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I have a wonderful sugar cookie recipe.  I called myself a cookie monster
because I loved cookies so much, and giving up my favorite cookies was one
of the hardest things about going gf.  But this recipe is my new favorite
cookie of all time, better than any wheat flour recipe, bar none, imho.

I've been looking for a good time to share it with the list, so I'll go
ahead and do it now in response to your request.   I just looked and the
webpage where I found the recipe is still there:
http://www.maria-brazil.org/cookies.htm

"They are called Biscoitos de Maizena.  They are a great favorite of
Brazilians... They're called Maizena cookies because that's the brand name
for cornstarch in Brazil.  These are made with cornstarch only.

        [This recipe has been removed from the logfiles, as]
        [it is copyrighted material---the CELIAC Listowners]

When I made them, I used salted butter and left out the extra salt.  And I
experimented with different forms:

Rolled them out and cut with a cookie cutter on a sheet lightly floured
with cornstarch.  These are great for rolled cookies, because you can
reroll the scraps without the dough getting tough.  Try that with gluten!

They came out fine- not too fragile once cooled.

Rolled them into balls and flattened with a fork as suggested.  Makes a
plump little cookie.

(I bet you could put nuts in and roll into balls and then roll in powdered
sugar after to make a kind of a russian tea cake/mexican wedding
cookie/snowball (they go by so many names))

Rolled into balls and flattened with the bottom of  a glass dipped in sugar
(that's the classic way I used to make sugar cookies).

I rolled them out to 1/4 inch thickness in the bottom of a springform pan
(one with a smooth surface, not bumpy like many are).  The rolling pin went
right across the top making an even thickness.  When cooked (this took
about 15 minutes)  I cut into squares (the ones on the edges turn into
triangles) and let cool.  This was the easiest and best way that I tried so
far.

I couldn't find my cookie press- I'm looking forward to trying that for
Christmas cookies.

Enjoy-

Mary Thorpe
Teaching Support Specialist
Nutritional Science
MVR 3M07, 3M13B, 354
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