Shitty Recipes: Gluten Free Date Cookies

20 Apr, 2024

I've always loved dates and date cookies--for a myriad of reasons! I was very sad when I developed Celiac disease post-COVID infection, and was no longer able to eat them... until I devised this recipe one night. Enjoy!

You can pretty much use the dough recipe as a base recipe to make several kinds of cookies, I just particularly love date cookies.

Dough: Ingredients

2 cups Gluten Free All Purpose Flour (I use Pamela's)

1 cup almond flour

1 cup milk

1 1/2 stick unsalted butter

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

Pinch of nutmeg, cinnamon sugar, etc etc, anything you think works

1 tsp Vanilla Extract

Date filling:

1 package of Medjool Dates

1 tbsp coconut oil

1. Mix all the dough ingredients together.
2. Set dough aside. Leave for 6-8 hours.
3. Mash dates into a fine paste, removing pits as you find them.
4. Mix date paste with coconut oil.
5. After dough has been out 6-8 hours, knead dough into small circles and poke a hole in the middle with your thumb. Fill with date filling.
6. Bake at 350 for 10-15 minutes.