Entries Categorized as 'Holidays'

Our Christmas Eve Pig-Out

Date December 28, 2009

The culmination of all the Christmas baking and many delicious gluten-free cookie/candy recipes. Our annual family Pig-Out!
Our long bar was filled to overflowing with cookies, candies, meats, cheeses, veggies, chips, dips, cheeses, pickles, olives, and more. The far end contained a few crackers that weren’t gluten-free but apart from those and the traditional bread for [...]

Day 12, Gluten-Free Krumkake Cookies

Date December 25, 2009

As a 3/4 Norwegian, Norwegian goodies were a staple in our home. Krumkake, Lefse, Rosettes, Julekake, and more. My poor little Norwegian heart just wept at the thought of no more krumkake. I just adore cardamom and krumkake cookies.
So a few years back I found a krumkake iron in a kitchen store and I sent [...]

Day 11, Gluten-Free Cream Wafer Cookies

Date December 23, 2009

This particular recipe is an old family favorite. My mom’s mother used to make them and my mom carried on the tradition and made them every year as I was growing up. I believe the original recipe came from the original Betty Crocker cookbook.
When I went gluten-free, I cried over this cookie. The cookie part [...]

Day 10, Gluten-Free Eggnog Cookies

Date December 22, 2009

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These are a new addition to our annual feast. I found this recipe in a christmas cookie cookbook I had received before my gluten-free life. I did a bit of tweaking and voila! Deliciously soft and chewy eggnog cookies. They were scarfed down that same night with just 2 cookies remaining the following [...]