Gluten-Free Cookies

I really love these cookies, they are thus far my favorite gluten-free cookies; in my opinion they are a little bit too delicious since I can’t stop eating them when I make them. I don’t have a huge sweet tooth, but every once in a while I like something sweet and then I really stop to enjoy myself, but it needs to be something special and delicious, not just sugar because it is sugar, if you know what I mean.

The texture of these cookies is somewhat chewy and moist, just the way it should be in my opinion.

Like this.

You can adapt the recipe in many ways; add some chocolate, some spices or just dried fruit. You can also add some rolled oats - if you can eat oats, and if you can eat them I envy you. Oats might be the one thing I miss the most; I remember how much I loved some old fashioned oat porridge and oat apples, things like that. Even though I have tried to move along with my life without oats, I still miss them occasionally.

Gluten-free cookie recipe

- 1 cup ground almonds (almond meal)

- 50 grams melted butter (use dairy-free margarine as a substitute for butter)

-1/4 cup sugar

- 1 egg

- 1/2 cup (or more) dried fruit (this is optional), I usually use chopped apricots, or chopped cherries, or raisins and a teaspoon of cinnamon

- spices (optional) for example 1 tsp cinnamon works with raisins, cardamom is also delicious in cookies

-1 tsp vanilla extract (optional)

- A pinch of salt (optional, especially if you use salted butter)

Preheat oven to 170 C / 340 F

Mix together all of the ingredients, don’t add the butter while it is still hot - let it cool for a while before adding it to the batter.

Fold in the dried fruit or chocolate.

Line a baking tray with baking paper.

Take one heaping teaspoon of batter at a time and place on to the baking tray.

Bake for 15-20 minutes until they are done. Take them out of the oven when the sides start to brown.

Gluten-free cheese cookies

-1 cup ground almonds

-50 grams melted butter

-1/2 cup cheese, any kind almost will do, I like to use cheddar or edam, you can also use a mix, some blue cheese mixed with a milder cheese gives a great taste

-1 egg

Preheat oven to 170 C / 340 F

Grate the cheese and melt the butter. Let the butter cool for a while before adding it to the batter. Mix everything together.

Line a baking tray with baking paper and spoon them on to the baking tray.

Bake them for 20-30 minutes; the time depends on how thin they are.

On a side note I made this gluten-free bread which is a recipe by Naomi from Straight into Bed Cakefree and Dried and it was delicious. This is one gluten-free bread recipe I would highly recommend trying. It uses simple ingredients and no xanthan gum (which is always a big plus for me); the bread is also fairly high in protein which I think is important when eating gluten-free. It was also easy and fast to make.

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