1. Gluten-Free Shortbread Cookies if you have some yummy gluten-free eaters here are shortbread cookies just for them!

2. No-Bake Praline Cookies an easy no-bake cookie for those nut lovers out there.

3. Red Velvet White Chocolate Chip Cookies we love the beautiful red in these red velvet cookies, don’t they look yummy!?

4. White Chocolate Dipped Ginger Cookies change your ginger cookies this year with this mistletoe inspired cookie.

5. Peanut Butter Reindeer Cookies the kids will really love these peanut butter reindeer cookies with chocolate covered pretzels.

6. Gingerbread Scones with Maple Drizzle here is something new! A gingerbread scone with delicious maple drizzle

7. Easy Santa Claus Cupcakes, in charge of bringing the dessert this year? Bring these cute Santa Claus cupcakes!

8. No-Bake Chewy Cookies and Cream Bars what is better than making a treat that doesn’t involve the oven? Making them cookies and cream bars, yay!

9. Melting Snowmen Cookies a traditional take on the melting snowmen sugar cookies.

10. Gilded Reindeer & Santa Cookies dress up your cookies this year and impress the party with both taste and look of these adorable and eloquent reindeer cookies.

11. Easy Homemade Toffee we found this sweet and crunchy recipe for homemade toffee from Damn-Delicious.

12. Snowman Cookies with Pretzels and Fruit Roll-ups here is a fun craft but also a recipe for the kids to do in the afternoon and eat them later after dinner!

13. Gluten Free Rolled Sugar Cookies these sugar cookies will have you wondering if they really are gluten free.

14. Holiday Donut Fun with Baby Cakes Donut Maker having a Baby Cakes Donut Maker is pure fun, covering these donuts with chocolate and dressing them up as reindeer, what a treat!

15. Simple Reindeer Cookies cozy up by the fire and snack on these adorable reindeer cookies!

16. Strawberry Santa Hats an eloquent way to dress up your dessert and a chance to be a little more healthy this year with a ripe and vibrant red strawberry!

17. Melted Snowmen Oreo Balls a fun recipe to make with the mini Oreo’s from the store.

18. Red Velvet Popcorn does your family love making popcorn? Try this red velvet popcorn, it won’t disappoint!

19. Buttercream Bites in Mint or Vanilla Chocolate Chip these little cake pops are so popular nowadays, we found  recipes both with buttercream with a choice of mint or vanilla chocolate chip!

20. Individual Oreo Cheesecakes these are another great idea to have at your family gatherings and it makes it easier that they are individual and packed with Christmas flavor!

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This year we did something a little different, we reserved one day for Sherri, Deb and I to go shopping (no kids, no hubby’s) and talk about our blog as much as we wanted! We managed to do a lot of talking, laughing and shopping in several stores, but one store was my favorite. A thrift store, yes I’m a HUGE thrift store junkie. At least half of the props in my posts have been purchased from a thrift stores.

 The tray in these pictures is one of my purchases from my shopping trip with Deb and Sherri. It cost me a whopping $1.50! I found it on a shelf underneath a bunch of craft supplies. Few things in life are better than a great thrift store find. Except maybe……..

Eating some amazing Gluten Free Chocolate Chunk Cookies. These cookies are as good as they look, crunchy on the outside chewy on the inside with big chunks of chocolate.

The secret to these cookies is the special gluten free Cup4Cup Flour. I’ve tried quite a few GF flours and Cup4Cup is by far the best for baking cookies, quick breads and pastries.

Grab a large glass of milk (yes the glass in the picture is another thrift store find) and you will be in cookie heaven.

Not on a gluten free diet? Don’t worry we have  you covered, try one of these awesome cookie recipes with regular flour. Revolution Cookies, Righteous Chocolate Chip Cookies, Wicked Good Chocolate Chip Cookies, Soft Almond Cookies

Another pin that Rocks!

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Gluten Free Chocolate Chunk Cookie Recipe

Course Cookie

Author Adapted by Made From Pinterest

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups + 3 tbsp 238g Cup4Cup flour                          
• 1/2 tsp 2.3g baking soda
• 1 tsp 3g kosher salt
• 1/2 cup + 2 tbsp 134g dark brown sugar lightly packed
• 1 3/4 tsp 12g unsulfured blackstrap molasses
• 1/2 cup +1 tsp 104g granulated sugar
• 2/3 cup 107g chocolate chips
• 5.9 ounces 167g unsalted butter, room temperature
• 3 tbsp + 2 1/2 tsp 60g eggs

Instructions

• Place dark brown sugar and a small bowl and stir in the molasses and granulated sugar, making sure there are no lumps.
• Cream together butter and all sugars until light and fluffy in a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment.
• Add in eggs to the butter/sugar mixture and incorporate fully.
• Combine all dry ingredients together in a bowl: baking soda, salt, and Cup4Cup flour. Incorporate in to creamed butter and eggs, in 2 additions, mixing on low speed.
• Fold in chocolate chips and chunks into the dough. Refrigerate the dough for 30 minutes.
• Scoop cookies of desired size onto a silpat or parchment lined sheet trays.
• Bake at 325 degrees until golden brown, about 10 minutes.

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I learned early on after having gone gluten free that it takes awhile to find recipes that truly taste great and don’t make you feel like you are compromising. So I was thrilled to find out that these cookies are truly out of this world, have a party in your mouth, kind of wonderful. And it has nothing to do with the fact that I didn’t have to make them. They are just fantastic….first you get the taste of the powdered sugar, next comes the crunchy outside and then the fudgey, ooey gooey chocolate chip middle of the cookie. HEAVEN! It’s official, I’ve decided that having these cookies as an appetizer before dinner could be a new tradition in our family!

Yes indeed…...This Pin ROCKS!

Tracy

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Flourless Chocolate Cookies

Ingredients

• Nonstick vegetable oil spray
• 1 1/2 cups bittersweet chocolate chips about 9 ounces, divided
• 3 large egg whites room temperature
• 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar divided (I used 2 cups)
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray 2 large baking sheets with nonstick spray. Melt 1 cup chocolate chips in glass bowl in microwave, stirring twice, about 2 minutes. Cool slightly.
• Using electric mixer, beat whites in large bowl to soft peaks. Gradually beat in 1 (I halved the sugar here) cup sugar. Continue beating until mixture resembles soft marshmallow creme.
• Whisk 1 cup sugar, cocoa, cornstarch, and salt in medium bowl to blend. On low speed, beat dry ingredients into meringue.
• Stir in lukewarm chocolate and 1/2 cup chocolate chips (dough will become very stiff).
• Place 1/2 cup sugar in bowl. Roll 1 rounded tablespoon dough into ball; roll in sugar, coating thickly. Place on prepared sheet. Repeat with remaining dough, spacing 2 inches apart.
• Bake until puffed and tops crack, about 10 minutes. Cool on sheets on rack 10 minutes. Transfer to rack; cool.

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