Healthy Old Broad

Healthy Baked Goods Recipes Made Without Gluten and Sugar

CHOCOLATE VANILLA BUTTERCREAM SANDWICH COOKIES

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Give your sweetheart a different kind of bouquet – heart sandwich cookies.

ingredients for cookies:

  • 2 sticks of room temperature unsalted butter
  • 3/4 cup Xylitol
  • 1 large egg – room temperature
  • 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 3/4 cups Pamela’s Gluten Free Flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon Kosher salt
  • 1 teaspoon Xanthan Gum
  • 1 vanilla bean – caviar only
  • 2 to 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

Preheat oven to 350.  Line baking sheets with parchment paper

In stand mixer beat the butter and Xylitol until fluffy, add egg and continue to mix until well combined.  Add vanilla bean and vanilla extract and mix well.

In a separate bowl combine the flour, salt, baking powder and Xanthan gum, whisk together. Add slowing to wet ingredients.  Take dough from mixing bowl and divide in half.

Shape 1/2 of the dough into a 1 inch flat disk, wrap in saran wrap and refrigerate for an hour. Take the other half of the dough return to mixer and add the unsweetened cocoa, remove & shape into 1 inch flat disk and refrigerate for an hour.

Roll out each disk of dough to about 1/4 inch, cut with heart shaped cookie cutter, place on lined baking sheet.

Bake for 10 to 12 minutes.  Cool completely before making the cookie sandwich.

ingredients for butter cream filling:

  • 1 stick of very softened unsweetened butter
  • 2 to 3 cups Health Garden Xyiltol Confection Sweetener
  • 1 to 1 1/2 tablespoons Almond Milk creamer
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Using a stand mixer with the whisk attachment whip butter on medium high until light, creamy and pale in color.  Add the Confection Sweeter 1/4 cup at a time.  My note to you is to taste after every cup or so to make sure the filling is not overly sweet. Add in vanilla extract and mix well.

Assembly: 1 vanilla cookie, 1 chocolate cookie – spread the filling and attach cookies together.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: to make the cookies in a vase I used bamboo skewers cut in half covered with green straws cut to size and lightly put in the cookie sandwich stuck into floral foam.

 

 

 

Nick’s Favorite Cookies

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What do you bring to the gym for your trainer’s birthday, well cookies of course.  His favorite cookies: Almond Chocolate Cookies

 

 

Trainer enjoying his cookies!

 

 

 

 

 

INGREDIENTS:

Preheat oven to 350.  Line baking sheet with parchment paper

combine organic palm sugar and coconut oil, add almond extract and eggs

in a separate bowl combine the dry ingredients and combine till dough forms, add in chocolate chips

with a small scoop place on baking sheet, bake for 8 minutes, leave on sheet to cool.

 

 

Chocolate Oatmeal Almond Cookies

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Just another yummy cookie recipe.

Chocolate Oatmeal Almond Cookies

Ingredients:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  2. Mix together the soften butter and coconut palm sugar until well combined, add extract and the 2 eggs and continue to combine.
  3. In a separate bowl combine the rolled oats, flour, xanthan gum, baking powder, salt and cocoa and whisk together. Add the dry ingredients into the wet and combine together. Add in chopped almonds.
  4. Scoop teaspoon size cookie balls on the a baking sheet and bake for 9 to 10 minutes. Let cool on baking sheet for about 10 minutes, then transfer to wire rack and continue to cool.

Macadamia Nut Cookies

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First weekend in Hawaii and so I just had to bake macadamia nut cookies.

Macadamia Nut Cookies

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup Xyla
  • 1 stick unsalted butter – room temp
  • 2 eggs – room temp
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 cups Pamela’s Gluten Free Flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon xantham gum
  • 1 teaspoon Kosher salt
  • 1 1/2 cups chopped macadamia nuts
  1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Mix the Xyla and butter together, add the eggs and vanilla extract and combine well. In a separate bowl combine gluten free flour, baking powder, salt, xanatham gum and combine. Add the dry mixture to the wet bowl and combine well, then stir in the macadamia nuts.
  3. Place dough on non-stick cookie sheet (or parchment covered sheet) and bake at 350 for 8 to 10 minutes. Let cool on baking sheet for about 10 minutes than transfer to cooling rack.
  4. You are ready to enjoy.

Gluten Free Belgian Waffles

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Been missing the joy of waffles well miss out no more.

Gluten Free Belgian Waffles

Ingredients:

  • 1 3/4 cup Pamela’s Gluten Free Flour
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon Kosher salt
  • 2 eggs, separated
  • 1 3/4 cup of Vanilla Almond Milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 stick unsalted butter, melted
  1. Whip the egg whites in a bowl until stiff peaks form. I prefer to use a mixer to do this, but if you want a good arm workout use a whisk.
  2. In a separate bowl mix the flour, baking powder and salt together. Add the egg yolks, milk and vanilla and mix well to combine. Fold the whipped egg whites into the batter.
  3. Cook waffles per the waffle maker instructions.
  4. Note: you can keep them warm in a 200 degree oven while cooking all the batter.
  5. Make my baked fried chicken and you have “Chicken & Waffles” that are gluten free and tasty.
  6. I use Natures Hollow sugar free maple syrup (I have served it to guest and they have no idea it’s sugar free)