5 Favorite Gluten-Free Christmas Cookie Recipes

Who loves Christmas cookies????  Me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Baking cookies (all right, all right....eating cookies) is my FAVORITE Christmas activity.   I love baking cookies.  I love eating cookies every more...and I don't like really fussy cookies that take lots of time.  I'm all about the simple and the delicious. 

So, I present to you my five favorite, easy, simple, delicious gluten-free cookie recipes

1.

Peanut Butter Birds Nest Cookies

Sorry for the bad photo. 

1 1/2 cups peanut butter

1 1/2 cups sugar

2 eggs

1/4 cup coconut flour

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 teaspoon salt

chocolate chips.

Preheat Oven to 350 degrees

Mix all ingredients (except chocolate chips) in a large mixing bowl.

Grease cookie sheets.

Roll dough into approximately golf-ball sized balls

Please 3-5 chocolate chips in the center of each ball making a "nest" around the chocolate chips.

Bake for 10 minutes or until bottoms juuuuuuuuust start to turn brown.

Enjoy!

2.

Buckeye Peanut Butter Bars

Photo from Allrecipes.com but my recipe is different from theirs. 

1 cup finely chopped nuts (almonds, pecans or walnuts. I whirl mine around in the food processor until they are broken into very small pieces.

1 1/2 cups peanut butter

2 cups powdered sugar

1 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 cups chocolate chips

1 tablespoon butter

Mix nuts, peanut butter, powdered sugar and salt in a large mixing bowl.  The mixture should be very thick....if you need to, you can add more powdered sugar.

Press into the bottom of a jelly roll pan.

In a microwave safe mixing bowl, melt chocolate chips with butter.  Stir frequently and watch for burning...

Spread the chocolate on top of the peanut butter.   Refrigerate for several hours until firm.  Cut into bars and enjoy! 

Warning:  These are VERY addictive.  Eat at your own risk. 

3.

Mexican Wedding Balls

Clearly I have a real calling as a food photographer

1 cup softened butter

2 cups Gluten Free Flour Blend (with xanthum gum).  I like and always use Namaste

1/2 cup confectionar's sugar

2 teaspoons vanilla

2 cups chopped walnuts

Preheat Oven to 350 degrees

Combine all ingredients.

Grease cookie sheets

Roll into balls.

Bake on cookie sheets for 10 minutes.

Roll balls in more confectioner's sugar while still warm,

Allow balls to cool and roll again in confectioner's sugar for one last coating.

4,

Chocolate Peppermint Fudge

Photo from allrecipies.com but it's my own recipe

3 cups chocolate chips

1 can sweetened condensed milk

1/4 cup butter

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 teaspoon peppermint extract

1/4 teaspoon sea salt

Melt chocolate chips, butter and sweetened condensed milk in saucepan on stove.  Stir constantly to prevent burning.  Stir in extracts and salt.

Spread into greased glass pan and refrigerate several hours until firm.

Cut into squares and enjoy!

5.

Puppy Chow

So, I'm cheating and this isn't a cookie.  But it is a Christmas  any time of year, favorite of mine!

Photo from allrecipes.com

9 cups gluten free rice chex cereal

2 cups chocolate chips

1/2 cup peanut butter

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 teaspoon sea salt.

Over saucepan mix chocolate chips and peanut butter until melted.

Stir in vanilla and salt.

Toss with chex cereal, coating all the cereal.

Toss with confectioner's sugar.

Perfect for parties, games or just movies!

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