Strawberries are Gluten Free » Gluten Free Desserts https://strawberriesareglutenfree.com Recipes from our Kitchen, Tales from Richmond Sat, 16 Mar 2013 04:56:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.13 Frozen Peanut Butter Banana Chocolate Bites https://strawberriesareglutenfree.com/2012/04/frozen-peanut-butter-banana-chocolate-bites/ https://strawberriesareglutenfree.com/2012/04/frozen-peanut-butter-banana-chocolate-bites/#respond Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:13:32 +0000 https://strawberriesareglutenfree.com/?p=1982 I couldn’t think of a better name.  PB-Ba-Cho Bites?

Anyhow, I thought I read this somewhere in a new cookbook I have to review, but I can’t find it ANYWHERE, in that cookbook or anywhere else, but I’m pretty sure in my skimming, and reading last chapters, and flipping pages of magazines, I saw this somewhere.

And I tried it.  Frozen banana is amazingly smooth and creamy and YUMMY.

And those may or may not be my teeth marks.

 

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Frozen Peanut Butter Banana Chocolate Bites

Yield: 18 pieces

Frozen Peanut Butter Banana Chocolate Bites

Ingredients

  • 3 bananas, cut into 6 chunks each
  • 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 2 Tbsp margarine
  • 1/3 cup smooth peanut butter

Instructions

  1. Heat chocolate chips & margarine in microwave. Stirring every 15 seconds until smooth.
  2. Cover a baking sheet with a sheet of tin foil.
  3. Layer on tin foil: 1/2 tsp chocolate, banana chunk, 1/2 tsp of peanut butter (I totally didn't measure).
  4. Drizzle chocolate on banana and smear it around the sides.
  5. Freeze for 30 minutes or so.

Fun with the kids. Easy & delicious!

]]> https://strawberriesareglutenfree.com/2012/04/frozen-peanut-butter-banana-chocolate-bites/feed/ 0 Gluten Free Oatmeal Raisin Cookies – the search is over. https://strawberriesareglutenfree.com/2012/03/gluten-free-oatmeal-raisin-cookies-the-search-is-over/ https://strawberriesareglutenfree.com/2012/03/gluten-free-oatmeal-raisin-cookies-the-search-is-over/#comments Sun, 18 Mar 2012 23:55:21 +0000 https://strawberriesareglutenfree.com/?p=1865

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 my motivation to keep wasting expensive gluten free oats!  Today Mike isn’t feeling well, and Oatmeal Raisin Cookies are his favorite, so I gave in, and searched for a GF recipe.  I’ve actually tried a couple GF oatmeal raising cookie recipes from my cookbooks but I haven’t had any that are truly blog-worthy.

UNTIL NOW

Here’s the recipe from Girl Cooks World, modified to use margarine instead of butter & shortening.

 

ENJOY!

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Gluten Free Oatmeal Raisin Cookies – the search is over.

Ingredients

  • * 1 cup margarine
  • * 1 cup brown sugar
  • * 1 cup sugar
  • * 2 large eggs
  • * 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • * 2 cup flour blend
  • * 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • * 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • * 3/4 teaspoon xanthan gum
  • * 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • * 2 1/4 cups gluten-free oats
  • * 1 1/4 cup raisins

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a cookie sheet or line with a Silpat baking mat.
  2. Beat butter, shortening and sugars until well combined. Add the eggs and vanilla extract and mix until smooth. Add the flour blend, baking powder, baking soda, xanthan gum and salt and mix until thoroughly combined. Add the oats and raisins and stir until well incorporated.
  3. Drop heaping teaspoons into the prepared baking sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until the edges turn a light golden brown. Remove to a wire rack to cool completely.

]]> https://strawberriesareglutenfree.com/2012/03/gluten-free-oatmeal-raisin-cookies-the-search-is-over/feed/ 3 Pink CHEERIOS (or GF Round Cereal!) https://strawberriesareglutenfree.com/2012/02/pink-cheerios-or-gf-round-cereal/ https://strawberriesareglutenfree.com/2012/02/pink-cheerios-or-gf-round-cereal/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:06:59 +0000 https://strawberriesareglutenfree.com/?p=1841 This morning I was scouring my cupboards for something to go with PINK SUGAR to send to school with the girls.  I mean, its Valentine’s Day – who doesn’t send their kids to school with pink sugar?  The fastest/easiest is actually candied almonds, but we can’t send nuts to school for obvious reasons.  Then it hit me – Cheerios!!  How brilliant am I  is this?

You’ll need about 2 Tbsp pink sugar (or just put dye & sugar in a bag and squish)

and a cup or so of cheerios – honestly, I didn’t measure!

Heat on High until sugar starts to melt.

It will burn quickly.

So stir like the wind, darling.

Remove from heat.

Put in bags. 

Cool.

Put in bags.

Imagine these are NOT looking yellow, k?

Final result, minus the melted baggies.

]]> https://strawberriesareglutenfree.com/2012/02/pink-cheerios-or-gf-round-cereal/feed/ 2 Let me introduce you to Puppy Chow! https://strawberriesareglutenfree.com/2011/12/let-me-introduce-you-to-puppy-chow/ https://strawberriesareglutenfree.com/2011/12/let-me-introduce-you-to-puppy-chow/#respond Sun, 25 Dec 2011 05:57:51 +0000 https://strawberriesareglutenfree.com/?p=1784 Apparently I’m the last one to know that puppy chow isn’t just puppy chow.  It’s Puppy Chow.   I had thought my facebook friends just weren’t that civilized until I stumbled on this tonight.  And can I just say – it needs a better name!! YUMMY!

Puppy Chow
Recipe Type: Snack, Dessert
Author: LifeMadeDelicious – Sherry Bass
Prep time: 20 mins
Cook time: 1 min
Total time: 21 mins
Serves: 20
Sherry Bass shared this on facebook (Sherry’s profile: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=595200936)
Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup peanut butter
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1 cup chocolate chips
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 9 cups chex cereal
  • 2 cups powdered sugar (confectioner’s sugar)
Instructions
  1. Combine peanut butter, butter and chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl.
  2. Microwave for one minute then stir to blend all ingredients thoroughly. Add 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Stir well.
  3. Place the 9 cups of Chex cereal in a very large bowl.
  4. Pour the peanut butter-chocolate mixture over the cereal and toss evenly, making sure all the cereal gets a good covering.
  5. Place the powdered sugar in a large zip-lock type plastic bag.
  6. Add the peanut butter-chocolate cereal mixture to the bag, leaving enough room for the puppy chow to be shaken (you may have to divide the mixture into smaller batches, coating one batch at a time).
  7. Shake the bag vigorously to evenly coat each piece of the puppy chow with powdered sugar.
  8. Once the mixture is fully coated, place in a large serving bowl.
  9. Coat any additional pieces by shaking the mixture in the powdered sugar filled bag. Add powdered sugar to the bag as needed until all the mixture is coated.

 

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