Lemon and Lavender Cookies

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F

Dry Ingredients:
1 1/2 Cups Cybele Pascal Gluten-Free Flour Mix
1/4 Cup Coconut Flour
1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
1/4 teaspoon Salt
1/8 teaspoon xanthum gum
1 Tablespoons Culinary Lavender
Sift together and set aside:

In a separate bowl cream together wet ingredients:
2 Tablespoons lemon vest
1 Tablespoons lemon juice
1/2 Cup Sugar
1/2 Cup Butter
1/4 Cup strained Plain Greek Yorgurt
1 Tablespoon Vanilla Bean Paste* (you can get this online or at a fancy kitchen store)

* If you don't want to use Vanilla Bean Paste you can use regular vanilla, but only use 1 teaspoon.

Combine both bowls gradually. I get it out of the bowl and kneed it all together, but I only have a hand held mixer. The dough gets pretty stiff.

I don't chill the dough because the coconut flour would soak up all the moisture and make the dough too dry. It is nice because you don't have to plan in advance to make these yummy cookies.

Lay out your parchment and and use extra gluten-free flour to help you roll it out. Try to get them about 1/4" thick.

Place on parchment paper and doubled up cookie sheet (unless you have a fancy cookie sheet that prevents burning on the bottom).

Cook for about 15 minutes, or until they start turning a little golden brown along the edges.

Let cool and decorate with some yummy lemon royal icing!

This recipe makes about 3 dozen 3" round cookies.

Egg-Free Lemon Royal Icing

So, I am very happy with myself. This recipe is ridiculously easy and now I can get fancy with my sugar cookies. I was worried it wouldn't taste very good and just be fun for decorating, but it IS good (well, if you like lemon flavored things). Here it is!

3 Tablespoons Energ-E gluten-free egg replacer
1/2 Cup lemon juice

Whisk together until frothy, then add:

4 Cups powdered sugar

Mix together for a few minutes.

Then you can add more powdered sugar or more lemon juice to get the consistency that you like to work with. Working with royal icing is tricky and takes practice, but so fun! I let mine dry over night before serving them.

Dominici Gluten-Free Pizza Crust!!!!!!

I have been over charged and disappointed when buying pizza from a restaurant so many times that I decided that it was of the utmost importance that I create my own gluten-free crust. I set out to make something that would not get in the way of any delicious toppings I would like to use. What I came up with is a nice easy thin crust pizza that my son and husband (who suffer from no food intolerances what-so-ever) love as well as the rest of us. I am so happy to finally be able to enjoy pizza again!

Preheat oven to 400 F


2 Cups Cybele Pascal's Basic Gluten-Free Flour
1/4 Cup Flaxseed meal
1 1/2 Teaspoon Baking Powder
1/2 Teaspoon Baking Soda
1/2 Teaspoon salt

Mix all dry ingredients together very well, then in a separate bowl mix:

1/2 Cup Greek Yogurt (I use Fage 0% strained)
1/2 Cup Milk (I use Rice Milk, but regular should work great too)

Then Mix the wet and dry ingredients together. Once everything is combined take out the dough and knead it together.

I like to knead it on the parchment paper on the cooking sheet.

Once everything is combined really well I roll it into a ball and press it into a circle a little and then start rolling. Dust the dough with gluten-free flour to help you from getting into a sticky mess.

You can roll it out to about 1/2" and take whatever shape you get, or you can use a large round plate like I did the these pictures. I like this because you can make a pretty edge buy folding the edges in a little and making a thumb print.

Once you have the shape you like put the crust in the 400 F degree oven and cook for 10 minutes before you put the toppings on. The crust will be precooked and this helps the dough from getting soggy. (I don't double up my cooking sheets on this one, like I do for most of my other recipes.) Leave the oven on at 400 F degrees and take out the crust and add the toppings like you would with a tradition pizza. Put back in the oven and cook for another 15-20 minutes. 

You can also divide this recipe up into 2 pizza crusts, it makes just a thinner crust and is actually my favorite way to do it. 

Allergy Friendly Chocolate Chip Cookies

These cookies are nice and soft and super yummy! They are free of these common food allergens: gluten, wheat, nut, eggs, dairy.

Tools: scale, mixer, bowls, cookie scoop, baking mat
Oven Temperature: 350 degrees F
Weight: by grams

Soak your flax meal in a separate bowl while you prepare the other ingredients:
20   Flax Seed meal
60   Water

Whisk Dry ingredients together in a bowl and set aside:
100 Brown Rice Flour
100 Sweet White Rice Flour
60   Tapioca Starch
40   potato starch
8     Salt
5     Baking Soda
2    Xanthan Gum


In your mixing bowl, cream together the following ingredients until they are evenly combined:
150 Brown Sugar
100 Coconut Oil
10   Vanilla Extract


Combine all 3 bowls and mix for 3 minutes on medium speed.

Add:
200 grams of Enjoy Life Chocolate Chips.  (Or some other allergy free brand.)
100 grams GF Oats


Mix for another couple minutes and then scoop out 15-20 gram balls of dough onto a cookie sheet that has parchment covering it, or a silicon baking mat. Press each one with the spatula, they don't spread very well on their own.

Bake at 350 degrees F for 15 minutes, until golden brown.

When they come out let them cool for a few minutes before you transfer them to the cooling rack.
When they have cooled put them in an air tight container.

Soft gluten-free flour tortillas

These are great, and with a little practice you can be a tortilla master. They can also be used as naan for Indian dishes.

2 Cups Cybele Pascal's Basic Gluten-Free Flour
1 Cup Tapioca Starch
1 Tablespoon Baking powder
1 teaspoon Baking soda
1/4 teaspoon Xanthum Gum
1 teaspoon salt
1 Tablespoon sugar

Sift together and add:

1/2 Cup softened butter
1 Cup strained plain greek yogurt

Knead everything together. The dough should be easy to handle. For best results, let it sit covered for a few hours.

If you feel the dough is too dry, add a couple tablespoons of milk or water to help combine everything a little better.

Rolling out your tortillas:

Start heating up your skillet to medium heat. Layout  parchment paper, then grab a small handful of dough and cover it in tapioca starch and roll out with a rolling pin. I find it easy to get them very thin, but they taste great a little thicker too. To get a perfectly round tortilla, find a plate the size you would like and place it over your rolled out dough. Then cut around the plate with a butter knife. The scraps can easily be worked back into your remaining dough. Place the dough on the skillet and watch for it to bubble up a little bit, that is when you flip it and let it cook on the over side. Enjoy!

Vanilla Bean Sugar Cookies

These cookies are amazing. I can't think of a better way to spend Valentine's Day than eating some gluten-free, egg-free, and nut-free love.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F

Dry Ingredients:
3 Cups Cybele Pascal's Basic Gluten-Free Flour Mix
1/2 Cup Coconut Flour
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1/4 teaspoon xanthum gum
Sift together and set aside:

In a separate bowl cream together wet ingredients:
1 Cup Sugar
1 Cup Butter
1/2 Cup strained Plain Greek Yorgurt
1Tablespoon Vanilla Bean Paste* (you can get this online or at a fancy kitchen store)

* If you don't want to use Vanilla Bean Paste you can use regular vanilla, but only use 1 teaspoon.

Combine both bowls gradually. I get it out of the bowl and kneed it all together, but I only have a hand held mixer. The dough gets pretty stiff.

I don't chill the dough because the coconut flour would soak up all the moisture and make the dough too dry. It is nice because you don't have to plan in advance to make these yummy cookies.

Lay out your parchment and and use extra gluten-free flour to help you roll it out. Try to get them about 1/4"thick.

Place on parchment paper and doubled up cookie sheet (unless you have a fancy cookie sheet that prevents burning on the bottom).

Cook for about 15 minutes, or until they start turning a little golden brown along the edges.

Let cool and enjoy!

****A slight variation on this that I do sometimes is using 1/4 cup of coconut flour (instead of 1/2 a cup) and adding 1/4 cup milled flax seed. I gives it a nice texture.

Gluten-Free, Egg-free, and Nut-free Drop Biscuits

These biscuits are great. They come out crusty on the outside and soft on the inside. They could even pass as a dinner roll.

Preheat oven to 400 F

2 Cups Cybele Pascal's Basic Gluten-Free Flour
1 Tablespoon Sugar
1 1/2 Teaspoon Baking Powder
1/2 Teaspoon Baking Soda
1/2 Teaspoon salt

Mix all dry ingredients together very well, then mix in:

1/2 Cup Greek Yogurt (I use Fage 0% strained)

The batter should look dry and crumbly, then add:

3/4 Cup Milk (I use rice milk, but regular should work fine)

Don't over mix! Then drop spoonfuls on a parchment covered cooking sheet and bake for 25-30 minutes. They should be golden brown when you take them out.

Enjoy!