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GFDF Lemon Coconut Bread

21 Friday Dec 2012

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I’ve been gluten free for over two years.  One of the first recipes I converted when I started baking gluten free was this great recipe from Farmgirl Fare.  Since it was one of my first conversion attempts, it doesn’t use one of the standard flour mixtures I now use in my GF baking.

It’s a dense bread, but it’s good.  The batter will be very thick and you will be able to scoop it up and plop it into the pan.  The gluten free version tastes best warm in my opinion.

This batch was made with the rest of the delicious lemons from Jenny of Websy Daisy.

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GFDF Lemon Coconut Bread

Makes one 8-inch loaf

Adapted from Farmgirl Fare.

1 teaspoon xanthan gum
1/2 cup organic tapioca starch
1/2 cup organic cornstarch
1/2 cup sorghum flour
1/2 cup organic coconut flour
1/2 cup organic white rice flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1 1/4 cups organic evaporated cane juice (aka sugar)
2 tablespoons organic lemon zest (give or take)
2 cups finely shredded organic unsweetened coconut
1/2 cup organic palm shortening
2 organic eggs
3/4 cup organic rice milk
1/2 cup fresh organic lemon juice
2 teaspoons organic vanilla extract

Preheat the oven to 350°. Oil an 8×4 inch loaf pan. (I used organic canola oil.)

In a large bowl, mix together the dry ingredients on the list starting at xanthan gum and ending with the shredded coconut.  Cut the shortening in the way you would with a pie crust.

In a small bowl, whisk together the eggs, rice milk, lemon juice, and vanilla.

Mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients.

Scoop the batter into the prepared pan and bake for about 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted near the center of the loaf comes out clean.

Cool and serve.  Or not.  It’s great warm.

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GFDF Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins

12 Wednesday Dec 2012

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Not long ago, Jenny of Websy Daisy posted to her Facebook friends that she had had a bumper crop of 192 lemons on her tree in her yard.  She was offering to share, and I happily took her up on the offer of fresh local lemons.  Their smell was amazing (to the point of being overpowering) when they first arrived at our house.  Grocery store lemons don’t smell that fabulous!

These muffins are mildly lemon flavored.  I found they become more lemony after sitting for 24 hours.  However, if you would like a stronger lemon flavor to your muffins, add another 1/2 teaspoon of lemon extract or another teaspoon of lemon zest.

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GFDF Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins

Greatly adapted from Bon Appétit, May 2009

1/2 cup almond meal*
1/2 cup sorghum flour
1/2 cup organic brown rice flour
1/2 cup organic tapioca starch
1 teaspoon xanthan gum
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
2 tablespoons organic poppy seeds
2/3 cup organic rice milk
6 tablespoons fresh organic lemon juice
1 cup organic sugar
1/3 cup organic palm shortening
1 tablespoon organic lemon zest (about 2 large lemons)
2 large organic eggs
1 teaspoon organic lemon extract
1 teaspoon organic GF vanilla extract

Organic powdered sugar
Organic canola oil

Preheat oven to 350°F. Oil muffin tins with canola oil. Using electric mixer, beat eggs, lemon juice, sugar, palm shortening, lemon zest, lemon flavor and vanilla extract in a large bowl.  Using a spoon, mix almond meal, sorghum flour, brown rice flour, tapioca starch, xanthan gum, baking powder, salt, baking soda and poppy seeds in a medium bowl.  Mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients.  Stir in rice milk.

Fill muffin tins about 2/3 full.  Bake muffins about 20 minutes. Cool in pans 5 minutes. Remove muffins from pans and cool.  Generously sprinkle with powdered sugar before serving.

Makes 14-16 muffins.

*Almonds are not true nuts but carry a cross-contamination risk. To make this recipe nut free, substitute organic millet flour.

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GF Cranberry Banana Muffins

02 Friday Nov 2012

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Last fall at this time, I went through an insane cranberry craving.  I created several different cranberry baked goods.  I also stocked up on cranberries and froze them so that I would have them all year.  Luckily I still have several bags in my freezer stash, so I’m able to start posting recipes on my blog just before the organic cranberries are showing up in the stores.  Cranberry season should be starting soon!

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GF Cranberry Banana Muffins

Wet ingredients:
1/2 cup organic granulated sugar
1/2 cup organic light brown sugar
1/2 cup organic butter, softened*
1/4 cup organic rice milk
2 organic eggs
1 teaspoon organic GF vanilla extract

Dry ingredients:
1/2 cup organic tapioca starch
1/2 cup organic brown rice flour
1/2 cup sorghum flour
1/2 cup almond meal**
1 teaspoon xantham gum
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon organic cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon organic nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon sea salt

Stir-ins:
1 cup organic mashed ripe bananas (about 3 medium)
1.5 cups organic coarsely chopped cranberries (1/2 of a 12 oz bag)
1/2 cup organic chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)**

Preheat the oven to 350F.  Oil 18 muffin tins (I used organic canola oil).

In a large bowl, mix the wet ingredients with a hand mixer.  In a small bowl, stir together the dry ingredients.   Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir thoroughly.  Mix in the bananas, cranberries, and optional nuts.  Scoop batter evenly between about 18 muffin tins; they should be about 2/3 full.  Bake for 25 minutes at 350F.

*To make this dairy free, substitute palm shortening for the butter.

**To make this nut free, substitute millet flour for the almond meal (which carries a cross-contamination risk) and eliminate the nuts.

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GFDF Pumpkin Cranberry Nut Muffins

28 Sunday Oct 2012

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Hi.  Long time no blog.  The thing about chronic health problems is that they are chronic.  Every once in a while, they tend to get really bad, and then things like blogging have to fall by the wayside.  But I’m back, and I hope it’s not temporary.

These were inspired by one of my wacky cravings.  The recipe originally came from the Betty Crocker’s 40th anniversary edition pumpkin bread recipe, but you’d be hard pressed to tell that now.

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GFDF Pumpkin Cranberry Nut Muffins

Wet Ingredients:
1-15 ounce can organic pumpkin
1 cup organic sucanat
2/3 cup organic cane sugar
2/3 cup organic canola oil
4 organic eggs
1 tablespoons organic GF vanilla extract

Dry Ingredients:
3/4 cup organic tapioca starch
3/4 cup organic brown rice flour
3/4 cup sorghum flour
3/4 cup organic millet flour or almond meal
1.5 teaspoon xanthan gum
1 teaspoon sea salt
2 teaspoons organic ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon organic ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon organic ground ginger
1 teaspoon baking powder
1.5 teaspoon baking soda

Stir Ins:
1/2 cup organic dried sweetened cranberries, coarsely chopped (optional)
1/2 cup organic pecans or walnuts, coarsely chopped (optional)

Preheat oven to 350F.  Lightly oil 24 muffin tins.  I use organic canola oil.

In a large bowl, mix together the wet ingredients.  In a small bowl, mix together the dry ingredients.  Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.  Stir in optional nuts and cranberries.  Fill 24 muffin cups about 2/3 full.  Bake for 20-22 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.  Cool for a few minutes before removing from the muffin pans.

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GF Blueberry Streusel Muffins

28 Monday May 2012

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To me, fresh blueberries are one of the best parts of life.  Between fresh blueberries and fresh peaches in June in Texas, I could eat only fresh fruit and be quite happy.  I also love baking with them.  Frozen peaches and frozen blueberries just aren’t the same in baked goods.   I’d rather wait for the in season fresh fruit.

GF Blueberry Streusel Muffins
Adapted from the Betty Crocker 40th Anniversary Edition Cookbook

Muffins:
1 cup organic rice milk
¼ cup organic canola oil
1 teaspoon organic GF vanilla extract
1 organic egg
½ cup almond meal*
½ cup sorghum flour
½ cup organic brown rice flour
½ cup organic tapioca starch
1 teaspoon xanthan gum
1/3 cup organic cane sugar
5 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon sea salt
1 cup fresh organic blueberries**

Streusel Topping:
1 tablespoon almond meal*
1 tablespoon sorghum flour
1 tablespoon organic brown rice flour
1 tablespoon organic tapioca starch
2 tablespoons organic light brown sugar, packed
2 tablespoons organic butter, softened to room temperature***
½ teaspoon organic ground cinnamon

Preheat oven to 400F.  Oil a 12 cup muffin tin.

In a small bowl, mix together the streusel topping.  Set aside.

In a large bowl, mix together the milk, oil, vanilla, and egg.  In a medium bowl, mix together the almond meal, sorghum flour, brown rice flour, tapioca starch, xanthan gum, sugar, baking powder, and sea salt.  Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir thoroughly.  Gently mix in the blueberries.  Divide evenly between the 12 cups on the muffin tin.  Sprinkle half a tablespoon or so of streusel topping on each muffin.

Bake at 400F for 16-18 minutes until golden brown.  Allow to cool in the pan for about five minutes before removing.

*Almonds are not technically a nut but carry a cross-contamination risk. To make this safe for those who are sensitive to nuts, substitute millet flour for the almond meal.

**If you are substituting frozen blueberries for fresh, measure out 1 cup of blueberries and allow them to defrost to room temperature.  Thoroughly drain all liquid from them before adding to the batter.

***If you are dairy free, you can substitute palm shortening for the butter.

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GFDF Everything Muffins

07 Monday May 2012

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The more appropriate name for these muffins is “Use up the produce on the kitchen counter before it goes bad” Muffins, but that just doesn’t have a very good ring to it.  So I’m just calling them Everything Muffins instead.  This is what I whipped up for afterschool snacks today in a fit of ambition.

GFDF Everything Muffins

Wet ingredients:
2/3 cup organic sucanat
½ cup organic palm shortening
2 organic eggs
3 teaspoons organic vanilla extract
3/4 cup organic rice milk

Dry Ingredients:
1/2 cup organic brown rice flour
1/2 cup organic tapioca starch
1/2 cup organic millet flour
1/2 cup sorghum flour
1 teaspoons xanthan gum
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons organic ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon sea salt

Stir-ins:
2 medium organic bananas, ripe to overripe, mashed (about ¾ cup)
2 small organic pears, diced into small pieces (about 1 cup)
1 cup finely diced organic fresh pineapple (canned would work, too)
3/4 cup unsweetened shredded organic coconut
¾ cup gluten free oats
¾ cup finely chopped organic walnuts or pecans (optional, not in this batch)

Preheat the oven to 350F.  Oil the bottom of 24 muffin tins.  (I used organic canola oil.)

In a large bowl, mix together the wet ingredients using a whisk.  In a medium bowl, mix together the dry ingredients.  Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix thoroughly with a spoon.  Stir in all the remaining stir-in ingredients.  Divide the batter between the 24 muffin tins, filling each about half full.

Bake at 350F for about 15-17 minutes.

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GFDF Peanut Butter Cinnamon Muffins

03 Tuesday Apr 2012

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I was craving chocolate in the worst way yesterday, but chocolate is one of my migraine triggers.  Hence, I decided not to indulge in chocolate because I really didn’t want the migraine no matter how bad the cravings were.  I decided to try making peanut butter muffins instead in hopes of staving off the chocolate cravings.  No such luck.  I kept thinking to myself how much I wanted the muffins to have some chocolate chips in them.

Despite the lack of chocolate in the batch I made, these muffins are good and peanutty.  I thought they tasted even today than yesterday.

GFDF Peanut Butter Cinnamon Muffins

3/4 cup organic sucanat
3/4 cup Maranatha organic no stir peanut butter (contains additional sugar, palm shortening, and salt)
2 large organic eggs
1 cup organic rice milk
1 teaspoon organic vanilla extract
½ cup sorghum flour
½ cup almond meal
½ cup organic tapioca starch
½ cup organic brown rice flour
1 teaspoon xanthan gum
1 tablespoon baking powder
½ teaspoon sea salt
1.5 teaspoons organic ground cinnamon
3/4 cup vegan chocolate chips (optional)

Preheat oven to 350° F.  Oil a 12 cup muffin pan (I used organic canola oil).  Set aside

In a large bowl, use an electric hand mixer (or do it by hand) to mix together the sucanat, peanut butter, eggs, rice milk, and vanilla extract.

In a small bowl, stir together the remaining ingredients except the optional chocolate chips.  Mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.  Stir thoroughly.  Add chocolate chips if desired.

Divide the batter evenly between prepared muffin tins, filling each about 2/3 full.  Bake for 19-21 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.  Allow to cool for 5-10 minutes in the pan, and then remove to a plate or rack to cool.

Makes 12 muffins.

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Vegan Banana Bread

17 Saturday Mar 2012

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I created this recipe many years ago when I was still eating gluten but I was reacting to eggs and my kids were reacting to dairy.   It is incredibly moist and delicious and always gets all kinds of compliments when I bring it to potlucks.  I’m still tinkering with a gluten free version of it, but hopefully that will appear sometime in the near future.

Vegan Banana Bread

Wet ingredients:
2/3 cup organic Sucanat
1/4 cup organic palm shortening
1/4 cup organic canola oil
1 teaspoon organic white vinegar
1/2 cup plain organic rice milk
1 teaspoon organic vanilla extract

Dry Ingredients:
2 cups organic whole spelt flour (whole wheat works, too)
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon organic cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon sea salt

Stir Ins:
3 mashed ripe organic bananas
½ cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)

Preheat oven to 350F.  Oil one bread pan.  I use organic canola oil.

Mix together the dry ingredients in a large bowl.  In a medium sized bowl, mix together the dry ingredients.  Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.  Add the bananas and optional nuts and stir.  Scoop into the oiled pan and bake for 60-70 minutes at 350F until a toothpick comes out clean and the top is a golden brown.

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GFDF Strawberry Banana Muffins

16 Friday Mar 2012

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My baking tends to be influenced by two things:  Seasonal availability of ingredients and my own wacky cravings.  When I was making strawberry pie the other day, I suddenly got hit by a craving for strawberry banana muffins.  Actually, what I really wanted was strawberry blueberry banana muffins, but I didn’t have enough blueberries to make it work.  So I made strawberry banana muffins instead.  I am working on perfecting my gluten free banana bread recipe, and this was just a tangent on that process.

These taste great with butter or cashew butter on top.  They’re not incredibly sweet, so honey would also make a great topping, too.

GFDF Strawberry Banana Muffins

Wet ingredients:
2/3 cup organic sucanat
½ cup organic palm shortening
2 organic eggs
1 teaspoon organic GF white vinegar
3 teaspoons organic vanilla extract
3/4 cup organic rice milk

Dry Ingredients:
¾ cup organic brown rice flour
¾ cup organic tapioca starch
¾ cup organic millet flour
¾ cup sorghum flour
1.5 teaspoons xanthan gum
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons organic ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon sea salt

Stir-ins:
4 medium organic bananas, ripe to overripe, mashed (about 1.5 cups)
1.5 cups diced organic strawberries

Preheat the oven to 350F.  Oil the bottom of 24 muffin tins.  (I used organic canola oil.)

In a large bowl, mix together the wet ingredients using a whisk.  In a medium bowl, mix together the dry ingredients.  Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix thoroughly with a spoon.  Stir in the bananas and the strawberries.  Divide the batter between the 24 muffin tins, filling each about half full.

Bake at 350F for about 15-17 minutes.

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