{"id":378,"date":"2019-02-28T03:41:40","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T03:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heffern.net\/lena\/?p=378"},"modified":"2020-06-23T21:20:43","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T21:20:43","slug":"gluten-free-red-velvet-peanut-butter-cup-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heffern.net\/lena\/index.php\/2019\/02\/28\/gluten-free-red-velvet-peanut-butter-cup-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Gluten-Free Red Velvet Peanut Butter Cup Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I adapted this recipe from <a href=\"https:\/\/iambaker.net\/red-velvet-peanut-butter-blossoms\/\">this website<\/a> and made it gluten-free. This makes about two dozen 1.5 inch diameter cookies. Bake at 350F for 8-10 minutes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ingredients<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>1\/2\u00a0cup\u00a0(1 stick or 113g) butter,\u00a0room temperature<\/li><li>1\u00a0cup\u00a0creamy peanut butter (gluten-free, check label!)<\/li><li>1 1\/3\u00a0cup\u00a0granulated sugar<\/li><li>1\u00a0egg<\/li><li>2\u00a0tbsp.\u00a0milk<\/li><li>2\u00a0tsp.\u00a0vanilla (gluten-free, check label!)<\/li><li>1\u00a0tbsp.\u00a0red gel food coloring (gluten-free, check label!)<\/li><li>3\u00a0tbsp.\u00a0 unsweetened cocoa (I use Hershey&#8217;s, gluten-free, check label!)<\/li><li>1 1\/2\u00a0cups\u00a0Gluten-free flour substitute (I use Krusteez)<\/li><li>1\u00a0tsp.\u00a0baking soda<\/li><li>pinch\u00a0salt<\/li><li>1\/4\u00a0cup\u00a0Gluten-free red sanding sugar<\/li><li>1\u00a0bag Reeses mini peanut butter cups\u00a0(unwrapped, gluten-free, check label!)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Instructions (same as original recipe linked above)<br>*Note, I didn&#8217;t use a hand mixer, I just mixed with a wooden spoon in a bowl, you don&#8217;t really need the mixer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Heat oven to 375\u00b0F.<\/li><li>Beat butter, peanut butter, and sugar in a stand mixer for about 2 minutes on medium speed. Turn mixer to\u00a0low and add in egg, milk, vanilla, and red food coloring. Mix for about 30 seconds to incorporate, then\u00a0turn mixer to medium-high and blend until light and fluffy.<\/li><li>In a separate bowl sift cocoa, flour, baking soda and salt. With mixer on slow add flour mixture to sugar\u00a0mixture and beat until just combined.<\/li><li>Remove mixer bowl from stand. Shape dough into 1 inch balls. Set on a parchment lined baking sheet.\u00a0<\/li><li>Pour red sanding sugar onto small plate or bowl.\u00a0<\/li><li>Roll dough ball in red sanding sugar and place on prepared cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.<\/li><li>Bake for 8 to 10 minutes.<\/li><li>When you remove the cookies from the oven, immediately press the Reeses into the cookies.<\/li><li>Remove cookies from the hot pan and place onto a dish, refrigerate immediately or the chocolate will melt and will not hold its shape.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I adapted this recipe from this website and made it gluten-free. This makes about two dozen 1.5 inch diameter cookies. Bake at 350F for 8-10 minutes. Ingredients 1\/2\u00a0cup\u00a0(1 stick or 113g) butter,\u00a0room temperature 1\u00a0cup\u00a0creamy peanut butter (gluten-free, check label!) 1 1\/3\u00a0cup\u00a0granulated sugar 1\u00a0egg 2\u00a0tbsp.\u00a0milk 2\u00a0tsp.\u00a0vanilla &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/heffern.net\/lena\/index.php\/2019\/02\/28\/gluten-free-red-velvet-peanut-butter-cup-cookies\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span>Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gluten-Free Red Velvet Peanut Butter Cup Cookies<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[63],"tags":[16,36,11,31,34,37],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/heffern.net\/lena\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/heffern.net\/lena\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/heffern.net\/lena\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heffern.net\/lena\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heffern.net\/lena\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/heffern.net\/lena\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":381,"href":"https:\/\/heffern.net\/lena\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378\/revisions\/381"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heffern.net\/lena\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/heffern.net\/lena\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heffern.net\/lena\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heffern.net\/lena\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}