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Jam Filled Cookies-Gluten-Free

These lightly sweet gluten-free cookies are better for you than traditional cookies and will leave you feeling like a queen. The recipe for the blueberry filling makes another 2 quarts of blueberry "jam" which is really a compote with far less sugar than normal jam. It can be used to top pancakes or crepes and added to plain yogurt.
Prep Time50 minutes
Cook Time12 minutes
Chill Time3 hours
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: best gluten free bread, gluten free preserve cookies, gluten-free cookies, jam filled cookies,, jam filled gluten free cookies, preserve cookies

Equipment

  • 1 mixer
  • 1 baking sheet

Ingredients

  • 2 cups gluten-free flour mix
  • 1/2 t salt
  • 1/2 t baking soda
  • 1/2 c coconut oil
  • 1 c unrefined organic sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 2 t vanilla

Blueberry Filling

  • 4 c frozen blueberries
  • 1/3 c unrefined organic sugar or honey
  • 2 tbsp tapioca flour

Instructions

  • Chill coconut oil in the fridge for 30 minutes.
  • Stir the dry ingredients together: flour, salt, and baking soda. If you do not have the gluten-free flour already made you have to premix it. (see notes)
  • Cream cold coconut oil, sugar, egg, and vanilla until light.
  • Slowly add in the dry ingredients.
  • Form the dough into a 2 inch diameter roll. Wrap in plastic wrap and shape up so it is even.
  • Place in the fridge for at least three hours till overnight...you can also freeze at this point for months until you are ready to use. Or save in the fridge for up to a week until you are ready to use.
  • Start the blueberry sauce:
  • Put the frozen blueberries in a saucepan with a few tablespoons of water and the sugar.
  • Cook until soft and dissolved over medium low heat, about 20 minutes. Keep simmering over low heat.
  • Temper your tapioca flour by dissolving in approximately a tablespoon of water. Add a large wooden spoonful of the hot blueberry mixture to your dissolved tapioca flour. Rapidly whisk in the tapioca mixture to the rest of the blueberries. After 2 minutes, turn off the heat.

Assemble Cookies

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit
  • Roll out the dough to 1/4 in thickness
  • Cut the shapes desired. Round or square cookies work best. You can use cup or jar lid as a cookie cutter if you like.
  • Add 1 teaspoon of blueberry jam to the middle.
  • Cover with a second cookie and crimp the edges. You may need to brush the edges with water on the bottom layer to assist with sticking.
  • Use a thin metal spatula to scoop up the queen's cookies.
  • Place on a baking sheet that is greased with coconut oil.
  • Bake for 11 minutes for cookies that are 3 inches in diameter. Check cookies after 7 minutes. They should be firm to the touch on the edge and smell cooked. They should be slightly tinged brown on the edges.

Notes

The gluten-free flour mix is composed of:
2 c tapioca
1 c garbanzo
1 c sorghum
1 c brown rice
These flours have similar weights per cup so you can also mix these by volume in the same ratio. For example if you have garbanzo flour in an an 8 oz bag, you can add this without measuring to 16 oz of tapioca and 8 oz of the others.