Coconut Flour

Yesterday I was looking thru my coconut flour cookbook to try something new. I was actually looking for a cookie or something sweet as thats what I think of with coconut. I was reading thru the bread section and ran across a recipe for Garlic Cheese Biscuits. I had all of the ingredients except onion powder so I decided to try them. I thought it wasn't very much flour for biscuits but wow they were wonderful. I added some parsley to them for color. I really need to start taking pictures for the blog.

I will post the recipe later. But they were moist and didn't taste coconutty like I thought they might. So good I had to make a double batch. The recipe made 6 even though it said 8. I also thought of making them bigger I have a hamburger bun pan coming I bought on ebay and I think it will work for sandwich buns. They were moist and tasted better than the ones from Red Lobster and super easy to make. I didn't sift the flour like it said to I forgot my grandmas sifter mostly used for powdered sugar more than likely has flour in it. So I took a fork and fluffed out so it wouldnt clump.

The Recipe book I used is Cooking with Coconut flour by Bruce Fife ND

Lemon-Huckleberry Pancakes

I decided to make pancakes this morning. I went to gluten free by the bay's page for the Lemon-blueberry Pancakes and substituted Huckleberries for the blueberries since I have a freezer full and we like Huckleberries better. They are grown in the yard wild here in NW Montana and we pick and freeze them. I also didnt have any lemons so no lemon zest just the extract. The two kids who think if its gluten free it tastes terrible were home and my sister was gone so I just said hey your mom is gone want some pancakes they loved them. Didnt complain or even ask said they were the best they ever ate. They did come out very good I still want to mix up some sourdough starter with no gluten and try my old recipe for them though, that will come soon.

Love your recipe ideas Gluten Free by the Bay ( my old home town)

http://glutenfreebay.blogspot.com/2007/02/lemon-blueberry-pancakes.html

Peanut Butter Cookies and Bar Cookies

I have made these Peanut Butter Cookies for a few years before going Gluten Free and they are delicious.
Magical Peanut Butter Cookies by Paula Dean

Recipe courtesy Paula Deen Show: Paula's Home Cooking Episode: Healthy Cooking

1 cup peanut butter, creamy or crunchy 1 1/3 cups baking sugar replacement (recommended: Splenda) *** 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a large baking sheet. In a mixing bowl, combine the peanut butter, 1 cup sugar replacement, the egg, and vanilla, and stir well with a spoon. Roll the dough into balls the size of walnuts. Place the balls on the prepared baking sheet. With a fork, dipped in sugar replacement to prevent sticking, press a crisscross design on each cookie. Bake for 12 minutes, remove from the oven, and sprinkle the cookies with some of the remaining sugar replacement. Cool slightly before removing from pan. *** I have used regular Sugar, Organic evaporated cane sugar, splenda blend and honey I prefer Organic Evaporated Cane sugar or Honey I have also added hersey kisses to the center and baked as a bar cookie and pressed chocolate chips in the top (use a double batch for that add a 1 tsp of baking soda) 350 for 20 mins in a 8x11 pan

Gluten-Free By The Bay: Lemon Ricotta-Almond Cake

Gluten-Free By The Bay: Lemon Ricotta-Almond Cake

I made this delicious cake yesterday. I made a double batch so I had to 8in rounds and did a layer cake and frosted with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting. Yummm It didn't last long !

Gluten Free Bread

Our house is just starting to be Gluten Free at the first of the year. My sister is a bread freak and that is the hardest thing to replace so far. We tried many pre-made breads and found nothing you could make a sandwich on. I dug out the bread maker and scrubbed and soaked it. I tried the Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free Wonderful bread it is good! I do add about a teaspoon of organic evaporated cane sugar to the batter the dough just tasted a little off without it. I have also recently started making in the oven it takes less time and no hole in the bottom of the bread and no teflon pan either.