Sunday, April 1, 2012

Conference treats

I skipped the usual General Conference** cinnamon rolls this year and made teff muffins and gf english muffins instead.  I also made awesome brownies, not to brag or anything...it's not my recipe!

Here are the recipes:

teff muffins from Bob's red mill (I tell my kids that these are brown sugar muffins since they do kind of have a brown sugar taste and color.  Teff flour is medium brown & makes everything look chocolate! :) I  left out the hazelnuts because I don't have any and used 2 eggs whites & 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce instead of whole eggs.  These are kind of dense.  The second time I made them, I added an extra 1/2 t baking powder.  They were still too dense, but the flavor is really good and eating them fresh helps.  I'm not sure how to make them lighter....Suggestions?
Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup Brown Sugar
  • 1/2 cup Arrowroot Starch
  • 3/4 cup Brown Rice Flour
  • 1-1/2 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1/2 tsp Cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp Sea Salt
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1/3 cup Olive Oil
  • 2/3 cup Water
  • 1/2 cup Hazelnuts, chopped
  • 3/4 cup Teff Flour
Directions

Preheat the oven to 400°F. Grease the muffin pans and set aside. Combine the sugar, flours, arrowroot, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. In a separate bowl, mix together the eggs, oil and water and add to the flour mixture, mixing quickly. Fold in the nuts. Fill the greased muffin pans 3/4 full. Bake for 25 minutes. Makes 8 muffins.
*Sweet White Rice Flour can replace Brown Rice Flour if desired.

Gluten free English muffins from gluten free goddess.  I love these!  And they're pretty healthy.  I make them in a regular muffin pan.  It's very confusing to the taste buds.  Tastes like an English muffin, looks like a regular muffin.  Someday I'll spring for a real english muffin pan.

http://glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com/2009/04/gluten-free-english-muffins.html


The best gluten free brownies!  I've used this recipe for 6+ years and it's always yummy.  Very easy to sub out ingredients too.
This time I made a double batch and put dark chocolate mint M&M's on top of one batch and 60% cacao dark Ghirardelli chopped pieces on the other.  I think the mint ones were the favorite, but both batches are pretty much gone.

Can't Eat Just One Brownies
1/4 c rice flour
1/4 c cornstarch
1/3 c cocoa powder
1/2 t xanthan gum
1/4 t salt
3/4 t baking powder
1/2 c margarine or butter, melted
1 c white sugar
2 eggs
1 t vanilla

Mix wet & dry ingredients separately, then combine. Pour into an 8x8 pan. I usually double it and make a 9x13 pan. Bake 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
You can add chocolate chips or other chips if you want.

Here's the best part!
Frosting (optional)
3T margarine, soft
3T cocoa powder
1 c powdered sugar
1/2 t vanilla
2 T milk or milk sub
Combine margarine and cocoa powder. Add powdered sugar. Then add the powdered sugar &milk until you get a good consistency. Spread on warm brownies.


**If you don't know what General Conference is, you can find out here!
http://www.lds.org/?lang=eng

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