Gluten/Dairy/Egg/Soy Free and Vegan.
- Prep Time :
15 min - Cook Time :
25 min - Ready Time :
40 min
Servings
Ingredients
- 1 Stick Earth Balance Butter Softenend (1/2 cup or 8 TBS)
- 3/4 cup Sugar
- 1/3 cup Cocoa Powder
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1 tsp Ener-G Egg Replacer + 1 TBS Water (mixed together)
- 1/4 teaspoon Xanthan Gum
- 1/4 teaspoon Salt
- 3/4 cup Sweet Rice Flour
- 1/2 cup Arrowroot Flour
- Finely Chopped Almonds (try Pulverizing in a food processor)
Directions
These gorgeous cookies came straight from my mothers recipes collection. I grew up on these. and I loved them. every year. The only difference was that her version did not contain Chocolate and- of course this is their first Christmas Gluten/Dairy and Egg Free! (and Soy free if you use the Earth Balance Soy Free variation of butter) I would recommend doubling the recipe- they are good- if I say so myself. You Can freeze these cookies for several months.. how great is that? 
I hope they bring as much holiday happiness as they always have for my family to yours. Cheers to the holiday Season!
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- In the Bowl of a stand mixer (or just an old fashioned large bowl) Combine the Softened Butter, Sugar and Cocoa Powder, Salt and Vanilla
- Combine the Ener-g Egg replacer and the Water and combine it in with butter/sugar mixture.
- Mix in the Sweet Rice, Arrowroot Flour and Xanthan Gum.
- Scoop out TBS of Cookie dough and roll each into a ball- roll the ball in the finely chopped almonds. Place on a cookie sheet and press into each cookie with your thumb. Fill each indentation with roughly 1 teaspoon of Jam.
- Bake the cookies 20 minutes- pull out of the oven and allow them to cool.
Though I have not tried it myself- Im confident in saying that I think that you could Use Millet or Regular Rice Flour in the Place of the Sweet Rice Flour.
These *Extra* Gorgeous Photos were taken by the very talented-
Matt Calabrese.
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Wow, these sound perfect! Are you going to submit to the Earth Balance contest?
Thank You! I didn't even know about the Earth Balance Contest.. Ill have to Look into it
I am going to make these this weekend, they look amazing. I am going to substitute Coconut Oil for butter and try a mix of millet and rice flour.
These are awesome! I love that you rolled them in ground almonds! I'm so glad that you linked them to 12 Days of Gluten-Free Christmas Cookies!
Hope you don’t mind a substitution question. I’ve never heard of Ener-g Egg replacer, and I’m not sure if I can find it in Canada. Can I use a real egg or egg white instead?
Wow thank you! We can’t do nuts so I rolled them in unsweetened shredded coconut. De-lish!
Hi there! These were and are a tradition in my home also! Thanks for posting the recipe!!!!!
We always had plain one though. If I wanted to leave out the cocoa powder would I add more almond flour or some other starch?
thanks again!!!
stephanie: as a fellow canadian, i can say that we definitely can buy egg-ener egg replacer…it’s a powder made from starches that you whip up into a slick foamy ‘egg’ mixture!! your regular grocery store might sell it, depending on the size, or a natural foods store definitely will! maybe even well.ca has it?
this recipe looks incredible! whole foods makes a very similar gf v cookie that i want to recreate. i’m so excited!
These are awesome!! Didn’t have arrowroot flour, substituted coconut flour and in place of the pulverized almonds, rolled them in unsweetened coconut. So yummy! I love chocolate!
Brenda, did you need to add extra moisture for the coconut flour, or was it fine, as it was?