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Luscious Gluten-Free Lemon Squares
Before my daughter was diagnosed with celiac disease, I loved to bring lemon squares to family gatherings. People would fight over the last lemon square. I loved the buttery shortbread crust combined with the mouth-puckering tartness and compelling sweetness. Little did I know that lemon squares are easy to make gluten-free.
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Please, sir, I want s’mores
It was cold and rainy in Chicago the other day, on our bumpy path toward spring. When my kids came home from school, they asked for hot chocolate and gluten-free s’mores — toasted marshmallows and melted chocolate sandwiched between two graham crackers. Gluten-free graham crackers are hard to find. Recently, I bought Kinnikinnick’s S’moreables, which have a honey-molasses flavor and are sturdy enough to stand up to s’mores (though there were quite a few non-sturdy broken crackers in the box).
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Gluten-Free Peppermint Pattie Cake
In our house, we love desserts. We’re always looking out for gluten-free desserts that friends will gobble down. This special-occasion Gluten-Free Peppermint Pattie Cake is decadently fudgy, almost like a flourless chocolate cake. Get the sensation.
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Chocolate Chip and Double Chocolate Meringues
There’s something wintry about meringue cookies. They look like pure white mini snowballs that seem so right for the season. With winter hopefully ending soon, it’s time to sneak in a batch of meringues before it’s too late.
Meringues are a great dessert to make for guests, as they are naturally gluten-free. They also make great Passover treats, since all the ingredients are kosher for Passover. To get a chocolate fix, I added chocolate chips and cocoa powder to make double chocolate meringue cookies.
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Gluten-Free Hamantaschen
On Purim, a joyous Jewish holiday, we traditionally eat triangular fruit-filled cookies called hamantaschen. In past years, I’ve struggled with making gluten-free hamantaschen. But this year I devoted myself to the task again so my daughter could have treats to bring to her class parties and family Purim celebrations.
Success! My dairy-free, gluten-free hamantaschen have a delicate taste without a gluten-free grittiness. Traditional hamantaschen fillings are prune, poppyseed and apricot, but you can fill them with anything, including fruit preserves, chocolate chips, M&Ms or even Nutella.
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Homemade Chocolate Truffles and Chocolate-Covered Strawberries
For me, Valentine’s Day is all about chocolate. Luckily, most chocolate is gluten-free. In honor of the holiday, the kids and I made homemade chocolate truffles dusted with coconut, cocoa, cinnamon and ground almonds. These sophisticated truffles look complicated but are easy to make — and even easier to eat! We used the extra chocolate to make chocolate-covered strawberries. Yum!
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