Ingredients:

• 1 1/8 cup Organic Gluten Free Flour
  
• 1/2 tsp. Baking Soda
• 1/2 tsp. Sea Salt
• 1 Large Pastured Egg
• 1 Stick of Unsalted Grass Fed Butter
• 1/2 tsp. Organic Vanilla Extract
• 3/4 cup Organic Brown Sugar
• 1 cup Organic Chocolate Chips

Instructions:

1. Combine dry ingredients in a bowl and then mix wet ingredients in a larger bowl.
2. Mix the two together. Stir in chips.
3. Put large spoonfuls of dough on greased cookie tray.  Bake at 375 for 10 min.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup Organic Peanut Butter
• 1/2 cup Organic Brown Sugar
• 1 Large Pastured Egg
• 1 1/4 cups Organic Rolled Oats
• 1/2 tsp. Baking Soda

Instructions:

1. Mix the peanut butter and brown sugar together.
2. Then mix in the egg. 
   
3. Stir in the rolled oats and baking soda.
   
4. Form patties of cookie dough with your hands and slightly flatten.
   
5. Bake cookies on a greased cookie tray at 350 degrees F for approx. 10 minutes.

Remember, many grains contain a good amount of anti-nutrients like phytic acid which means that they will need to be removed before consuming.

Oats have a fairly high amount of an anti-nutrient called phytic acid aka phytates. 

And this anti-nutrient will bind to important minerals like calcium and magnesium to prevent their absorption - which is quite a problem.

This will lead to some pretty major health issues.  Like bone and tooth problems!

Minimizing anti-nutrients can include soaking and culturing to help get rid of oat's phytic acid.  Properly preparing oats also releases beneficial nutrients found in the oats.

A natural enzyme called phytase will be present in varying degrees in certain grains.  When phytase is properly activated, it will help to break down phytic acid or phytates very effectively. Unfortunately, the phytase enzyme is not really present in oats.  However, this enzyme is abundant in buckwheat which is also gluten free.

• For every 1 cup of Organic Rolled Oats (not instant) soak in 1 cup of Warm Filtered Water with 2 Tbsp. of Lemon Juice, Whey, or Kefir.
• Add 10% gluten free flour High in Phytase like Buckwheat Flour (about 1 heaping Tbsp.)
• Let oats soak for 12 to 24 hours on a warm shelf in your kitchen in a glass bowl covered with a kitchen towel.

*You can make an oat flour by drying soaked oats in a dehydrator according to the directions of Cheeseslave.

Soaking and culturing (aka souring) are basic methods used to help eliminate phytic acid using the phytase enzyme.

By making your own gluten free snacks, you can choose what ingredients will go into or not go into your homemade snack foods. 

Always choose the best ingredients for your gluten free snacks like 100% grass fed dairy foods to get more nutrition.

And choose organic ingredients over non-organic.

Ingredients:

• 2 1/3 cup Grated Grass Fed Medium or Sharp Cheddar Cheese
• 1/4 cup Cold Unsalted Grass Fed Butter (cut into cubes)
• 1 1/4 cups Organic & Properly Prepared Gluten Free Flours
• 1 tsp. Premium Xanthan Gum
• 1/2 tsp. Sea Salt
• 1/4 tsp. Organic Garlic Powder
• 1/4 tsp. Organic Paprika
• Approx. 2 Tbsp. of Ice Water
  

Instructions:

1. Process ingredients in a food processor for 1 minute or until cheese is incorporated with flour.
2. Add 1 to 2 Tbsp. of Ice water - pulsing with each addition to form a firm dough.
   
3. Remove from processor and knead dough with your hands for 20 seconds.
4. Dust kitchen top with gluten free flour and roll out dough to 1/8 thickness.
5. Form a rectangle and use a pastry wheel to cut crackers - poke holes in the center of each cracker with a blunt toothpick.
6. Bake on a lined cookie sheet at 375 F for approx. 25 minutes. Bake until puffy and brown on edges.  Cool on a wire rack.

Eliminating or lowering anti-nutrients such as phytic acid by using gluten free flours lower in this anti-nutrient, ensures more nutrition for your gluten free snacks.

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