All hail the most epic bake for the summer (so far): these gluten free s’mores cookies!! S’mores aren’t big in the UK, but they’re a huge nostalgic treat for those of us from the States, so baking anything s’mores related is always fun. For those of you new to s’mores, they’re essentially a sticky, sweet, super indulgent summer dessert composed of a sort of sandwich of graham crackers (sort of similar to digestive biscuits in the UK but better), filled with a piece of milk chocolate and a toasted marshmallow! The classic s’mores are made around a campfire while camping during the summer, and a s’mores session always ends with…
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Gluten Free Black Sesame Rice Krispie Treats
Rice Krispie treats were one of those glorious childhood treats that always seemed safe – blue metalic wrapper krinkling as you unwrapped the marshmallow and crispy rice rectangle and bit into the impossibly soft, squishy, buttery, crispy mix of all those perfect ingredients. Until you were diagnosed with Celiac and realized that Kellogs, for some BIZARRE reason, just HAS to (still to this day) include malt flavor. Which happens to be made from barley, which happens to be one of the THREE grains you absolutely must avoid if you have Celiac. Now, apparently Kellogs released a gluten free version of their classic crispy rice cereal at some point in the…
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Gluten Free Hi Hat Cupcakes
Halloween was always one of my favorite holidays. My sister and I were VERY into dress up (especially Renaissance and other time-period costumes) growing up – we even had a dress up closet that consisted of giant bins of fanciful dresses and capes and scarves and wigs and suspenders with which to enrobe ourselves for various make believe games and mock-plays. Stepping into the outerwear of some other character not only allowed us to feed our wild imaginations, but also to inspect various aspects of ourselves. We would heighten our silliness or breathe life into our anger or ambition and create characters flooded with those magnified bits of our own…
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Mini Gluten Free Cinnamon Roll Pavlovas
These were definitely one of the messiest desserts I’ve ever made. So much so that I nearly thought the photoshoot was going to be one giant, dripping disaster. But they’re decent! And they taste fantastic. I’d never made cinnamon meringue before so was worried how it was going to turn out, flavor wise, but with a light cinnamon touch in the pavlovas themselves, and a heavier cinnamon glaze, it balances out. The cream cheese custard is perfectly satisfying – much heavier and creamier than the airy, marshmallowy pavlova, and creamier than the heavily-spiced glaze. They’re a bit of work, but worth it for a messy treat. And! They’re part of…
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Gluten Free S’mores Cupcakes
If you also have childhood memories of summer camping trips complete with seemingly endless (one hour) drives into the mountains, squished into the backseat with your sibling(s) and one of the handful of dry goods boxes or coolers meant to sustain you and your family for a weekend inn the woods, then this post is for you. S’mores were a particular favorite for us and our many cousins on family reunion campouts where we all hovered around ember-stage fire pits with roasting sticks in hopes of getting just the right golden tinge around our fluffy white glob of sugar. There were those, of course, who insisted that they loved their…
