Zimtsterne/ Cinnamon Star Cookies – gluten and sugar free

Zimtsterne/ Cinnamon Star Cookies – gluten and sugar free

by Marie MannNo Comments
  Since Christmas time is approaching fast and the German style Christmas markets are calling here a lovely recipe for German style Zimtsterne/ Cinnamon Star Cookies which gluten and sugar free. To get a seasonal feeling we need to make cookies and fill the house with seasonal smells...   Makes 40 small sized cookies.  Prep time: 10 min Cookie cutting & Decorating: 30-60 min Baking time: 10 min at 180 degree Celsius, 2min 2x for glaze setting. Cooling time: 15-30min   For the cookie dough you need: 2 Egg whites 150g ground Hazelnuts 110g Almond flour (ground Almonds, preferably un-blanched but those are hard to get hold of) 2 tsp Cinnamon 1-2  knife-tips Stevia-sweet 90% powder dissolved in 1 table spoons hot water MCT oil or coconut oil other un-flavoured oil for stopping dough sticking to the rolling pin Note: getting the sweetness to the desired level is a matter of trial and error, the best thing is to start with a smaller amount of whatever Stevia you have on hand, it can be ready-use, liquid or tabs (need to be dissolved too), adding more...
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No added sugar, gluten free – Traditional British Christmas Pudding for ONE with Stevia

No added sugar, gluten free – Traditional British Christmas Pudding for ONE with Stevia

by Marie Mann2 Comments
  It's not too late, this delicious traditional british Christmas pudding  does not have to be made months in advance, make it last minute.  No ripening needed. Have you recently established a new way of  healthy natural eating? Maybe you have gone Paleo or you are following a metabolic type specific diet - you don't need to dread the Christmas feasting  and having to restrain yourself or explain to others why you don't want to have this or that.  Just take a little time to prepare a few treats yourself and let others try the delicious treats with you! They won't even know that they are sugar and gluten free. They just tell you how Yum it is. I don't see why we should break with our clean eating habits that make us feel good for Christmas, setting back all the healing the body has been able to do so far. Just take a minute to remember how bad you felt eating the refined packaged food; do you...
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Christmas – Sour Cream Cookie cutter Cookies with Stevia (Sugar + Gluten free)

Christmas – Sour Cream Cookie cutter Cookies with Stevia (Sugar + Gluten free)

by Marie MannNo Comments
Paleo Christmas Cookies with super food toppings, YES you can have christmas treats without the sugar crash after indulging. By sweetening your cookie dough with natural stevia-sweet sweetener, you save calories and make the treat more blood sugar friendly.  Now, you probably think: how am I going to make the biscuits look nice without using icing sugar or other artificial biscuit decorations? I was panicking about that too, especially since I had booked the christmas cookie making Sunday with a friend weeks and weeks back before I had stopped eating gluten and the occasional refined sugar. I have been on a Paleo way of eating for a few weeks now, and I am feeling so good I did not want to wreck all the good work the healthy food has already done for my wellbeing. I put myself under even more pressure by inviting some more girls to join us for the fun. None of my friends had every tried stevia before, so all I could do is hope for an...
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Paleo friendly Almond Macaroons with Stevia

Paleo friendly Almond Macaroons with Stevia

by Marie MannNo Comments
  Snowball like christmassy almond macaroons with lots of protein and good nut fat. This easy and quick recipe for macaroons is the only baking I have done since my last post and eating an all paleo style diet. A lot has changed in my approach to food and you will see this reflected in my christmas cookie and cake recipes I am going to post over the next few weeks. Because I didn't use any wafers under the macaroons, they are also gluten free - which I have found works better with my digestion. Makes 38pcs (no wafers needed) Prep time: 10min Baking time: 10 min at 180 degree Celsius  Cooling time: 15 min    You need: 175g/ 5 Large Egg whites 100g Almond flour/ ground almonds couple of drops vanilla extract pinch of salt 1-2 knife-tips Stevia-sweet 90% powder dissolved in 1 table spoons hot water Note: getting the sweetness to the desired level is a matter of trial and error, the best thing is to start with a smaller amount of whatever Stevia you have on hand, it can be ready-use, liquid or...
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