THE BEST sugar cookie recipe!!!

I used to make sugar cookies with my mom and we used this sesame street cookie cutters where you can choose a mouth and the eyes and mix up the sesame street characters. It is a VERY fond memory for me and one I have wanted to do with my kids. Well, I have tried numerous times to make a cookie that would work AND taste good and finally I found it!!! PLEASE try this.. it is amazing. I found this from glutenfreesteve.wordpress.com.

Gluten Free Cut Out Sugar Cookies
1 1/2 cups powder sugar
1 cup butter
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cream of tartar
1 1/4 cup white rice flour
1/2 cup tapioca flour
1/2 cup potato starch (NOT potato flour)
1/4 cup sweet rice flour
1 tsp xanthan gum
Few drops of lemon oil or maybe 1.4 tsp of lemon peel.
(I did not have either lemon oil or peel so I omitted it)

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla and mix well. Whisk together the dry ingredients. Add to the butter mixture and mix well. Gather the dough into a ball and refrigerate covered for at least 2 hours. When ready to roll out, sprinkle sweet rice flour on the surface of counter and top of ball of dough. Roll portion of dough about a 1/4 inch thick. Cut out favorite shapes.

Bake at 375 for 5-7 minutes depending on how thick the dough. Cookies are done when edges start browning. Let cool then frost. I tried without frosting.. YUMM!!

Gluten Free Banana Bread

This is the BEST Gluten Free Banana Bread that I have tried and I have tried a few. This is taken fromCD Kitchen.com

1 cup soy flour
1/2 cup potato starch
1/4 cup rice flour
1/2 tsp xanthan gum
1 tsp baking soda
1 1/4 tsp cream of tartar
1/2 tsp salt
1/3 cup butter - at room temp
2/3 cup sugar
2 eggs - well beaten
1 cup mashed banana (I use 3 large banana's)
1/2 cup chopped walnuts - optional

Set oven to 350 degrees. Butter loaf pan. In bowl, wisk together flour, startch, xanthan gum, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt. In an electric mixer cream the butter. Add sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs. With mixer on lowest speed beat in dry ingredients alternatly with the mashed banana and beat until smooth. Add nuts if using. Transfer the batter tothe prepared pan and smooth top. Bake the bread for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. VERY IMPORTANT.. banana bread takes a long time to fully cook. Let cool on a rack for 20 minutes and turn out to cool completely. ENJOY. My kids LOVE this bread.. LOVE!