Gluten Free Mini Egg Easter Cookies - Coeliac Sanctuary

https://www.coeliacsanctuary.co.uk/recipe/gluten-free-mini-egg-easter-cookies

Posted On: 24th March 2016

We are so thankful that Cadbury mini eggs are gluten free, what would we do without them (cry probably). You can do so much come easy with those little colourful beauties, we love to put them into crunchy gluten free cookies the colours bleed out into the cookies making the more fabulous looking cookies when they break.

Ingredients

120g margarine
100g dark brown sugar
100g caster sugar
1 egg
1tsp vanilla extract
200g gluten free plain flour
1 and a half 80g bags mini eggs

Preparation Time: 15 Mins
Cooking Time: 15 Mins

This recipe contains

Dairy, Egg

Method

1. Cream the butter with both sugars using a fork. Add in the egg and vanilla and beat into the creamed mix.

2. Place 1 bag of mini eggs (save the half bag until later) into a clear food bag and bash with a rolling pin. One hit to each egg should break it enough, you want chunky pieces not tiny bits (this is why we used a clear bag, you could do it in the packet but you won't easily be able to see if you have hit them all efficiently)

3. Sift in the flour and salt and then add in the mini egg pieces. Mix together to make a dough, if doesn't stick together and feels dry add 1tsp of water until all sticks together.

4. Grease and line a baking tray or two. On a floured surface or between two pieces of cling film roll the biscuit dough out until about 1cm thick or a little less. Cut out biscuits with a cookie cutter around 3in wide (they will spread slightly in the oven) and place on the baking trays.

5. Place in an oven heated to gas mark 5 for 12-15 mins until nicely browned.

6. Remove from the oven, lightly bash the remaining mini eggs and press onto the top of the warm biscuits so it melts the chocolate. We don't put these on before baking as the colour will leach out. Leave to go cold and tuck in!

NB: You don't have to just make this for Easter you could swap mini eggs out for chocolate chips or m&m's

This recipe makes 18 biscuits
Nutritional info per biscuit