In honor of Celiac Awareness Day I HAD to share with you this amazing recipe that was shared with me.

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As Celiac's, and others who have to avoid gluten, you understand the excitement when you find a good cookie or cake.  I mean, a GOOD one!  Right?  It's like finding the perfect shoe for your wedding (or prom if you're a little younger).  For guys, umm, it's like watching a good game?  Ha, sorry, I'm not so savvy in that department.

But, anyways, back to the cookie.  When you can't have "normal" cookies, you've had to go through some awkward, if not awful, cookies looking for something yummy.  And, due to that fact, your awesome friends (you know, those who understand) send you recipes when they find something gluten free that they think you might like.

So, this recipe today is for a gluten free AND vegan S'mores cookie!  Doesn't that just sound divine!  My lovely friend, Crystal, sent me the recipe and I can't WAIT to try to make them.  Yes, I have not yet tried these cookies.  But, I did look through the ingredients (and some delectable pictures) and I just couldn't wait to share with you.  Having been quite sick the last few months (more on that later, but we don't have time now...HELLO, I'm about to give you a cookie recipe!) I'm not sure when I'll finally have the energy to whip up a batch of these.

I figured, hey, my readers are good people.  Good people who have, sadly, had to endure some not so good gluten free cookies.  So, if I can get your hands on what I'm betting is a great recipe, why make you wait?  Seriously, I haven't been able to cook in like three months, so it could be a LONG while before I can give my opinion.

In the meantime, check these out.

Gluten Free and Vegan S'mores Cookies...complete with tons of gooey pics!

Hope you enjoy!  If you do make them, PLEASE share your thoughts...I can live vicariously through your baking. :)

Food restrictions?  Wait...you can't have WHAT!?!?!  Spell that for me please?

The excitement of anything chocolate and peanut butter is always a favorite desire in our household. But something that's both tasty as well as healthy is hard to find.

Rachel was of course in one of her moods, ya know, craving something yummy moods. (I think we're both always like that) Anywho so she decided to make some amazing chocolate peanut butter cups.

This recipe comes from Alicia Silverstone's The Kind Diet.

In her book, Alicia says "Back in the day, I was obsessed with Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. Now I make this healthier version and they are way better. In fact, I think they are the most ridiculously delicious things in the entire world. Look for graham crackers that are naturally sweetened or low in sugar (Health Valley makes a good one), and store the leftover crackers or crumbs in an airtight container for future use."

• 5 whole graham cracker squares (GF S'moreables)
• 1/2 cup Earth Balance butter (Unsalted Organic Butter)
• 3/4 cup crunchy peanut butter (preferably unsweetened and unsalted)
• 1/4 cup maple sugar or other granulated sweetener (1/8 with agave and 1/8 with organic sugar)
• 1 cup grain-sweetened, nondairy chocolate or carob chips
• 1/4 cup soy, rice, or nut milk (Organic Reduced Fat Milk 2%)
• 1/4 cup chopped pecans, almonds, or peanuts
  
  
  (Instructions)

1. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners. (If You Care makes unbleached liners made from recycled paper.) We used a 24 cup mini muffin tin because of how rich these things are...
2. Break the graham crackers into large chunks and place in a food processor or blender. Pulse on and off until they are ground to fine crumbs. Measure out 3/4 cup of crumbs (reserve the rest for another use) and set aside.
3. Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the peanut butter, graham cracker crumbs, and maple sugar and mix well. Remove the mixture from the heat. Evenly divide the mixture, approximately 2 tablespoons per cup, among the muffin cups.

     5.   Spoon the chocolate evenly over the peanut butter mixture.


     6.   Top with chopped nuts. Place in the refrigerator to set for at least 2 hours before serving.


     7.   ENJOY!!!


Now we chose the smaller muffins because these bad boys are super rich, but OHH SO YUMMY! We put half of the incredible desserts in the freezer to save for a later day.

Have you tried these or anything else on our blog, let us know! We want your feed back as well!