There was a time when every week when I’d grocery shop, I’d get myself a doughnut as a reward. Let’s face it, I had a doughnut habit. And my go-to doughnut was – the maple glazed.
Yet at home, who has time for deep-frying doughnuts? And especially time for creating allergy-friendly, gluten-free doughnuts, since both of my boys have multiple food allergies.
I’ve made a discovery: you can get the same flavor from the Glazed Maple Cookies I created, which you can whip up in a fraction of the time!
With the holidays coming up fast, for this installment of Megan’s Minute for Allergic Living, I just had to share my soft and delicious maple cookies. (Anyone who follows my blog Allergy Awesomeness knows I love to develop allergy-friendly baking recipes.)
So watch the video for my cookie-making tricks and tips, and get the full Top 9-free recipe below. I hope you enjoy making these Maple Cookies in your own kitchen as much as I did in mine. Happy baking!
Flour Note: For this recipe, use my gluten free flour blend (rice flour, potato starch and tapioca starch), or I’ve also used a store-bought cup-for-cup all-purpose, gluten-free flour. If using either my gluten-free flour blend, which has no xanthan gum, or a purchased blend that doesn’t have it added, you’ll need to add 1/2 teaspoon of xanthan gum. This gum is a binding agent that helps give structure to gluten-free baked goods. But if you use a store-bought blend that already has xanthan, then there’s no need to add more.
Maple Cookies with Maple Glaze Recipe
Makes: 16 cookies
Free of: Top 9 allergens and gluten
Cookie Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups gluten-free flour (see Flour Note above) or all-purpose wheat flour (if not gluten-free)
- 1/2 cup / 1 stick vegan butter (e.g. Earth Balance)
- 1 cup packed brown sugar (regular or dark)
- 1/3 cup pure maple syrup
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 Ener-G egg (1 1/2 tsp powder mixed with 2 tbsp water) or 1 egg
- 1 tsp maple extract
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp xanthan gum (optional depending on flour, see Flour Note)
Maple Glaze
- 1 tbsp dairy-free, soy-free buttery spread (e.g. Earth Balance)
- 2 1/2 tbsp pure maple syrup
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- pinch salt, to taste
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Place a silicone baking mat on a cookie sheet, or parchment paper.
- Cream the vegan butter and brown sugar. Add the maple syrup, vanilla, egg replacer (or egg) and maple extract.
- Next stir in the baking soda, salt and xanthan – if it’s needed per the Flour Note above.
- Lastly, stir in the gluten-free (or regular) flour until everything is combined.
- Scoop the batter onto the prepared cookie sheet. I love this cookie scoop for even cookies. Bake for 9-11 minutes, or until cookies are mostly set.
- Remove from the oven and allow the cookies to cool/finish setting on the baking sheet for five minutes. Then remove them with a spatula to a cooling wrack to finish cooling.
- For the glaze: In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, melt the vegan butter, pure maple syrup, powdered sugar and pinch of salt. Stir until melted and combined.
- Carefully drizzle the glaze over the cooled cookies. The glaze takes just a few minutes to harden and set up – making them great for stacking and putting on cookie plates!
Recipe Note:
For the vegan butter sticks, Earth Balance is a good option as it offers dairy-free and dairy-free plus soy-free buttery products.
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