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Tate’s Bake Shop Gluten Free Coconut Crisp Cookies

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Tate's Bake Shop Gluten Free Coconut Crisp Cookies

Tate’s Bake Shop Gluten Free Coconut Crisp Cookies

I haven’t been very active on the food blog (or any of my blogs for that matter) lately. My computer crashed and crashed hard a while back and, on top of that, I have been so affected by the pandemic that (truth be told) I allowed everything to get me out of my regular routine. While my family, thanks be to God, hasn’t been personally touched by the Coronavirus, the fact that so many other families have been touched and often tormented by it has shaken me to my core. For better or worse, I am an insanely empathetic person and don’t just feel other’s pain.. I FEEL it.

I decided a few weeks ago to stop reading every news story and stop visiting personally (through social media) with every person who has suffered a loss. I made the decision to pray for them but not to read every single thing going on. It’s keeping me sane.

Ironic thing is, just when I made this decision and decide to get back into my normal routine – my computer checked out on me!

2020 has a real attitude, doesn’t it?

Back to “Normal”ish

If you’ve read my food blog before or know me, personally, you know that Cookie Monster is my spirit animal. I love cookies… I live for cookies. They’re one of my favorite things to bake and eat! So I decided to jump back into the food blog with a review of some extra, extra wonderful cookies I just discovered: Tate’s Bake Shop Gluten Free Coconut Crisp Cookies (link to the cookies on Amazon). I had never seen them on store shelves before, but recently saw them at my favorite grocery store in the “cheap” bin.

If I’d ever seen them before, there wouldn’t be any of them left to go in the bargain aisle – I’d have bought them all!

These cookies are absolutely outstanding. They have such a distinctive and delicious taste of coconut (one of my favorite flavors), while giving an extraordinary crunch – something, as a dunker, I appreciate in a cookie. While these cookies were (past tense, we ate them all) fantastic right out of the bag, they were Heavenly with coffee as well.

These cookies are available on Amazon (gluten-free as well as the original) and I couldn’t recommend them more highly. I just noticed that there is also a Tate’s Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip (Amazon link) cookie and I am pretty much beside myself.

This human Cookie Monster feels like it’s Christmas morning.

I hope and pray that you and your loved ones are well and safe. I’m thinking of you and praying for you. I hope you will, now – more than ever, find the things that bring you joy and embrace them every chance you get. For me, that’s family (including my cats!), cookies, and old movies.

Stay positive and stay safe. We will get through this! ~ Joi

Tate's Bake Shop Gluten Free Coconut Crisp Cookies

Tate’s Coconut Crisp Gluten-Free Cookies with Coffee

“Candy Cookies” – No Bake Peanut Butter and Oatmeal Cookies (With Gluten-Free Option)

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Candy Cookies or No Bake Peanut Butter Cookies

Over the years, I have baked, sliced, cut, and molded every kind of cookie imaginable. Given that I am the human equivalent of Cookie Monster who also happens to love to bake – this is completely understandable.

Expected, even.

What isn’t understandable or expected, however, is the fact that one of my absolute favorite cookies is one of the simplest.

What’s more, it doesn’t even have to be baked. No need to turn the oven on for these guys!

Most people refer to this type of cookie as “No Bake Peanut Butter and Oatmeal Cookies” or “Haystacks.” When my daughters were little, I would actually shape them into little haystacks because they got such a kick out of how they looked.

Today, however, I just drop them by a tablespoon onto parchment paper and allow them to spread. I have always referred to them as “Cookies that are Really Candy,” I recently began calling them Candy Cookies. I mean… that’s what they are after all.

Below is the easy as it gets recipe.

Notes:

  • For gluten-free cookies, use gluten-free oats. I use Quaker Gluten-Free 1 Minute Quick Oats… available online or in just about any store.
  • If you want “haystacks,” use a teaspoon when you drop onto the paper. As the mixture cools, shape the cookies into cute little haystacks.
  • For the “Candy Cookies” pictured here, use a tablespoon to drop the mixture onto the parchment paper.
  • Keeping the ingredients for these cookies on hand at all times is always the right thing to do – especially during the months leading up to Christmas. You never know when you’ll need to whip up a batch of something delicious to give as a “Well.. of course I got you something too!” gift. Been there, cooked that.

I preach a lot about parchment paper and it’s many, many, many, many wonders but, when it comes to candy and cookies, it is all but downright necessary. I give a lot of my candy and cookies to family members and having parchment paper on hand to put between layers makes my life easier and everything neater for those who dive right in.

Seriously, once you start using parchment paper regularly, you’ll wonder how in the world you ever got along without it.

Easy Christmas Cookies

Gluten-Free Sandwich Cookie Truffles with Glutino Chocolate Vanilla Creme Cookies

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Gluten-Free Cookie Truffles with Glutino Chocolate Creme Cookies
Gluten-Free Cookie Truffles with Glutino Chocolate Creme Cookies
Chocolate? Check!

Cookies? Check!

Gluten-free? Check!

Cream Cheese? Check!

Que the song, “… these are a few of my fav-O-rite things…” – is it any wonder I’m obsessed with these cookie truffles?

These truffles call for Glutiono Chocolate Vanilla Creme Cookies (which are beyond delicious on their own, by the way – they’ll rock your world with a glass of milk). The traditional truffles call for a package of Oreo cookies – but they’re certainly off-limits for those of us who have to avoid wheat/gluten.

Thanks to Glutino we don’t have to miss out on chocolate sandwich cookie truffles. I’ve actually found that, thanks to companies like Glutino, we can pretty much have and enjoy anything our counterparts have. It just takes a little more planning and creativity.

Glutino Chocolate Vanilla Creme Cookies
Glutino Chocolate Vanilla Creme Cookies
I normally sprinkle the tops of these truffles with reserved crumbs from the cookies, but these were made last week for Christmas, so colored sugar festivities ensued.

Gluten-Free Chocolate Sandwich Cookies Truffles Recipe

1 pkg. (8 oz.) brick cream cheese, softened
1 pkg Glutino Chocolate Vanilla Creme Cookies, finely crushed
1 pkg white chocolate chips, melted

  1. Mix softened cream cheese and  cookie crumbs until well blended (if you want to top the truffles with crumbs, reserve some to the side).
  2. Shape the mixture into 1 inch balls and place on a parchment-lined cookie sheet. Place the cookie sheet in the freezer for 20-30 minutes. This makes them hold up better when it’s time to dunk them in the white chocolate.
  3. Melt the chocolate when it’s almost time for the truffles to come out of the freezer. I melt them either in a double boiler type situation (big bowl over a pan of boiling water) or in VERY short intervals in the microwave. Burning the white chocolate is a miserable, ugly thing – so go slowly… as in 30 seconds at a time.
  4. Dip each ball into the melted chocolate and quickly top with either cookie crumbs, sprinkles, or colored sugar. You could also drizzle melted caramel on top and sprinkle it with a little sea salt – if you’re feeling fancy, you know.
  5. Allow the truffles to hang out in the refrigerator for 15-20 minutes to set.

I hear of people storing these truffles in the refrigerator but, in my house, it never comes to that. They’re gone before I could even open said refrigerator.

You can find Glutino Chocolate Vanilla Creme Cookies in just about any grocery store. You can, of course, also find them on Amazon.

Gluten-Free Cookie Truffles with Glutino Chocolate Creme Cookies

Cookie Cookbook Review: Ancient Heritage Cookies

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Ancient Heritage Cookies Cookbook
I realize the cookbook reviews are coming hot and heavy, but I’ve received so many excellent cookbooks to review lately that I’m hyper anxious to tell you about them. PLUS, many of the cookbooks I’ve been reviewing lately are honestly MUST HAVES for the upcoming holidays – including the one shown here, Ancient Heritage Cookies (Gluten-Free, Whole-Grain, and Nut-Flour Treats).

Ancient Heritage Cookies (Amazon link) features thirteen gluten-free recipes along with “traditional” cookies, reinvented using the grains of our ancestors.

To say these cookie recipes are unique would be a huge understatement. This is the first time I’ve seen corn flour or spelt flour used in cookie recipes. It’s actually fascinating, if we’re being honest!

The gluten free recipes (13) are clearly marked and would allow you to make delicious gluten-free cookies this Christmas for gift-giving and eating!

“Non-Gluten Free” Recipes Include:

  • Molasses-Spice Cookies
  • Miniature Jam Sandwich Cookies
  • Double Chocolate Fruit and Nut Brownies
  • Gooey Pecan Pie Bars
  • and many others…

Gluten Free Cookie Recipes:

  • Almond-Hazlenut Cookies
  • Bird Bars
  • Cashew-Oatmeal Cookies
  • Cinnamon Cookies
  • Coconut-Crazy Macaroon Sandwiches
  • Corn Crisps
  • Pistachio Drops
  • Orange-Scented Sugar Cookies
  • Coconut Fudge Brownies
  • Pistachio-Almond Meringues
  • Chocolate Hazlenut Bars
  • Chocolate Hazlenut Meringues
  • Peanut Butter Sandwiches

As you can see, the gluten-free cookie recipes, alone, make this cookbook more than worth it!

From the Inside Cover:  “Deeply rooted in early civilizations, ancient and whole-grain flours are enjoying a resurgence in popularity as healthier alternatives to all-purpose flour.”

Grains our ancestors used baked into delights for today!

Author Luane Kohnke guides aspiring bakers through her delicious and unusual recipes. With 50 recipes featuring ancient and whole-grain flours and 13 gluten-free options, everyone can enjoy delectable cookies without guilt! Kohnke uses whole grains from around the world—including oats, barley, cornmeal, and nut flours, which are healthier than bleached white flour—to satisfy the most discerning sweet tooth. Easy recipes for gluten-free Peanut Butter Sandwiches, moist Double-Chocolate Fruit and Nut Brownies, and chewy, vegan Maple Almond-Butter Cookies are featured. Lush photos from acclaimed photographer John Uher accompany each recipe.

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Ancient Heritage Cookies Cookbook - Gluten Free Cookie Recipe
The San Francisco Book Review claimed author Luane Kohnke’s cookbooks are “a must for any cookie-lover who is game for something new and different.” I’d have to completely agree with them – her newest book is beyond interesting and has provided me with 13 gluten free cookie recipes I’ll use again and again.  This is going to be a particularly delicious Christmas!


Glutenetto Gluten Free Raspberry Linzer Review

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Glutenetto Raspberry Linzer Gluten Free Cookies

Beautiful and Delicious Glutenetto Raspberry Linzer

In a recent gluten free article on the food blog, I gave a few of my favorite “hidden gems” for finding gluten free goodies. One was TJ Maxx. While known for their great clothes and gorgeous purses and beauty products, TJ Maxx often has gluten free cookies, candy, and snacks you won’t see in any other store. The beautiful gluten free cookies shown here were part of a recent “gluten free haul” I made at the TJ Maxx store here in Owensboro, Ky.

They’re also available on Amazon – which makes shopping about as easy as it gets.

These beauties are as delicious as they are lovely – which is really saying something. They’re super crunchy, which means you’ll want to eat them with a glass of milk or mug of hot tea, coffee, or hot cocoa.

The flavor is out of this world fantastic. Even if the tart and yummy filling wasn’t on board, the shortbread cookie, itself, would make it a knock out.

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Glutenetto Raspberry Linzer Gluten Free Cookies

Glutenetto Raspberry Linzer

These fresh little cuties are produced in a Gluten-Free Certified Facility, which means the world to those of us who have to avoid gluten like it’s poison.

I had never even heard of Glutenetto until I saw these at TJ Maxx, but now I’m making it a point to buy every single cookie (or whatever else!) they make.

Look at the details in the closeup below…  is this a work or art or what?!

Glutenetto Raspberry Linzer Gluten Free Cookies

Glunetto Gluten Free Raspberry Linzer: Moving in for a Closeup

These crisp little Italian cookies are really unlike any gluten free cookie I’ve ever had – they are a beautiful and delicious treat for gluten free cookie monsters of all ages.

Glutenetto Raspberry Linzer Gluten Free Cookies

Glunetto Gluten Free Raspberry Linzer

I noticed that Glutenetto also makes Gluten Free Wedding Cookies (pictured below).  I was buying one variety of each brand of cookie that particular day, so I took a picture of the Gluten Free Wedding Cookies and told them I will be back for them. Tomorrow, to be exact.

Glutenetto Gluten Free Wedding Cookies

Glutenetto Also Makes Gluten Free Wedding Cookies

These Glutenetto Cookies (and more) are available on Amazon – just click the link and let your inner Cookie Monster run wild.

Gluten Free Pecan Sandies Recipe

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Gluten Free Pecan Sandies

Gluten Free Pecan Sandies

When it comes to Christmas cookies… or any cookies, for that matter… one of my absolute favorites is Pecan Sandies (sometimes called Mexican Wedding Cookies). My favorite cookies are usually “nutty” and always extra-sweet and these cookies more than fit the bill.

When I had to give up gluten/wheat (my body’s decision, not my mind’s), I was pretty sure the days of being a cookie monster were behind me. Fortunately a lot of food companies have been busting their rears perfecting All Purpose Gluten Free flours and have, as a result, opened up a whole new world to the gluten free crowd that we once thought was closed for good.

Granted, some of these “1 to 1” all purpose gluten free flours can be pretty expensive, but the one I recently discovered is, shockingly, just a bit more than regular flour. The fact that I’ve used it in A LOT of old favorite recipes as a substitute for traditional flour with spectacular results just blows me away.

Krusteaz Gluten Free All Purpose Flour is a a dream come true for this gluten free cookie monster and the fact that it’s also affordable is even sweeter.

I used my favorite Pecan Sandies recipe, from my favorite cookies cookbook, Better Homes and Gardens Cookies for Christmas, 1985. You should see this cookbook! I’ve used it so much over the years (throughout the year, like any self-respecting cookie monster would) that the pages are discolored, stained with who-knows-what and filled with notes like…

  • Brittany’s favorite cookie!
  • Emily loves these so much, they’re worth the extra effort..
  • Michael’s fave..
  • Stephany can’t get enough of these…

It’s pretty easy to tell my favorite cookbooks from the rest.

Below is the recipe, as it appears in the cookbook EXCEPT that I replaced “all purpose flour” with Krusteaz Gluten Free All Purpose Flour. If you have another gluten free all purpose flour you’d like to use, by all means, give it a try! I personally haven’t tried other gluten free flours so I can’t promise they’ll be as great as these were.

Needless to say, if you don’t have to eat gluten free, simply switch out the gluten free all purpose flour for the traditional one.  Either way, you’ll have a cookie that’s as delicious as it is pretty.