Holiday Cookies
10-12
minutesThese cookies are a sweet way to make the holidays healthier! Ditch the gluten without ditching the deliciousness.
Ingredients
One package of GeeFree pastry dough
gluten-free flour
chocolate
powdered sugar
vanilla extract
milk or cream
Food Coloring paste for best color
Directions
- Preparation
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Thaw Pastry to room temperature. Use gluten -free flour for dusting. Roll in traditional method, to desired thickness. Or it can be folded to add additional layers. If dough becomes too soft to handle, place it in the fridge until well chilled and use again.
- Cookies: Chocolate Triangles
Roll out dough to 1/3-inch, dusting with Gluten free flour.
Using a shaped cookie cutter cut into desired shapes.
Place on parchment lined cookie sheets and bake for 10-12 minutes until golden brown.
Let cool and dip as desired into non-tempered chocolate.
Sprinkle with crushed peppermint candies while still warm.
Let chocolate set. Keep in a covered container.
- Cookie: Holiday Ornaments (Circles)
Same procedure as above for the shapes and baking.
Frosting is made with 2 cups of confectioner’s sugar, 2-3 tbs of cream or milk, 1sp of vanilla extract and food coloring.
In a medium bowl: Combine the sugar and extract.
Add milk/cream slowly until the desired consistency is reached. It should be like Elmer’s glue or a bit thicker.
Separate into bowls and add gel food coloring for each color you want.
The icing will set up after about 10 minutes on the cookie.
