Gluten Free with a side of Paleo for the everyday kitchen.
I cannot even begin to tell a lie, I baked these chocolate chip pumpkin cookies for the millionth time in my life on September 1st. Yes, I am that person who loves fall. I am that person who puts her boots on in 90 degree weather sweating like crazy. I am that person who thinks that fall starts the minute August ends and September starts. I am THAT person.
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Ever craving something so much but you simply don’t want to go get it, or the best one you have ever had half way across the country? I mean that happens to me a lot… Especially with Apple Fritters! There is a tiny little hole in the wall that sells the best doughnuts and baked goods in Upstate New York that I could almost kill for one right now!
BUT…. then I got to thinking. With these magic hands of mine I could probably make some of the best ones I know! I was right (when am I not?).
The best part? They are gluten free! No Bloating YAY!
Turns out these gluten free apple fritters are really not that hard. I always pictured them to take like 5 hours from start to finish and then the only way to eat them was hot (that part is still true). But these take literally like 30 minutes from start to finish and they are super easy! I blown away that I could create this recipe and it be so simple that I just had to share with you all!
They are seriously a must in every household. Even if you aren’t gluten free that are so delicious, full of flavor, scrumptious, apples galore, and tasty! Did I mention DELICIOUS? I can’t stress that enough!
1/2 cup Brown Rice Flour
1/4 Tapioca Starch
1/2 Xanthan Gum
1/4 cup Sugar
Pinch of Salt
1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
1/3 cup Milk (I used Almond)
1 egg
splash of Vanilla
1-2 tsp Cinnamon mixed with 5-4 tsp Sugar (depending on taste of cinnamon)
2-3 Peeled and Diced Apples
Coconut Oil for Frying (you can use any oil)
Topping
1 1/2 cups 10x Sugar (confectioner’s sugar)
2 Tbsp Milk (almond milk for me)
Mix together your flour, tapioca starch, xanthan gum, sugar, baking powder and salt. Set aside. In a mixer or large bowl whisk together your milk and egg and vanilla. Add in your dry mix and mix until well combined. Toss diced apples in the cinnamon sugar mixture. Then add the apples and the excess cinnamon sugar into the batter.
Heat up a deep pot (I used a sauce pan) with about 2 cups coconut oil and let it get to about 300 degrees Fahrenheit. We need the fritters to be floating for easy cooking. I used a cookie scooper to get the size of my apple fritters. Fry on both sides until golden brown and cooked thoroughly. This made about 12 apple fritters.
The bigger you make them the longer it will take to cook on the inside (but so worth it).
Once the gluten free apple fritters have cooled mix together your 10x sugar and milk until a glaze is make. Cot the tops of the fritters by sticking them face down in the glaze. Let set and enjoy!
Best served warm, gooey and in the morning for the best sugar rush!
Seriously, these gluten free apple fritters are the easiest thing to make for company coming and they look absolutely magnificent chilling in your cover stand on your island that you probably use once in a great while to make the kitchen look cute. Don’t worry, I am the same way! The goodies never stay long enough in this house.
You can use all sorts of apples for this just keep in mind the hard the apple is the easier it will stay together and the less mushy it will after it is cooked. I have make them with granny smith (they were so amazing!) but Fuji apples are what I typically have around the house to use and I wait until they are about to go bad on me (cut out the bad spots) and use them. No one eats them after that point, so I dice them up and whip up a couple of batches of these bad boys.
You can double the recipe and make them double the size for large and in charge ones! They are the best and just like the bakery style ones, but the smaller they are the more you can eat (my motto).
Let me know what you all think! This recipe is so simple and so yummy too!
Deliciously,
Gabby
You absolutely love s’mores! In fact you love them so much, but you hate to stand over the gas stove with a marshmallow on a skewer or toast them in the oven. In the middle of the day too! SO the whole house warms up just for a few smores? Is it worth it? sure it is, but what about something that cools you down instead? Like Freezer smores! …
What do I miss most about preschool? Besides the naps, no homework and no bills to pay, but I missed having snacks too! In particular I missed having those graham crackers that you can break apart and nimble on while all the cinnamon falls to the napkin. Then when I was done I would lick my finger and clean all the crumbs and cinnamon.
That’s just me of course! (I am sure I’m not the only one…) …
What is your go to snack when you are looking for something salty and crunchy? My answer, probably like any other person, would be some potato chips. Not just any chips though, but those amazing, thick cut and super easy pub chips!
As I have told you in a recent post, Paleo Zucchini Chips, that I jut happened to obtain a mandolin. Not the instrument but a slicing mandolin! I have never been so excited to have one! However, I have been making everything with it! Any form of potatoes, squash, cucumbers or anything slicable. ( not sure if that is a word but I am going with it) And it has turned out to be a tasty one.
SOOOO I tried my hand at some pub chips!…
Talk about a sensational treat! These brownie whoopie pies are out of this world tasty and tiny for a sweet little treat!
I know, I know, I KNOW! Look at them! So cute, so yummy and so pretty too! Whoopie pies have always been a favorite in out house. I can remember when I was 5 years old my mom and I would be making some whoopie pies in her tiny kitchen in Florida. Her kitchenaid was just a stirring, oven making the house warm and me covered in cocoa powder flour. Yeah one of my favorite things was being in the kitchen with my mom. It still happens but she sits while I am cooking or baking now… Not quite the way it used to be. …
What a weekend it has been! Our refrigerator decided to it didn’t want to work right anymore. Why? Because when everything decides to go wrong it does. Thankfully it ended with the fridge. However, I am not going to jinx it. We also have another fridge downstairs so we were blessed this time! Besides I get to tell you about this awesome gluten free steak stir fry!
Anyways, I have had to cook a lot of food because of that incident and I had about 1 1/2 pounds of steak that I had no idea what to do with but maybe make food for the dogs… Yeah I though that would a bit of a waste too….
Certainly, Spring is coming in with full force sunshine and warmer weather and I couldn’t be happier! With this glorious weather we have been having in the foothills of North Carolina I have been craving fresh foods! In fact, this avocado pico de gallo is all fresh and so ready to have outdoor parties with you this spring and summer!
My family is all about outdoor living. We used to live in Florida where it was all outdoors all year. Well, the summer so dang hot we couldn’t stand it without some form of air conditioning running. Now that we have moved to North Carolina we are outside most of the day in the spring and summer. We turn the A/C on at night to sleep cool, but for the most part it stays off. What is the point of having it on if you are just going to be chilling in the pool with an ice cold beverage of choice? Seriously, this sounds like a dream!…
Hi Y’all! Happy Friday to! You have successfully made it to the next recipe this week! Totally Kidding because I knew you could do it!
I can seriously feel spring time coming! Although, one more snow day would not be a bad idea. I kinda like sleeping in and not having anything to do because well, I can’t get any where! AND THE SNOW! It is one of the most beautiful (yet dangerous) things ever, but I like to be inside with something hot in my hand watching it snow. Not outside in it freezing my butt off. I am definitely feeling my Florida girl ways when it is snowing and I hate to say it. Even going up to Appalachian State (GO Mountaineers!) for school did not cure me of this!
Guess what it is almost time for?! That’s right, V-Day! or D-day for some men who aren’t so prepared! However, this year men should be more than prepared, Why, you ask? Because Valentine’s Day is exactly 1 week after Super Bowl 50. They have no excuse, right ladies? They knew it was coming! However, for the SUper Bowl some delicious snacks like: Turkey Sausage Balls and Taco Dip with some chips are much needed snacks to remind him of it next week! I am just saying!
Today’s recipe sure reminds me of the love that is in the air! These gluten free red velvet cake doughnuts are completely baked, not fried, and totally and completely delicious! I think I may have fallen in love with them. They are really just that good. Baked doughnuts don’t give you that oily feeling that regular doughnuts do, but they are still positively scrumptious in my eye though. I can only eat 1 of a traditional doughnut because of the fried reason, but give me a handful of cake doughnuts and I will guarantee you they will be gone in 10 minutes flat. No question.
3/4 cup Brown Rice Flour
1/2 cup Tapioca Starch
2/3 tsp Xanthan Gum
1 1/2 Tbsp Cocoa Powder
Big pinch of salt
1/2 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp White Vinegar
1/2 cup plus 2 Tbsp Coconut Oil (melted)
3/4 cup Demerara Sugar (or any sugar)
1/2 cup Buttermilk (1/2 cup milk mixed with 1/2 tsp lemon juice)
1 egg
1/2 tsp Vanilla
1 1/2 Tbsp Red Food Coloring
Frosting:
1 1/2 Powdered Sugar
2 oz Cream Cheese
1/2 tsp vanilla
3-4 Tbsp Milk (I used Almond Milk)
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix together your tapioca starch, brown rice flour, xanthan gum, baking soda, salt and cocoa powder together. If you wish to sift it you can. Set mix aside.
Place in your mixing bowl (or bottom of stand mixer) sugar, coconut oil, buttermilk, vanilla and egg. Mix together well. Add your vinegar into your dry mix right before you mix it in with the wet ingredients. Mix well. Add in your Red Food Coloring. Take your doughnut pan and grease well. Take a ziploc gallon bag or piping bag. Cut the corner so that the opening is about 1/2 to 3/4 of inch long (about 1 to 1.5 cm) put your dough into the bag and pipe an even amount into the wells. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until the doughnut is springing back. Let cool in pan for about 10 minutes and then finish cooling on rack.
Mix together your icing and when the doughnuts are cool dip tops into the icing and dip into sprinkles or take a ziploc bag or piping bag and fill the baggy with the icing glaze. Cut a tiny hole in the bag and drip over the doughnuts or decorate how you want! Serve with a glass of milk for breakfast or lunch…. or dinner and lunch no judgement here!
These red velvet Cake doughnuts are so moist, soft, beautiful and yummy too! I was honestly blown away the first time I ever made them when I was in college. I honestly cannot remember where I got the recipe from considering I have done so many tweaks to the recipe to bring to the gluten free side of baking or the good side, which ever you prefer! 🙂
I would be lying if i said i had any of these left to share, but sadly (for me too!) they are all gone. However, you can make them yourself and let me know what you think of it! they are so good! You will not be disappointed!
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Deliciously,
Gabby
Happy Hump Day! 
Am I the only one who wishes that the weekend was 5 days long while the week was only 2 days?
As you all know I have been exercising everyday. I am not talking Crossfit or p90x but you 15 minutes of core workout and about 30 minutes of fast pace walking. Can I tell you how much energy have during the day? I love it! I also have been sleeping so much better at night and making sure that I eat breakfast! I have been perfecting my omelette game and that should be on the blog later in the week! Not just the usual bacon cheese and egg either! You will have to come back and see what it is all about!
This past week it has been difficult making thetime to sit down and eat with each other because we have had one thing after another. My man loves refereeing so at night he has been reffing at a local community gym all of the basketballs games from 6:30 to 8:30 various nights of the week. Between that and the church starting a fun Bethlehem Alive for the Christmas season to come! It has been a busy time and it looks like this year isn’t slowing down, but it is fun though. Oh anyways! My point was I have been trying to make these burgers for about 3 or 4 days and ever day we have been too tired to make them until one night I decided tonight is the night.
They are always a fantastic winner for dinner!…
