Have some watermelon…cookie. Photo by
Hannah Kaminsky | THE NIBBLE.  

Today is National Sugar Cookie Day. That’s O.K. for a start, but sugar cookies aren’t the most flavorable cookie around. Most of the large, fancifully decorated cookies are sugar cookies. They’re pretty, but they could be tastier. Sugar cookies tend not to have vanilla or other flavorings. They’re just sugary—and baked with a higher proportion of flour to be a sturdy platform that’s good for decorating, but not necessarily the tastiest for eating.

That’s where Fancypants steps in. Their decorated cookies are as beautiful and varied as any bakery’s, but they’ve improved upon the bland sugar cookie by baking rich, buttery shortbread. We hoarded the entire box!

Because the Fancypants co-founders are former educators (a middle school teacher and an education researcher, both with masters’ degrees), they know about kids and nut allergies. So their bakery is 100% nut-free. But these are welcome gifts for nut-eating grownups too. There are cookie themes for everyone, from sports to animals to baby, wedding, holiday and custom-decorated cookies for corporate logos.

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Cornbread with corn jelly. A NIBBLE reader has recommended the baking mixes of 1-2-3 Gluten Free, premium gluten- and allergen-free baking mixes that she says taste great and are versatile (there are more than 80 recipes for the 14 mixes). All products are produced in a dedicated gluten- and allergen-free facility and are certified gluten-free by the Gluten Intolerance Group, as well as certified kosher pareve. They have just launched two new products, Deliriously Delicious Devil’s Food Cake Mix and Micah’s Mouthwatering Cornbread Mix. Like many of 1-2-3 Gluten Free’s products, these two mixes are also free of dairy, soy, egg, peanuts and tree nuts.

Here’s more versatility: You, the baker, add the sweetener of your choice—sugar, evaporated cane juice or agave—which makes these products an ideal choice not only for celiacs, but for diabetics and other consumers with dietary concerns.
The cornbread can be made with sweetener or without. Eggs can be added by those who wish to enrich the recipe. The Devil’s Food Cake Mix can be made into a birthday cake, chocolate gingerbread cake or other recipes listed on the box and website. The Cornbread Mix includes a recipe for cranberry pecan cornmeal cake, jalapeño cheddar cornbread, pecan cornbread and cornbread stuffing. Learn more at www.123glutenfree.com.

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