Yes, I really did it. I added Andes mint candy pieces to doughnuts and then made a glaze for the Chocolate Mint Doughnuts by melting Andes mint candy pieces. I’m not even pretending these are a breakfast food. These are one amazing dessert for the serious mint lover. If you truly love mint candy, thenRead More
Gluten-Free Chocolate Cake
While Erin is on baby leave, I am guest posting at Food Allergies on a Budget. One of the ways I save money is by making as many items from scratch as possible. I can make a cake from scratch for the fraction of the price of package of gluten-free cake mix and it tastesRead More
Gluten-Free Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies
These Gluten-Free Double Chocolate Chip Cookies are a family favorite. I have many great memories of making them with my children. Lately my daughter has taken over the recipe. It started when she used this recipe to make a Gluten-Free Double Chocolate Pizooki for Mother’s Day. Ever since then, when she needs a recipe forRead More
Gluten-Free Oatmeal Cookies with Cranberries and Chocolate Chips
Last month I had fun making some recipes from Nestle. My husband loved the oatmeal cookie recipe that I made. He called them “an amalgamation of everything that is good”, so I was determined to make a gluten-free, dairy-free version. I have to agree with my husband, these cookies are amazing! I replaced the flour with gluten-freeRead More
Gluten-Free White Chocolate Toffee Macadamia Nut Cookies
My kids are always full of good ideas. We were discussing flavor combinations for cookies and they came up with white chocolate, macadamia nuts, and toffee. My idea of cranberries was nixed in favor of toffee which they deemed superior in every way. I didn’t say my kids were full of healthy ideas. What IRead More
Gluten-Free Vanilla Cake
We now have our go-to Gluten-Free Birthday Cake recipe! I have finally created a gluten-free vanilla cake that I love! I love the consistency, the crumb, and the flavor. It can be made into a white cake by using egg whites or a yellow cake by using whole eggs. It is so delicious that itRead More
Gluten-Free Pumpkin White Chip Waffle Cookies
As I have explored the internet I have seen waffle cookies several times. I thought it would be fun to try my hand at it. For my first attempt, I used peanut butter cookie dough and my family’s reaction was divided. My daughter and I both thought the cookies were too crunchy. I thought aboutRead More
Gluten-Free Pumpkin Bread
My children will eat anything with pumpkin in it. But my youngest son is crazy about pumpkin! He actually requested pumpkin pie for his birthday instead of a birthday cake. So I decided to use my old pumpkin bread recipe to make a gluten-free version for him. He has generously agreed to share with hisRead More
Gluten-Free Pumpkin Spice Cake
I love baking from scratch. But sometimes life is crazy. Fences blow over, printers break, horses get injured, children get sick…but life goes on, so you try to find a way to fit in the sweet stuff despite everything that is going on around you. That is when I turn to one of Pamela’s Gluten-FreeRead More
Gluten-Free Blueberry Muffins
My youngest son, has officially started school this year. I am homeschooling him and we are supplementing his school at home with some co-op classes. One of his classes is a geography class and I panicked a little when I saw that would be eating snacks from the states that they are studying. Then IRead More
Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Pizookie
For Mother’s Day my daughter made a Double Chocolate Pizookie (Pizza Cookie). It was such a hit that my husband put my daughter in charge of dessert again when my birthday rolled around. She lived up to her reputation as our personal pizookie expert and made this delicious Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Pizookie. Wasn’t it sweetRead More
Gluten-Free Fruit Pizza
Last week I was kind of stressed and may have accidentally made a fruit pizza for dinner. Nobody complained. 🙂 I did tell everyone that they had to have a salad too because a salad can turn any dessert into a well rounded meal. Well at least it does in the happy place I visitRead More
Gluten-Free Carmelitas
Even though I can’t eat items from the local bakeries, I enjoy looking at their creations. It often inspires me to try new combinations of flavors or create a gluten-free version of an old favorite. When I peeked in the cases of our local bakery, I saw carmelitas and new that I had to makeRead More
Gluten-Free Snickerdoodle Doughnuts with Cinnamon Chips
Last week my oven broke. I didn’t discover that it wasn’t working until I went to put snickerdoodle blondie batter in to bake and noticed that it didn’t preheat. My husband took a look at the oven and decided that he needed a new part before he could fix it. So I had raw batterRead More
Gluten-free Chai Spiced Sweet Potato Doughnuts
If you are a regular reader, you know this recipe was inevitable. I think just about anything can be made better with chai spices. I love sweet potatoes. And I am still having fun playing with my Donut Maker. So Chai Spiced Sweet Potato Doughnuts were a natural. The only question is: Why did itRead More
Gluten Free Cookies and Cream Doughnuts
Doughnuts are one of our favorite treats. After I made a Cookies and Cream Bundt Cake, I told my kids that I was thinking of making Cookies and Cream doughnuts because they are just like mini-bundt cakes. They were fully on board with the idea. I used Pamela’s Extreme Chocolate Mini Cookies in this recipeRead More
Gluten-Free Pear Doughnuts with Toffee Bits
This afternoon I had the idea to combine pears and toffee pieces in a recipe. My family expressed doubt not only about the combination of flavors, but also my sanity. I don’t really object to them questioning my sanity, but I do think that by now they would have learned to trust me when IRead More
Gluten-Free Chai Doughnuts with Vanilla Glaze
This homemade gluten-free chai doughnuts recipe creates flavorful doughnuts with a delicious blend of cardamon and cinnamon spices from using chai tea in the batter. Sometimes I amaze myself, like with these donuts. I love Chai spices, so I thought that steeping Chai tea in milk and then adding it to a vanilla doughnut recipeRead More
Gluten-Free Pumpkin Doughnuts Recipe with Chocolate Chips
Today, I caught the baking bug. As I was baking, I periodically called my kids in to taste test my creations. On one of my daughter’s trips to sample a cake she announced that she loved fall because when I talk about cooking with squash it means something baked with pumpkin rather than a sideRead More
Gluten-Free Double Chocolate Pizookie (Pizza-Cookie)
My husband and kids prepared dinner for Mother’s Day. My husband grilled steaks and my daughter made Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Cauliflower and Green Beans with Garlic. My oldest son set the table. And my youngest son picked flowers from the shooting star hydrangea bush they bought me and put them in a cup ofRead More
