clean eating for home cooks
Lately I have been obsessed with baking these cookies. So, of course I thought I should share the recipe! I like my recipes simple and delicious. It helps if my preschooler likes it too. I found this gluten free recipe on the Whole Foods […]
A long time ago, my grandma gave me a cookie recipe book when I was a little kid (before I was gluten and lactose intolerant). This book is called “Homemade Cookies” by Better Homes and Gardens 1989. Over the years, I have made some of […]
I would rather bake my own cookies than buy anything from the store when it comes to gluten and dairy free eating. I have been disappointed far too many times by the grocery store offerings. Plus if you make the cookies yourself you know exactly what is in them. (No nasty artificial colors or additives.)
A while back I found a really simple and delicious recipe from the Hershey’s website for gluten free peanut butter blossoms. They were great all except that Hershey’s doesn’t make a dairy free kiss. So, I set out to find a good substitute. I found that Enjoy Life brand had a gluten and dairy free dark chocolate bar! It was actually pretty simple to just cut each square of the bar in half and the size was perfect for the cookies!
So, this Holiday season you can enjoy some great gluten and dairy free peanut butter blossoms! The recipe is super-simple and easy to make. The most time you will spend is making the little balls to form each cookie.
Ingredients:
5 bars Good Life brand dark chocolate (cut each square in half)
1 Cup Creamy peanut butter
1/3 Cup Granulated Sugar
1/3 Cup Brown Sugar
½ teaspoon Gluten Free Vanilla Extract
½ teaspoon Baking Soda
¼ teaspoon Salt
1 Large Egg
1/3 Cup Additional granulated sugar for rolling
Instructions:
Preheat the oven to 350 Degrees F.
Beat/ Stir peanut butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, vanilla extract, baking soda and salt in a large mixing bowl. Add the egg and mix well
Shape the dough into 36 equal balls (approx. 1 inch). Roll in granulated sugar and place on an ungreased baking sheet.
Bake approximately 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly-browned. Immediately press the half-squares of chocolate into the center of the cookies while they are still on the hot baking sheet (the cookies will crack around the edges). Then remove from the baking sheet and let cool completely.
When I was a kid, the very first thing I learned to make myself were chocolate chip cookies. I used the old tried and true recipe directly from the Nestle toll house chocolate chip bag. My mom usually had all of the ingredients on-hand, so, […]
Being gluten and lactose intolerant, it is really difficult the buy cookies at the store. If you do end up buying something, it is usually dry or tasteless (not to mention expensive!). When you decide to buy a package mix you never know if it […]