Gluten Free Cashew Butter Cookies are an adaptation of a recipe by Donna Washburn and Heather Butt featured in their cookbook Complete Gluten-Free Cookbook. This gluten free cookie recipe is free of peanuts and corn and can be adapted to a dairy free recipe by replacing the butter with coconut oil, or your favorite dairy free fat.
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Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1 1/4 cups amaranth flour
- 1/4 cup arrowroot flour
- 1/2 teaspoon guar gum
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup smooth cashew butter
- 1/4 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 24 cashew halves (optional)
Preparation:
Preheat oven to 350°
Line baking sheets with parchment paper or lightly butter
Line baking sheets with parchment paper or lightly butter
- Place all dry ingredients in a mixing bowl and whisk to thoroughly blend.
- Place egg and sugar in a large mixing bowl. Use an electric mixer to cream egg and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add cashew butter and vanilla to egg-sugar mixture and beat just until blended.
- Slowly add dry ingredients and beat on low, just until all ingredients are combined.
- Use a small ice cream scoop (size ) or a teaspoon to drop cookie dough on prepared baking sheet.
- Press the coookie dough with a fork for a traditional peanut butter cookie look. Add cashew halves in center of cookies (optional).
- Bake in preheated oven for 12-15 minutes or until cookies are done.
- Cool on a wire rack.
Yield- About 24 cookies
Tips-
You can substitute peanut butter for the cashew butter and cornstarch or potato starch for arrowroot starch with good results.
Reminder: Always make sure your work surfaces, utensils, pans and tools are free of gluten. Always read product labels. Manufacturers can change product formulations without notice. When in doubt, do not buy or use a product before contacting the manufacturer for verification that the product is free of gluten.
