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 ...
Chocolate Nut Crumbles
This is a great five-minute snack. It's really good and chocolatey, plus high in protein! You can add chocolate chips for extra deliciousness! Time: 5 minutes Serves: 1, or 2 if you're feeling generous (which I'm usually not) Ingredients ¼ cup almonds and/or pecans ¼ cup currants and/or raisins 1 tablespoon cocoa 2 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional) 1 big tablespoon peanut butter Blend all the ingredients except the peanut butter together with your ...
Cinnamon Raisin Bread 2
My other cinnamon raisin bread recipe requires a bread-maker. This one, however, can be made without. And it is just as yummy and easy. Serves: 6, 2 slices each Time: Active, 30 minutes, Inactive, 1 hr 30 minutes. Yeast Ingredients: 1 cup warm water 2 tablespoons yeast 2 tablespoons sugar Dry Ingredients: 1 ¾ cup rice flour, plus ½ cup more to be added later ¾ cup cornstarch (or a half and half potato/tapioca starch blend), plus ¼ cup more to be added ...
Yeasty Cinnamon Pull-Apart Bread
This bread is soft, yummy, and delicious. It tastes like cinnamon rolls, except it is a much easier, quicker version. You can eat this for breakfast or dessert. Yeasty Cinnamon Pull-Apart Bread Print Prep time 30 mins Cook time 1 hour Total time 1 hour 30 mins Serves: 1 loaf Ingredients -Yeast Ingredients- 1 cup warm water 2 tablespoons yeast 2 tablespoons sugar -Dry Ingredients- 1 ¾ cup rice flour, plus ½ cup more to be added later ¾ cup ...
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 ...
Gluten-Free “Rye” Bread
Honestly, I hardly remember what rye bread tastes like. So I kind of went by feel here. This bread has a very deep, gourmet flavor. I hope that's what you're looking for. If you end up making this bread, please tell me what you think! Ingredients: Yeast Ingredients: 1 cup warm water 2 tablespoons yeast 2 tablespoons sugar Dry Ingredients: ¾ cup brown rice flour ½ cup teff flour, plus another 5 tablespoons ¼ cup corn flour (or rice flour if you have ...
Chocolate Caramel Lava Cakes
So, um, is the title ringing any bells with you? Maybe telling you something (hint: There are no hidden philosophical meanings)? How about: “This is probably delicious.” You're probably right. Of course, you might not be able to finish it. It's very rich. When I say rich, do you picture a chocolate fudginess melting in your mouth? Well, you should. Serves: 4 Time: 30 minutes, counting 15-17 minutes cooking time. Ingredients: The Lava 4 tablespoons ...
Extra Fluffy Pancakes
I've made at least four different recipes for pancakes now. Extra thick and fluffy ones (at least ¾ of an inch thick), Medium thick and fluffy (about ½ an inch thick), extra dark outside medium thick and fluffy, and then these. These ones are only about ¼ of an inch thick. But they are very light and fluffy on the inside, with a nice soft brown outside. When I picked one up to put it on a plate, I was surprised by how little it weighed. That can only mean one thing: There is a lot of ...
Gluten Free Multigrain Rolls/Bread
When I made this recipe as rolls, it doubled in size. Same thing for the bread (the bread was on the verge of overflowing). This bread has a melt-in-your mouth, soft consistency. When I was just eating this, I suddenly stopped mid-chew. I remembered that flavor, that consistency... It took me a second to bring it back. Then I remembered a bread a friend of ours used to make. There was always plenty of it, which was good, because we couldn't get enough of it. When we started eating ...
Chocolate Crepe Cake
Total Time: 1 1/2 hours Serves: 10 This was a project to make. But is it worth it? To the people who ate it, who didn't do all the work, yes, it was certainly worth it. But it was fun to make, even if it took me a while. It took me twice as long because I took so many pictures, but I like taking pictures. Especially since the chocolatey goodness turned out so nice in the pictures. You can almost taste it. But not quite. So you might ...
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 ...
Peanut Butter Pecan Bites
Most pecan bite recipes require a cracker or something for the base. But gluten-free crackers are expensive. And anyway, I prefer to bake from scratch. However, if you want to use a cracker, no one's stopping you. Unfortunately, this recipe doesn't quite make the cut for 5 minutes. It took me just a little under 10 minutes to make. But still, a chocolatey pecan bite is only ten minutes away. Makes about eight bites. Ingredients Peanut Butter Layer: ¼ cup peanut butter ¼ ...
Blueberry Muffins
You wouldn't think that developing a blueberry muffin recipe should be hard. But it was. I had to make lots of blueberry muffins. Not that my sisters minded. I have another blueberry muffin recipe, but it wasn't as good as I wanted it to be. So consider this an update. A blueberry muffin update. A little bit of cornmeal, I found, makes a difference. And a good thick batter. Otherwise they'll turn out limp and dry. This makes 12 muffins. I doubled the recipe to make 24, so that ...
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 ...
No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars
Girls are known for their love for chocolate. Well, hopefully that's not the only thing we're known for. But anyway, these bars are chocolatey and super-easy to make. They take under five minutes to prepare. When I first made these bars, everyone enjoyed them. And therefore I was doomed to a life of making homemade chocolate peanut butter bars. I've told them that I can teach them how to make these bars. In fact, that's part of the reason I'm writing a recipe. So I can put ...
Hamburger Buns
These are good. And you don't need a bread-maker to make them. These can also be used as just plain dinner rolls, just don't make them quite as big. I made these for a gathering with friends yesterday, then put them in the oven to rise. As it turned out, they only got to rise for five minutes before I had to turn the oven on to get them cooked fast. Surprisingly, they still rose very well. If you don't have time to give them 30 minutes to rise, just start cooking them. You won't get as much ...
Fruit Crisp
I made this with apricots and blueberries the other day. You can also make it with peaches, pitted cherries, strawberries and rhubarb, or apples. Either way, it's yummy. Note: Oats. I use Quaker oats and they don't affect us. Here's an article on that. The article also lists online stores where you can buy guaranteed gluten-free oats. Note 2: You can make a breakfast-y crisp using only ¼ cup brown sugar. If you want more of a dessert crisp, use ¾ cup brown ...
Sandwich Bread
For quite some time I have been meaning to make a bread that did not require a bread maker. This one came out blog-worthy and delicious: A soft and light sandwich bread that is not at all dry or crumbly. The reason that this would make a good sandwich bread is because, as shown in the below picture, it slices very thin. However, in order to get nice, clean thin slices, cool for at least 15 minutes before cutting. Sandwich Bread Print Prep time 20 mins Cook time 1 ...
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 ...
Cinnamon Nut Muffins
I felt guilty today because I hadn't made up a recipe for almost a week. I've made two recipes from other blogs in the past week for my Mom's birthday, however. One of them, some delicious grain-free gluten-free dairy-free almond flour muffins. I'll be making them again since my Mom doesn't eat grains or dairy. I got that recipe from The Roost Blog. You should look it up...It's a beautiful blog. I also made a chocolate avocado mousse. Which was less of a success, because everybody could ...
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 ...
Chocolate Popsicles
Sometimes, it amazes me how little people really know about eating gluten-free. Yesterday, my sister was at a two-day horse camp. They tried to help her. They really did. While everybody else ordered pizza, they ordered a salad for her, with some nice wheat bread-sticks on top of it. Bread sticks contain gluten?! Yes, it's shocking. A couple years ago I was at a hospital. I broke my finger in an accident. It happens. So after staying overnight at the hospital, even though hospital ...
Gluten Free Pancake and Waffle Tips
PANCAKE AND WAFFLE TIPS Mostly, these are tips on how to make my pancakes and waffles. Other people have different tricks and ideas as well as different recipes. Pancakes: 1.)Don't second guess the recipe. I made my fluffy gluten-free pancakes/waffles the first time, and they were perfect. I posted them to the blog. The second time, I looked at the wet vs. dry and said, “There's too much wet! I'll put a little less in.” Disaster. Put in the measurements the recipe calls for on your first ...
Gluten Free Oreo Cookies
As I said I might, in the Peppermint Glaze post, I made Oreo cookies today. Sadly, they don't have the cool Oreo cookie stamp on them. Sigh. But other than that, they are real life, through-and-through Oreo cookies. The minute I tasted them, I remembered eating Oreo cookies and fighting over them with a bunch of other five year-olds. Happy memories, right? The funny thing about this recipe is that it has had many adaptions. I got it as a gluten recipe off of another site. That ...
Two Ingredient Glaze
Glaze Print Prep time 5 mins Total time 5 mins Author: Linnaea Recipe type: Glaze Ingredients 3 tablespoons milk 1 cup (approximately) powdered sugar Instructions Whisk well until fully blended. Dip a spoon in and try 'drizzling' the glaze back into the bowl. If the glaze is runny enough to drizzle but still smooth, it is just right. If it seems a little too runny, add more powdered sugar. 3.2.1311 ...
Peppermint Glaze
Sweet glaze with a bite of peppermint. Peppermint Glaze Print Prep time 10 mins Total time 10 mins Peppermint glaze 3 tablespoons milk 1 cup (approximately) powdered sugar ½ teaspoon or 1 teaspoon strong peppermints Author: Linnaea Recipe type: Glaze Ingredients 3 tablespoons milk 1 cup (approximately) powdered sugar ½ teaspoon peppermint extract Instructions Whisk together the ingredients until combined. 3.2.1311 ...
Grain Free, Dairy Free Granola
This recipe is dairy free and grain free. If you wish to make molasses granola, use 1 teaspoon of molasses to replace the cinnamon and cloves. Oh, and you could make a much nicer looking granola than the one above. The truth about this one: I burned it. Yes. I burn things. I sort of have this problem where I get engrossed in a book and forget that I am making granola. And this book happened to be one of those fast-pace adventure novels where there's danger at every turn and the ...
Oat Free Granola
This recipe is perfect for you if you can't eat oats. If you would like to make a molasses granola, replace the cinnamon with two tablespoons of molasses. 1 cup rice flour ½ cup cornstarch ¼ teaspoon xanthan gum 2 tablespoons sugar ¼ teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon cinnamon. 3/8 cup (¾ of a stick) butter 1 egg 2 tablespoons honey 1 cup various nuts 1 cup raisins and/or craisins Grease a large cookie sheet with butter. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees ...
Gluten Free Crêpes
After an unsuccessful attempt, these have come out blog-worthy. My nine year old little sister, when I asked her this morning what she thought of them, said: “Goob!” Her mouth was full, and she couldn't say anything better, but I figured that was enough. So here is the crepe recipe. I'll really have to attempt the doughnuts again this week, but unfortunately I might not find time. We are now entering a very busy summer. My sisters and I will probably be in the saddle about ...
The Oat Issue
The Question Is, “Do oats contain gluten or don’t they?” Oats do NOT contain gluten. However, they CAN be contaminated, because often oats are processed in facilities that process wheat, rye, and barley. A very small percentage of celiacs also react to the protein found in oats, even though oats don’t contain gluten. Expensive though they may be, you can buy certified gluten-free oats from these producers: Bob’s Red Mill www.bobsredmill.com Cream Hill ...
Grain Free, Dairy Free Pizza
I made this pizza and the Grain Free Cheesecake for my sister's eighteenth birthday. My Mom doesn't eat dairy, and my Dad doesn't eat grains or sugar, so it doesn't have anything in it. Since I couldn't find a recipe for a grain free yeast pizza crust online, I made my own. It rose really well and resulted in a great meal. Note: Cook this pizza crust slightly longer than you would cook your average pizza crust; the almond flour takes some time to cook through all the way. Note 2: ...
Easy French Toast
This is an old classic, and you can have it again gluten-free! I usually make two breads ahead of time, but for a smaller family, only one bread is necessary. You'll probably even have something left over. You can use pretty much any basic sandwich bread recipe (or store-bought gf bread). I use my Gluten-free Easy Bread Maker Bread. INGREDIENTS 3 cups milk 2 eggs ½ teaspoon salt 1 loaf gluten-free bread Heat a griddle or frying-pan and grease well with butter. ...
Grain Free Cheesecake
You’ll need softened (room temperature) cream cheese in this recipe. If you don’t have enough time for it to get soft, you can soften it in a Double Boiler. This can be a chocolate cheesecake as well as a regular one, simply add 1 tablespoon cocoa powder. I have a grain-free adaption on the other cheesecake recipe, but I figured I'd go all out and just post a new recipe. This is also sugar free, containing only a little bit of honey. Almond crust: 2 cups sliced almonds ½ cup butter, ...
How to Proof Yeast
Five easy steps for proofing yeast. 1. Put the warm water, warm milk, or whatever the recipe says to use when proofing the yeast into a bowl. 2. Add the sugar and the yeast, and stir until combined. 3. Place the bowl in a warm, draft-free location and let set for about fifteen minutes. I use my oven for this by turning it to WARM ten minutes ahead of time, then 2 minutes before I put the yeast in, I turn the oven off. 4. When the yeast is foamy and has risen 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch, it is ...
Chocolate Chip Granola Bars
Why haven't I posted one of my illogical patterns of thought before a recipe lately? Because I only think illogically sometimes. And when the illogical spirit is not on me, I have no choice but to post the recipe without. I know, I know. Poor logic really adds to the recipe. Unfortunately, It's easiest to write illogically. If I write about nothing, I have a better chance of writing something. Whereas, if I write about something, I will most likely get nothing. It's ...
Yeast Muffins
This morning for breakfast, I made these little yeast muffins. I downsized this batch for the blog, but originally it made twelve instead of six. That still wasn't enough. I had to make a few pancakes before they were completely satisfied. These are light and fluffy. We filled them with butter, honey, and raspberry jam. I found these are easiest made with the bread-maker. However, you can make it without the bread-maker. If you make it with the bread-maker, it will be done an hour and a ...
Cinnamon Raisin Yeast Bread
I love what my bread-maker can do for me. I mean, it may be lacking in many places, but it still does the job. When it feels like it, that is. The bread-maker I use is about ten years old. And, poor thing, its age is starting to show. The problems started a few months ago when I plugged in the bread maker only to have it start beeping in a panicked way. Then the numbers went backwards. This problem can be fixed, I found, by turning the bread-maker on and off several times. If this ...
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 Fruit Cobbler
I hadn't made a cobbler for months when my little sister came up with the idea. You might consider her the 'second baker' in the family. She likes to help me bake things now and then. She especially likes baking something all by herself. She likes to get the credit. You might say she's in it for the fame. And so she wanted cobbler. She wouldn't leave me alone. What could I say? She cut the apples last night, mixing them with lemon juice while everyone watched (my sisters like to hang ...