Welcome to the gluten free life. I started this to give the world the gift of amazing food that doesn't lack in taste etc. I am a gluten eater, but have developed a rediculous love for baking and cooking amazing gluten and dairy free foods for my boyfriend. Seeing him light up when he eats a piece of pizza (since he hasn't had it in 5 years) or eating an amazing muffin that will rival any glutenous one, makes me happy. So enjoy, and if you have any recipes I would love to try them out as well. I have personally tested all of these with glutenous counterparts at the same time, and they all hold true to being wonderful. Hell, maybe i'll even stop eating wheat!

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Pumpkin Muffins (holy amazingness!)


Just when I thought we couldn't top ourselves in the baking of gourd like delicacies, we created the pumpkin muffin. You may notice some similarities to the zucchini bread, but we tweaked it just a bit, and believe me, they are amazing. Between two of us, we have eaten the whole doezen in less than 24 hours. With this kind of baking, there is no reason to have wheat. These are amazingly moist, and I can't tell you how great they are with coffee! Let me know what you think!

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees


Ingredients (in the order you use them. Helpful I know!)
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 tsp. vanilla
  • 1/2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon (or more)
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1.5 tsp xanthan gum or guar gum
  • 1.5 cups gluten free flour mix (I use a combo of White Rice Flour, Brown Rice Flour, Arrowroot Flour and Sorghum Flour)
  • 1 can organic pumpkin
  • 1 cup chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup pecans (or sliced almonds as we have used here)
  • 2 tsp. mixture of cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice to sprinkle on top of the muffins

Okay now for the easy part...making it!
Beat the eggs, sugar, oil, and vanilla together. Add baking soda, cinnamon, salt and baking powder. Pour in flour and xanthan/guar gum. Mix well. Fold in pumpkin, and chocolate chips. Pour in greased and muffin pans (12 regular sized). Sprinkle the cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice mixture over the top, gently press in a few pecans or almonds. Bake for 40-50 minutes.



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