Gluten Free Sugar Cookies

Every so often, I get asked the question, " do you make gluten free sugar cookies?" And my answer has always been - "no...not yet." I was always focused on making my with gluten cookies that I didn't think it was possible to make a gluten free version that was AS good as the real deal.

I told those individuals that if I got enough interest that I would "look into it." Well...that day has finally come.

I went to Pinterest to find a recipe that I thought was similar to my recipe yet with the gluten free flour. Well I am proud to say that I had success with the first recipe tried although finding the right ingredients was key!

I know Fred Meyer's down the road from my house has a really good Organic and Gluten Free section so I started there. Unfortunately they didnt have what I was looking for. Stumped...I remember "HEY! There is a GF MARKET right next to Trader Joe's"...and sure enough they had a whole SLEW of GF flour to chose from and the right one I needed.

I used XO Baking Co. Gluten Free All Purpose Flour and it worked great. Yeah it smelled a little different and when I taste tested the dough it tasted different. And the hardest part was rolling out the dough. It was especially precarious to roll and lift up onto the pan to bake. So I had to use my spatula to transfer them from the counter to the pan.

Gluten Free Sugar Cookies

After baking them and letting them cool I used my regular buttercream frosting recipe, no gluten there and they turned out just great! I think I honestly like them just as much as the real deal! They are still soft but slightly different in texture.

Gluten Free Seahawk Cookies

Since the Seahawks were playing I thought I would make some football themed cookies and they are my "most popular" cookie shape.

Gluten Free Sugar Cookies

So without further a-do I am happy to say I can now offer GF sugar cookies! GO SEAHAWKS!

If you have questions or would like to order some, please email me.

Happy Halloween!

This blog post is dedicated to all things SPOOKY. I have to be honest...I miss trick or treating. I know I could just go to the store and buy some candy for myself (which I knew do) but something about dressing up and running around the neighbor is just more glamourous.

Cute Little Fox Cookies

The good news for the Trick or Treaters is it luckily stopped raining. This morning it was down pouring and didn't look like it was going to stop. I took my dog out for a walk before dinner and before it got dark. I was hoping to spot some kids and I did but they were more like big kids...like junior high and they were barely dressed up...maybe they were just "hipsters" hanging in the park...could be - it was getting dark after all...just kidding they were kids. 

Cat Face Cookie

I remember I milked trick or treating until I was in high school and some people would come to the door and be surprised by the "big kids" standing there and not the little guys. One lady I remember even said "oh aren't you a little big to be trick or treating" ...yes but give me the candy anyways please! 

OK OK Enough about me...more about the cookies you say? Well let's start with the above few. I found a clever idea to turn my cat face cookie cutter into a fox face. I know foxes aren't really Halloween themed necessarily but they are definitely fall-ish and so I decided to try it out and I loved them. If you don't know I have a little dog who looks like a fox... 

Halloween Friends

As for Mr. Frank, that cookie cutter is actually using the "skull" head shape. I thought it would be cutter to mix some green into the mix! Loved how these Frankenstein cookies turned out and they might be my favorite!

I actually didn't have a witches hat cookie cutter. So I ran out to the store the night before halloween to find some black sanding sugar which was a bit of a challenge but found it and got the last one! At the store they had a bunch of cute cutter and one being the witches hat! 

Witch's hat

I got the idea for the spider webs off of pinterest as well. I am always looking for fun ways to turn my cutters I already have into a different shape (like the cat-fox above) a circle could really be turned into anything and for Halloween it was perfect for some creepy spider cob webs!

Spooky Spider Web cookies

Pumpkin Cookies

Of course it isn't halloween without pumpkins! 

BOOOOooooo

The other shape I had I had fun with was the bat. This was the purpose of the "mission: black sanding sugar." I liked how these little guys turned out and looked great with the spooky ghost and coffin. 

Getting Batty

RIP Coffin Cookies

The last little cutter I picked up at the store was the "scared-y cat" as I call him. Again, using that coveted black sanding sugar! muahaha! I mean...MEOW! 

I almost forgot to put this in my blog. I am really bad about transferring photos from my phone to my computer, but I posted this on my insta too. I loved the monotone contrast of this picture of the skull and cross bone cookies. VERY halloween. 

ok ok and it wouldn't be completely halloween if I didn't do a little flashback friday shout out to my friends for "that one time when we dressed up as 80s chicks after a run to the goodwill to make our costumes" and then we went trick or treating! I think we were actually sophomores in this picture...or were we juniors...HAPPY HALLOWEEN!