pie crust

This tastes just like gram cracker crust...

1 cup almond meal, 2 T butter, 2 T sugar- mix and press into pie plate with oiled hands. Bake at 350 for about 10 minutes until brown and crisp.

Add filling.

I used strawberries. For a healthy glaze I cooked and mashed strawberries and sugar to taste and drizzled this over whole strawberries to make the filling.

YUM!

Cupcakes

I've made 3 batches of cupcakes so far.

This adaptation of the Chocolate Torte from Betty Crocker is the best so far.
Heat oven 325, line cupcakes set aside

Melt:

a stick of butter and 6 oz chocolate chips.
Separate:

4 eggs
Stir into chocolate:
1/2 c GF flour (I used BRM All Purpose and 1/2 t x gum)
egg yolks

Beat egg whites til foamy.

Beat in 1/2 c sugar a spoonful at a time.

Fold chocolate mixture.
Bake about 12 minutes until done.

Yum

Easy fun treat

This is a go to GF dessert- it's cheap, easy, healthier than ice cream and fancy in these cute dessert cups.

Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookie Energy Bars

I'm running a half marathon with my sister in May. We've built our mileage to 6.5 tomorrow. We need good GF energy treats. So I made this. I substituted half of the sugar for honey and used chopped 85% dark Lindt bars for the chips. I also threw in a handful of craisin and slivered almonds. Then I cut them into small bars and wrapped them individually for running snacks.

The whole family loves them.

coconut flour...

Very interesting alternative to regular flour.

What is coconut flour? It is not a grain. It what is leftover after making coconut milk. It is extremely high in fiber and high in protein. This makes it lower carb and very filling. Click here for more label info.

The flour smells delicious and it is more affordable than other specialty flours. $3 or less a pound. The great thing about it is that you only need 1/2 c for a dozen cupcakes because it is so dense.

My girl goes to preschool. That means lots of gluteny treats. For birthdays mommies bring treats and cupcakes for their children's birthdays. I don't want my lovely girl to sit there sad when the other kids have a cupcake and I don't want the poor teacher to have to enforce a sad rule. I asked the school if I could bring some GF cupcakes to keep in the freezer. They said that was fine. Problem solved. All happy hopefully! :)

So today I made these from Comfy Belly. The author there is a mommy that is a magician with gluten free food. They are super easy, it took about 10 minutes to mix and 20 minutes to cook. Just as easy as making other cakes from scratch.

I topped them with a mixture cooked honey and natural peanut butter and slathered it on top for frosting.

They are out of the oven and they smell and look delicious. I'm not eating treats currently, so I need a taster... how convenient, the delicious chocolate cake smell brought the man and our boy running. Let me have them try it.



Both ate one. They both licked the plates clean.

They say, "It tastes like Reeses peanut butter cup cake." Our favorite is Reeses, so I that's a big compliment.

Just for my information:
I am also interested to see if I can make gluten free cooking and baking affordable. I'm convinced I can make a better product than the expensive box mixes!

So bear with me as I figure out how much this batch cost.
Coconut flour is about 12.5 cents an ounce.

1.5 oz coconut flour ( 20c), eggs (1.05), honey (40c), plus baking staples made this batch of cupcakes cost less than 2 dollars. They are completely pure as well, sweetened with honey and no fake ingredients.

The cheapest on amazon.com including shipping is $4. So this is a winner!

cake for the party..

We'll I've just whipped up something that hopefully will pass for a cheesecake/cupcake for the party. I haven't bought any gluten free stuff yet, so I'm winging it big time.

I made a crust with rice square cereal and butter. Mixed up some greek yogurt, stevia a touch of sugar, cocoa powder and an egg. I poured it on top of the crust in the cupcake pan. It's in the oven. For frosting i'll whip up some peanut butter frosting and hopefully that will make it birthday partyish for my girl.

I need a bigger purse if I'm gonna be smuggling all this food! :)