The Cookie Connection Gluten Free Bake Shop

10/24/2026

10/23/2026

Some really good information to pass along here....

Gluten Cross-Contact in Shared Fryers: What Four Studies (Two FDA-Led) Tell Us.

Gluten Free Watchdog’s Bottom Line When It Comes to Shared Fryers and Gluten Cross-Contact (after looking at all four studies):
1. Gluten cross-contact can and does occur when gluten-free foods are cooked in shared fryers with wheat (1-4).
2. Deep frying makes gluten harder to detect. Test results, including those from the sandwich R5 ELISA, may underestimate how much gluten is actually present (1,3).
3. Daily oil change is good but still doesn’t solve the problem of accumulating gluten during the hours between changes–An optimized filtration system would help (3,4).
4. When fries do contain quantifiable levels of gluten, especially at or above 20 ppm, the total gluten load can add up fast (see illustration below) (1).
5. You must make your own decision about whether to eat fries (or any other naturally gluten-free food) cooked in a shared fryer with wheat—But the information you use to make this decision should be as complete as possible.
6. Quality of life is so very important and not having to worry about cross-contact would be a relief—But quality of life cuts both ways. Feeling sick after a gluten exposure affects quality of life too.

Please see the full post on Gluten Free Watchdog https://www.glutenfreewatchdog.org/news/gluten-cross-contact-in-shared-fryers-what-four-studies-two-fda-led-tell-us/

Please also see the references, most importantly those from Jiang et al (FDA-led studies) done in 2025. These were not available for our 2021 paper and they do not seem to have been considered in the latest 2026 study based on the reference list.

1. Thompson, et al., Gluten-Free Foods Cooked in Shared Fryers with Wheat: A Pilot Study Assessing Gluten Cross Contact. Front. Nutr. 2021. Available at https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nutrition/articles/10.3389/fnut.2021.652039/full
2. Weisbrod et al., Shared Fryers May Not Always Be as Risky for Gluten Cross-Contact in Celiac Disease as Dietary Guidance Suggests. Nutrients 2026. Available at https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/18/20/3433
3. Jiang, et al., Evaluation of Gluten Transfer from Reused Frying Oil to Food. Food Control 2025. Available at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0956713525003305
4. Jiang, et al., Mitigating Gluten Cross-Contact in Shared Frying Oil through Passive and Active Filtration. J Food Prot. 2025. Available at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0362028X2500170X

10/23/2026

Whoops, can't forget the garlic rolls!!!

10/23/2026

Guess what we made??? We will have our delicious Pumpkin Rolls with our homemade Cream Cheese Filling. We'll also have....
Cannoli or Boston Cream Cake Slices
Pumpkin Pie Slices
Pumpkin Half Moons
Pumpkin Choc Chip and Lemon Crumb Cakes
Apple Hand Pies
Apple Cinnamon coffee cake
Chocolate Whoopie Pies
Peanut, Boston Cream, Maple frosted Pumpkin, Apple C***r and Headlight donuts
Fall decorated sugar cookies AND Maple flavored Leaf cookies
Brownies: Mint, Peanut Butter, Hot Fudge Sunday, Choc or Van
Cookies: Chocolate Chip, half-moons, Chocolate Fudge and Peanut Butter
Take & Bake Cinnamon Rolls
Chicken Pot Pies
Pulled Pork BBQ
Sausage and Cheese Bread slices
Cupcakes: Hostess Halloween, Cannoli, Peanut Butter, Choc, Van
Fresh baked Garlic Rolls, Italian Bread and Sub Rolls

OH...and cheesecake bars. Turtle AND fruit topped

I'm sure I'm forgetting a lot, stay tuned for video tomorrow morning after we get everything done~!
Bundle up, it's going to be a cold morning!

10/17/2026

Good Saturday morning 🌄 the sun is shining down on us today, open 10am-NOON

10/17/2026

We are SO busy this morning

10/17/2026

Turtle cheesecake

10/16/2026

We will again have the maple cut out cookies Saturday. Another sell out last week so we made plenty 😉

10/16/2026

Menu Saturday, October 17th
Cake slices: Cannoli & Boston Cream
Turtle Cheesecake bars
Chocolate Whoopie Pies
Apple Hand Pies
Pumpkin Cream cheese halfmoons
Regular and Lemon Halfmoons
Sausage/Cheese bread slices
Assorted Cupcakes, Brownies
Donuts: Maple Glazed Pumpkin, Boston Cream, DF Headlights, Peanut, Apple C***r
Mini Cakes: Hostess chocolate, Cannoli cream, Vanilla Bean
Take & Bake Cinnamon Rolls
Fresh Batch of our delicious Chicken Pot Pies in Refrigerated case
Cookies: DF Toll house, DF Peanut Butter, Molasses, Choc Fudge
DF Italian Bread loaves
Garlic Rolls
Sub Rolls
Muffins: Cinnamon Roll, Lemon Poppy, Blueberry, Triple Berry, Pumpkin Walnut, Cookie Butter
Lemon Crumb Cakes
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip mini loaves
Apple Cinnamon Coffee Cake mini loaves

And all of our regular goodies. Bundle up and come and see us. It's going to be a cold one! We will try to get set up early and unlock the doors so no one has to wait outside in line. Once we're set, we're open. Thanks for your patience each week. We really appreciate it.

PS - Buy extra since you'll be inside most of the day!!!!!