to this recipe – let me know how they turn out!

Thumbprint Jam Cookies
Recipe Type: Dessert
Author: Strawberries are Gluten Free
Prep time: 10 mins
Cook time: 8 mins
Total time: 18 mins
Serves: 12
Yummy gluten-free version of the traditional nut-rolled thumbprint cookie. Filled with sugar free jam, these aren’t too bad sugar-wise.
Ingredients
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup shortening
  • 1/4 cup margarine (not low-fat)
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • 1 egg, separated
  • 1 1/4 cup gluten free flour blend
  • 1 tsp guar gum
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 cup finely chopped nuts (we used walnuts)
  • 6 Tbsp jam, any flavor (we used sugar-free apricot)
Instructions
  1. Heat oven to 350degrees F, spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray.
  2. Beat brown sugar, shortening, margarine, vanilla, egg and egg yolk with blender until mixed well.
  3. Combine flour, guar gum, salt. Stir into wet ingredients.
  4. Beat egg white until slightly frothy.
  5. Shape dough into 1 inch balls, dip into egg white, roll in crushed nuts. Place 1 inch apart on cookie sheet.
  6. Press thumb into center of each cookie. Cook 8 minutes. Quickly remake indentations if necessary. And remove to rack to cool.
  7. Fill each thumbprint with about 1/2 tsp of jam.

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Storing Salad Ingredients

Feb 17
Posted by: Under: Gluten Free Side dishes

Some things I always have on hand for my salads:
In the freezer:
– walnut pieces
– almond slices
– sunflower seeds
– blueberries
– cranberries
– coconut

In the pantry:
– mandarin oranges
– poppy seeds

In the fridge, on occassion:
– “fun” cheeses (freshly shredded parmesan, crumbled feta, tex mex prepared shredded cheese)
– prepared, washed salad
– fresh baby spinach (lasts much longer than regular salad)

If you have some of these ingredients on hand, I think you can make a fabulous salad!

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Baker’s Chocolate Chip Cookies (GF)

Jun 24
Posted by: Under: Gluten Free Baking

On the back of the Baker’s semi-sweet chocolate chips, there is(used to be) a recipe for Chocolate Chip Cookies. And it was just the perfect, award winning all-American Chocolate Chip Cookie. Like Mom made – none of this healthy-goodness-stuff. Just good old butter and sugar! (Unfortunately, quite a bit of it!)

This one took a couple tries to get the taste just right, but here’s my adapted version:

  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon vanilla
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 1/3 flour blend
  • 1 1/2 tsp guar gum
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 pkg chocolate chips
  • 1 cup chopped pecans (which I always skip)
  1. Whip together eggs, sugar, butter, vanilla.
  2. combine all dry ingredients except chocolate chips and nuts.
  3. add dry to wet, and beat thoroughly
  4. Add chocolate chips & nuts and stir in.
  5. Drop by teaspoonful on 375° F oven, for 7 minutes. (until a golden color)
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