There’s nothing like a delicious cookie that you know is gluten-free and budget-friendly and one you can bake without an oven on a gas stove or cooker.
These no-bake maize meal cookies are so easy to make. You will have the cookie dough ready within minutes. You won’t even need a blender or mixer to make the dough.
Cookies are a favorite snack for busy households. Having them on hand can be a big saver, helping one fill the famished stomachs of little ones when the main meal is still far away. Even adults will relish a good delicious cookie.
I also find that having cookies on hand can also help you have something to serve your guests, especially impromptu guests now that they can keep well for at least three days.
Once they’ve cooled, I’ll usually transfer them into a cookie jar or container that I can close tightly. They can keep well for at least a week or slightly longer when kept in the fridge.
I have also had guests who are gluten intolerant. This inspired me to think of coming up with recipes that are gluten-free yet delightful such as cookies.
The ingredients of this cornmeal cookie recipe are most likely already in your pantry. This is why I also love this particular cookie recipe. I will almost always find the ingredients in my pantry.
Our children love these maize meal cookies, and so do others who have tasted them at our house. I trust you too will love this recipe.
We enjoy these cornmeal cookies and I trust you too will enjoy them when you try our really simple recipe for your hospitality.
Enhance your hospitality for the glory of God.
No-bake Gluten-free Cornmeal Cookies on Gas Stove| Maize Meal Cookies
Equipment
- 1 Mixing Bowl
- 1 wide pan (I use two pans- each is 11 inches in diameter. Smaller ones or only one pan will mean baking in batches until all are done)
- 1 Fork
Ingredients
- 1 cup whole maize meal flour
- 2 tbsps corn flour/ starch
- 2 tbsps sugar
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ⅛ tsp salt
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp cooking oil
- ½ tsp vanilla extract/ essence
- 2 tbsps milk
- *In the absence of baking paper, have some marge/butter to grease the pan/ pans and a little flour to dust them
Instructions
- Begin by combining the maizemeal, the corn flour, the sugar, and the salt in a suitable mixing bowl.
- Make a slight well in the center of these dry ingredients and add the egg, the oil, vanilla, and the milk.
- Begin to mix these ingredients with your hand until you form a dough that's malleable and not sticky. If it is too stiff, you can add a drop or two of milk and mix to get it to the right consistensy. Set aside.
- Next, line the pan or pans you will use with baking paper, trimming the baking paper to ensure it fits well in the pans, or else in the absence of baking paper grease and dust them. Set them aside.
- Let's get back to our dough. Transfer the dough onto a suitable clean surface.Divide it into 12 to 14 pieces. I will usually eyeball as I divide to get them as equal as possible.
- Shape them into round even balls then press them down with a fork. The fork helps to flatten them as well as to give them a beautiful finish.
- Arrange them in the pan or pans, leaving room between the pieces to allow space for some expansion.Keep in mind that if you are using only one pan, you will bake them in two or more batches depending on the size of your pan.
- Cover them but ensure not to cover them too tightly to allow any steam formed during the baking process to escape. You don't want it to form droplets on your lid and drop back on the cookies.
- Transfer on your gas stove or cooker and allow them on full flame for 30 seconds just to heat up the pan.
- If you are baking them on one of your large surface burners, reduce the flame; not the lowest as designed by your manufacturer because that flame is still too high. It will burn the cookies before they get ready. Instead, reduce it as though you are switching off and get it to the lowest flame, (This can be troublesome to do as the flame may keep going off but keep at it until you get to the lowest, the kind that if you blew hard on it, it might just go off.This is the kind of flame that will bake your cookies for about 20 to 30 minutes or until they brown to a nice golden colour on the underside.*If you are using the smaller burner, usually when you reduce to the lowest as the stove or cooker has been designed, this should bake your cookies without burning them since the surface area of the burner is very small. Ensure though to check on them to be sure they are not burning before they are ready now that gas stoves are different.
- Check on them from 20 minutes. If they've browned, turn them over and bake another 10 to 15 minutes on that low flame for them to brown on the upper part as well.Transfer to a suitable platter or cooling rack.
- Serve cooled with a suitable beverage and enjoy your cookies!Enhance your hospitality for the glory of God.
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