EASY Gluten Free Butter Cookies

I’ve been in the kitchen ALOT lately trying to create recipes and get them on the site as quickly as possible  to help people  adapt to a paleo lifestyle by trying and enjoying paleo meals and snacks. 

I myself have a very very strong attachment to SWEETS.  Therefor in order to stay on track I’m constantly trying to satisfy that sweet tooth one way or another or should I say only one way…transforming some of my favorite recipes into paleo recipes. 

I love the sweetness and buttery taste of butter cookies, they literally just fall apart in your mouth.  I brought them to my parents house for thanksgiving diner ( a little trick I have- I bring my own sweets and a salad so I’m not tempted to eat their deserts  which was sugar pumpkin pie).  Everyone who tried them (none paleo) loved them, they even asked for the recipe.

GLUTEN FREE BUTTER

INGREDIENTS:
-2 ½ cups blanched almond flour

-½ cup salted butter, cut into pieces

-¼ cup honey

-1 tablespoon vanilla extract

 INSTRUCTIONS

In a food processor, place almond flour and pulse briefly.  Add butter, honeyand vanilla and pulse until ingredients are well blended.  Separate dough into 2 balls and place each on a piece of parchment paper.  Cover each ball of dough with another piece of parchment paper and roll out to ⅛ inch thickness. Place in freezer for 30 minutes.  Using a 2 inch round cookie cutter (or the top of a 2 inch wide jelly jar) cut out cookies*

Bake at 350° for 5-7 minutes

Cool and serve

* if dough becomes too soft to work with, roll it out again between the 2 pieces of parchment paper and return to freezer for 10 minutes

Roasted chicken with herbed butter

I know butter is not on our list for paleo foods because it’s dairy but we occasionally use it because of it’s health benefits.   Butter is loaded in vitamin A,D,K and E and it is also a source of Vitamin K2, which is important for treating arthritis,osteoporosis, tooth decay, tuberculosis, emphysema and asthma. I can go on for ever as  it has an abundance of other health benefits and it simply tastes sooooo good!!!

Ingredients

3-4 chicken breasts (on bone, with skin)

4 Tbsp unsalted butter (raw or organic is best)

1 Tbsp finely chopped fresh thyme

1 Tbsp finely chopped parsley

1 Tbsp finely chopped rosemary

5 garlic cloves, crushed

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 f 

Melt butter, add herbs and garlic. Stir and brush onto chicken.  roast chicken for 1 hr till top is golden brown, taking chicken out half way through to brush chicken with drippings.  Remove chicken from oven and serve…Now that’s easy.

If you used organic, grain fed, antibiotic and hormone free chicken, eating the skin is ok….Enjoy shredded and topped on a salad,  or with simply an array of steamed or roasted veggies.