
Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. John 15:13 (NKJV)
We love Valentine’s Day and we love cookies! So, we had to make some gluten-free, dairy-free heart cookies again this year. I first ran this recipe four years ago.
Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone!
Ingredients:
1 cup coconut oil, softened
1 cup Earth Balance butter, softened
1 1/3 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoon vanilla
5 cups gluten-free flour
2 teaspoon guar gum
1 teaspoon salt
Cream coconut oil, Earth Balance butter and sugar together. Add eggs and vanilla, mixing well. In another bowl combine the dry ingredients: flour, guar gum, and salt (I used 3 1/2 cups brown rice flour and 1 1/2 cups tapioca flour). Add dry ingredients to coconut oil mixture, stirring until it is well combined. Cover the dough with plastic wrap and let chill in the refrigerator 4 hours or overnight.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Roll out dough on your kitchen counter until it is 1/4 inch thickness. It might seem crumbly, but you can work with it to make it stick together. Use cookie cutters to cut out hearts or your favorite shapes. Place cookies on parchment paper on a baking sheet. Bake 12 minutes, then cool on cooling racks. Top with your favorite icing (I use a mixture of 2 T. coconut oil, powder sugar, almond milk, a dash of vanilla and food coloring, adding sugar and almond milk until it is just the amount and consistency I need).
Now you get to eat your heart cookies and share them with your family and friends! Spread around some love today :-)!
p.s. This recipe makes great Christmas cookies, too!
For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me, and have believed that I came forth from God. John 16:27 (NKJV)
New King James Version (NKJV)The Holy Bible, New King James Version Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.



One month ago today my Daddy went to be with Jesus. I’ve been wanting to write them both a letter…
How’s it going up there? I imagine the Creator of the Universe and the professor are having some good scientific discussions. Are there more than seven colors in the rainbow? Are you doing any experiments with quartz crystals and refracted light? Can you look at the stars through a telescope or are they right beside you? Is Father God explaining how He made all this cool stuff out of tiny particles, or does it not really matter anymore?
Are you enjoying friends and family, Daddy? I imagine you have no more pain in your hip or knee, and you are so strong, carrying our babies on your shoulders.
Grandpa on the sofa, one more chess game with Jacob. But those last days were special when I asked Daddy if he loved You and he squeezed my hand. Oh, Jesus, thank You for letting Him be Yours!


The goal of My TEA CUPP Prayers is to get you reading your Bible, listening to God, underlining verses that speak to you, and using those verses as conversation starters as you pray and have TEA with Jesus each day. Eventually, all you will need is your Bible and you can share My TEA CUPP Prayers with a friend to get her started. Inviting ladies to TEA with the King of kings…that’s our mission. You are invited, my dear TEA CUPP friend. Here are some verses from Hebrews 13 to get you started today…
Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness,” says the Lord
I love to have a Christmas theme with our holiday meals. This Christmas Eve we will have Shepherd’s Pie and Angel Food Cake! You can’t beat that for sharing the Greatest Story while enjoying a family meal. We will talk about how the shepherds were just sitting in their field, talking and watching their sheep as they did every night since they could remember. When, boom, up in the sky appeared an angel, proclaiming to them:
Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the 

Salt is good; but if the salt has lost its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? Luke 14:34 (NKJV)

It’s time to make holiday treats again! If you’re like me, you are eager to try new recipes. But often that is tricky if you need to make gluten-free and dairy-free confections. My friend Anna served these at a gathering for homeschool moms this fall. She had a bowl full of them in her fridge. They are so tasty, I don’t think a bowl would last very long in my fridge!
