Happy Cookies

Some of you have been asking for this recipe...so here it is. I can't take the credit for this one. My dearest friend Mary and her mom and sisters gave me this fabulous recipe! They'll make you happy!

Happy Cookies
(Maple Walnut Cookies)
From Mary Banducci

2 ½ cup Walnuts
1 cup Gluten-free oats
1/3 cup Flaxseed Meal
1 tsp Salt
2 tsp Vanilla
½ cup plus 2 Tbs Maple Syrup or Honey or Agave Nectar
1/3 cup Carob or Chocolate Chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In the bowl of a food processor, grind the walnuts into a coarse meal. Add the oatmeal and grind again in food processor. Add the flaxseed meal. Dump the contents of the food processor into a medium size mixing bowl and add salt, vanilla, and maple syrup/honey/agave nectar. Mix until combined. Fold in the chocolate/carob chips.

Drop dough on cookie sheet with a spoon and flatten with a fork or the back of the spoon.

Bake for 10-12 minutes until golden brown. Make sure to check the cookies often. Take them out of the oven before they look completely cooked. Let cool at least 10 minutes before removing from cookie sheet. Store in a container with a lid so the cookies don’t dry out.

Buon appetito!

Zucchini Bread (Gluten-Free style)

You can hardly tell this bread is wheat-less. It comes out very light and airy. It freezes well, too!

3 Eggs
2 cups Sugar (cut back to 1 1/2 cups depending on you tastse)
1/4 cup Vegetable or Canola oil
1/4 cup Applesauce
2 tsp Vanilla
1 1/2 cups Corn Startch
3/4 cup Rice Flour (brown or white)
3/4 cup Tapioca Flour
1 TBS Xanthan Gum
1 TBS Cinnamon
1 TBS Baking Powder
1 tsp Baking Soda
2-3 cups Freshly Grated Zucchini (you can mix in carrots or yellow squash, too)
1/2 cup Walnuts (optional)
1/2 cup Raisins (optional)


~ Heat oven to 350 degrees
~Using the whisk attachment of an elecrtic mixer, beat eggs until frothy. Add in sugar, oil, and applesauce.
~ Mix all dry ingredients in separate bowl.
~ Change to dough hook attachment or whip attachment of mixer and slowly add dry ingredients to wet ingredients.
~After ingredients are combined. Add zucchini, nuts, and/or raisins.
~ Grease two loaf pans and pour batter into each one.
~Bake for approximately 1 hour and 1o minutes depending on your oven
~ If making muffins, grease muffin tins or use muffin papers. Bake for about 30 minuts at 350 degrees.

Enjoy!