Comments on: Cookies for Cynics http://www.gastronomicon.org/2007/01/30/cupcake-cynicism/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:43:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: gastrogirl http://www.gastronomicon.org/2007/01/30/cupcake-cynicism/#comment-323 gastrogirl Fri, 16 Feb 2007 23:21:55 +0000 http://www.gastronomicon.org/2007/01/30/cupcake-cynicism/#comment-323 Thanks for your comment, Margie! In the apricot biscuits, golden syrup will work just fine. As for cookies with no wheat flour, I know that some shortbread recipes call for rice flour, which makes them more delicate. There is also an Arab cookie called Kaak Luz, which is basically like a coconut macaroon but uses ground almonds rather than flour (May Bsisu has a recipe for this in her book The Arab Table). You may also find recipes in Indian and Middle Eastern cookbooks for sweets that use semolina, although this will not produce the crispness that you may desire. Anyway, I hope this is somewhat helpful. Good luck, and do let me know what you find - I'm now curious myself! Thanks for your comment, Margie! In the apricot biscuits, golden syrup will work just fine.

As for cookies with no wheat flour, I know that some shortbread recipes call for rice flour, which makes them more delicate. There is also an Arab cookie called Kaak Luz, which is basically like a coconut macaroon but uses ground almonds rather than flour (May Bsisu has a recipe for this in her book The Arab Table). You may also find recipes in Indian and Middle Eastern cookbooks for sweets that use semolina, although this will not produce the crispness that you may desire. Anyway, I hope this is somewhat helpful. Good luck, and do let me know what you find - I’m now curious myself!

]]> By: Margie http://www.gastronomicon.org/2007/01/30/cupcake-cynicism/#comment-321 Margie Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:53:21 +0000 http://www.gastronomicon.org/2007/01/30/cupcake-cynicism/#comment-321 These receipes sound just wonderful, have printed them out and will have a go. However, I am really looking for a sweet oat cookie/biscuit recipe that does NOT have any wheat flour in it, so that it could be given to someone with a wheat gluten allergy. Any ideas? By the way, since I am in England, is light corn syrup the same as golden syrup, i.e. holding its shape on the spoon and only very slowly forming a downwards cone shape before sliding off, usually needing a bit of help the clean the spoon? These receipes sound just wonderful, have printed them out and will have a go. However, I am really looking for a sweet oat cookie/biscuit recipe that does NOT have any wheat flour in it, so that it could be given to someone with a wheat gluten allergy. Any ideas?
By the way, since I am in England, is light corn syrup the same as golden syrup, i.e. holding its shape on the spoon and only very slowly forming a downwards cone shape before sliding off, usually needing a bit of help the clean the spoon?

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