Gluten Free Baking

Gluten Free Chocolate Cake – in Yellow Daisy Style!

Gluten free chocolate cake MIX - can it get any easier? And thus allow me all the time I need to play with the icing and make it adorable.   Frosting/ icing is almost always gluten free whether store bought or made at home. Yesterday Emma turned 8 years old. She has always been my sunshine. Ever since she was born, she's the ... Continue reading...

Gluten Free Oatmeal Raisin Cookies – the search is over.

I have about 5 Oatmeal Raisin Cookie recipes in my recipe binder that I've tried to edit into gluten free goodness.  Frankly I just didn't think that any gluten free recipe would be as good as MINE.  But alas, I have't quite perfected that elusive chewy and crisp on the outside Oatmeal Raisin Cookie.  And after several flopped batches, I loose ... Continue reading...

Thumbprint Jam Cookies

These delicious thumbprint jam cookies are based off of the Big Red Betty Crocker cookbook.  Mine were too crumbly so I've added another egg to this recipe - let me know how they turn out! Thumbprint Jam Cookies #ratingval# from #reviews# reviews Print Recipe Type: Dessert Author: Strawberries are Gluten Free Prep ... Continue reading...

Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies

These turned out PERFECT.  The trick, as far as I'm concerned is to have little learners watching over your shoulder.  When explaining how to measure 1/2 a cup, you can't just grab the closest coffee mug and measure out about half a cup.  We got out the measuring cups (the real ones provide a great math lesson. How many 1/2 cups make a whole?) ... Continue reading...

Crumb crust & topping

The following crumb topping is absolutely diving with a middle layer of leftover cranberry sauce.   If you want an extra dash of flavor add a little cinnamon.  You can use any pie filling in the middle, frozen berries or jam. Ingredients 1/2 cup leftover Bob's Redmill Pancake mix 1/2 cup gluten free flour mix 3/4 cup brown sugar 1/2 ... Continue reading...

Two rules for converting a baking recipe to its gluten-free counterpart.

These bars look so good and will be perfect made with leftover cranberries.  When looking for recipes to make with gluten free ingredients, there are two rules of thumb: 1.  Most of the ingredients are naturally gluten free 2.  The recipe doesn't rely on the gluten-ous texture of the flours to create the texture of the whole ... Continue reading...