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FAQs

What are the gluten-free Girl Scout cookies? ›

Gluten free? Try Toffee-tastic and Caramel Chocolate Chip cookies.

The Toffee-tastic cookie was the first gluten-free variety offered by Girl Scouts, described as a rich, buttery cookie with sweet, crunchy toffee bits on the Girl Scouts website.

If your oven is baking too hot (shockingly, most ovens don't cook at the accurate temperature!), your cookies will definitely spread! The sugar in the dough may even sneak out the sides of the cookie and form a lacy texture.

You need a binding agent in your gluten-free cookies recipe; otherwise, your cookies will fall apart. Some flour blends may already contain a binding agent, so double-check the list of ingredients. If it doesn't, you can add flaxseeds, xanthan gum, or guar gum.

In 2024, two gluten-free Girl Scout Cookies will be sold in communities across the country: Toffee-tastic® Caramel Chocolate Chip.

One of the primary advantages of gluten-free cookies is their digestive ease for people who experience discomfort after eating gluten. People with celiac disease must avoid gluten at all costs, as consuming it can damage the small intestine.

The organization didn't disclose how many boxes they produced. “While Raspberry Rally was extremely popular last year, we are taking a pause this season to prioritize supplying our classic varieties,” the Girl Scouts of the USA said in a statement to CNN.

In July 1922, Girl Scout national headquarters published an edition of The American Girl magazine for all Girl Scouts. The issue contained a recipe for a sugar cookie that could be baked and sold to raise funds for local councils. Thus, the simple sugar cookie was arguably the first true Girl Scout Cookie.

However, this year the council has switched to ABC Smart Cookies. Little Brownie Bakers owns the trademarks for the names Samoas, Tagalongs, and Do-Si-Dos. Girls Scouts own the trademarks for Thin Mints, Trefoils, and Adventurefuls, which is why those names are the same.

Gluten Free Flours Have a TASTE

It's also important to note that gluten free flours usually have a distinct fore and after taste. In some cases, the after taste is so awful, the flour has a very limited amount of uses (or must always be used in small amounts).

Should you refrigerate gluten free cookie dough? ›

And refrigerate the dough if it's too sticky.

This is because cold dough is less sticky, and it doesn't spread as easily, too. If you're making a gluten-free cookie recipe that you don't want to spread too much (like crinkle cookies), make sure to chill the dough before baking it.

Gluten-free baked goods have earned the reputation of being dry and gritty. That grit—that evil grit! —is the result of gluten-free flours that are often high in starches and rice flour, which take longer to absorb moisture than regular “gluten” flour.

In gluten-free baking, we rely on xanthan gum to provide elasticity and stickiness in our doughs and batters. Since we don't have gluten present, we need something that acts as the binding agent for the flour, helps hold onto some moisture, and helps give the baked good some structure.

Gluten-Free Flour: For best results, use a high quality gluten-free flour blend that contains xanthan gum. King Arthur Flour Gluten-Free Measure-For-Measure Flour is my favorite gluten-free flour. I've also had good results with Bob's Red Mill Gluten-Free 1:1 Baking Flour.

While visual cues like the toothpick test and pressing the top of the cake will still help, the best way to determine if your baked goods are perfectly done is with a timer and oven thermometer. This is because gluten-free treats often look underdone and slightly wet inside after baking.

Original Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies are the crunchy CHIPS AHOY! cookies you know and love, without the gluten! Made with a unique gluten free flour blend consisting of rice flour and oat flour, these crispy chocolate chip cookies are made with real chocolate chips and baked to have the perfect amount of crunch.

Shauna Ahern gave up her blog, Gluten-Free Girl, in 2017. She made a good go of it for 12 years and her blog lives on online. Now, instead of food blogging, she works full-time as head writer at ChefsSteps.

Toffee-tastic cookies have been certified gluten-free by the National Sanitation Foundation (NSF), a third-party organization that verifies through rigorous testing of the production line and the finished product that the cookies meet FDA guidelines for labeling them gluten-free.