Recipe: Tahini Chocolate Chip Cookies (Gluten Free)

Crisp and chewy, this Gluten Free Tahini Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe is addictively delicious and so easy to make. Roasted sesame creates a moreish tasty cookie that everyone will love and uses up the last of the tahini jar.

You might be thinking... "tahini? cookies? why?!" but stick with me and you'll discover the most addictively delicious cookies you've ever tried.

With the perfect balance of salty and sweet, these cookies are so moreish and so delicious - and also so easy to make.

Better still, they'll use up that tahini jar you have floating around in your pantry that you never seem to have enough uses for.... even if it's the bottom of the jar and a mix of dry clumpy bits and properly stirred tahini (which is likely if you're like me and too lazy to fully stir the jar every time you use it). 

The roasted sesame flavour adds that extra oomph to these cookies without being too overpowering. It's the secret ingredient that will have everyone coming back for more and asking for the recipe.

The edges are crisp and crunchy whilst the centres are soft and chewy with melting gooey chocolate chips.

I mean, seriously. Can you ever go wrong with a chocolate chip cookie?

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Recipe: Easy Gluten Free Snickers Cookies (Crisp and Chewy!)

Crisp and chewy Gluten Free Peanut Butter Snickers Cookie Recipe, aka Naptime Cookies. Baked in just 10 mins with less than 10 minutes prep, these quick and easy cookies are perfect for busy families and absolutely delicious. Made using pantry staples and ingredients you probably already have at home!

Oh hello there! Yes, I am actually alive…. the bags under my eyes would probably rack up a hefty excess baggage charge on a long haul flight and my to-do list is a million miles long - but I am indeed alive…. and I’ve come back with a recipe! 

Remember those? 

Since Jensen was born, I’ve been quiet on the recipe front. I’ve still been cooking, but it’s mainly been breakfasts, lunches and dinners. The only baking I’ve really done has been a birthday cake, some cupcakes and batch after batch of boobie bikkies.

Instead my days have been filled with juggling working full time, looking after a very active 6 month old and trying to stop my house from looking like a total dump. That doesn’t leave much time for baking.

But these cookies are worth the effort - and they’re so quick they can be made during nap time…. even if your little one is a cat napper like Jensen can sometime be.

They need 10 minutes of prep and 10 minutes in the oven and you’ve got a batch of delicious cookies ready to devour.

What’s not to love?! 

So let me share the recipe with you >> 

Recipe: Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies (Gluten Free & Vegan)

Combining traditional gingerbread flavours and rich chocolate, this Easy Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies Recipe will become a new family fave - and it's gluten free, egg free and vegan too! Makes a small batch that is perfect for Christmas gifting. 

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas....... especially in our home!

You see, once November rolls around, I decide it's officially a-okay to begin celebrating Christmas. The cookies baking in my oven are most likely Christmas cookies, Alexa is playing Christmas radio, the Christmas decorations start appearing and we are in full on holiday mode.

So I thought I'd kick off November's recipes with a Christmas themed one - and what better recipe that one that combines Christmas spices AND chocolate!

I love gingerbread cookies, but chocolate gingerbread cookies are next level delicious. 

Filled with all of the traditional spices but with a sweet chocolate kick, these are one of my favourite Christmas cookies - and they're so easy to make!

The recipe makes a smallish batch, but be warned that you might find yourself doubling or tripling the measurements because these cookies will disappear before your eyes!

Don't love gingerbread or cinnamon and ginger spices? You can make chocolate cookies by leaving the cinnamon and ginger out altogether. Instead of a spicy kick, you'll have a sweet chocolate cookie that kids and adults will adore.

I keep things simple by drizzling these with chocolate, but you could easily decorate them with icing, sprinkles or whatever takes your fancy.

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Recipe: Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookie Bars (GF + Vegan)

Gluten free and vegan, this Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookie Bars Recipe is so easy to make and packed full of nutritious ingredients like ground flaxseed, oatmeal and coconut oil. Perfect for breastfeeding mamas.

With what looks like 5, maybe 6 weeks until our sweet boy arrives, I've been busy cooking and baking all the things to stash in the freezer for after he is born.

If you open our freezer at the moment, you'll find it jam packed with meals ready for quick and easy options once we get home from the hospital - as well as alllll the snacks! 

This Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookie Bars Recipe is one of our favourite snacks as it's jam packed full of nutrients, but sweet enough to feel like a treat.

Being gluten free (if you are oat tolerant*), vegan, egg free and dairy free, it also means it's the perfect treat to share - and if you're a pregnant or breastfeeding mama, it's packed full of milk friendly ingredients.

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Recipe: The Best Shortbread Thumbprint Cookies (Gluten Free and Egg Free!)

You would never guess these Melt in Your Mouth Shortbread Thumbprint Cookies were so easy to make, nor gluten free and egg free! A delicious shortbread/jam drop cookie with a crunchy sugar crust and strawberry jam filling. 4 Ingredient Recipe!

I know that it's only October, but I'm in a Christmas baking mood already.

You see, during lockdown I haven't really felt like baking at all (especially because it's just the two of us at home), but all of a sudden, I want to bake ALLLLL the Christmas cookies.

So I've started with the Christmas Cookies that could pass as "regular" cookies - and to be honest, I might have started with the best ones.

Thumbprint Cookies are always a favourite of ours. They're buttery and melt in your mouth and have sweet, chewy jam filled centres - but I have a little secret that makes them even better.

You see, these shortbread cookies are soft and fluffy - but they're dipped in sugar before baking to give them the perfect amount of crunch.

I've also got a little trick for perfectly baked thumbprint cookies without overbaking the jam - because no one wants jam filled cookies that are dry or burnt. 

So let me share them with you >> 

Recipe: Peanut Butter Stuffed Brownie Cookies (Gluten Free!)

Crisp, chewy brownie cookies are sandwiched with creamy peanut butter buttercream to make these delicious sandwich cookies. A Butterbing copycat recipe that is gluten free and so easy to make. A dessert the whole family will love.

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I’m a cheap ass by nature. Anyone who knows me knows that’s true - but it’s saved me a lot of money over the years.

It’s the reason we took up 110 sqm of tile up ourselves by hand. It’s the reason we spent our weekend hammering away at a giant rock in our backyard (also COVID lockdowns contributed to that 😅).

And it’s also one of the reasons I make so many different recipes…. Including this one. 

You see, I’d been seeing advertisements for Butterbing’s delicious gluten free cookies for weeks - and when their online store was launched, I was totally planning on buying some…. Until I realised I would need to spend a minimum of $78 on cookies that I could make myself for less than $5.

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So what did I do? 

I got to work in the kitchen, of course!

But because we’re also stuck in lockdown at the moment, I didn’t want to go to the shops to pick up any ingredients, so whilst these cookies aren’t an exact duplicate, they may just be even better because they are seriously, ridiculously good. 

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So good, in fact, that we did a COVID safe cookie drop to my sister and her boyfriend and we hadn’t even left their street when they called us gushing over how good they were. 

Soooo friends, being a cheap ass totally has its perks. Because for less than $5, I didn’t just have 12 cookies, I had 15 and a whole lot of satisfaction because I’d made them myself.

So let me share the recipe so that you can make them too! >> 

Gluten Free Disneyland Matterhorn Macaroons Copycat Recipe

Disneyland Matterhorn Macaroons Copycat Recipe - Bring Disneyland into your home with this gluten free and allergy friendly copycat recipe. Buttery shortbread meets coconut macaroons and creamy white chocolate in this delicious Disney cookie recipe.

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We love Disneyland. It's no secret. We'd spend every day of the rest of our lives there if we could - but alas, there's work to be done, a pandemic that's stopped global travel and Disneyland is closed.... so we're left trying to recreate Disneyland memories at home.

But whilst we love Disneyland for the rides and atmosphere, I know so many people love it for the food (and we do too!).

Walking down Main Street or through the park, every second person you see has a treat in hand and a grin on their face - and on our last trip, I noticed one treat in particular more often than I had before.... the Matterhorn Macaroon.

Shaped like the Matterhorn, this coconut cookie is a cross between a macaroon and buttery shortbread cookie and topped with white chocolate. 

It looked delicious, leaving this coeliac to franctically google: 

Are Disneyland Matterhorn Macaroons gluten free?!

The answer? No.... but that just meant that I had to go home and recreate them for myself.

So let me share them with you >> 

Recipe: Easy Chocolate Crinkle Cookies (Gluten Free!)

Does anyone else find Christmas treats so much more enjoyable than "everyday" treats? Because I most certainly do.

As soon as the Christmas carols are playing in stores, you'll find me in the kitchen - apron on, Christmas carols playing, flour everywhere and Christmas cookies being made.

Each year I like to add a few new recipes to our rotation of old favourites, and this year, my new favourite may be these Chocolate Crinkle Cookies.

They're almost like a brownie, with crisp edges and a pillowy sweet powdered sugar topping.

Better still? Whilst they look impressive, they are SO easy to make - and gluten free too!

Let me share the recipe with you! >> 

Recipe: Blueberry White Chocolate Chip Cookies (Gluten Free & Vegan Options)

Gluten Free Blueberry White Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe - The BEST soft and chewy cookies recipe plus dried blueberries and white chocolate chips. These tasty cookies are sure to be a hit and can be made gluten free or vegan with dairy free and egg free options also included. Super easy to make and absolutely foolproof, this GF cookie recipe will become a family favourite.

Have you found yourself in a bit of a slump lately? Because I know I have.

I've been feeling pretty blah lately. Maybe it's busyness or maybe it's the state of the world, but my creativity has tanked for anything not work related and I've barely picked up a spatula to cook anything but dinner.

But I think I found the solution to that.

You see, sometimes you just need a cookie...

These cookies were inspired by a packet of dried blueberries I had sitting in the pantry. I'd bought them on a whim and hadn't used them - but when they were sitting on the shelf next to the white chocolate chips, I knew exactly what I needed to make.

This cookie recipe is perfect for when you're feeling a little bit blah. Your creativity has tanked, your motivation is lacking - but you really feel like baking something (or maybe someone's asked you to bring dessert). 

With just a few minutes of your time, you'll have a big batch of delicious cookies that required minimal effort and zero fuss - and no chilling needed.

So let me share the recipe with you >> 

Recipe: Soft and Chewy White Chocolate Macadamia Cookies (Gluten Free with Vegan Options)

Gluten Free White Chocolate Chip Macadamia Cookies Recipe - The BEST soft and chewy cookies recipe, these Macadamia White Chocolate Chip Cookies are just like subway except they’re gluten free with vegan, dairy free and egg free options. Super easy to make and absolutely foolproof, this GF cookie recipe will become a family favourite.

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If I ever opened up a bakery, I think it would have to specialise in cookies.

Cookies are probably my all time favourite thing to bake and share with friends - and they're actually the first thing I ever baked for Jesse.

I feel like cookies are one of those things that everyone seems to love. Often times you'll hear people say they hate cake or they don't like frosting - but you rarely hear someone say they don't like cookies.

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These cookies have been adapted from our all time favourite cookie recipe - The Ultimate Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe - but they can be made to suit everyone, vegan or not. 

Whether you use a real egg or a flax egg, these cookies are the perfect consistency. With crisp, chewy edges and a deliciously soft centre, they're the perfect canvas to play with flavour.

White Chocolate Chip Macadamia Cookies were always one of my favourite cookies - so I decided I needed the perfect White Chocolate Macadamia Cookie Recipe for the blog - and here it is!

So let me share it with you >> 

Recipe: The Best Cornflake Cookies (Gluten Free!)

The Best Gluten Free Cornflake Cookies Recipe - These bakery style cornflake cookies are seriously easy to make, with soft fluffy centres and crisp chewy edges. A classic, old fashioned cookie recipe that will become your new family favourite. Add raisins, sultanas, chocolate chips or enjoy them as is!

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So, I want to clear something up before I get too far ahead of myself.

I have posted a cornflake cookie recipe before. 

I may have even said it was the best recipe.

But I was terribly wrong.

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You see, lately I've been on a mission.

I wanted to create THE ULTIMATE Bakery Style Cornflake Cookie Recipe. So over the last few weeks, my kitchen has smelt like butter and sugar, my fingers have been sticky, there have been 10,000 mixing bowls in the dishwasher and my bloodstream is pretty much 98% cookies, but OHHHHH did I achieve my mission.

These Cornflake Cookies really are the ultimate cornflake cookies. I know what you're thinking. "Can you make cornflake cookies gluten free and still create the best ever recipe?". Yes, my friend... you certainly can.

So let me share them with you >>

Recipe: Easy Gingerbread Cookie Bars (Gluten Free!)

Easy Gluten Free Gingerbread Cookie Bars Recipe | So much easier than making a batch of homemade gingerbread cookies, this recipe is a simple melt and mix recipes that results in soft and chewy cookie bars the whole family will love. Topped with a buttercream frosting and festive sprinkles, they are the perfect treat to share over the holiday season.

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Christmas baking is my favourite kind of baking. I love the flavours of gingerbread, the texture of shortbread snowballs covered in powdered sugar, the smell of Christmas pudding boiling away on the stove or the sweetness of melted chocolate.

You know how on an iPhone it tells you your screentime each week? I can almost guarantee that in December every year, my "kitchen time" would increase by 600% because I am constantly coming up with new ideas and baking new Christmas treats to share.

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These Gingerbread Cookie Bars were this year's creation. 

With crisp chewy edges and a delicious buttercream frosting, they're like a sugar cookie crossed with gingerbread and blondies. 

So much easier than baking (and rolling and cutting) a batch of gingerbread, all you have to do is melt, mix, bake and frost.

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Recipe: Easy Pecan Pie Cookies (Gluten Free!)

Easy Gluten Free Pecan Pie Cookies Recipe. Made like a thumbprint cookie to hold the gooey caramel pecan pie filling inside, this easy cookie recipe is perfect for Christmas Cookie Swaps or a quick Thanksgiving Dessert and are sure to impress! Forget messing around with pie crusts and pastry, these cookies are so much simpler and so quick to make!

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Thursday is Thanksgiving, and since marrying an American, it has become one of my family's favourite traditions! 

We have a Southern style Thanksgiving with all of Jesse's favourites because he's the reason we're celebrating. There's usually ham, turkey, green bean casserole (SO good!), baked mac and cheese (this baked vegan mac and cheese is actually our fave!), pumpkin pie, pecan pie and a whole lot of deliciousness.

But truth be known, whilst I love pecan and pumpkin pie... I often miss out because I get lazy and buy a storebought pie crust instead. Pie crusts are NOT my friends, people. I'm lazy, I hate waiting for dough to chill or rolling it out and getting sticky fingers or cracks and sheesh. I'm getting frustrated just thinking about dough..... 

So this year, I decided to come up with an easier solution.... and dare I say, a more delicious solution too. 

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These Pecan Pie Cookies are INSANELY delicious - and so easy to make. 

The cookie is soft and buttery, with crunchy edges and soft insides - and the pecan pie filling takes it over the top.

Biting into these cookies is like a party in your mouth. You've got buttery cookie, crunchy pecans and sweet caramel-y goodness.

But be warned - they are SO good that you can't stop at just one.... but that's okay, because this recipe makes 32.

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There's a secret to making these cookies as perfect as can be - and that's to think of them like a thumbprint cookie.

When you're putting the dough on your trays, you want to create a well in the centre. This is where you're going to add your pecan pie filling - and that well is going to create some magic.

You see, as the cookies bake, they will start to flatten out and rise up - but the well is going to keep all of your pecan pie filling in the centre, creating a rich gooey centre that you'll wish never ends.

But enough chatter, trust me when I tell you that you NEED to make these cookies ASAP!

So let me share the recipe with you! >>