Gluten Free Iced Gems

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I used to love the bags of mini ice gems you can buy in the biscuit aisles, especially when I was in school! They are really not to difficult to make yourself gluten free and even Vegan, it just takes some patience to decorate them all! I did mine all white but you can do all kinds of funky colours!

This recipe is...

  • Preparation Time: 15 Mins
  • Cooking Time: 20 Mins
  • This recipe makes 150 gems

This recipe contains:

  • Soya

Last updated 8th August 2025

Added 29th October 2015

Recipe by Alison Wheatley

Gluten Free Iced Gems

Ingredients

175g gluten free plain flour
1/2tsp bicarbonate of soda
Pinch salt
70g sunflower spread
50g caster sugar
1tbsp maple syrup
1/2tbsp vanilla extract
1/4tbsp soya milk (or almond or coconut would work)
150g icing sugar
30ml water

Method

  1. In a bowl mix together flour, bicarb and salt whilst in another bowl cream together spread, sugar, syrup and vanilla.

  2. Add the flour mix to the creamed ingredients and once semi combined mix together with hands until you get a rollable dough. If too crumbly add the milk until dough is stiff but not wet, if dough is already stuff and not crumbly leave it out.

  3. Roll out the dough, cut out 1cm rounds using a small icing cutter, either round or a flower shaped cutter work well. You should get around 150 1cm biscuits out of the dough.

  4. Place on baking trays and bake for 5-8 mins on gas mark 4/180c until cooked but not brown, remove from oven and allow to cool.

  5. Mix water with icing sugar to make icing, you want it quite think but pipable. Place in a piping bag with a small nozzle (or a sandwich bag with a corner cut off will also work) and place a small amount of icing on the centre of each, allow to set for at least an hour.

NB Instead of doing all white icing, split the icing into separate bowls and add a drop of food colouring gel to each to make different coloured iced tops.

Nutritional Information (Per 10 gems)

Cals
123
Carbs
24g
Fibre
0g
Fat
3g
Sugar
14g
Protein
0g
Alison Peters
Alison Peters has been Coeliac since June 2014 and launched Coeliac Sanctuary in August of that year, and since then has aimed to provide a one stop shop for Coeliacs, from blogs, to recipes, eating out guide and online shop.

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