B.S.C.

baking, baking

I got the new issue of Cooking light mag in the mail a few weeks ago. In it, they rated a variety of food products.  One of the highlights was this:

Kristen's Gluten-Free Food Cherry and Coffeecake Muffin Mix < The Best Local Foods: 2011 Cooking Light Taste Test Awards - Cooking Light. 

They were delicious!  They got a thumbs up from Gracie, Me, my mom and my gluten free office mate.  She was especially thrilled.  She had pretty much stopped baking when she got her diagnosis a couple of years ago.  I haven't convinced Eric to try a bite, but there is one left and it's got his name on it.  Believe me when I say they taste "normal."

Gracie has refused to eat gluten free bread the last two weeks, which makes her lunch pretty boring. I promised that I'd make her some homemade GF bread...and I did.  I used Pamela's bread mix.  followed the directions on the package and baked it in the oven.  

Miss Gracie gave it two thumbs up.  It was pretty good.  Better, I thought, than store bought GF bread. And it was really good toasted.  

Yay for Gracie.  Yay for us.  

Gluten free pumpkin bread

I don't have a photo of it before it was devoured because when one is baking bread in the morning before heading to work and putting the kids on the bus, there is ususally no time for pictures. 

IT WAS A HIT!

after turning another load of laundry yellow yesterday, i felt much better about myself as a mother after making this.

It's the recipe from the back of the Pamela's Gluten free flour- the pancake mix one.  There are also lots of recipes for it. We use it to make pancakes that EVERYONE in the family likes and I once used it to make a decent scone.  Next up, I'm making muffins. 

Anyway, here's the recipe (adapted from pamela's products)

4 TBSP melted butter            1/2 cup of sugar            2 large eggs           

1 cup of canned pumpkin pie mix (i used farmer's market organic canned pumpkin pie mix, which was great that i didn't have to mix in any spices since i was kind of in a  hurry)

mix that all together

then add 1- 1/3 cup of Pamela's mix

mix completely.

pour into a greased loaf pan.

for a yummy topping mix 2 TBS melted butter with 1/3 cup brown sugar and spread over the top. 

bake at 350 for 50-60 minutes. 

and now I am drinking cheap white wine (vinho verde), waiting for the kids to get their pj's on and missing my husband-he's in new york.  Really wishing we were together tonight.  It's a hard night for our family.  Thinking of Grandpa Mike and wishing I could turn back the clock and he'd still be there with us. I can't help but think what a kick he'd get out of Miss Annie these days and how proud of the responsible young lady that Gracie has grown to be.