GLUTEN-FREE SUGAR COOKIES

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These cake-like cookies will be a welcome snack with a cold glass of milk. Feel free to use this recipe as a base and mix in dried cranberries or cherries, nuts or other extracts.-Taste of Home Test Kitchen, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Provided by Taste of Home

Time 35m

Yield 3 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 13

Ingredients

2/3 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs, room temperature
1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
4 teaspoons grated lemon zest
1 teaspoon almond extract
1-1/3 cups potato starch
1-1/3 cups garbanzo and fava flour
1 cup tapioca flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon xanthan gum
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/3 cup coarse sugar

Steps:

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, applesauce, lemon zest and extract. Combine the potato starch, garbanzo and fava flour, tapioca flour, salt, xanthan gum and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well., Shape into 1-1/2-in. balls and roll in coarse sugar. Place 2 in. apart on baking sheets coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 7-9 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from pans to wire racks.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 110 calories, Fat 4g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 21mg cholesterol, Sodium 116mg sodium, Carbohydrate 18g carbohydrate (8g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 1g protein.