{"id":652,"date":"2014-11-24T20:19:21","date_gmt":"2014-11-25T01:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marissalingen.com\/blog\/?p=652"},"modified":"2014-11-24T20:19:21","modified_gmt":"2014-11-25T01:19:21","slug":"cookie-day-one-sans-gluten-et-sans-reproche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marissalingen.com\/blog\/?p=652","title":{"rendered":"Cookie Day One: Sans Gluten et Sans Reproche"},"content":{"rendered":"

My godson Rob was diagnosed with celiac this spring, and while we haven’t made all the changes we would if it was someone in my household, there has been a lot more paying attention to what has wheat and barley and the like, what doesn’t, what does but can be made to work without it. Also, we have been saying for years that my goddaughter Lillian is almost old enough (and definitely<\/em> enthusiastic enough about baking) to be included in Cookie Day. This year, the two things combined: we had Lillian spend the night and then spend all day having Gluten-Free Cookie Day.<\/p>\n

Here is what we made.<\/p>\n

First, in our pajamas, we made fully glutenated waffles for breakfast. Because Lillian<\/em> hasn’t been diagnosed with celiac, and sometimes having the gluteny things you like when you’re not sharing them with your big brother is a good plan.<\/p>\n

Then we got ready for the day and finished putting out the Christmas decorations (usually wayyyy too early, but I’m going to be in Montreal, so I needed to get it done if it was ever going to happen) and waited for my folks and my grandma. And then the reinforcements got here and we really<\/em> got going.<\/p>\n

We made: chocolate fudge with hazelnuts; double-layer chocolate\/peanut butter fudge; caramels; strawberry shortbread with gluten-free flour*; chocolate-dipped apricots; chocolate mixed nut clusters; amaretti (tinted lavender–Lillian’s choice), some sandwiched with frosting and some with raspberry jam; Nutella cookies; and chocolate chip peanut butter cookies. We didn’t get to the blueberry meringues, so I’ll do those tomorrow before we really get going on the gluten-y cookies, and there was a teeeeeensy mishap when we were boiling the apple cider down for apple cider caramels, so that got scratched for the day.<\/p>\n

And in the process, we taught Lillian about when you whip a lot of air into egg whites to make them fluffy, how to use a pastry blender to do exactly the opposite, how to use a pastry bag to pipe dough out, how to make frosting from scratch, and many other topics in the worlds of baking, chemistry, finance, and more.<\/p>\n

All in all, a lovely day. More of it coming tomorrow.<\/p>\n

*This was our only use of a gluten-free flour product. All the other cookies and treats were recipes that are just naturally made without flour. I know that some of the wheat substitute flours can taste pretty good for people who need them, especially with a strong flavoring like strawberry covering up the fact that they don’t taste quite the same, and they’re a good resource to have. But when I’m not working around another dietary restriction like nuts, dairy, or eggs, I prefer to make recipes that were gluten-free to begin with, rather than adjusting things to become gluten-free. Several of the above were also dairy-free, though, so ask if you’re interested.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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