pumpkin chocolate chip cookies (vegan), GFE’s home for the holidays and 3 giveaways
I am honored to be participating in a wonderful event taking place now through December 23rd called Home for the Holidays – - Gluten Free Style. This celebration is the brainchild of my dear friend Shirley over at Gluten Free Easily. All together, we two dozen bloggers have come together to celebrate all the wonderful foods that say home to each of us. This could be a recipe that has been passed down through the generations. Or perhaps it’s a brand new tradition you have begun with your family. Each day, one of us is sharing with you that one thing that captures the essence of the holidays. It’s no surprise that there have been some pretty amazing submissions thus far. And the future posts are sure to not disappoint.
Besides the fantastic recipes, the best part of this event is the near 100 prizes being given away. There will be daily drawings for which you’ll have to comment to enter (below on my recipe submission). Each and every time/day you make a comment it ups your chances for winning the grand prizes. Just have a look-see at these beauties!
3rd prize: A Caveman Cookies prize pack (worth $89)
2nd prize: a shopping spree at Free from Gluten (valued at $150)
The grand prize: a Vitamix 5200 (valued at $550 – wow !)
Today, I am going to be giving away one copy each of these three fabulous books. Suffice it to say you can’t go wrong here – I don’t think it’s even possible to be unhappy about any one of these wonderful choices!
The Gluten Free Asian Kitchen
The Whole Life Nutrition Cookbook
The Food Allergy Cookbook
To enter to win these books (and to be automatically entered into our grand prize drawing), you’ll need to :
- Leave a comment here sharing which dish/meal captures the essence of the holidays for you.
- Share this post on Facebook, Twitter using hashtag #home4holidays, Pin it or Stumble It. You may also post about it on your blog. Make sure you leave a separate comment for each letting me know you did so.
This giveaway will be open until Thursday, December 15th at 11:59pm. Shirley will be announcing daily winners later this week/weekend. Please note that you must leave an e-mail address so we can contact you if you win! (See Shirley’s site for a complete list of prizes as well as daily/contest winners).
How else can you join in on the holiday fun? Share your own favorite gluten-free holiday recipe on your blog! Go ahead and grab Shirley’s Home for the Holidays badge and post away! Please be sure to check out Iris’ beautiful post from yesterday about baking with her grandma. Tomorrow, pay a visit to my good friend Jules’ blog to see what goodies she’s sure to post. Below is a complete list of participating bloggers so you can look back to see what you may have missed – and who is posting in the remaining weeks so you won’t miss a thing!
Monday, 11/28–Shirley Braden at gfe–gluten free easily
Tuesday, 11/29–Diane Eblin at The Whole Gang
Wednesday, 11/30–Heidi Kelly at Adventures of a Gluten-Free Mom
Thursday, 12/1–Ali Segersten at The Whole Life Nutrition Kitchen
Friday, 12/2–Sunny Busby at And Love it, Too!
Saturday, 12/3–Stacy Toth at Paleo Parents
Sunday, 12/4–Maggie Savage at She Let Them Eat Cake
Monday, 12/5–Melissa McLean Jory at Gluten Free For Good
Tuesday, 12/6–Kim Maes at Cook IT Allergy Free
Wednesday, 12/7–Alexa Croft at Lexie’s Kitchen
Thursday, 12/8–Brittany Angell at Real Sustenance
Friday, 12/9–Elana Amsterdam at Elana’s Pantry
Saturday, 12/10–Kelly Brozyna at The Spunky Coconut
Sunday, 12/11–Ricki Heller at Diet, Dessert and Dogs
Monday, 12/12–Iris Higgins at The Daily Dietribe
Tuesday, 12/13–Stephanie Fourie at Gluten Free by Nature
Wednesday, 12/14–Jules Shepard at Jules Speaks Gluten Free
Thursday, 12/15–Silvana Nardone at Silvana’s Kitchen (and Easy Eats)
Friday, 12/16–Heather at Gluten-Free Cat
Saturday, 12/17–Carol Kicinski at Simply…Gluten Free
Sunday, 12/18–Alisa Fleming at Alisa Cooks
Monday, 12/19–Linda Etherton The Gluten-Free Homemaker
Tuesday, 12/20–Gigi Stewart at Gluten Free Gigi
Wednesday, 12/21–Zoe at Z’s Cup of Tea
Thursday, 12/22–Lillian Medville Lillian’s Test Kitchen
Friday, 12/23—Shirley Braden at gfe—gluten free easily
pumpkin chocolate chip cookies
As far back as I can remember, my mom would bake for us. After school, we would come home to the most amazing smells…anything from freshly baked rustic bread loaves, to tea breads, cookies and lemon bars. As I have mentioned before, friends used to love coming over as there was always something “just out of the oven.” I want to be able to give my children that same memory. Whether it’s Christmas-time or not. Already they love being in the kitchen, helping to measure flour, operating the stand mixer and spooning cookie dough onto parchment. We’re making memories. And it’s so much fun.
These cookies are a favorite in our house because they are kid size – perfect for their little mouths. They are also a great bite-size dessert for a party. I brought these allergy-friendly treasures into school for both my daughter and my son’s Thanksgiving “feasts.” It was the perfect treat because every single child in the class was able to eat one right off the plate. For children with allergies/food sensitivities there is no greater joy than to be able to have what everyone else is having. After all, food is about community, right? It has an amazing way of bringing people together. I love that. These cookies also accompanied me just last weekend to the annual New York City Cookie Swap, a fundraiser for Cookies for Kids’ Cancer (sponsored by Bloggers without Borders). Ninety plus local foodies gathered together to support a great cause and share beautiful cookies all while ushering in the holiday season. So, these cookies have been around the block or two. I am so happy to be able to share them with everyone.
For my grain free friends, I posted this pumpkin chocolate chip cookie last year.
pumpkin chocolate chip cookies (vegan, nut free, soy free)
1/2 c / 2oz / 57g sorghum flour
1/2 c / 4 oz / 114g brown rice (superfine)
2/3 c / 4 oz / 114g tapioca starch
3/4 tsp xanthan gum
pinch salt
1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp cloves
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 c / 4oz / 114 g brown sugar
1/3 c / 3oz / 80ml oil (I used grapeseed)
1 c / 8oz / 228g organic pumpkin (I used canned)
1/3 c/3oz / 85g mashed banana
1/4 c / 2oz / 60ml maple syrup (I used grade B)
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup Enjoy Life Chocolate Chips (optional)
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Place sorghum, rice flour, tapioca starch, xanthan gum, salt, spices, baking powder and soda in one bowl. Whisk to combine.
- Place brown sugar, oil, pumpkin, banana, maple syrup and vanilla in another mixing bowl. Whisk gently to combine.
- Transfer flour into wet ingredients. Using a wooden spoon or spatula, stir in the ingredients just until combined (overmixing here makes a sad cookie). Fold in the chocolate chips (if using).
- Spoon out batter in 1 tablespoon dollops onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment. I used a mini ice cream scoop. It’s just a wee bit bigger than a melon-baller. If you choose to make bigger cookies, be sure to adjust your baking time.
- Bake for 9 minutes. Leave cookies on parchment. Transfer/slide the parchment carefully onto a cooling rack.
- Repeat steps 5 and 6 with the remaining cookie batter.
Makes 48 cookies.
I think a roasted turkey has to be the meal that captures the essence of the holidays for me.
Hmmmm! These look delicious! I’m going to have to give them a try! I’m sure my kiddos would love them!
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I have a love of gingerbread. I have always enjoyed the smell of the house as it bakes and the smiles as we decorate and enjoy our long awaited gingerbread. Gingerbread, cookie, houses, bars they are all items I am working on bringing back into my gluten and dairy free life.
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These look great!!! Love anything pumpkin…. My favorite holiday dish is making tamales with the family.
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I just noticed you have a gluten free asian cook book. Wow I have to get one of thoes :)
Chocolate truffles and the like are very holiday-ish to me :) Just discovered your blog and am loving the recipes :)
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Without a doubt- turkey!!! Also a sweet potato dish creamed with butter, nutmeg, cinnamon and secret ingredient -2tbsp of orange concentrate to bring out the sweet potato-Delish!
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I would love a copy of the Asian cookbook. I love asian food!
Hot apple cider and crunchy Christmas cookies speak holiday dessert time to me! For a meal? Anything home cooked with love. :)
I most love my Mom’s infamous cranberry muffins on Christmas morning!!
Pumpkin pie I think captures the holidays better than anything else, the warming aroma and the hearty, sweet taste.
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Sandbakkel cookies – yum! The only time we make them all year.
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Our traditional meal for Christmas is a lasagne dinner. I look forward to it every year.
Holiday foods…cinnamon rolls, turkey+cranberries, and for sure my grandma’s chocolate turtle cookie recipe!!
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Oh pumpkin chocolate chip is my favorite
I think I’ll be trying this recipe this weekend – I was just looking for a recipe to try out with my niece. Am sure she’ll love it!
For a holiday meal, I always think of eating leftovers late on Christmas night. It’s kind of sad because the day is over, but it’s fun to sit around, eat, and talk about the day.
Anything with pumpkin, also sweet potato casserole.
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We always have Mexican on Christmas Eve. I don’t know if I could do the holidays without that spicy kick now :-)
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That’s a tough one. I think all the goodies (desserts) are the holidays to me. You don’t splurge on things that take a long time to make, use obscure ingredients, are maybe a little pricey, any other time of year.
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I posted this on my Fb. I will have to try out these cookies. Im gluten free but I have 2 friends that can’t eat gluten, soy dairy, beens. They don’t like to use refined sugar but I think they wouldn’t mind this cookie recipe. I have s hard time cooking for them.
I think a dish my Mom would make, roasted sweet potatoes and apples really capture the holidays for me.
My mom always made cream cheese cookies with a cookie press. We smothered them in lemon glaze and sprinkles and they were so good! She even gave us our own batch to decorate when we were sick. I’m hoping to make them gluten and egg free for my kids so we can continue the tradition. :)
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I guess it would be birthday cake. We make a birthday cake for Baby Jesus every year.
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Holidays are all about the warm ooey gooey cinnamon rolls on Xmas morn.
By the way, I LOVE pumpkin and chocolate together.
We always make omelets on Christmas morning, between stockings and presents!
This recipe looks delcious – I’ll have to look for the superfine flower. I only have regular.
These look delicious, I love that they are dairy-free. Pie and cookies always remind me of the holidays. Thanks for sharing!
Fudge, shortbread, and all those other sweets that I only get once a yr capture the holiday for me.
Eggnog and Christmas cookies say it’s Christmas for us
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The meal that captures the essence of the holidays for me would be mom’s coffee cake we have once we arrive on Christmas morning. Mmm :)
These cookies look great! I have always enjoyed pumkin chocolate chip cookies and it is great to have a gluten/ dairy free version now. Thanks!
Brisket captures the holidays for me!
Sugar cookies baking..YUM
I think they all capture the holidays. Its about family and not about one individual food for me.
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This is my first time on this blog and it has a lot of interesting information. I’m dying to try your recipe pumpkin chocolate chip cookies!
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Homemade Tamales is what really makes the holidays special in my family. Our little tradition =) These look delicious by the way!
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My dad makes chestnut cake every year from an old family recipe. I think I might get my hands on it this year and give it a makeover, fortunately it’s already flour-free!
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Unusual I know but my mom used to make a Veal Pocket. I guess it was like a big cut of veal sliced open and then filled with ground beef, rice, pine nuts, some kind of Middle Eastern spice mix. Yum. Now though, it’s a perfectly roasted turkey with a home made Gingerbread House as a centerpiece. P.S. These are one of my all time favorite cookie. I started making them when I went GFDFEG 3 years ago and haven’t been able to stop! Oh, Deanna just gave me a terrible/wonderful idea. Pumpkin rolls stuffed with cinnamon and chocolate. I can’t believe I’m saying this but there’s too much GF goodness out there. It’s a completely different world than it was just a few years ago and I am so incredibly thankful.
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I think we’ll try those muffins today, my kids would devour them.
Favorite dish during the holidays? My great, great grandmother’s southern corn pudding recipe.
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For me, anything with peppermint especially with chocolate means the holidays
I’d have to say lasagna reminds me most of Christmas dinner.
There are so many great foods, I think just a large meal with family and friends mean holiday to me!
Great recipe! Sweet potato casserole is the dish that feels like holidays for me. No marshmallows in my casserole, though! We make it healthy and hearty… and it tastes better that way, in my opinion :)
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We used to be SO TRADITIONAL for Christmas dinner, but now we change it up and try something new each year. Last year was Thai and this year is German ~ but one thing is always a constant no matter what the dinner theme. PIE! Blueberry and Pumpkin and usually one other flavor too… It wouldn’t be the holidays without pie.
Thanks for a great new recipe to enjoy and share!
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Happy to have found your blog…You cook what I like!
Christmas is all about the lasagna at my house. There would be a revolt if I tried to change the menu! But we change up desserts every year.
I love pressed butter cookies during the Holidays! These cookies look great, too!
Sounds good and easy. Will have to try. Thanks!!!
I think of Brisket when I think of holiday food.
i guess turkey starts the ball rolling at the end of November and Christmas cookies and spiced nuts keep it going. i’ll have to try the pumpkin chocolate chip ones this year too. thanks for the opportunity to win the Asian cookbook. looks great.
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I pinned your delish looking recipe as well.
Roast turkey with all the fixin’s!
Pumpkin and Pecan Pies represent the holidays to me. Oh and egg nog too :)
For the holidays, it needs to have cinnamon, and a lot of it! I love the smell!
Christmas is not Christmas without the hundreds of cookies my daughter and I make GF! Thanks, Dee
Definitely roast brussel sprouts for our holiday meal. Thanks for sharing this yummy recipe:)
It is definitely the roasted turkey and the homemade noodles! Can’t wait to make the pumpkin chocolate chip recipe!
I most remember having turkey with a crispy brown skin. (and leftovers!)
This looks so good! Can’t wait to try them. Oddly enough – it’s just the pomegranate that makes me remember being a little girl on Christmas eve. My family would open them up and enjoy the hour or so of picking out the little bits of juicy yumminess while talking all about the holiday. So now whenever I see a pom I get that warm feeling :}
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Plum pudding is Christmas to me. I love it, and it’s the only time we ever eat it. yum!!
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Yummy pumpkin chocolate chip cookies! My grandmother’s bread spells the holidays for me. I just need to figure out a way to make it gluten free.
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One of my favorite holiday recipes is my mother-in-law’s raw cranberry-apple relish. I look forward to it each year. This year, I was recovering from surgery the week of Thanksgiving and had planned to make the recipe for the first time for my side of the family. I didn’t have as much energy as I had hoped, and my husband’s parents graciously made the recipe for me so that I could take it to my parents’ gathering. It takes a while to peel and chop the apples and get the sweetener just right, and it was so kind of them to do it for me. I was blessed to be able to take it, and happy to gobble up the leftovers.
Being Italian and Catholic, here is Ohio on Christmas Eve dinner, we have no meats…just pastas, Lake Erie yellow perch, spiced wine and veggie casseroles. My all time favor is the Lake Erie Perch!
Cranberry sauce. It really doesn’t matter what the main event is, or what the other sides are. Because they will be covered in the sauce.
I think sweet potato/pumpkin crust-free pie does it for me! It’s the right amount of savoury and sweet! Also, I love topping all edibles with a dash of ginger and cinnamon!
I think turkey and stuffing, strawberry pretzel salad, and corn pudding.
While lots has changed over the years in the dishes that are made for the holidays, the one thing that has stayed consistent has been mashed Turnips and Carrots. No holiday meal is complete without them in my home!
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It might sound odd, but mashed potatoes always reminds me of Thanksgiving and Christmas. Lately I have really been enjoying sweet mashed potatoes. Couldn’t imagine a holiday without them.
These look delicious!!! Makes me want to bake these just for myself lol.
Nothing speaks to me more at Christmas time than Christmas-inspired home baked goods! Yum! It really puts me in the Christmas spirit! :)
Thanks for sharing your recipe and Happy Holidays!!
Anything pumpkin does it for me!
deviled eggs say holiday time to me :0
I guess I would have to say Turkey and dressing. Cant’ wait! ;)
Can’t wait to try them!!
We are a young family, figuring out our own Christmas traditions. We typically do cinnamon rolls and a breakfast casserole, a cheese plate for lunch and Christmas lasagna for dinner. My 4 year old won’t eat lasagna though… So I need to figure out a new tradition this year!
I don’t have a favorite holiday treat…I just enjoy good old-fashioned healthy home cooking. :)
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My favourite holiday recipe is my organic free range roasted turkey stuffed with apples and butter glaze!! I would love to win anyone of the cookbooks, but in particular, I’ve been wanting The Whole Life Nutrition Cookbook!!
I have a sweet tooth and lots of pumpkin leftover from Halloween and Thanksgiving.. will have to try the cookies. Thanks for the recipe!
The most important food for me during the holidays is lumpia. My mom is Filipina American and every year we’d make my grandmother’s vegetarian lumpia recipe and serve it at our Christmas Eve party. I don’t know if there’s a way to make it gluten free, but Christmas dinner isn’t the same without it.
Homemade treats & meals shared with friends & family exemplify the holidays for me!
Any dish my mother makes captures the holidays for me. She’s an excellent cook, and she makes everything with so much love! … Okay, I’ll admit that her lasagna is my favorite!
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My favorite is definitely wild rice. This past Thanksgiving we didn’t travel so we made a simple wild rice risotto with sausage and pumpkin pie. It was delicious. (shared on FB)
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These look yummy!! :) Thanks for the recipe!!
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The pumpkin chocolate chip cookies look amazing!!
Anything “cranberry”whispers holiday festive!
These look delicious! I love pumpkin!
Turkey with cranberry sauce captures the holiday meal for me. Thanks for sharing your cookie recipe.
My favorite holiday meal would include anything my mom makes. She is one of the best cooks i know!
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Mashed potatoes! They’re not the most exciting food, but they’re just warm and comforting and wonderful, always there and always delicious. :)
What neat idea. I like pumpkin bread and am not sure I would have thought of making pumpkin chocolate chip cookies.
Dessert is my favorite thing to make and eat! :)
I would say pumpkin pie so I’m excited to see these cookies. I love pumpkin.
Can’t wait to make these cookies!
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One of the favorite recipes of mine when my father was alive was peppernuts. I would bake a huge batch for him. I never really cared for the taste, it was more about the tradition and making something special for my dad.
I think of fudge, as my grandma used to make it every year and we would get some from her, even after moving away.
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These cookies look delicious!
The essence of the holidays for me are all those dishes you can really only find this time of year: eggnog, stuffing, and cranberry sauce, for instance!
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Christmas Stollen captures the essence of Christmas for me. I’m German and we had it every Christmas; it reminds me of back home :)
My favorite food at Christmas is definitely the pies. Or maybe the sugar cookies. Probably the molasses cookies!
Being GF has not been easy this year.
pumpkin and chocolate chip are my favorite holiday combination! thank you so much for these! Fudge is my big holiday tradition. Mom and I made if every year for her cookie plates.
The meal I remember most on Christmas was breakfast after opening presents. My mom made the best ‘farmers’ breakfast!
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Roasted poultry has to be the what captures the essence of the holidays for me.
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For me it’s cookies and appetizers! Weird, I know, but my family always celebrates Christmas Eve with several appetizers and mingling with family! Love it!
Anything peppermint speaks “holidays” for me! Can’t wait to try this recipe tho!
I am doing a happy dance right now! These look awesome! My niece is coming over on Thursday to make cookies with my daughter and I (they are both 3 years old). Because I am gluten free, and my daughter is egg and nut free, I wasn’t sure what to make. Now I know!
Funny enough, the dish that says holidays to me is a pumpkin/chocolate chip bread my mom always made. I haven’t attempted to make it gluten free yet, but these cookies will fit the bill this year!
Christmas cookies seem to capture the holiday spirit for me :) I would love to win any of these cookbooks!
I have so many favorite holiday foods but nothing is merrier than my own handmade holiday cookies!
The one food that says “holidays” all over it for me is my grandmother’s Swedish Gingerbread, Pepparkokkor. Every year my grandparents would send a huge box full of presents, swedish candy (which my mom loves), kit-kat bars, and their intricately decorated gingerbread santas and trees. My grandfather’s artist passion came out in this yearly task.
I have not been able to replicate the recipie in a gluten-free manner, but we always do a GF sugar cookie cut-out complete with frosting and sprinkles. One of my 3 daughters is also an artist and this is a way for her to express it. The circle of the family goes on!
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The cookies capture the essence of the holidays around here. Gingerbread, sugar cookie cut-outs and spritz are the ones to ring in the holiday season. Hopefully I will adapt them well!
Pumpkin anything! Pie, bread, pudding, etc. So holiday-esque…
these look awesome. Can other squashes be used too?
The holidays for me is all about cookies and I have great memories of my grandma making every possible kind. I can’t wait to try these.
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I haven’t tried using any other kind of squash — but I bet butternut would be a great place to start. It has the smoothest consistency. I would love to hear how it comes out if you give it a shot!
Stephanie
Our family tradition is to make quiche. I got rid of the crust a while back and like it even better now.
Nothing says holidays like a gingerbread house!!
Christmas pudding…that English style, steamed filled with currants and raisins and hot butter sauce….ahhhhh
dunno if that will ever be in my future again. Unless some kind soul comes up with a g/f recipe!
Nothing says holidays like my mom’s cocoon cookies! Love them since I was little!! Crunchy and almond is sooo yummy!!
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Christmas cookies! My grandma always baked them when I was a kid and now I do the baking! Each year I do a few more… ;-)
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German kuchen has been a staple at all of our family gatherings as long as I can remember.
I’m still working on holiday meals. Seems like our diets change every year so we haven’t gotten to the point of any traditions just yet.
Pies and kulich with pashka are always around during big holidays. I wish I could eat them still.
Oh my goodness, I cannot wait to make these for my baby girls!
Pumpkin pie, oh and my mom’s pumpkin bread is divine!
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These are the most scrumptious little cookies, Stephanie. I love that they are bite-sized and full of good stuff and free of what affects so many. :-) Pumpkin and chocolate together always makes me a goner. ;-) Thanks a million for being willing to join into our Home for the Holidays … Gluten-Free Style event! This is such a great event because of bloggers like you, our generous sponsors, and our wonderful readers! :-)
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Shirley
I think my new favorite food this time of year are cranberries. I make them with orange zest & the juice, cinnamon, & agave. Oh the smell is the most welcoming, warmest smell!
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During the Christmas season I crave gingerbread (anything with gingerbread spices and molasses flavor).
I think any dish that contains freshly grated nutmeg catches the Holiday Essence for me!! :D
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I cannot possibly pick a dish/meal that captures the essence of the holidays because it’s all so good. Though, I guess all the sweets that abound with the holidays capture the essence fairly well. ;o)
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Gingerbread cookies were always made and decorated for Christmas at our house.
I am REALLY looking forward to trying this recipe. Not only am I GF, but a good friend of mine follows a very strict vegan diet (it has really helped her MS) SO I’m always looking for things that are good that I can make and share with her. This will make a great side addition to her Christmas gift!! :D
This whole Holiday gf blogfest has been such a blessing… finding so many other helpful blogs like yours is a wonderful Christmas present! I think Cookies have got to really say ‘Christmas’ to me too…or maybe my signature creamy mocha fudge. ;)
Thank you so much for participating and sharing your knowledge!
Being British, my favorite holiday dish is mince pies: mmm so tasty with all their rich dried fruit and nuts! Easy to make vegan and gluten free with a gluten free pastry crust! Great holiday giveaway, thanks – just shared on facebook!.
These little bites look scrumptious! Can’t wait to try them. I think the food that says holidays to me is the vinatarta (Icelandic cake) that my mom makes every year at Christmas time. One of these days I will work on a GF version…
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Classic turkey dinner says home for the holidays to me!
My grandma’s Swedish meatballs taste like Christmas to me.
Christmas cookies were always my favorite but when I learned I couldn’t eat gluten or sugar, I was so sad I couldn’t eat everyone’s traditional cookies. But, I love that more good allergy & gluten free cookbooks & recipes are now available so I can enjoy my favorite holiday food once again!
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Pumpkin used to be my main holiday food, until pregnancy food aversions kicked in and made me dislike all things squash. So for this year I think it’s fudge that makes me most think of the holidays.
I am having so much fun learning about more GF sites. I have been stuck on 3 main blogs lately this is sooooo fun!
My favorite meal is not so much about what I am eating, but more about who I am with. :)
My Grandma’s Cranberry Butter is definately what I look forward too every year!
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I love all Christmas sweets! Baking treats all through December is so much fun. Our family recipe to make every year is pumpkin roll.
Essential to the holiday season? Smells from baking.
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Thanks for the give-away… I love the classic Christmas cookies and frosting them all as a family! I also especially love clam chowder for our Christmas meal — Christmas is usually the only time we make that soup so I look forward to it every year!
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I can’t seem to pick just one dish,,,,I tried as I was reading all the entries but to me it’s the whole combo of Turkey(not as of this year–gone vegan), broccoli/cauliflower with cheese sauce, homemade cranberry sauce, homemade dressing and the pumpkin pie!
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Roasted veggies, chestnuts. I’m always into brussel sprouts during the holidays. Or any form of a dish with winter squashes and sweet potatoes are all up there. And making my mom’s awesome shortbread which we will be trying to make gluten/grain-free this year. Those all say holiday to me.
It is a tie between gingerbread and pumpkin pie for me! They both capture the essence of the holidays.
I would love to win some of your prizes!
To me, cookies are what say the holidays! Especially pecan tassies – mmmmmm
for me holiday food is all about sweet potatoes…i love finding new ways to cook them!
Cranberry anything and pecan pie are 2 things that I most associate around the Christmas Holiday. Your pumpkin chocolate chip cookies sound delicious.
LOVE the chocolate and pumpkin recipe!! anything with chocolate and pumpkin are holiday time for me!
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I made roasted lamb for Christmas dinner last year, which turned out to be the perfect thing.
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Oh, you just gained my full attention! I love making cookies like this, actually I was wondering how I was going to change my already-altered recipe for cookies into gluten free, I think that you just did the work for me! This is exciting! I really love pumpkin spices and, of course, chocolate in this season. Actually, tomorrow my family is coming over for cookie baking day and I think that I will have to try this recipe. This kind of recipe is what I love for the holidays!
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I always look forward to prime rib dinner on christmas eve, and I make a overnight breakfast casserole and monkey bread for christmas morning. This year I will be substituting gluten free bread in the casserole but I am stil trying to figure out how I will make monkey bread when I used to use Rhodes frozen Rolls Hmmmmmm any suggestions?
Cookies make me think of the Holidays for sure!
This look yummy! Pecan pie or my mom’s stollen (not yet adapted to GF & DF) mean the holidays!
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Smell of Turkey roasting in the oven!
I love Snowball cookies (also called Mexican Wedding cookies) with hot cocoa, and tangerines are a necessity for us during Christmas time. Also love to make Persimmon cookies. They are so moist and delicious! Happy holidays to one and all! God bless!
For me it doesn’t matter what food it is as long as it is shared with the people I love. What defines the holidays is all of us in the kitchen working on the meal. I am partial to the turkey….especially the skin (I know, I know….) but we’ve had ribs, hams, stroganoff….it doesn’t matter as long as my peeps are there.
My aunts’ molasses cookies says “home for the holidays” to me. :)
This time of the year I love cookies and treats! It has been so much harder to bake this year due to my boyfriends intolerance to Gluten! I can’t wait to view your gluten free recipes, and resume some of our holiday traditions!
Pumpkin always makes me think of holidays, but another must for us has always been chocolate pie.
Pumpkin pie, pumpkin pie! (feeling redundant as I’m posting the same thing on each blog, but it is my fav!)
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Milk chocolate covered orange jelly sticks are my favorite! I would love to win this!
The cookies look fantastic. A Christmas Turkey Dinner use to be my family traditional dinner until I got married. My husband’s family always did a pot of meatballs and sausage and the day was more relaxing. We as a family look forward to the meatballs and sausge and the day together.
The essence of the holidays in meal from can be a lot of things for me :) Cookie and treat platters, that perfectly cooked prime rib roast dinner, or even a glass of eggnog.
I love all the finger food we have at Christmas and the cookies
Thanks for the awesome recipe! The essence of my holidays happens to be my mom’s sour orange meringue pie. We live in the Sonoran Desert where sour oranges grow wild and plentiful.
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How about Paleo Parents’ Monkey Bread they just posted a few days ago ?? Looks divine http://paleoparents.com/2011/paleo-monkey-bread-for-gfes-home-for-the-holidays/
I love anything with sweet potatoes!
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Fruitcake. The dark, heavy kind with all the horrifying, artificially-colored candied fruit. Love it. My mother had a recipe she clipped out of a magazine 60-odd years ago, and we made it every winter. Funny – the aunt who liked it least, always was happy to receive one, as she did a lot of entertaining, and thought a couple slices of fruitcake rounded out a New Year’s buffet cookie platter perfectly, and she’d always have a few guests who liked it.
Now, I suppose I’d use dried fruit (except for the citron and citrus peel – that has to be candied). But we treated it like candy rather than cake – a 2×2″ piece was a full serving; nobody ever OD’d on it.
Ham with cheesy potatoes is our traditional Christmas Eve dinner.
My favorite holiday dish is Berry Mallow Yam Bake – made it gluten-free this year and thought it was fabulous – kids thought it tasted grainy and had to make it the original way for them – drats!
I love lasagna for the holidays – not very traditional, but I can do one gluten free vegan, and another meaty one for the rest of the family, and everyone is thrilled . And for desserts – anything with pumpkin, or a apple cranberry pie!
Steamed Cranberry Pudding with Golden Sauce will always be the essence of the holidays for me! My grandmother (whose family was British) made this pudding every year and hid special coins in the bottom of some of the dishes for lucky people to find. This dish will always remind me of the warmth and love of my grandma, besides the fact that it is super yummy. I just have to figure out how to make it gluten and refined sugar-free so that I can keep on enjoying it and pass it on to my own children!
I love sweet potatoes. Although we eat them throughout the fall, Holidays would be incomplete if they were not on the table.
My family’s quintessential holiday dish is persimmon pudding, with a buttery sweet foamy sauce. This is a pudding in the English sense, a steamed pudding that is more a moist cake than what American’s think of as pudding. It is soooo good. Being grain free, that was a “must convert” recipe. And, after a few tries, we have a very good version. Thank goodness, because the holidays just wouldn’t be the same without it.
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Another great blog found through this event. Yay!!! I have the Whole Life Nutrition cook book and LOVE it! I’ll have to check out the GF Asian Cook Book too.
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The cookie tray is usually the most looked for item on our buffet table!. I try to make something new to add each year.peanut butter & chocolate is my favorite , coming in a close second is pumpkin & chocolate!Thanks for a yummy recipe…
I’m going to start by buying the ingredients for these pumpkin cookies. I love pumpkin anything.
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This year I am really learning about Hanukkah, and am planning to make potato latkes, and GF Sufiganyot (I’ve probably misspelled that!). I hope these are new traditions that are eagerly anticipated in years to come!
Love perogies and nachinka – traditional Ukrainian dish!
Before gluten free, Christmas was Chinese buffet, now it is smoked brisket. But, there has always been orange rolls and egg casserole for breakfast!
Apparently I always come back to the sweets: cinnamon rolls, Russian sweet bread and pashka, pie, and flan. I love those for the holidays.
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I think that my mom’s spinach dip for Christmas Eve hors d’oeuvres is the dish that means ‘holidays’ for me. It’s not the same without it – we ask for it every year when we get together!
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The grilled turkey is a tradition that my in-laws have been doing forever so for me it is relatively new and one of my new favorites. And what is fabulous is that my brother-in-law’s wife is GF and vegetarian and she always makes something different but always delicious!
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I love the idea of this cookie. I have been craving pumpkin and chocolate a lot lately. I even made pumpkin rice pudding for breakfast! Gotta love fall/winter!
some sort of sweet roll for breakfast!
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I have to say that our favorite dish during Christmas is the turkey, dressing and the graaaaaaaaaaaaavy! Of course, we can’t forget the veggies too along with the assortment of wonderful desserts.
Merry Christmas.
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swedish meatballs. not sure why
these cookies are adorable!
captures the essence of the holidays? swedish tea ring or puppy chow with wassail :)
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Homemade cranberry sauce is a must have holiday dish for me.
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love the bite-sized holiday treats! I can’t wait to make these.
just tweeted about this. thanks for posting this great recipe
One of my favorite things to have during the holidays is a Tom and Jerry (egg whites and sugar mixed with hot water and brandy). I’ll have to see if I can find a healthier replacement for it this year! These pumpkin chocolate chip cookies look so good! Thank you for sharing them! :)
pumpkin is very holiday but anything sweet, cookies, fudge, etc. is all the holidays
it’s not really a dish, but my mom always made glazed poppyseed bread and I have yet to find a good gf recipe for it! also, I really want the Gluten Free Asian Kitchen!
Mmm, my favorite dish at Christmas is turkey and shortbread cookies….
Fresh cranberry relish, gingerbread cookies, and painted cutouts are all needed to our holiday special. But I’d love to try your yummy sounding cookie, too!
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My favourite holiday dish would be veggies and cheese sauce thought we actually don’t have it anymore!
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For me, its pecan pie! I love it!!! Found a great GF crust recipe this year :)
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pinned this post too! looking forward to trying the cookies
well i think the essence of the season has much to do with giving… in that i think of cookies as they are often traded and shared.
A large meal with family and friends says holiday to me!
Any meal I can spend with family and friends is the essence of the holidays to me.
Scalloped carrots is a must at Christmas. But, these pumpkin cookies look terrific…a must try.
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Pumpkin anything and roasted vegetables.
These sound awesome! I will be adding another cookie to the cookie tray! One of my holiday traditions is to make Date Nut bread. I loved when my mom made them in the soup can tins! She said she is working on a GF version for me. :)
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Mmmm…pumpkin! I’m a sucker for any pumpkin recipes, and your cookies look fantastic! As for a recipe that captures the holidays, it would have to be my Mom’s once-a-year roasted almonds.
These sound awesome…I love pumpkin anything! And my moms german pancakes.
Mom’s candies sweet potatoes say holiday for me!
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Have you ever had trouble with these not baking…they’ve been in the oven for over 15 minutes and aren’t…baking? Did I do something wrong? Help!!!
Having dessert after the Christmas Eve Candlelight Service has always been very special to me.
Honey baked ham is a holiday staple for us…and all the yummy cookies!!
Love pumpkin and chocolate! Baking lots of cranberry, apple, and oats too!
my mom’s cookies!! now I have to figure out how to convert them to gf!
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So I’ve been looking for a way to finish using up my cans of pumpkin. THIS! I am definitely going to try this out, as for me, it’s the cookies for dessert that make the holidays for me. It’s a labor of love, for sure. Thank you again for sharing this!
In my previous life without food allergies–my grandma’s homemade dinner rolls. I’ve begun a new quest to find a new dish that captures the holiday spirit!
For me, the meal that captures the essence of the holidays is roast beef, mashed potatoes and yorkshire pudding!
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Egg nog and spritz cookies make the holidays for me.
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My family’s favorite holiday treat is snowball (aka Pfeffernusse) cookies. This year I’ll have to try to make them g-free!
I LOVE ham at the holidays! Other than that, I’m looking for new standards now that I’m gluten free!
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potato pancakes!!
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I have always loved cranberry sauce & I just tried Sarah Schatz’s Spiced Cranberry Sauce tonight that is sugar-free & very delicious! (heartofcooking.com)
These look amazing. I love pumpkiny baked goods. :) Thank you for sharing!
Oh! When I see gluten free, vegan and soy free for a recipe (a cookie one especially :)) my heart just smiles. Thank you, I will be trying these this week!