Gluten Free TagaLongs Recipe
One of the most iconic of Girl Scout Cookies: Tagalongs! These chocolate and peanut butter topped cookies made gluten free and dairy free are irresistable and now, easily made at home, any time of the year!
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Ingredients
For Cookie
- 1 cup butter or non-dairy alternative room temperature (Earth Balance Buttery Sticks® or soy-free sticks)
- ½ cup granulated cane sugar
- 2 cups 270 grams gfJules™All Purpose Gluten Free Flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 to 2 Tbs. dairy or non-dairy milk of choice only if dough is too thick
For Filling
- 1½ cups creamy nut butter or sunflower nut butter
- 3/4-1 cup confectioner’s sugar
- ½ tsp pure vanilla extract
For Chocolate Coating
- 16 oz. semi-sweet chocolate chips Enjoy Life® dairy& soy-free chocolate chips or Pascha® organic chocolate chips
- 2 tsp. non-GMO canola or vegetable oil
Instructions
- Cookie BaseAs with most cookie recipes, first cream together butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl until light and fluffy.
- Stir in the dry ingredients gradually: gfJules™ Gluten Free All Purpose Flour, baking powder and salt (if using) at a low speed. Lastly, beat in the vanilla extract and milk (if, and as necessary), until a soft dough is formed that is not crumbly. For best results, refrigerate for 2-3 hours or overnight.
- Preheat oven to 350° F (static) or 325 (convection). Either scoop dough, one tablespoon at a time, in your hands and roll between your palms into a ball, flattening slightly to a thickness of ¼ inch. Repeat with another cookie sheet to make approximately 30 cookies.
- Place each cookie on a parchment-lined cookie sheet and bake for 15 minutes, or until the bottoms are lightly browned and cookies are set. Do not overcook, as you do not want the cookies to become dry and to crumble.
- Once cooked, remove the pan from the oven to a cooling rack and gently use the point of a teaspoon or your thumb (careful not to burn yourself!) and press in the center of each cookie to make a dimple for the nut butter filling.
- While the cookies are cooling on the baking sheets, make the nut butter filling.
- Nut Butter FillingIn a small bowl, beat or whisk together nut butter, ¾ cup powdered sugar and vanilla extract. If the nut butter you use has no salt added, you may want to add ½ teaspoon of salt at this stage as well.
- Taste the mixture to see if it needs additional powdered sugar. If you don’t like the taste of the mixture now, you won’t like it in the cookie, so add more salt or sugar if you need.
- Note: if using “natural” nut butters, they tend to be wetter than conventional nut butters, so additional sugar may be necessary to achieve the proper filling consistency. At this point, the filling should be creamy, but not runny. If it is very stiff, microwave in a microwave-safe bowl for 10-20 seconds, stir and microwave again until the consistency is such that it can be piped out of a plastic zip-top bag without being too stiff or runny.
- Transfer the filling to a pastry bag or a plastic bag with the tip cut off, and pipe a generous dome of filling into each cookie’s hollowed out center and a thinner layer across the top of most of the rest of the cookie, leaving a narrow, uncovered/exposed edge.
- Chill cookies on their cookie sheets in the freezer for about 20-30 minutes, or until the nut butter filling is firm.
- Chocolate CoatingMelt the chocolate in a double boiler or a small, microwave-safe bowl, stirring frequently and not overheating so as not to burn the chocolate. Add oil in with the melted chocolate and stir to combine once totally melted and smooth.
- Using tongs or a fork, dip each cookie in the heated chocolate, flipping to coat both sides and gently replacing on the parchment-lined cookie sheet to set. If you prefer, simply drizzle melted chocolate on top of each cookie to coat instead of dipping.
- Return the cookie sheets to the freezer or refrigerator to set.
** Please keep in mind that nutrition information provided is per serving, which may vary. While we have taken care to provide you with the most accurate nutritional values possible, please note that this information may differ significantly depending on the exact ingredients and brands that you choose to use to make this recipe. Additionally, where options are given for ingredients, the resulting calculation may include all ingredient options instead of only one per line, skewing the totals significantly.