semi-healthy xmas cookies?

[vegemamaVA]

Anyone got a not too terrible somewhat TF friendly cookie and frosting recipe? Or should I just accept that this is one of those special occasions...

Thanks!

[nerdymom]

I say just accept it and use good sense and moderation when baking and consuming.

[stephienoodle]

A (mostly) TF blog I read just did a Christmas cookie thing... I don't think I saw any with frosting, but there were some yummy-looking maple cookies with decent ingredients.

http://gnowfglins.com/2009/12/14/gal...stmas-cookies/

My dairy-free, egg-free, mostly grain-free, coconut-free, chocolate-free self just has to salivate over the recipes. I might try to make something for my newly gluten-free husband before Christmas, but I dunno! Good luck!

[MyLilPwny]

These are grain-free cookies, using coconut flour. I've made them 3 times before and they turn out moist and soft, I like them.

http://www.freecoconutrecipes.com/re...ip_Cookies.htm

I haven't used the 3 tablespoons of sugar because the sugar in the chocolate chips is enough and I didn't use as much chocolate chips as the recipe calls for. I've substituted macadamia nuts for walnuts. The third time I made this, I did sugar-free because I used chopped prunes instead of chocolate chips and only about a teaspoon of maple syrup and about 5 drops of liquid stevia. Doing that probably won't be sweet enough for most people, but I think its still good and my 2-year old likes them too.

[blueridgewoman]

I am going to bake until I drop. And spend all my money on coconut flour.

[tanyalynn]

I found some treats (cookies and otherwise) on this blog...
http://www.thenourishinggourmet.com/recipe-index

I don't think any sweeteners are really healthy, but these seem like a good compromise, at least one that makes me happy.

I also like peanut butter or almond butter cookies, here's one recipe (which I just realized is from the blog above, but since we're gfcf, a flourless cookie works nicely)... and you can fiddle with the amount of sweetener.

http://www.thenourishinggourmet.com/...r-cookies.html

[blueridgewoman]

I think sweeteners are okay in extreme moderation, like for the occasional holiday.

Oddly, I prefer pure organic cane sugar to honey because it's lower carb, so I may have to adjust some of these accordingly...

[FairyRae]

Check out http://elanaspantry.com for many cookie recipes that are typically made from almond flour and use alternative sweetners. (I always sub honey for the agave and coconut oil for the grapeseed oil--her recipes have worked pretty well for me...)

[FairyRae]

Originally Posted by stephienoodle

My dairy-free, egg-free, mostly grain-free, coconut-free, chocolate-free self just has to salivate over the recipes. I might try to make something for my newly gluten-free husband before Christmas, but I dunno! Good luck!

If you check out the nourishing gourmet site, she's got multiple candy recipes you could totally sub carob for in place of chocolate--maybe using palm shortening instead of the CO or butter. I've made some w/ carob for my son and they were really really yummy...I'll be making some chocolate covered apple slices for a party I'm going to using this recipe for the chocolate, and a carob version for ds.