1 cup butter (two sticks)
½ cup brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla (Cooks vanilla powder is great)
1-½ cup brown rice flour
½ cup potato flour (NOT potato starch flour)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 pkg. milk or semisweet chocolate chips

Cream butter (can use dairy-free margarine or Crisco if necessary), sugars, eggs and vanilla. Mix in dry ingredients, then chocolate chips. Drop by rounded teaspoons onto un-greased cookie sheet. Flatten very slightly with fork. Bake between 350-375 degrees for 12 minutes or so (temperature and time vary by individual oven -- if yours bakes hot, use the lower temperature). Remove from oven when lightly browned (they over-brown very quickly). Remove to cooling rack after a few minutes.

Also good with chopped nuts and/or shredded coconut.

1 cup white rice flour
1 cup brown rice flour
2/3 cup tapioca flour
1/3 cup potato starch
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
¾ Cup Brown Sugar
1 Cup White Sugar
3 Eggs
1 ½ teaspoon Vanilla (if using Authentic Foods ½ teaspoon)
2 Cup Chocolate Chips
¾ Cup Butter
¾ Cup Shortening

Mix everything together bake at 350 for 10 to 12 min.

I revised my special cookie recipe that I use to make when I was in forestry, My friends cant even tell they are gluten-free cookies. Make extra because they go fast!

In food processor, blend:

2/3 cup canola oil
2/3 cup water
¾ cup sugar (more if you like things really sweet)
½ tsp. salt
½ tsp. baking soda
3 teaspoons EnerG egg replacer
½ cup ground hazelnuts (or 2/3 cup whole ones)

In a mixing bowl, combine with 4 oz. shredded coconut. Add 1 ½ cups rice flour and mix well with wooden spoon. Texture should be soft and oily, but firm enough to hold itself in a ball (shape - like thick oatmeal). Add more flour or water as needed. Roll into 1 balls or use a mini cookie scoop and drop 1 apart on an non-greased cookie sheet. Bake 20 minutes - macaroons should be only slightly golden. Remove from sheet and let cool before eating.

1 cup gluten-free flour mix*
¾ teaspoon xanthan gum
1 cup brown rice flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ cup soy or quinoa flour
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup packed brown sugar
7 tablespoon chilled butter-cut into pieces
1 ¾ teaspoons cinnamon
3 to 4 tablespoons cold water
1 teaspoon baking powder
3 tablespoons honey
1 teaspoon vanilla

Mix together flours, brown sugar, cinnamon, powder, soda, xanthan gum, and salt. Using your fingers, work the butter into the dry ingredients. Stir in 3 tablespoons, honey and vanilla. If dry add a bit more water (1 tablespoon at a time). Gather into a soft ball sized ball and refrigerate at least one hour (I usually leave it overnight, covered).

Roll out to 1/8 to ¼ inch thick (I use parchment paper), cut into squares, prick lightly with fork and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar before baking. (I skip the last step if we are going to frost them).

Bake at 325F for 12-15 minutes.

* Bette Hagmans Four Flour Mix (from The Gluten-Free Gourmet Bakes Bread).
Garfava Bean Flour 2/3 part
Sorghum Flour 1/3 part
Cornstarch 1 part
Tapioca Flour 1 part

Preheat oven 350º

Ingredients:

• Two 7 oz. packages of flaked coconut (~5 cups)
• One 14 oz. can eagle brand condensed milk (not evaporated)
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 ½ teaspoon almond extract

In a large bowl combine coconut, condensed milk and extracts; mix well. Drop rounded teaspoonfuls onto generously greased baking sheet. Bake 8-10 min. or until lightly brown. Immediately remove to cooling rack. Optional: drizzle with melted chocolate chips.

3 parts brown rice flour
1 part potato flour (not potato starch flour)

I use this flour mix for all of my old recipes from the days before I had to eat gluten-free. My cookies turn out great!

2¼ cup rice flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 teaspoons gluten-free baking soda
¾ cup gluten-free shortening
¼ teaspoon salt
1 cup brown sugar
½ teaspoon cloves
1 egg
1 teaspoon ginger
¼ cup molasses

Sift together dry ingredients except sugar. Cream shortening with brown sugar, add egg, and molasses. Add dry ingredients and mix. Chill dough in refrigerator for 30 minutes. Roll into small balls, dip the top in white sugar, and flatten with fork on greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375F about 8 to 10 minutes.

Combine the rice flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, xanthan gum, cloves, cinnamon, ginger, and salt. Mix well. Cut in the butter or margarine until the mixture is in crumbs the size of peas.

In a small bowl beat the sugar, egg, and molasses together. Add this mixture to the dry ingredients and mix until the dough pulls away from the sides. Form the dough into a flat ball shape and refrigerate for one hour.

Dust some freezer paper (not wax paper) with gluten-free flour or confectioners sugar. Put the dough on the freezer paper and sprinkle with flour or confectioners sugar. Roll the dough to ¼ inch thick and cut out shapes as desired. Bake at 350 degrees F for 12 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. Makes about 20 cookies.

** gluten-free flour mix:
6 cups white rice flour
2 cups potato starch (NOT the same as potato flour)
1 cup tapioca starch (also called tapioca flour)

This recipe comes from Vicki Lyles. She adapted it (in desperation) from the Rolled Sugar Cookies recipe (see below), when she learned that our 5-year-old celiacs kindergarten class was going to be making gingerbread man cookies. The resulting cookies were quite good.

¾ cup margarine
¼ cup dark molasses
1 cup light brown sugar
3 cup gluten-free flour mix*
1 teaspoon xanthan gum
1 teaspoon salt
1 Tablespoon baking powder
2 teaspoon ground ginger
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
½ cup water
Sweet rice flour for rolling

Cream margarine and sugar. Beat in molasses. Sift dry ingredients into separate bowl. Stir into creamed mixture alternately with water. Mix thoroughly once everything has been added. Dough should be soft and will be sticky. Refrigerate dough for at least one hour. Using sweet rice flour, roll portions of dough on plastic wrap or parchment paper to about ¼. Cut and decorate as desired. Bake in 350F oven for 8-20 minutes depending on size. Cookies should just be getting browned. Bake longer for crispier cookies. Cool slightly on sheet before removing to rack to cool completely. Store in airtight containers.

In a bowl mix:
2 ¼ cups tapioca flour
1 tsp. salt
1/3 cup sugar
½ tsp. xanthan gum (omit for pie crust)

In a blender or food processor mix:
1 cup Filberts/Macadamias
¼ cup water
½ cup canola oil
1 tsp. vanilla

Grind the nuts very fine. Add contents of food processor to bowl and mix. Roll into balls and flatten. Bake on greased cookie sheet at 350 for 10 - 15 minutes, or until they begin to turn golden-brown. The recipe makes 2 ½ dozen cookies.

This dough rolls out on a potato-starch-floured board quite successfully to make cookie-cutter cookies. It also makes an excellent pie crust - flaky and delicious. Cover the edges with foil and pre-bake for 15 minutes before filling.

Just wanted to share a few more tried and true holiday recipes.

1 beaten egg
½ cup packed brown sugar
¼ cup honey
½ cup molasses
1 tablespoon apple juice or cider
¼ teaspoon grated lemon peel
½ teaspoon lemon juice
1 cup rice flour
½ cup sweet rice flour
¼ cup tapioca flour
¼ cup garbanzo bean flour
½ teaspoon xanthan gum
¾ teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon cloves
½ teaspoon ginger
¼ cup chopped almonds
½ cup mixed candied fruits and peels
Lemon Glaze (follows)

Beat egg and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in honey, molasses, juices, and lemon peel. In another bowl, thoroughly combine flours, xanthan gum, and spices. Blend into molasses mixture. Stir in almonds and candied fruits. Chill dough several hours or overnight. Sprinkle waxed paper with powdered sugar. Roll out dough to 14 x 9 inch rectangle. Cut into 1 ½ x 2 inch cookies (I use a pizza cutter). Bake on lightly greased cookie sheet at 350 degrees about 12 minutes. Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet and cool on rack. While warm, brush with lemon glaze.

Lemon Glaze:
Combine 1 ½ cups powdered sugar and enough lemon juice (about 2 teaspoon) to make a glaze. These are better if allowed to sit a few days before eating. They keep well.