nuttie cookies

I though I should post the recipe used in last weeks baking sheet comparison.
I'ts adapted from America's test Kitchen "how can it be gluten free"
More on that later.

These cookies are rich, crisp exterior and chewy center.

Nuttie Cookies

1 3/4 cup Pamela's artisan flour blend
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp Xanthan gum
1/4 tsp salt
--- Put these in a quart sized zip lock bag, and shake it well. (the original recipe said to whisk it together, but I felt I lost a lot of flour into the air, made me cough)
8 TB (a stick) MELTED butter
3/4 cup Brown sugar (I prefer dark brown in this cookie)
1/3 cup white sugar
1/2 smashed ripe Banana
1 egg
2 Tb whole milk
1 TB vanilla extract
-- Blend these well.
---Then, add the dry to the wet, using a big rubber spatula. Stir until a consistent texture.
1 cup peanut butter chips
1/4 cup finely chopped walnuts
-- Folded in.
-- Let the dough sit the int fridge, for a least 30 min. It HAS to chill!! or the cookies will be one big puddle.
--Pre heat oven to 340. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
-- Ping pong sized balls. about 8 on a sheet.
-- Bake one sheet for about 12 min. (the centers should be a little soft still)
-- Let the cookies cool on the first pan while you cook the second pan. Too finish firming the exterior.
-- Put the dough BACK in the fridge when not in oven.
-- It's about 2 dozen cookies.

Taco Chowder

Taco Chowder (thicker then soup, but thinner then a dip)

1 Lb ground beef, cooked

1 Can (28 diced tomatoes

1 Can re-fried beans

1 Can black beans

1 Can mexi corn

1 can (10 oz) tomato soup

1 package Taco seasoning

crockpot, high, 4 hours

Serve with

cheese

corn chips

Sour cream

Ranch dressing

Cookie Sheet

This is the same cookie recipe, same temperature, on three different pans.

               A.                              B.                    C.

         Light mettle                Light mettle          Dark mettle

    Parchment paper           Silicone mat        Parchment paper

I think the light pan with the parchment paper works best. 

polynesian Pork Chops. Glunten free slow cooker.

The original recipe is here. She calls it Soy sauce and mushroom soup pork chops But I modified it to be GF, and gave it a shorter name.

1. Marinade pork chops in Soy sauce and brown sugar for one hour.
2. Put soup in slow cooker. Add can of mushrooms.
3. Put pork on top of soup.
4. Cook on low for 8 hours (or high for 4).

Super moist, and chops fall apart with fork. I would not have thought that soup and soy sauce go together, But I think the brown sugar makes it more a teriyaki sauce, and then the mushrooms and cream lend it an almost Polynesian flavor.

Pumpkin cookies. Gluten and dairy free

2 1/2  cups flour blend 1  tsp  baking soda 1  tsp  baking powder 1  tsp  cinnamon (next time some nutmeg and ginger too) 1/2  cup  shortening 1 1/2  cups  sugar 1 small can pumpkin

Instructions In large bowl, combine all ingredients. Stir until completely mixed. (I had to use hand mixer to get all the shortening lumps out) Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place spoonfuls of batter on ungreased cookie sheet, Bake 18-20 minutes

All but gluten, Vanilla Snack cakes review

Next I tried the All But Gluten brand Vanilla Snack cakes.

"Vanilla cake with a vanilla crème filling and covered in chocolatey coating"

 

I thought the cake was a little dry and the chocolaty coating a little thin. When you bite in; the cream squirts out as the top and bottom pieces of cake slide in different directions. Very messy and sticky. But overall a good flavor.



Honestly, not sure what this is a gluten free version of.
A google search got us: Tastykake

 "a snack-sized circle of delicious vanilla or chocolate sponge cake, lined with a thick stripe of peanut butter or vanilla créme, and then coated in delicious chocolate "
never has a Tastykake so can't comparer.

All But Gluten, Sliced white loaf review

Our Safeway has started caring a new line of gluten free products.
all but gluten
So lets start with the bread

I tried it along with a loaf od UDIs and it was just as good.
Decent texture, flavor and appearance.
Made a sandwich and it held up very well.
Future purchase depends on price.