Category: Baked Goods

Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies

admin April 26, 2013 4 Comments
Today I bring you Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies-Allergy Free. Yep, that’s right!   I adapted this recipe from my Babycakes Covers the Classics cookbook by Erin McKenna. I’m sure you’ll enjoy them as much as we do.  They are simple and easy to prepare.  Enjoy! Also shared at Slightly Indulgent Tuesday . Gluten Free Friday . Allergy Free Wednesday.

Gluten Free Finds, Berry Bushes, and Fruit Snacks

admin April 19, 2013 6 Comments
I get a “rush” when I find good deals or interesting things while grocery shopping.  It’s even more fun now that I have a blog and can share my finds with you! If you read my three part series about grocery shopping you already know that I shop Whole Foods, Trader Joes, regular supermarkets and Aldi.  Yes, Aldi.  This is the store that helps me keeps the grocery bill “lower” due to...

Chocolate Donuts With Strawberry Frosting Followed With Discussion Of Gluten Free Flours and Binders

admin February 6, 2013 25 Comments
I guess I’m dubbing myself the allergy friendly, holiday/seasonal donut gal. :-D I brought you the allergy free pumpkin donut in the fall.  For Christmas I brought you the gingerbread donuts with cinnamon buttercream frosting.  And now, just in time for Valentine’s Day, I bring you a chocolate donut with strawberry frosting…allergy free of course!     Now, this chocolate donut is not...

Learning To Bake Allergen Free by Colette Martin and Mashed Potato Biscuit Recipe

admin January 17, 2013 6 Comments
In April 2012 I attended the Nourished Food Bloggers Conference in Chicago.  I did not have a food blog at the time, but I was eager to get one going.  This was just the event to get me started.  It was a wonderful experience and I met many wonderful food bloggers and heard informational and exciting sessions. One woman I ate lunch with was Colette Martin.  She was fun and such an engaging...

Alternatives to Butter (and soy) in Baking–Spectrum Shortening and Earth Balance Coconut Spread

admin December 12, 2012 43 Comments
Today I bring you some information about alternatives to butter and regular shortening in baking.  Butter of course, makes things delicious and flaky, but it is made out of milk.  So it’s out for people with milk allergies or vegans.  But you can still bake wonderful treats without butter.  There is shortening, like Crisco, or your store’s generic brand.  This works very well in most...

Gingerbread Donuts With Cinnamon Buttercream Frosting + Photo Tutorial

admin December 2, 2012 20 Comments
"These are crazy good!”  Those were the first words out of the mouths of my “recipe tasters” when I made these gingerbread donuts with cinnamon “buttercream” frosting. My pumpkin donuts were such a hit this autumn that I thought I would come up with a Christmas flavored donut.  I asked on the Allergy Free Test Kitchen Facebook page what some favorite Christmas flavors were and...

Brownie Dessert Shooters

admin November 26, 2012 6 Comments
I miss brownies.  When I first had to say goodbye to eggs and milk, I searched high and low for an egg free brownie.  I tried several recipes and none of them fit the bill.  Brownies seem to be the one thing that must have eggs.  Then a year later, when adding in the gluten free factor I tried a few more recipes from good cookbook authors.  But for me, the brownies just did not do it. ...

Soft Allergy Free Chocolate Chip Cookies

admin November 22, 2012 9 Comments
Do you want a gluten free chocolate chip cookie?  How about one without eggs and milk?  Is soy on your no-no list?  No problem!  Do you want all of the above in a cookie that is also free of refined sugar and is soft and chewy?  Sounds impossible right?  Wrong!  You can have it all!   This cookie recipe came to me on an index card.  I have no idea where it originates, but I switched up...

Decadent (And Allergy Free) Must Have Chocolate Cake

admin October 23, 2012 39 Comments
Have I got a treat for you today!  A chocolate cake that is moist, decadent and allergy friendly.  Not only that, but it is easy to put together.  This is a must have recipe for any situation needing a cake; a birthday, anniversary, Sunday company, you name it.  No one will guess you are serving them an allergy free dessert!    This can also be made into cupcakes.  They freeze well and...

Gluten Free Yeast Free Dinner Rolls

admin September 13, 2012 27 Comments
Some meals just need dinner rolls.  You know the kind.  They don’t feel like a complete meal without a roll.  Well, for a person on an allergy friendly diet who should not have gluten, or the person on the anti-candida diet or allergic to yeast or just doesn’t like yeast, it is pretty hopeless.  Until now.  I wish I could claim this as my own recipe…that is how good it is.  But alas,...