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