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Homemade Gluten-Free Wheat Thins (Vegan, Allergy-Free)

January 20, 2020 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 43 Comments

Wheat-Free Wheat Thins? This Homemade Gluten-Free Wheat Thins recipe is a celiac-safe copycat of Nabisco’s classic whole-grain cracker! This quick & easy healthy snack is vegan, allergy-free, and kid-friendly. Great for plain snacking, pairing with soups or salads, and topping with dips and spreads!

It’s an oxymoron! “Wheat-Free Wheat Thins”? How? We’re getting as close to the gluten-filled cracker as we can with this copycat recipe! You’ll get the same healthy, crunchy, slightly sweet, savory, and buttery cracker you grew-up with, but safe for celiacs and gluten-free folks alike! Even if you’re not gluten-free, these homemade gluten-free wheat thins are going to be your new staple snack!Read More

Gluten-Free Chocolate-Covered Mini Doughnuts (Vegan, Allergy-Free)

January 13, 2020 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 54 Comments

These Gluten-Free Chocolate-Covered Mini Doughnuts are baked and dipped in rich, dairy-free dark chocolate! They’re vegan, allergy-free, so quick and easy to make! Only 7 ingredients needed for this fun, kid-friendly donut dessert and nostalgic copycat recipe of Hostess chocolate frosted Donettes!

Chocolate-covered anything is delicious, right? Chocolate-covered mini doughnuts are a no-brainer then! A perfect poppable gluten-free chocolate treat and they are just so easy to make! You literally only need 7 ingredients, including the chocolate! That and of course you’ll need a mini donut pan. They only need to bake for about 6 minutes so the only waiting time you’ll need to endure is letting the chocolate dry!Read More

Gluten-Free Double Chocolate Cherry Cookies (Vegan, Allergy-Free)

December 18, 2019 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 22 Comments

These easy Gluten-Free Double Chocolate Cherry Cookies are loaded with dark chocolate chips and dried cherries! Soft, chewy, vegan, and allergy-free chocolate cookies; they’re fudgy and decadent, perfect for the holidays, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, or a just quick dessert recipe to satisfy your chocolate cravings!

Taking some notes from the famous “Black Forest” German cake, chocolate cherry is a delicious and decadent combination perfectly fit for a cookie! These double chocolate cherry cookies are loaded with dark chocolate chips, full of cherry sweetness and tartness, making them a perfect bite of sweet, bitter, tart, and indulgent! Of course, I can never make anything too indulgent. These are low in sugar, gluten-free, vegan, and allergy-free, of course! Don’t worry, no one will ever know!Read More

How to Make Homemade Gluten-Free Cookie Butter (Vegan, Allergy-Free)

December 16, 2019 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 30 Comments

Homemade cookie butter is so easy to make! This Gluten-Free Cookie Butter recipe is vegan, allergy-free, and can be made with any cookies you have on hand! This healthy copycat of your favorite Trader Joe’s spread will be a new sweet treat or snack for the whole family to enjoy!

Cookie butter! Have you ever had it? I was gluten-free way before it became a trendy “thing” via it’s rise to Trader Joe’s stardom. It’s everything you love about cookies, but as a spread which you can slather on just about anything you want to make a little more…naughty. Think of it as a sugar/carb-based nut butter. A dessert spread for sure, but a scoop to tame the midnight munchies works too!Read More

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