GF Chocolate Chip Banana Bread with Almond Milk

Quarantine-style. Only 2 bananas, not too much flour/eggs/oil.

Just right!

INGREDIENTS:

·  2 bananas, mashed

·  2 eggs

·  2T maple

·  3T oil

·  1t vanilla

·  2/3t cinnamon, soda, powder

·  Pinch of salt

·  1c almond meal

·  1c GF flour

·  2/3c choc chips

DIRECTIONS:

• Beat wet ingredients
• Mix in all dry ingredients at once
• Pour into oiled 8x8 pan
• Bake at 350 for 25+ minutes 

Gluten Free Blueberry Muffins

Light, airy, open texture (#GBBO).  I was shocked.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 1/2 c almond flour (finer than almond meal)
• 1 c gluten free baking flour (Trader Joe's)
• 1 3/4 t baking powder
• 1/2 t xanthan gum
• 1/4 t salt

• 1 mashed extra ripe banana
• 1/4 c honey
• 1/3 c almond oil
• 1/3 c unsweetened almond milk
• 3 large eggs, slightly beaten
• 1/2 t vanilla

• 1 c fresh or frozen blueberries

DIRECTIONS

• Combine all dry ingredients
• Add in all wet ingredients; mix until well combined
• Fold in blueberries
• Spoon into greased muffin tin (I made 10 large muffins, and added water to the 2 extra muffin cups for steam)
• Dust muffins with cinnamon
• Bake at 350 about 25 minutes
• Allow to cool a bit before removing

Nutty Grapefruit Tart

*Could easily be transformed into a refreshingly different meringue pie!

INGREDIENTS

CRUST

• 1 1/4 c GF flour
• 1/2 c almond meal
• 1/2 c unsweetened shredded coconut
• 2T honey
• 1/4 t salt
• 1/3 c unsalted butter, melted

FILLING

• 1 1/2 c grapefruit juice
• 1/3 c honey
• 3T corn starch

• 3 egg yolks, room temp, beaten
• 6T butter, cut roughly into tablespoon size chunks
• (a bit of beet juice for color, if you're adventurous)

TOPPING

• 1/4 c unsweetened flaked coconut, toasted (optional)
• 1/3 c slivered almonds (?? deciding what nut works best, pistachios were ok)
• 2T honey
• 1/4 t cinnamon
• 1/2 c heavy whipping cream
• 1t vanilla

DIRECTIONS

• Preheat oven at 400; butter a large pie pan (parchment paper is a good idea, too)
• Combine all dry crust ingredients
• Drizzle in butter while stirring until combined
• Press into pie pan evenly; bake 5-8 minutes; set aside to cool slightly

• Put juice, honey, and cornstarch in a saucepan; break up the corn starch lumps by hand
• Medium heat, whisking regularly until bubbly, thickened, and translucent 
• Slowly whisk half the hot mixture into the egg yolks; when incorporated, add the rest
• (I use two sauce pans here just to minimize a transfer)
• Cook the egg-juice mixture another 2-3 minutes, stirring constantly
• Remove from heat, add butter, whisk until incorporated
• Pour mixture into crust, smooth the top, cover with cling wrap
• Refrigerate at least 4 hours

• Before serving, make whipped cream and candied nuts (photo shown with raw pistachios- false advertising)
• Toast the flaked coconut (optional)
• Add toppings artfully! 

THE BEST GF Chocolate Chunk Cookies

After years of mediocre GF cookies from many, many different recipes, these win the GRAND PRIZE. Based on a King Arthur Flours recipe-- I guess they know what they're doing! Honestly, they remind me of my mom's :)


INGREDIENTS

• 1c cool butter (not straight from the fridge, but not yet room temp)
• 1/2c maple syrup
• 2t vanilla
• 2/3t sea salt

• 2 eggs, whisked

• 2 1/2c GF flour (Trader Joe's brand)
• 2t xanthan 
• 1t baking powder
• 1t baking soda

• 2c dark chocolate chunks (Trader Joe's)
• 1 1/2c walnut halves & pieces

DIRECTIONS

• Cream butter & maple as best as possible
• Beat in vanilla and salt
• Beat in eggs
• Add dry ingredients
• Add chocolate and nuts by hand with spatula
• Use an ice cream scoop to scoop out dough balls, flatten slightly with fingers
• Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes, allow to finish baking on pan for a few minutes before removing to cooling rack

Chocolate Granola + Strawberries & Coconut

Really happy with this great granola I just made. Been eating it all day from breakfast to dessert- yum.

INGREDIENTS

• 4c old fashioned oats
• 1c slivered almonds
• 1/3 - 1/2c cocoa powder
• 1t sea salt

• 1/2c melted butter
• 1/4c+ honey
• 1T vanilla

• 2/3c unsweetened coconut chips
• 1/3c+ semi sweet chocolate chips
• 1 bag (~1.5c) dehydrated strawberries (Trader Joe's for the win!)

DIRECTIONS

• Combine dry ingredients
• Add wet ingredients and mix until well combined
• Spread onto a baking sheet covered with parchment paper
• Bake at 350 for 20 minutes
• Add coconut chips and cook 5 more minutes until lightly browned
• Remove from oven; add strawberries and chocolate chips
• Cool and store air tight