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Monday, December 14th, 2009

Gift idea- Give Away A Cookie KIT!

TERRIFIC GIFT IDEA!
Darneed Best Gluten-Free & Grain-Free Cookies in a KIT

Cranberry Cookies in a Jar copy


I love Elana Amsterdam’s theory about cooking as well as her sincere desire to find healthy alternatives to avoiding the highs and lows of blood sugar without giving up the taste. I have taken her choc. chip recipe and made a fun gift out of  it and made ony a minor adjustment to suit my needs.

NO GRAINS IN THESE COOKIES!

I hope you enjoy and please write in or share your pictures of how your gift-jar turned out, before giving it away.

Place in a  mason jar in layers : use pop top or screw top mason jars

2-1/2 cups blanched almond flour

½ tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. baking soda

½  cup dark chocolate OPTIONS: or 1/4 cup chocolate and 1/4 cup chopped nuts OR 1/4 cup dried cranberries and 1/4 cup chocolate OR 1/4 cup dried cranberries and white chocolate chips- just be imaginative, it is fun and easy!

Create a little decorative gift tag that says this:

Directions:

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees

In a bowl mix”½ cup light agave

½ cup grapeseed

1 tsp. vanilla-optional( I leave this out)

Add your wet ingredients to your dry( in the jar)

Mix real well – it will be  moist

Refrig 30 minutes

Drop onto parchment paper as 1 TBL balls

Flatten them down to about 1/3 inch thick

Bake approx 7-10 minutes

Thank you Elana Amsterdam

Gluten Free Almond Flour Cookbook , Celestial Arts, 2009

Tina Turbin

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Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Gluten-Free Creamy Chocolate Brownies

GF flourless brownies

Some people say that nothing beats a REAL brownie.
Well try these !

Makes 16 brownies

½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter or non-dairy margarine
5 ounces semi-sweet chocolate
2 ounces unsweetened chocolate
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
3 large eggs
1 ¼ cups sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup gluten-free flour mix
½ teaspoon xanthan gum
¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips and/or nuts optional

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease an 8-inch square baking pan. Line bottom with parchment paper and grease the parchment.
  2. Melt butter and chocolates in the top of a double boiler, stirring occasionally until smooth. Remove from heat. Whisk in coca powder and let cool slightly.
  3. In medium bowl, whisk together eggs, sugar, vanilla and salt until thoroughly blended. Whisk in warm chocolate mixture. Then stir in flour mix and xanthan gum until just combined.
  4. Pour half the batter into prepared baking pan. Sprinkle chocolate chips evenly over the top.
  5. Pour last half of batter over the chips, covering completely.
  6. Bake 35 to 40 minutes in preheated oven or until a toothpick comes out clean with a few crumbs clinging to it.
  7. Set pan on a wire rack until cool enough to handle. Run a knife between walls of the pan and baked brownie and invert onto a flat surface to release. Peel off parchment and place brownies on a rack to cool completely. Use a sharp knife to cut the bars, wiping the knife clean between cuts.

Tina Turbin

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Friday, February 13th, 2009

Gluten-Free FLOURLESS chocolate cake

GF Flourless Chocolate cake

(Serves 10-12)

My mom gave me a recipe from a cookbook which we played with and made it to suit or desires. She served this in two restaurants in Puerto Rico. People came back often just for THIS dessert. Intense, rich and delicious!

Cake ingredients

5 ounces bittersweet or semi-sweet chocolate
3 ounces unsweetened chocolate
½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
5 large eggs, separated, at room temperature
2/3 cup sugar
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
1-1/2 tablespoons instant coffee, optional
Pinch of salt

Glaze ingredients (with 2 options)

3 ounces semi-sweet chocolate
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1 tablespoon brandy or bourbon, option #1
1tablespoon instant coffee, optional #2

Cake preparation

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Butter a 10-inch spring form pan. Line the bottom with a round of parchment or wax paper, then butter the paper. Set aside.
  3. For the cake, melt the chocolates and butter together in a saucepan set over low heat, stirring to blend well. Set aside to cool.
  4. Beat the egg whites with the salt until stiff.
  5. Gently fold the chocolate mixture into the yolks, then fold in one third of the egg whites.
  6. Fold in remaining whites until no streaks of white remain.
  7. Pour batter into the prepared pan and bake in the center of the oven for 35–45 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
  8. The cake will rise a great deal during baking.
  9. Cool cake in pan for 10 minutes,then remove sides of the pan.
  10. Invert the cake onto a rack and remove the bottom, but do not remove the parchment.
  11. Let cake cool completely; it will fall considerably.
  12. Remove parchment before glazing.

Glaze preparation/glazing of cake
To make glaze, melt the chocolate and butter together in a saucepan over low heat, stirring until smooth. Stir in the brandy.

  1. Place the cake on a rack set over a sheet of wax paper.
  2. Pour glaze over cake and spread lightly with a spatula, if necessary to coat evenly, allowing extra glaze to run down sides.

Serve small wedges and complement with a dab of whipped cream.

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Saturday, January 10th, 2009

Gluten-Free Chocolate Mint

Gluten Free Chocolate Mint

This is an adaptation of my friend’s chocolate mint recipe. To this date I have yet to find GF choc mint morsels, so this recipe handles this problem just fine. Be sure and read your ingredients and watch out for barley malt in your ingredients list.

18 – 20 ounces GF chocolate morsels
14 ounce can Eagle sweetened condensed milk
1/4tsp peppermint extract
1 dash of salt
1 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
½ cup chopped nuts, optional
Peppermint candy chopped up, optional

  1. Melt chips over low heat.
  2. Pour in milk and mix.
  3. Remove and stir in vanilla and nuts/peppermint ( optional).
  4. Pour into a wax paper lined 8×8 inch pan or 8-10 inch Pyrex dish.
  5. Sprinkle chopped up peppermint pieces on top evenly.
  6. Refrigerate 2 hours and cut up!
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