Apple Puff Pancake {Gluten Free}

I made this for breakfast this weekend and it was a big hit with everyone. Cinnamon apples in a baked pancake? What's not to love? I am thinking this for Christmas breakfast.

Apple Puff Pancakes {Gluten Free}

adapted  from Cook It Allergy Free

1 stick Butter, melted

2 Apples, peeled and very thinly sliced (I used Granny Smith)

3 Tbsp Brown Sugar

6 eggs

1 1/2 cups Milk

1 cup + 1 TBL All-Purpose Gluten-Free Flour blend (below)

3 Tbsp Brown Sugar
1 Tbsp Vanilla Extract

3/4 tsp Ground Cinnamon

Shake of Ground Nutmeg

1/2 tsp Salt

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Place melted butter in bottom of 9 x 13 inch glass baking dish. Place thinly sliced apples on top of the butter, then sprinkle the apples evenly with 3 Tablespoons of brown sugar. Place in pre-heated oven for 5 minutes. While apples are in oven do the following:

In high speed blender, blend the eggs at high speed for 1 minute. Next add: Milk, Gluten-Free Flour Blend, Brown Sugar, Vanilla, Cinnamon, Nutmeg and Salt. Blend on high speed for 1-2 minutes.

Remove baking dish from oven and pour batter evenly over apple mixture. Place back in middle rack of oven and bake for 20 minutes, or until pancake is puffed and brown.

Serve immediately. Note that the pancake will start to fall as it begins to cool. This is normal and what it is supposed to do.

*To make gluten, use regular All purpose flour in place of the GF blend.

Gluten Free All Purpose Flour Mix

3 parts brown rice flour
3 parts corn starch
2 parts soy flour or sorghum flour
1 part masa harina

I used a 1 cup measure, so I end up with 3 c. brown rice, 3 c. cornstarch, 2 c. soy flour and 1. c. masa harina.

Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl and mix thoroughly. (If you’re new to mixing flours, then you want to make sure that you don’t see any clumps or streaks of indiviual flours. By the time you’re done it should be one homogeneous bowl of flour.) Transfer the flour to a canister or other storage container, this is a master mix to use with a few recipes.

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Ham and Potato Hash with Eggs

This has been my favorite breakfast lately. I use leftover baked potatoes, leftover Thanksgiving ham or steak from the night before. There really isn't a recipe I follow, just dice up some cooked potatoes, start frying in a little oil in a large hot skillet, toss in some diced meat of choice, diced onion and bell peppers, season with salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, paprika and let it get a little crispy. Meanwhile, start frying up your eggs how you like them, then top over the hash.

steak hash & eggs

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Chocolate Birthday Cake {Gluten Free}

my kids left me notes all over the house =)

The other week was another year older for me and when I saw this gluten free cake posted I knew that would be my birthday cake. I also knew that if anyone was going to give me a cake, I could bet it wasn't going to be gluten free, and it wasn't. So I had two cakes that night. Lucky me. I thought this came out pretty good, it's my first GF cake and tasted pretty much like a regular all-purpose flour cake. I frosted this with a pink cream cheese frosting.


Chocolate Cake {Gluten Free}
from The Happy Tummy

1 cup rice flour
1/2 cup Potato starch
1/4 cup tapioca flour
2 cups granulated sugar
3/4 cup Hershey’s Special DARK Cocoa
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 cup strong black coffee
1 cup buttermilk, room temperature
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350 F. Prepare 2 x 9″ (or 3 x 8″ for slightly shorter layers) cake pans with butter and flour or parchment paper. In bowl of electric mixer, sift all dry ingredients. Add all remaning ingredients to bowl with the dry ingredients and with paddle attachment on mixer, mix for 2 minutes on medium speed and pour into prepared pans. Batter will be liquidy.

Bake for 20 minutes and rotate pans in oven. Cakes are done when toothpick or skewer comes clean about 25-35 minutes. Cool on wire racks for 20 minutes then gently invert onto racks until completely cool and frost.

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