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Vegan White Chocolate Peppermint Cookies (Gluten-Free, Allergy-Free)

December 9, 2019 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 50 Comments

The perfect holiday cookie recipe that tastes just like Christmas! These Vegan White Chocolate Peppermint Cookies are gluten-free, allergy-free, and full of dairy-free white chocolate chips and crushed peppermint candies! Easy and delicious, they’re a fun addition to your seasonal cookie swap and dessert platters!

If you aren’t baking a new batch of cookies (almost) every day, is it even December? With a cookie recipe that tastes just like Christmas (or what you’d presume Christmas to taste like. Fall tastes like pumpkin spice, Winter tastes like peppermint), it would be a tragedy not to bake up a batch! Sure, we have our chocolate peppermint cookies, but why not some WHITE chocolate to bring on the snowy vibes! White chocolate peppermint, so sweet, minty fresh, and one of the definitions of the holiday season!Read More

Gluten-Free Brown Rice Stuffing Casserole (Vegan, Allergy-Free)

November 25, 2019 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 44 Comments

A hearty and cozy side dish recipe to feed a crowd! This Gluten-Free Brown Rice Stuffing Casserole dish is vegan, allergy-free, and easy to make! Whole grain brown rice, vegetables, savory herbs, and pops of cranberry all baked together! Great for the holidays or a weeknight family meal!

From traditional stuffing to cornbread stuffing, a cozy baked side dish always sounds good to me! So many variations and longheld family recipes. Sometimes changing up the bread heavy dish with a different food star is just the thing to keep it all interesting! Whole grain brown rice in place of your gluten-free bread, baked with all the typical stuffing vegetables and herbs, makes this recipe a holiday showstopper!Read More

Baked Gluten-Free Carrot Cake Doughnuts (Vegan, Allergy-Free)

April 8, 2019 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 58 Comments

These are the best Gluten-Free Carrot Cake Doughnuts you’ll ever bake! Healthy donuts topped with a delicious vegan cream cheese frosting, they’re allergy-free, sugar-free, easily whipped up in one bowl, and baked in 12 minutes! This kid-friendly breakfast or dessert recipe is perfect for any springtime treat or Easter celebration!

You can’t have too much carrot cake! Nor can you have too many doughnuts! Combine the two and you’ll have a new favorite dessert (okay, and breakfast!) on your hands! You know we’re all about carrot cake for breakfast and carrot cake for dessert here on Strength and Sunshine. Since doughnuts can go either way, carrot cake doughnuts seemed like just the Springtime recipe you’d need! Baked in a quick 12 minutes, gluten-free, vegan, allergy-free, and sugar-free! Topped with an easy, creamy, sweet dairy-free cream cheese frosting…what more could you want?Read More

New Orleans Gluten-Free King Cake (Vegan, Allergy-Free)

February 18, 2019 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 34 Comments

Carnival season in New Orleans means it’s time to bake up a King Cake for Mardi Gras! This Gluten-Free King Cake recipe is vegan, allergy-free, lightened-up, and low in sugar! A rich brioche-style cake ring with a sweet, buttery filling, decorated with icing and bold colored sugar crystals! A classic Fat Tuesday dessert everyone will love!

Mardi Gras always sneaks up on me every year and I never end up getting around to creating a gluten-free king cake recipe! Not this year! I’ve had this recipe planned to test out since I dropped the ball last year. King cake is full of rich culture and contrary to what you may think, not an exclusive treat to just New Orleans. King cake is a broad term that many cultures use for the cake that celebrates the end of the Christmas season and/or pre-Lenten festivities. However, if you’re from the United States, that iconic purple, green, and gold sugary sparkle automatically bring to mind Fat Tuesday and Mardi Gras!Read More

The Best Gluten-Free Vegan Fruitcake – Christmas Cake (Allergy-Free)

December 17, 2018 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 40 Comments

Whatever your opinion is, it’s not Christmas without the classic traditional fruitcake! However you like your Christmas cake, this is The Best Gluten-Free Vegan Fruitcake to try! This easy recipe is allergy-free (no nuts!), refined sugar-free with natural dried fruit, alcohol-free, kid-friendly, and perfect for gifting or dessert!

I know what you’re thinking. “Ew, fruitcake!” But I bet you only think that due to the negative stereotypes the media have made you believe about fruitcakes. I’m also going to take a chance and say you’ve never even had a slice of fruitcake. So no judging by a cake by it’s name or perceived notions. Let me show you just how delicious, fruit, sweet, and allergy-free this classic Christmas cake can be!Read More