It's Girl Scout cookie time....

Its that time of year again...when the gluten intolerant cannot enjoy the delicious Girl Scout cookies that are are every Dillons and Walmart entryway...Until this year that is....

Girl Scouts have rolled out two new gluten free cookie lines this year, Trios and Toffee-Tastic. The Trios cookie is a peanut butter oatmeal cookie and Toffee-Tastic is a butter cookie with small toffee bits. I have to say that I was not a fan of the Trios (sorry Girl Scouts), they seemed almost stale to me and are very small, bite size. Toffee-Tastic were my favorite, the rich butter cookie almost melts in your mouth. I have to admit that the Toffee-Tastic I had to order from a seller on Amazon. I was told by a local troop that they each only received two cases of the GF options, not knowing how they would sell, so I could not find Toffee-Tastic locally. You can order them online through the Girl Scouts, but you have to order a whole case (which is a strong possibility since I enjoyed them so much).

Thank you Girl Scouts for including us Celiac friends in your cookie lineup! It's much appreciated

Ghosts, Pumpkins, and Bats-The Joy of Halloween

Yes, I will admit it, I LOVE Halloween! It is one of my holidays, and no, I am not a witch. With the rainy weekend almost behind me, I ventured into the GF baking realm today and made my annual GF sugar cookies in the shapes of your most common Halloween creatures. I loved the green color I made this year, I think it kind of gives a glow in the dark appearance to the cookie. My favorite recipe for GF sugar cookies is from one of my favorite GF recipie books, "Gluten Free 101: Easy, Basic Dishes Without Wheat", by Carol Fenster, Ph.D. I omit the lemon zest in the recipie, since I am not quite fond of lemon flavorings in my food. These cookies are just soft enough to enjoy, not too crunchy, and not too brittle. the frosting that I make is just your old fashioned powder sugar frosting made with powdered sugar, vanilla, and milk. I made a double batch, which at the end, gave me about 51 cookies of various shapes. Unfortunately, in a househould of a grown man, and very hungry and fast growing 3 year, and myself, those 51 cookies will not probably last very long.