It’s a classic: (gluten free) pumpkin bread! And yet I’d never actually made it until a few days ago when I had the autumnal urge to grab an armful of tins of pumpkin puree at the store and start baking everything fall-ish. I’d also seen dozens of photos of luscious, spiced, perfectly soft, pumpkin-y pumpkin bread all over Instagram and just wanted to see what all the fuss was about. I’d had pumpkin bread before, but had never baked up a loaf myself and didn’t have a go-to recipe for gluten free pumpkin bread. Enter the first ground-up recipe development I’d done in years! When I first started dipping my…
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Giant Gluten Free Strawberry Banana Muffins
These giant gluten free strawberry banana muffins are one of my childhood favorites in muffin form! Strawberry banana and strawberry kiwi were two of my favorite fruity flavor combos as a kid, so you better believe this was one of the flavors I was most excited to bake into a giant muffin! For those of you just joining, I started creating GIANT muffin recipes over a year ago after reminiscing over the giant Costco muffins we used to eat as kids prior to getting diagnosed with Celiac. The giant muffin saga has since developed into a plethora of flavors beyond the classic Costco lot, though over the past few months…
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Giant Gluten Free Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Muffins
These giant gluten free oatmeal chocolate chip muffins are the first new giant muffin recipe that I’ve made in months and it feels good to get back to the giant muffin tradition! The last 5 weeks have shaken me up quite a bit and I’m thankful for friends and family who have truly supported me through unexpected challenges and disturbing events. And through their support, I’ve been able to regain my energy for getting creative and doing activities that I love, like baking and food photography. If you’re feeling down or low on energy or emotionally drained, I’m sending you comfort and support and hoping that you can get back…
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Giant Gluten Free Chocolate Baileys Muffins
Wishing you all a wonderfully wintry December weekend up here in the Northern Hemisphere, and a gloriously sunny one down in the southern one. For those of you just joining, we started creating GIANT muffin recipes about 8 months ago after reminiscing over the giant Costco muffins we used to eat (read: devour) as kids prior to getting diagnosed with Celiac. This giant muffin saga has now consumed our every free moment (not really but it’s exciting) and we continue to create new flavors with gusto. Back to the rest of the giant muffins! So far we’ve made these giant poppyseed muffins, giant blueberry muffins, giant chocolate chip muffins, giant double chocolate muffins, giant banana…
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Giant Gluten Free Cornbread Muffins
Cornbread is one of those endlessly comforting foods, and something that I realized I missed tremendously after moving to the UK. Let me tell you, after talking through favorite classic Thanksgiving foods with my new roommates, we’ve all realized how much corn we Americans eat! We just had a belated Thanksgiving + early Christmas dinner in our house here and there we had giant and normal sized cornbread muffins (normal-sized ones coming soon to the blog), AND creamed corn (perhaps my favorite side of all time). Other favorite corn things that came to mind: cornflakes, corn fritters, corn on the cob, elote, hush puppies, corn tortillas, tamales, corn salad, popcorn,…
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Giant Gluten Free Pineapple Coconut Muffins
Happy summer in Northern Hemisphere November? Yes! It just snowed in Oxford and I am loving the winter wonderland vibes, but I also miss the comfort of a cocoon of warm sun in July and these muffins absolutely embody that. They’re giant gluten free pineapple coconut muffins and they’re darn magical: fluffy muffins packed with pineapple and with coconut extract, topped with literal pure sunshine in the form of a pineapple coconut glaze. If you’re already car-stuck-in-the-driveway deep in snow and are missing that summer sunshine, these will brighten up your kitchen, guaranteed. For those of you just joining, we started creating GIANT muffin recipes about 8 months ago after…
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Giant Gluten Free Carrot Cake Muffins
These are a gosh-darn classic: giant gluten free carrot cake muffins with all the fixins! They’ve got carrots, pecans, walnuts, applesauce, golden raisins (golden! because I’m absolutely not a fan of the other ones), and coconut! The coconut adds a fantastic nutty, cozy flavor that rounds out the spices for the perfect fall breakfast or after school/work treat. They’re also some of the easiest giant muffins on the blog, so go ahead and do yourself a favor and make a batch or two. I’ve got to say, I’m usually not a huge fan of traditional carrot cake (read up on this long-time grudge in our vanilla almond carrot cake recipe…
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Giant Gluten Free Chocolate Pear Muffins
Pears seem to be the softest-spoken fall fruit: their swooping shape quietly elegant, buttery, just-sweet interiors perfect for cool, gentle fall days. I, at least, often forget about them while doing my weekly grocery shop. But they’re really a lovely fruit and deserve a generous moment in the sun. I’d seen lots of ideas for chocolate pear cakes and tortes, but had never tried the combination myself, so it seemed rather apt to create a new fall-flavored giant muffin that featured it. I can safely say that this is one of my favorite chocolate giant muffins, and the tenderness of the pear, both in flavor and texture, lends itself to…
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Giant Gluten Free Cranberry Orange Muffins
For those of you just joining, we started creating GIANT muffin recipes about 5 months ago after reminiscing over the giant Costco muffins we used to eat (read: devour) as kids prior to getting diagnosed with Celiac. This giant muffin saga has now consumed our every free moment (not really but it’s exciting) and we continue to create new flavors with gusto. Back to the rest of the giant muffins! So far we’ve made these giant poppyseed muffins, giant blueberry muffins, giant chocolate chip muffins, giant double chocolate muffins, giant banana nut muffins, giant strawberry rhubarb muffins, giant apple streusel muffins, these giant lemon raspberry muffins, giant cherry chocolate chip muffins, these giant coffee walnut muffins, these giant pistachio apricot muffins,…
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Giant Gluten Free Chocolate Ginger Muffins
It’s NOVEMBER 2021 y’all, can you believe it? Tis the season for everything cozy shmozy and comforting (at least in the northern hemisphere and in locales where winter actually feels different than fall). So here you go, the newest addition to the GIANT muffin train: these giant gluten free chocolate ginger muffins, complete with deep dark chocolate muffin and gems of crystalized ginger. It’s the ultimate chocolate + ginger combo so if you love both of those ingredients separately, you’re nearly-bound to love these. For those of you just joining, we started creating GIANT muffin recipes about 5 months ago after reminiscing over the giant Costco muffins we used to…
