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chocolate shorties

so, back to baking and it looks like almond flour will be my new best friend. though, i do doubt that i’ll ever be able to give up butter. i saw a nice looking gluten free shortbread on the king arthur flour website and decided to see what variations i could make. i figured i’d start with an chocolate almond shortbread cookie and have my cookies and cut my carbs, as well. it’s a really simple dough and comes together quickly. i think the raw dough will freeze well and come in handy for last minute entertaining. i plan to just freeze the dough balls in doubled freezer bags.

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bacon stuffed buttermilk biscuits

it’s kiss my gluten free buns’ second anniversary and we’re celebrating with biscuits crammed full of bacon! IMG_0102

i know, it sounds crazy, but it’s really only decadent. it was just one of those filled with errands and crap you just don’t want to do. as evening rolled around, i decided that i deserved a treat, something savory but fun and that might pass for dinner under a blurry microscope. Continue reading →

cherries & cream coffee cake

i was racking my brain and then the interwebs for some new toppings for a buttermilk coffeecake base. in the past, i have always topped coffee cake very simply with some streusel crumb, but i came across a blueberry coffee cake with a cream cheese center. still wanting a sort of simple cake and one that wasn’t too wet or too sweet, i started to fiddle with combining the two recipes. cherries are my all-time favorite fruit and i figured cherry preserves would be less wet and sweet than a pie style cornstarch thickened filling. i still wanted my streusel topping, but with some extra punch, so i added almond flour to the mix. My dear friend Brenda calls this the SuperNova Cake.

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tipsy cranberry almond shorties -the recipe

Thanks everyone for your votes and support in the Fonseca BIN 27 Cookie Rumble 2013! The cookies finished in a respectable 4th place out of approximately 150 entries in the popular vote. Not bad for gluten free cookie in a mainstream cookie contest. My friend Grant finished in second place with his lovely Point Reyes Port Cakes and I suggest you check out his recipe.

Now, we wait to see what happens in the judges vote. As promised, I’ve posted the “Tipsy Cranberry Almond Shorties” recipe,

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rösti

the other day i came across this lovely recipe for roesti (a sort of swiss version of hash browns) from Nick Malgieri  and i couldn’t stop thinking about them, until i had them all golden brown and buttery, on my dinner plate. you have to think ahead for roesti because the potatoes need to sit overnight after boiling and before peeling and grating.

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