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Gooey Yuck
Yes, this is a silly title for a very silly treat! 1 pint bran cereal, the type that looks like twigs 1 pint raisins 1 pint brown sugar 1 pint milk Add all these to a bowl and refrigerate overnight. 1 pint self raising flour Mix the SR flour into the gooey mix the next…
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Sweet Rice Flour baking blend
There is a very good book called Simply Gluten Free Desserts by Carol Kicinski. It hits all the notes you’d expect in a GF desserts recipe book, such as pie crust, cookies, cakes, and the likes. This blend makes the best cookies… amongst other things! Also… go buy Carol’s book. So many good recipes. 4.5…
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Fruited buns
Fruited buns are a delicious brunch treat. Here’s a successful GF version. I hope that you will try it, and feel free to substitute for other requirements such as diary free or vegan. I provide some suggested (alternatives) in the recipe! 1 cup / 240ml sorghum (oat) flour 3/4 cup / 180ml bean flour (I…
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Cheshire Pork Pie
1 lb. pork 2 Tbsp. butter ¼ tsp.salt ¼ tsp. nutmeg 1 tsp. pepper 2 large Granny Smith apples 2 large MacIntosh apples 2 Tbsp. sugar ½ cup Rhine wine Pastry, homemade or store bought Instructions Preheat the oven to 350°. Remove one piece of dough from refrigerator and let stand until soft. Lightly flour…
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Vegan brownies that don’t suck
A daring title, but I have cracked it. I can also make them keto friendly. Oh, and by the way? It’s gluten free, too! 4 tablespoons ground flax 1/2 cup / 120ml water 1 tablespoon vanilla 4oz / 112g cocoa butter 1 cup / 200g allulose or similar keto friendly sugar 1 cup / 220g…
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Keto friendly British sponge pudding
What I’m writing here is an incomplete recipe. This is because the sheer diversity of British sponge puddings is ridiculous, so I’d rather give you the basic recipe that you can tweak with any of the eleventy zillion different options. Chocolate sponge, jam sponge, chocolate, and did I mention chocolate? Yum yum. All tweaks from…
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Keto friendly chocolate sponge pudding
Look, America, you are responsible for lots of good stuff. But your understanding of “pudding” is desperately bad. It’s not just yellow flavour or brown flavour. It’s so much more. And here’s an example. It’s rich, decadent, chocolatey goodness. It’s keto friendly, so low carb. And it’s … well, it’s brown. Shut up! 6oz /…
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Keto friendly pie crust
Low carb, flaky pie crust. Just what you need! This recipe makes one 9 inch pie crust. 1.5 cups / 144 grams almond flour 4 tablespoons / 56 grams butter, cubed 1 oz / 28 g cream cheese 1 tsp apple cider vinegar 1 large egg 1/4 tsp salt (optional) Add the first 3 ingredients…
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Nougat
Nougat is something I always associated with a sickly sweet, weirdly papery, somewhat stale confection. Freshly home made nougat is far from that, and well worth making at home. A couple of warnings. You will be handling sugar syrup, also known as culinary napalm. Please handle with extreme care, you don’t want 3rd degree burns.…
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Jam roly poly recipe
A new word for a lot of Americans will be “stodge”. It’s a word with many negative connotations, but in the case of Jam Roly Poly that’s what it’s supposed to be – a stodgy comfort food designed to deliver calories straight to your waistline. Enjoy! 300g / 10.5oz / 2 cups AP flour or…