Gluten free snacks can be created in your very
own cooking area. With the help of simple things you can make this kind of
experience much more fun, instructional, and stuffed with quality time. Snacks
without gluten are not that tasteless as many folks think they're. The
supposition that gluten free implies no tastes or flavoring is inappropriate.
These snacks are not only seen healthy but in addition delicious and therefore
are popping up just about everywhere. A popular dish could be cookies which can
be tasty at the same time fulfill your gluten free requirements. So for that
you need to learn how to make gluten free cookies for your tasty snacks.
Well here
are some healthy gluten free cookies recipes that will surely allow you to feel
like you're being good while still tasting deliciousness.
1. Flourless Chocolate Chewies: A great
alternative that is healthy and tasty is nuts. They are one of the few foods
that are really really good for you, like eat them every day and you will be
better off for it. This is because of the healthy fats, the numerous nutrients
and vitamins and their ability to remove plaque from arteries. Here's what you
need for these tasty treats:
Confectioner's Sugar: 2 lbs.
Cocoa Powder: 6 oz.
Egg whites: 12 whites/oz.
Salt: 1 tsp
Vanilla extract: 1 tsp
Walnuts (or other nut): 1 lb chopped coarsely
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and place
parchment paper on the cookie sheets
Combine all the ingredients working in the nuts
last, folding them over
Drop the mixture into tablespoon size bites about
3 inches from each other
Bake them for about 12 minutes or until they're
slightly firm to the touch
When they're done you should have about two
dozen. Enjoy and if you can't eat them all at once, store them in an airtight
container - they'll be good for about a week.
2. Chocolate and nuts are not for everyone, so
here's another light and delicious gluten free snack: macaroons. Here's what
you will need:
Almond Flour: 4oz
Brown Sugar: 1 oz
Cocoa Powder: 1 ½ Tbsp
Egg whites: 3 large
Confectioner's Sugar: 2 oz
Red food coloring 1 drop
Preheat the oven to 450 and place parchment paper
on the cookie sheets
Combine the almond flour, brown sugar, cocoa
powder
In a different bowl, whip those egg whites until
soft peaks form
Slowly add the confectioner's sugar to the first
mix with a drop of red food coloring to bring out the chocolatey color of the
cocoa powder.
Continue whipping the egg whites until the peaks
harden
Fold in the first mixture
Fill a piping bag with a ½ inch tip and squeeze
out 1 inch tips onto the cookie sheet
Bake for 1 minute and remove to double pan
Turn down the oven to 375 and put them back in
for about 8- 10 minutes or until they're dry
Remove the cookies and pour ¼ cup of water onto
the cookie sheet under the parchment paper
Let the water rest for a few minutes and then
pour it off
Remove with spatula
If you want to add a hint of chocolate, you can
make spread a ganache by following these steps:
Simmer 6 oz of heavy cream
Pour it over 4 oz of semi sweet chocolate and mix
Spread over the cookies
These two gluten free cookies recipes will be
sure to amaze even those friends and family members who don't watch what they
eat. Try them both! I bet you didn't know gluten free cookies could be so good.