Gluten Free Cinnamon Cookies!

Autumn is by far my favourite season of the year (or for other countries, 'Fall' lol). And I feel like the best way to kick off the Autumn season is to bake something with cinnamon in it. The house just feels so warm and cosy with the smell of freshly baked goods and cinnamon lingering in the air. So I thought it would be a nice idea to do a quick little recipe for you guys. Enjoy!

Ingredients: 

- 3oz margarine

- 2 teaspoons of vanilla essence 

- 5oz gluten free flour 

- 5oz sugar 

- 1 tablespoon of ground cinnamon

- 2 egg yolks

- a dribble of milk

- a little bit of olive oil 

- a little bit of flour to roll out pastry 

- a sprinkle of sugar at the end to decorate

Method: PREHEAT OVEN TO 150 DEGREES CELSIUS 

1) Put margarine, vanilla essence, flour, sugar, cinnamon and egg yolks into a large mixing bowl.  I used a hand whisk to blend everything together in the bowl until the mixture formed into a ball. You can also use a bit of milk to help the mixture stick together. 

2) Sprinkle some flour onto a clean surface and place the dough ball onto the surface. Knead it for a bit and then roll it out into a thick slab. 

3) Once you have the thickness you want, use a cookie cutter and cut into shapes that you want. Line a baking tray with baking paper and place cookies onto the tray. 

4) Brush the tops of the cookies with olive oil and put in the oven for 15/20 mins. Whenever they start to turn golden. 

5) Once they're out of the oven, sprinkle with sugar and cool down on the tray. Enjoy!

Hope you guys enjoyed this little post! I have a lot going on with results from my exams and college offers! Hope you enjoyed this. 

Thanks

Lucy xo

Lucy's DIY Cupcake Towers

Ever get bored and just want to make something new? Well that happened to me today and i've been collecting tins for a secret DIY project (ooooh!) so I was like, why not? So here it is, my DIY Cupcake Tower things. 

Utensils: - A couple of tins, washed and dried with labels off

- Greaseproof paper or non-stick spray

- Stuff you'd use to make normal cake mixture, like an electric whisk, bowl, spoons, whatever you use to make cake mixture.

Ingredients: Mixture: 

- 8oz flour

- 8oz sugar

- 8oz margarine

- 4 eggs

- 4oz cooking chocolate

Icing: 

- Butter or margarine

- Icing Sugar

-Strawberry Flavouring

-Bit of Milk (for consistency)

Method: - PREHEAT OVEN TO ABOUT 160 DEGREES CELCIUS

1) Mix together margarine and sugar in bowl.

2) Melt chocolate and put aside

3) Mix flour and eggs into sugar and margarine mixture. Then mix in the melted chocolate. If you don't think its gloopy enough, add a bit of milk. 

To grease the tins, either cut out the shapes as follows for the tin, or use non stick spray to ensure they slide out after baking easily. 

Scoop some mixture into tin and make sure it's about half full.  

Pop in the oven and leave in for 20-30 mins, or stick a knife in it and see if it's gooey in the middle still. If it is, put it back in the oven!

Make up your butter icing while the cakes are cooling. All you need to do is soften the butter, add in icing sugar until it tastes right, add flavouring and a bit of milk. 

Once the cakes have cooled, cut them across as seen in the photo below and spread the butter icing on them and join them up. If you get me. It makes a cupcake tower cake thing! My sister says they remind her of Daleks? From Doctor Who? 

Anyhoo! They are super easy to make and super cute! And super tasty! 

Hope you enjoyed this little tutorial! 

Thanks guys, 

Lucy xo