Flourless Almond Butter Cookies

These crisp and chewy cookies, naturally gluten free, are studded throughout with rich chocolate morsels and almond slivers. I think these would make the perfect afternoon treat.

Ingredients

• 1 cup almond butter (unsweetened)
• 1/2 cup light or dark brown sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 tablespoons maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• Pinch of salt
• 1/2 cup slivered almonds
• 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Beat almond butter with the sugars until combined. Add egg and mix well. Beat in baking soda, maple syrup, vanilla and salt until dough is smooth. Stir in almonds and chocolate chips.
3. Measure dough into balls about the size of a tablespoon and place evenly spaced (about 2 inches apart) on a cookie sheet. Flatten slighty. Bake for 10-13 minutes, or until cookies are lightly golden brown. Remove from oven and let rest on the pan for 5 minutes, then remove cookies from the pan and allow to cool completely on a cooling rack.

Makes 2 dozen small cookies


I have to say these turned out pretty darned good! I found mine to be very chewy. I also substituted with 1/2 crunchy almond butter and 1/2 sunflower seed butter since I didn't have enough almond butter. I also found the batter to be very hard, and shaped the cookie balls into oval slightly flattened disks. The cookies expanded a lot in the oven.


Taken directly from:
http://www.agirldefloured.com/2012/02/16/flourless-almond-butter-cookies/

Gluten-free banana bread - yum!

Taken directly from
http://oilseedworks.com/index.cfm?pagePath=Flour_Power/Recipes/Banana_Bread&id=21431

Gluten-free banana bread - yum!

I made this last week. It was so great that it didn't last very long at all!! Good and bad news, I suppose... now I need to make some more, maybe I'll do a double batch this time & freeze it. I added jumbo pure Belgian chocolate chips to mine, which added an extra punch of tastiness.

Ingredients:

• 2 medium ripe bananas
• half cup plain low fat yogurt
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 egg, 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil (your choice)
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 cup rice flour
• 1/2 cup sunflower flour
• 1/4 cup flax flour
• 1/4 cup hemp flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• pinch of salt
• 1/3 cup shelled hempseeds

Directions:

• In a small bowl combine bananas, yogurt and baking soda.
• In a separate bowl combine egg, sugar, oil and vanilla; blend well.
• In a large bowl combine flours, baking powder and salt; mix.
• Combine banana mixture with oil mixture.
• Add to dry ingredients in large bowl and stir together just until moistened.
• Mix in hempseeds.
• Bake in a non-stick lightly oiled or parchment lined 8 x 4 in. loaf pan at 350 degrees F for 50 - 60 minutes.

Gluten-free pizza crust!

Taken from
http://www.freecoconutrecipes.com/index.cfm/2010/2/1/glutenfree-pizza-crust
There isn't much coconut flour in this one, I wonder if you can substitute with another flour...? Either way, it turned out fantastic!

Gluten-free pizza crust!
Makes 2-4 servings

• 2 cups whole milk organic mozzarella cheese, shredded
• 2 large organic eggs
• 2 tablespoons flax meal
• 2 tablespoons coconut flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cut 2 pieces of parchment paper out for baking sheet.*

Mix cheese, eggs, flax, coconut flour, and baking powder together until a sticky wet dough is formed. Spread with a spatula to 1/4 inch thickness on a baking sheet lined with one piece of parchment paper.

Bake for 30 minutes in preheated oven. Halfway through the baking process, flip crust over by sliding it off the baking sheet with the parchment paper, placing the second piece on the sheet, and turning the crust over unto the new sheet and peeling the old paper off. Return to oven until done baking.

Remove from oven, slide off of parchment paper, and flip over again for cooling. Once crust is cooled, top with sauce, pre-cooked veggies or meats, and cheese. Set crust with toppings under the broiler on high for a minute or two until cheese is melted and bubbly. Slice and serve.

Mine turned out exactly as shown and was about 9" diameter! Deeeelicious!!

Real foods have real calories...

I tried these "snackaroons" the other day. I noticed recently that Home Sense had a bunch of gluten-free, natural food products, so I tried them. They're quite good, satisfying, and tasty! Of course, as usual, once I finish the bag I'm not sure where I could buy them from around here...

Vanilla Almond Snackaroons made by The Laughing Giraffe.

http://thelaughinggiraffe.com/