Musings from a Busy Mom

My family agrees - this recipe is a keeper, even if we ever go back to eating gluten products.  These are the best waffles I've ever made.   Sara's Gluten-Free Waffles 3 cups Sara's GF Baking Mix 1/4 cup sugar 2 eggs 1/2 cup melted coconut oil 2 cups milk Mix GF Baking Mix with sugar.  Make a well and pour in melted coconut oil and eggs.  Mix oil and eggs and start incorporating into dry mix.  Slowly add milk.  Add 1/4 cup to each side of waffle maker and cook until golden brown. You may have to cook them a little longer than regular waffles. Makes 12 waffles.  Can also use this recipe for pancakes. Please note, these are best fresh.  While the children didn't mind the frozen then toasted ones, they were not as good as the ones we made yesterday.

I have two gluten-free flour mixes that I have found work best in most of my baking.  I have an 'Artisan' mix that works well as an all-purpose flour, and I have a baking mix for cookies, biscuits, and such.  When using these blends, my family has found the gluten-free baked goods to be as good as or better than their wheat-based cousins.   Since we are still relatively new to eating gluten-free, it was important to me to find things that we really like.  We have never given up bread products - this was not an option for my bread-loving husband, so we have never entered into the "anything that looks like bread... is better than nothing" phase. Sara's GF Biscuit/Baking Mix : 6 cups garbanzo bean flour  4 1/2 cups white rice flour 4 1/2 cups brown rice flour 6 TBS baking powder 1/4 cup sugar 3 TBS + 2 tsp xanthan gum or guar gum 1 TBS cream of tartar 1 tsp salt Sara's GF Artisan Mix : 6 cups Brown Rice Flour 4 cups Potato Starch 3 cup Al

Now you can bake your cookie and eat it too!  I discovered a delish chocolate chip cookie recipe.  My children find them delightful, and because of the flours I use my youngest dubbed them 'vegetable cookies.'  But they taste nothing like vegetables... they taste like all the goodness a chocolate chip cookie should be! Sara's Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies : 1 cup sugar 1 cup packed brown sugar 2 eggs 1 cup butter, softened 1 1/2 tsp GF vanilla 1 3/4 cup Baking Mix 1 1/4 cup Artisan Mix 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp salt soy-free chocolate chips to taste Cream the sugar, brown sugar, butter, eggs, and vanilla. Add everything else except chocolate chips and mix well (about 30 seconds in mixer). Stir in chocolate chips. Drop by rounded spoonfuls (or Pampered Chef scoop) onto cookie sheet and bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes.  Devour.  But be careful... these are rich enough and filling enough that more than one may be just a little too much. And