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Pueblo Feast Day Cookies

I’m not a big cookie person. To be honest, I’d rather go elbow deep in a bowl of buttery, salty popcorn, but it’s almost Christmas, which to me means making feast day cookies.

Feast Day cookies are a Pueblo tradition handed down from my grandma, to my mom and then to me. Feast Day cookies were made on feast days like Easter, Kings’ Day and of course, Christmas.

These cookies probably aren’t what you’re used to. They’re similar to snickerdoodles, but they aren’t very sweet. These are the cookies of poor people. To give you an idea: I once asked my grandma what the Depression was like on the reservation and she said she didn’t even know it happened, that’s how poor they were. When I bake these, I think of her.

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Super Easy, Gluten-Free, Dark Chocolate Peanut M&M Cookies

Gluten-free cookiesPeanut M&Ms are my favorite guilty pleasure. I’m all about the health food, but the one thing I can’t resist is peanut M&Ms. And the dark chocolate peanut M&Ms, don’t even get me started on how delightful they are. My last meal would definitely include a cereal bowl full of dark chocolate M&Ms.

So, when my friend Gabby got me a ton of Jules Gluten-Free mixes for Christmas, I knew I had to incorporate M&Ms. It was a no-brainer. I worked from the recipe on this box of cookie mix, but altered it a bit.

Peanut M&M cookies, gluten-free

Ingredients:
1/2 box of Jules Gluten-Free Cookie Mix
4 tbsp of room temperature butter
4 tbsp of room temperature coconut oil
1 egg
Enough M&Ms to fill your heart with joy
Sea Salt for sprinkling

Directions:
Cream together butter and shortening in a mixing bowl. Add in 1/4 of the cookie mix. Beat until light and fluffy. Add egg, then beat until incorporated. Add other 1/4 of mix and beat until there are no lumps. Fold in M&Ms. (I used both dark chocolate peanut M&Ms and dark chocolate regular M&Ms. I beat the peanut M&Ms with a wooden spoon first. It was very satisfying.) Cover dough and refrigerate for 2 hours.

Roll dough into quarter-size balls and put on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet. Sprinkle with sea salt. Bake in a 350 degree oven for approximately 10 minutes. These cookies aren’t the prettiest, but they sure do taste good.

Dunk those cookies in some coffee! Get wild!

love,
melanie