All hail the golden-girl (or boy) of the dessert world: the Blondie. While you might be astonished, and rightly so, that anyone would want to make a chocolate-less brownie, don’t pass up these sugar-laden, butter-heavy squares until you’ve given them their proper taste-testing. Gluten free blondies are an old after-school favorite of mine – my grandma used to throw a batch of these into the oven mid-afternoon and drive to pick us up from high school with a few (still warm) bars tucked away in a paper towel between the front seats. Blondies will now forever take me back to those delicious rides home, munching on the melt-in-your-mouth, often-coconut-topped, blondies…
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Peach + Plum Crumble
Crumble, crisp, cobbler, a rose by any other name would smell (and taste) as sweet, and while crumbles and crisps and cobblers are actually quite different, they all celebrate the caramelized glory of fresh fruit and buttery toppings in all forms and flavors. This peach+plumb crumble is no exception. Honestly, this one may be toeing the line between crumble and cobbler, though cobbler does specifically distinguish its topping from all the rest as “biscuit” dough, so I think we’re safe here with crumble. While this is a great way to add one final hoorah to stone fruit season, it can be done year round with frozen (and thawed) fruit options.…
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Gluten Free Strawberry Ginger Snacking Cake
Dusky summer evenings or hazy summer afternoons are best enjoyed with friends. And by friends I mean wedges of cake – namely, this gluten free strawberry snacking cake. I realize I’m a bit late to the pool party (unless you’re in the southern hemisphere, in which case, get ready for a summer full of this ruby-studded dream, we’re jealous), but if you happen to pick up a pint or two of the season’s tail-end strawberries, by all means make this cake and enjoy it too. This baking endeavor was inspired by the ineffable genius of Bon Appetit mag, who made it their mission earlier this summer to create THE strawberry…
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Gluten Free Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Protein Pancakes
These gluten free protein pancakes are for the days when you want to feel a bit better about just eating carbs for breakfast (though there’s nothing wrong with a great gluten free waffle or simple toast with jam). Or, for mornings when your significant other decides they’re going to gain 10 pounds of muscle in a week to prep for summer holidays. Challenge accepted: every meal will have ALL the protein. You can, of course, forgo the protein powder and just add a bit more banana and almond meal (some of my favorite, super quick gluten free pancakes are composed entirely of egg and mashed banana), and just have peanut…
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Gluten Free Greens and Goat Cheese Frittata
All hail the easy peasy (literally, in this case) frittata: friend of gluten free folk and here to serve a crowd. Upon invitation to a potluck house warming brunch about a year ago, I was tasked with bringing something savory and gluten free (generally, I would have gone straight for a batch of muffins or corn bread or something delicious on the sweet side). So, after filtering through various potluck dish recipes of varying difficulty and size, the gluten free frittata appeared as the clear winner – simple, one (ish) bowl, and easy to throw (carefully) in a carrying case as I rushed out the door after realizing the 10…
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Gluten Free Dark Chocolate Cherry Cake with Buttercream Frosting
For years now, I’ve had one go-to gluten free chocolate cake (see Chocolate Zucchini Cake), and don’t get me wrong, it’s fantastic, but chocolate cake is one of those desserts that can express multitudes of characteristics depending on the subtle notes of coffee, sour cream, cinnamon, and any other added complementary ingredients. So a goal of mine is to search for and develop a handful of favorite chocolate cake recipes, each of which will be best suited for a different flavor pairing (cherry and buttercream being one) and which allow me to show off new baking skills. This chocolate cake leans heavily on two ingredients to give it its elegant…
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Banana Snacking Cake
Banana breads come in all colors, usually one shape (the inevitable loaf), and all variations of dryness and additional flavors. I always found myself slightly disappointed with over-spiced, crumbly breads that seemed to hide the banana’s lovely, light, floral bouquet. And then a fateful trip to Sweden to visit long-time family friends changed everything. It’s always fun traveling while gluten free because, if given enough heads up, friends you visit will often want to overcompensate and find you every gluten free grocery store item under the sun, fully-stocking their fridges an pantries in an exceptional host move. This trip to Halmstad, Sweden (a sleepy village on the south western coast…
