GF Butter Cashew Cookies

Thankfully we never got packaged biscuits and cookies in the house even before our diagnosis. Our son was always more than happy with home made cookies.He had enough variety of course !

 I used to make whole wheat cookies, multi grain cookies , Butter cookies, fudge cookies, crisp cookies and so on so forth...

After eliminating gluten, I didn't bake any cookies for good 6 months , thinking that without wheat and millets it wouldn't be possible. In my observation and as per our food diary, millets were not that good after all,  for our already damaged systems, and hence we were left with only rice.  

This recipe uses the home made gluten free all purpose flour/maida (GF ALP)

The Recipe is very easy and healthy. Healthiest recipe from my repertoire at this point in time . Includes no leavening agent . just butter , sugar , GF ALP, natural essence.

I personally don't think sugar is a problem, if it is not for any medical reasons. Too much of everything is bad .Moderation is the key. And it's not that you can eat a lot of jaggery or honey . They are all natural, true . However even natural things need to be used as per the season as per one's body type etc. This could well be a separate post .So for now Sugar in moderation only.

So Here I present to you .... Healthy Home Made Butter Cashew Cookies :

INGREDIENTS

• 100 gms plus 2 heaped TBSPN home made GF ALP
• Finely chopped Cashewnuts as per taste
• 75 gms butter or margarine softened
• 50 gms powdered sugar
• 1 tspn Real Vanilla powder or extract

METHOD

1. Sieve the flour
2. Preheat the oven at 200 degrees C/400 degreesF.
3. Beat butter and sugar very well until light and fluffy and creamy
4. Add extract and beat again
5. Add the  home made GF ALP and mix gently to form a soft dough
6. keep the dough in the fridge for a minimum of  half an hour and a max. of one hour.
7. Form small balls and roll them into the chopped cashew nuts. Flatten them slightly
8. Arrange on a greased tray , keeping them at least 1.5 " apart.You could parchment paper if needed. keeps the tray clean and ready for the next batch immediately.
9. Bake in a preheated oven for 13 to 20 minutes. This time will vary depending upon one's individual oven. 
10. Let them cool on the tray itself for some time till they harden a bit.
11. Remove from tray and keep them in an airtight container.

The Dough will spread in the oven and flatten out. So the cookie size will be big. You may want to make small balls out of the dough if you want small cookies or a big ball to get big cookies. I even made one Big cookie , which took about half an hour to be ready... couldn't click a picture as everybody pounced on it immediately . :)

Wish you all the best for your efforts. May your cookies be the best cookies ever!! 

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This is my first attempt at writing a blog and will request readers to try these recipes and post their suggestions , recommendations in the  comments  section for me to improvise.