Artisanal Kitchen: Gluten-Free Holiday Cookies

Holidays are the time for baking and enjoying cookies and treats, and those with gluten sensitivities shouldn't have to miss out. Baking with flavor flours-oat flour, sorghum flour, teff, coconut flour, and nut flours, like almond and hazelnut-means that everyone can enjoy holiday treats, from the classic Chocolate Chip Cookie to the decadent Peanut Crunch Brownies. Alternative flours make these cookies and bars gluten-free. And rather than simply adding starch and structure to a dessert (as is the casewith wheat flour), these flours elevate the taste of every cookie and bar too. With seasonal favorites like Quince and Orange-Filled Chestnut Cookies, Chocolate Sablâes, and Brown Sugar Pecan Cookies, these recipes-adapted from Alice Medrich's Flavor Flours-make a must-have mini compendium of decadent gluten-free holiday desserts--