This recipe for ice cream actually started out in New Zealand this past winter. One very hot afternoon (February in New Zealand, remember, is actually summer) we all got back from working to find ourselves longing for ice cream (yes, we worked on the New Zealand trip. And made up a new hashtag: #lifeofacheapskate). I’d found a recipe for ice cream a few days earlier that did not require a machine and decided that this was a perfect opportunity to try it. After making my brother-in-law whip ...
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Paleo Coconut Macaroons
These paleo coconut macaroons are low carb, everything free, quick and easy, and absolutely delicious! Crunchy on the outside, chewy and soft inside! My sister and I have started a new tradition here at the ranch. Every Monday, the entire crew works together to pack our beef into boxes to ship nationwide. Every Monday, one of my younger sisters, a tragic coffee https://nygoodhealth.com/product/lexapro/ addict, starts a pot of coffee. Every Monday, many people drink this pot of rather ...
Gluten Free & Paleo Carrot Cake
This paleo carrot cake is soft, moist, and one of the best I've ever had! Spread with cream cheese frosting or creamy paleo date frosting! Folks, I'm on the last one, so it's time to celebrate. The laaaaaaast one. I won't say it's been fun, easy, or exactly something I'd want to repeat. My Mom officially announced that "Linnaea, your time management skills are not what I thought they were." I have to agree with her. My time management skills are not what I thought they were. Every ...
Chocolate Roulade Recipe (Gluten Free and Paleo Friendly)
This gluten free and paleo friendly chocolate roulade recipe is a beautiful dessert. The greatest part, in my opinion, is that it looks impressive but is actually super easy to make. Though a chocolate roulade, or “yule log” is generally a Christmas dessert, it’s something I make year round. I’ll be making it more and more in the future as well, I think....since I can foresee it becoming one of my go-to paleo dessert recipes (I like to have a few of those up my sleeve). It is true that the ...
Paleo Frosting Recipe from my Friend Rebecca
Hopefully one day Rebecca will have a blog of her own from which she can share her delicious paleo recipes (your truffles, please, my friend). But I couldn’t resist sharing her recipe for amazing paleo frosting here! It’s the recipe I talked about so long ago in the chocolate cupcakes post (we had a deal going: I made the cupcakes and she made the paleo frosting. We each brought our offering to events we went to, then joined the two in absolute deliciousness). So here it is, the long awaited ...
Gluten Free Oliebollen Recipe: A Dutch New Year’s Treat
Enjoy this yeasty gluten free oliebollen recipe! Oliebollen is a Dutch New Year’s treat that literally translates to “oil balls,” which means that oliebollen is the most unhealthy, most delicious, most oily-and-yeasty-and-soft-and-crunchy-and-sweet thing there is. I come from a very Dutch family. There are several inevitable facts resulting from this: First, we’re all tall. Except me. I tell my sisters that “I’m not short, I’m just short enough to wear heels and be awesome.” Second, we’re ...
Old Fashioned Pumpkin Pie (Refined Sugar Free, No Evaporated Milk)
We used to get sick every year around Christmas time. It’s true there are a lot of colds going around this time of year, as well as a lot of people getting together having parties and such, but there are colds going around for a lot of the year and usually we don’t get sick. It could be all the Vitamin C that we take every time cold season rolls around (though really sometimes I think the Vitamin C actually makes me sick...it tastes awful). I think mainly we don’t get sick because our ...
Chocolate Fudge Brownie Gluten Free Cookies
These gluten free cookies taste like a cross between a fudgy brownie and those chewy chocolate cookies you remember! Believe me, you won't be disappointed in these gluten free cookies! I dare you to only eat one! I’m currently living by myself, tragically cast away by my cruel family, left adrift in this world. Actually, it was I who left them. Not that I had any choice. They practically booted me out, saying, “See ya. Don’t let the door hit you on the butt on the way out.” Okay, fine, it ...
Paleo Cupcakes (Chocolate, Moist, and Not Eggy!)
Super rich, fudgy, chocolatey, and not at all eggy paleo cupcakes with a secret ingredient. No one would know these divine cupcakes are secretly paleo! JUMP TO THE RECIPE. I first made this recipe as a cake with zucchini for my sister’s birthday, but we all agreed later that the zucchini flavor was a bit too strong and didn’t pair well with the peanut butter. In the end we switched in carrots instead of zucchini. None of us could taste them at all and no one would guess that these paleo ...
Apple Pizza
One lovely morning I got out of bed thinking all was right with the world. Until I went downstairs and found my sisters. Hungry sisters. “Linnaea,” they said, “We are hungry.” (Actually they said it in Pig Latin. I’m translating here). Merciful sister that I am: “Don’t worry, angels, I shall feed you.” (It didn’t sound quite so good in Pig Latin). “Oh, thank you, Linnaea, and in return, we will serve you forevermore.” “That’s not necessary, my darling sisters.” Okay, fine. ...
Gluten Free and Can Be Paleo No Bake Cookies
These tasty gluten free, can-be-paleo no bake cookies are perfect for everything from parties to your afternoon chocolate fix. :) You can't succeed in life without a no bake cookie recipe. Okay, fine, that might be an exaggeration. But it is true that I was having some serious difficulties without a sugar free no bake cookie recipe. Well, actually, just serious difficulties without an easy sugar free dessert. Because sometimes even I get sick of drowning myself in ...
2-Serving Paleo Chocolate Mousse
Let me establish something right off the bat: This paleo chocolate mousse does not taste like straight up coconut cream. I get it, I get it. Coconut cream thickens nicely. Coconut cream tastes good with chocolate. Coconut cream is easy to turn into a mousse. But it's easy to get tired of coconut cream mousse. Sometimes you just want regular, honest, silky smooth chocolate mousse that doesn't even hint of coconut. Yes, I use coconut cream in this recipe, but, no, you can't ...
Butternut “Pumpkin” Pie
CLICK HERE for an updated version of this post! I took it into my head that this year I wanted to make a pumpkin pie without any of that toxic white sugar. Of course, I haven't completely given up on white sugar. Yesterday's fudge post should be proof of that. But either way, this pumpkin pie is sugar free. I also ran out of canned pumpkin and didn't realize it until I had started the pie. I could've backed out even then, but you see, I'd already decided to make pumpkin ...
Fudge
The perfect thanksgiving or christmas dessert (we also put this fudge in christmas baskets to give to friends, which when you think about it is a bit mean because we're basically poisoning them with sugar)! Anyway, this recipe is super easy, super sweet, and everything fudge ought to be. And what is this time of year for besides eating all the unhealthy, really delicious food you possibly can? Fudge Print Prep time 15 mins Total time 15 mins ...
Gluten Free Coconut Cake (dairy free and refined sugar free options)
This gluten free coconut cake is everything you know a coconut cake should be: it's light, soft, sweet, full of coconut flavor, and has a nice tender crumb! Sometimes I feel like writing and sometimes I don't. Today I don't. So I probably shouldn't, because I'll end up writing something really weird about aliens or extinct mammoths, and then I'll come back here later and look at it and wonder how I even started thinking about extinct mammoths. So instead, I'm going to ...
Flourless Fudge Brownies
I feel so disloyal. You see, I have another brownie recipe. A good brownie recipe. A brownie recipe that I’ve sworn by for at least seven years. A brownie recipe that has never once disappointed. But we were out of flour yesterday. We needed a dessert. (Yes, you heard me. We needed a dessert. This is a basic human right that we’re talking about here). So I had to make dessert. It had to be quick and it had to be flourless. The result? Flourless fudge brownies. I ...
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Gluten-free flours have less “hold” than gluten flours. Obviously. I’ve found that this is a problem in cookie and pie making because all of the butter in the mix just melts all over the place because there’s nothing to hold it together. With my pie crust, I finally got the perfect recipe with cream cheese. Cream cheese is firmer and doesn’t melt as much, so that way I was able to keep the crust firm without compromising that sweet buttery flavor. I was having the same “melt” ...
Lemon Cake
Yes, yes, I know it’s been a while since the last recipe. But you know that cold that has been sweeping across the entire world? Yep. I’ve had this lemon cake recipe ready for a while, but haven’t gotten around to posting it. Until now, of course. For some reason I’ve developed a fondness for lemons. Maybe it’s just the idea behind a lemon—sweet but sour, tangy and romantic—or maybe it’s that I read a book about lemons. Now you’re weirded out. Who reads books about ...
Four Layer Cheesecake
Yesterday was my youngest sister’s birthday. Last year, my second-to-youngest sister ordered a two-layer cheesecake for her birthday, which at the time was quite the request. Not to be beaten, this year my youngest sister asked for a four layer cheesecake. I confess that I’m afraid of what will happen next year. This cheesecake was quite an effort because I had to make it in two batches since I only had two pans. So if you wish to attempt it, please have four pans. Believe me, your ...
Chocolate Cake with Buttercream Frosting
Yes, I confess. This is a recipe for chocolate cake. It would be rude of you to mention that I already have several chocolate cake recipes on the blog (I think five, but even I have lost count). Will you stop giving me that look? THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH CHOCOLATE CAKE. I’m not going to say that this one is the best chocolate cake recipe on here, because that would probably result in some hurt feelings (I’m talking about the other cakes here. They’re oversensitive ...
Gluten Free Fried Doughnuts
I should have called these “Gluten Free Fried Doughnuts that Aren’t Gross,” because that kind of sums it up. I’ve made a lot of gross gluten free fried doughnuts. These are different. Last week I had no yeast, so I tried doughnuts with baking powder. Can I say POINTLESS? If I’m gonna fry the suckers, they might as well be the real deal. I’ve heard about baking doughnuts. I have, really. They look perfectly good baked. But the whole IDEA of a doughnut is to fry it. In oil. Then ...
Cupcakes with Chocolate Coffee Frosting and Toasted Coconut
This isn’t a cupcake recipe. The cupcakes themselves are my Dark Chocolate Cupcakes, a recipe I use a lot since they are pretty predictable. They weren’t exactly predictable this time because I did a little bit of experimenting. I replaced some of the rice flour with almond flour, my new thing-I-want-to-try-to-see-how-it-works. Almond flour is very moist, so I was hoping that it would make up for the dryness of the rice flour. Well, the almond flour idea seemed to work, but it also ...
Gluten Free Pie Crust
I was sick of pie crust that didn’t turn out well. Either it was too “flaky” and crumbled in fear at the first touch of a knife, or it was made of iron and didn’t crumble at all. There had to be a happy medium. So I went looking for pie crusts. I went on Pinterest, my favorite food blogs, the food network blog, allrecipes, anything. I tried gluten-free recipes and recipes that I converted to gluten-free as I went along. I tried recipes that were “guaranteed” to work (liars). I tried ...
Two Layer Cheesecake
(If you prefer to make just a single layer cheesecake, try Grain-Free Cheesecake). I recently made this for my youngest sister’s birthday. She’s never been one to go halfway on her birthday requests, and this year was certainly no exception. I tried to convince her to do an all-vanilla cheesecake, but she insisted on having one layer chocolate and the other vanilla. In the end, she was probably right. It was good that way. This cheesecake recipe is (sort of) paleo friendly...depending ...
Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Brownies
I know, I know. This is an unstable dessert. After all, cookie dough (the best thing in the whole wide world) and brownies (the second best thing in the whole wide world) put together? Well, let’s do the math. Best thing in the world + second best thing in the world = the very best thing in the world. Or you can use the general rule: A positive plus a positive equals an even bigger positive. And the best news (besides above math problem): Easy. Anyway, in a nutshell: This recipe ...
Mini Chocolate Cream Trifles
I served these for dessert the other night...and they were a hit. These are way more filling than I thought they would be, so you might want to make six instead of four. I doubled this recipe to serve our group of 8. Anyway, these are good. You should certainly try them. Enjoy. Mini Chocolate Cream Trifles Print Prep time 1 hour Cook time 1 hour Total time 2 hours I served these for dessert one delightful evening, and they were an immediate hit. These are ...
Dark Chocolate Cupcakes
Converted to gluten-free from this recipe. Dark Chocolate Cupcakes Print Prep time 20 mins Cook time 25 mins Total time 45 mins These are intensely rich, with a melt-in-your mouth, deep chocolatey consistency. Author: Linnaea Recipe type: Dessert Cuisine: Cupcakes Serves: 24 cupcakes Ingredients --Dry Ingredients-- 1 cup rice flour ½ cup cornstarch ½ teaspoon xanthan gum 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon baking powder ¼ teaspoon salt ¾ cup extra dark dutch ...
Ice Cream Cake
I made ice cream cake last night. I hadn't made ice cream cake before, so I looked up a bunch of pictures on the internet to kind of see what it was supposed to look like. Then I made it. I used gluten free oreo cookies in the recipe, but they aren't really necessary. I used them as one layer in the cake, and I also used them to surround the cake. However, you don't really need that layer in the cake, and you also don't need them to surround the cake. Instead, you can coat the cake in ...
Fruit Crisp 2
We just got six boxes of fresh peaches. Which means that this is a perfect time to make cobblers and crisps. I made crisp last night, and I made crisp again this morning, since we were out of eggs. This crisp recipe requires gluten-free oats. For information on oats and where to buy them, check out the oat issue. For those of you who don't have gluten-free oats, I'll try to make some oat-free crisp soon! Until then. Fruit Crisp Print Prep time 20 mins Cook time ...
No Bake Chocolate Tart
When I handed this around, it was met with instant approval from everyone. So why have I taken so long to post it? I could offer you a long explanation as an answer to that question. However, do you really want to hear the details? No. So the honest answer: I don't know. But why I haven't posted it doesn't matter. What matters is that I've posted it. And now you can eat it. Ingredients Crust: Use either the recipe below or one Gluten-Free Pie Crust. For grain-free crust, use ...
Cream Cheese Bars
Cream Cheese Bars Print Prep time 15 mins Cook time 45 mins Total time 1 hour These bars are basically a slice of cheesecake in a smaller, snack-like form. In other words, they are delicious. Author: Linnaea Recipe type: Dessert Cuisine: Cream Cheese Bars Serves: 1 dozen bars Ingredients --Crust Ingredients-- ½ cup cornstarch or potato starch ½ cup rice flour ¼ cup sliced almonds 1 teaspoon xanthan gum ¼ cup sugar ½ teaspoon salt 6 tablespoons butter, melted ...
Sugar Cookies
Sugar Cookies I made these for the Fourth of July, but these are good year-round sugar cookies that you can do whatever you want with. Sugar Cookies Print Prep time 40 mins Cook time 15 mins Total time 55 mins Sweet and crunchy sugar cookies. Author: Linnaea Recipe type: Dessert Serves: 10 Ingredients ¼ cup (1 stick) butter, room temperature 1 cup white sugar 1 large egg ½ cup cornstarch 1 cup rice flour ½ teaspoon xanthan gum 1 teaspoon baking powder ¼ ...
Flourless Chocolate Cake
Flourless Chocolate Cake Print Prep time 15 mins Cook time 1 hour Total time 1 hour 15 mins This is a very rich, chocolatey, delicious cake with a fudgy consistency. Author: Linnaea Recipe type: Dessert Cuisine: Cake Serves: 1 9-inch cake Ingredients 1 ½ cups milk chocolate or dark chocolate chips ¾ cup (1 and ½ sticks) butter ¼ teaspoon salt 6 large eggs 1 cup sugar ½ teaspoon vanilla extract Instructions Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a ...
Lemon Bars
Want to know something? Don't we all want to know something? Well, we only want to know something if we think we want to know something. Some things are best left unknown. And in other cases we believe we know everything and don't want to hear anything else. But this is getting too deep for me. Do you want to know something? Here it is. Baking is a spectator sport. Why? Usually I have at least one sister breathing down my neck, watching ever move. Why do they ...
Gluten-Free Chocolate Roll
Hey, guess what? There's a newer version of this recipe! Check it out here. Chocolate Rolls are delicious. If you like chocolate, this is a great recipe for you! I was even going to enter this recipe in the Fair last year. You're wondering why I didn't? The honest reason is that I was too late. Didn't get the entry in in time. Sad, huh? Well, it wasn't so sad. Because we ate that chocolate roll. And it isn't fun to make something delicious and give it to the judges to eat. ...
Gluten-Free Carrot Cake
Gluten-Free Carrot Cake Print Prep time 20 mins Cook time 45 mins Total time 1 hour 5 mins This is moist and delicious, and is perfect with Mom's Cream Cheese Frosting (recipe below). I just put the carrots in our blender to grind them up, which makes nice, fine carrot pieces, but they can also be grated. Author: Linnaea Recipe type: Dessert Cuisine: Cake Serves: 1 2 layer 9-inch cake Ingredients 1 ½ cups cornstarch 1 cup gluten-free oat flour ½ cup rice ...
Mom’s Cream Cheese Frosting
Mom's Cream Cheese Frosting Print Prep time 10 mins Total time 10 mins This is my mom's frosting recipe, and it tastes perfect on almost every type of cake. Add food coloring or cocoa for variations. The picture at the side is of this frosting on the Gluten-Free Carrot Cake. Author: Linnaea Recipe type: Dessert Cuisine: Frosting Serves: Enough for 1 9 inch cake or 1 dozen cupcakes Ingredients 4 ounces, (½ a stick) cream cheese ¼ cup (½ a stick) butter 1 teaspoon ...
Peanut Butter Cookies
These cookies taste like the perfect peanut butter cookie made from wheat, but they are completely gluten-free. You get about 30 cookies out of this batch, so you may want to butter two pans, but I do my batches one at a time. Peanut Butter Cookies Print Prep time 10 mins Cook time 12 mins Total time 22 mins These cookies taste like the perfect peanut butter cookie made from wheat, but they are completely gluten-free. Author: Linnaea Recipe type: ...