After more than my share of work travel over the past few weeks, it’s been lovely to be in one timezone and one season for more than five days, and this one, the home one, has spring juuuuust about poking through the San Francisco fog. In a minor celebration of the single ray of sunshine that dared trouble Carl (if you’re from out of town/country, SF named its fog…), I decided that lemon was the word and poppyseeds might as well tag along. This fantastic combo isn’t new, but boy is the fluffiness and moistness (sorry) of this delightful gluten free lemon poppyseed drizzle cake making it’s debut on the…
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Lemon Poppyseed Shortbread
Shortbread always used to puzzle me – as a kid it seemed far more exciting to go for something richly chocolate or raspberry or creamy, not a dry square of short bread (what a name!) with no added flavor. Who in their right mind would choose such a thing over a brownie? Very very recently, upon the discovery of incredibly good butter (once you taste it you can’t go back), I reneged on my avoidance campaign of the crumbly British dessert and jumped on the shortbread train. This was particularly helpful as well because shortbread is remarkably easy to make gluten free. Many recipes, Scottish shortbread specifically, even add in…
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Gluten Free Lemoniest Lemon Bars
These are the least-stable of gluten free lemon bars, the ones that essentially come out as the butteriest, meltiest, most addictingly wonderful lemon goop but boy are they worth it. So much so that a dear friend and former roommate of mine, who happens to like moving to a different country quite frequently, won’t let oceans or national borders stand between her and her citrus fix from these delectable squares. In fact, when I recently visited her in Vienna, Austria, I made sure to prep the dry ingredients in a ziplock and stow it away in my checked bag to make our roomie reunion even sweeter (and tarter). If you’re…
