subject: Good And Nutritious: Gluten Free Cookie Recipe [print this page] When one of your children or a family member is diagnosed of gluten-intolerant or celiac disease, your usual preparation of foods, desserts or snacks become more challenging than before. You may find yourself at the state of confusion; on how you could still provide the usual food you used to serve them, which now should be gluten-free but still should grant them the excitement they always feel. You dont need to be very anxious, since there are many gluten-free cookie recipes available for you, which your family will surely enjoy.
You may not be aware, but the American diet has many gluten containing foods normally served in their dining tables enclosed in wonderful food parcels and packages. Once youve become gluten-intolerant, youll become more compelled to understand and identify yourself with food contents and labels so you can enjoy a gluten-free recipe, three times a day. Furthermore, you need to research a range of meal preparations and gluten free-cookie recipes, which will help you to faithfully adhere with your lifetime obligation of a gluten-free diet.
Keep in mind, that a gluten-intolerant child should never be deprived of tasty and scrumptious meals just because he or she is only limited to consume foods that do not contain gluten. Your kitchen can be the best place where you can discuss your childs medical condition and it can also be the most excellent ground where you will enjoy baking gluten-free cookies recipes with your kids. All you have to do is to look for the best wheat alternative, so you can discover a cookie treat that is a real delight.
One of the easiest gluten-free cookie recipes that you may want to prepare for you and your loved ones is the Gluten-free Sugared Cookies.
The ingredients for this cookie delight are; 4 egg yolks, 3/4 cup of sugar, 1 teaspoon of vanilla, 1 cup of vegetable shortening (buttered), 1 1/2 cups of potato starch flour, 2/3 cup of starch, 2/3 cup of cornstarch, 1 teaspoon of salt and 2 teaspoons of baking powder.
Set your oven at 375 degrees F., while you grease your cookie sheets. Combine your shortening and sugar in a large bowl, you can then add the vanilla and egg yolks until they blend slickly. Place the flour, cornstarch, baking powder and salt in a medium-size bowl and mix them well together. Add and mix your sugar and flour mixture, until it becomes suitable to form a dough ball.
Here is the fun part your kids will surely enjoy. Using wax paper let your kids form the dough into 3 dozens of sweetened cookies by using shaped cookie cutters. Transfer the cookie dough in the sheets and bake it for about 7 to 12 minutes until the cookies become firm. Let the cookies cool using wire frames. You can end your gluten-free cookie recipe session with you kids, by letting them decorate the cookies to become more mouth-watering.
A homemade cookie baked in your oven is the sweetest satisfaction you can provide your child with celiac disease.
