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3-Ingredient Classic Gluten-Free Vegan Shortbread Cookies (Allergy-Free)

December 5, 2018 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 42 Comments

Traditional Scottish shortbread couldn’t be any easier! These soft 3-ingredient Classic Gluten-Free Vegan Shortbread Cookies are allergy-free and sugar-free! A simple sweet biscuit for coffee or tea and an essential holiday recipe!

And you thought you could no longer have your favorite buttery soft shortbread anymore! Don’t worry! You’ll still be able to swipe these sweet and soft Scottish biscuits from the cookie platter now that you have this gluten-free, vegan, and allergy-free recipe! With this base recipe for allergy-free shortbread you’ll be able to add any flavors or add-ins your heart desires!Read More

Grain-Free Italian Wedding Snowball Cookies (Gluten-Free, Vegan, Paleo)

November 28, 2018 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 36 Comments

Snowball cookies are a classic nutty, buttery, sweet holiday dessert with many forms: Italian wedding cookies, Mexican wedding cookies, or Russian tea cakes! But this almond-based recipe for Grain-Free Italian Wedding Snowball Cookies is gluten-free, vegan, paleo, and sugar-free! Just 4 ingredients, they’re a healthy low-carb addition for the Christmas cookie tray!

Nutty, buttery, and sweet! These bitable balls of almond cookie goodness are going to be more than just a holiday cookie for you now! They’re so simple and so easy to bake, not to mention these grain-free snowball cookies are pretty darn healthy too! You only need 4 ingredients to make these cookies and just 15 minutes of baking time! They can be that last minute bake for any holiday party or…of course…for Santa’s cookie plate!Read More

Lofthouse-Style Soft Frosted Gluten-Free Vegan Sugar Cookies (Allergy-Free)

November 26, 2018 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 63 Comments

Everyone loves a light, buttery, and cakey Lofthouse sugar cookie! These Soft Frosted Gluten-Free Vegan Sugar Cookies are allergy-free, kid-friendly, with naturally colored sugar-free frosting, and a healthier copycat recipe for homemade Lofthouse cookies! From holiday desserts to birthday celebrations, you’ll be addicted!

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Sure, you could make classic cut-out sugar cookies for decorating, but no one can pass up one of the soft, cake-like, frosted gems that have been gracing grocery store shelves since 1994 from Lofthouse! Like a cake and a cookie all baked up into one delicious buttery, sweet, colorfully frosted treat! Can you still have this classic cookie even if you’re gluten-free, vegan, or have food allergies? Sure you can! With this easy copycat homemade version of the classic soft-baked frosted cookie, you’ll never have to miss out again!Read More

Gluten-Free Vegan Cranberry Bliss Bars {Squares!} (Allergy-Free)

November 21, 2018 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 54 Comments

An easy homemade copycat recipe for the classic seasonal Starbucks treat! Gluten-Free Vegan Cranberry Bliss Bars that are allergy-free, perfectly baked blondie cake squares, loaded with dried cranberries, vanilla, citrus, and dairy-free white chocolate drizzle!

Caveat, no, I’ve never had a Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bar and initially, I had zero intention of these cranberry bliss “squares” to even be a copycat recipe. Alas, when all was said and done, that’s what came out of the Strength and Sunshine oven. Cranberry and white chocolate is such an iconic holiday combo; the perfect tart and sweet balance and just begging to be included on the holiday dessert table in some form or another!Read More

Easy Gluten-Free + Vegan Matzo Ball Soup (Allergy-Free, Paleo)

November 14, 2018 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 24 Comments

You don’t have to skip the soup! A quick and easy recipe for gluten-free vegan matzo ball soup! This Passover classic is allergy-free and paleo with grain-free fluffy matzo balls (potato-based “potato kneidlach” dumplings) and a simple vegetable broth soup!

If we can have gluten-free vegan latkes, why can’t we have gluten-free vegan matzo ball soup too? A Passover classic that’s traditionally not gluten-free, vegan, or allergy-free. With a simple kosher swap of using a modified version of potato kneidlach, as free-from matzo balls, you and your family can enjoy a warm bowl during your Seder dinner!Read More