Gluten Free Banana Bread

Gluten Free Banana Bread I've never baked with rice flour before, actually I've never baked with any other flour besides all purpose flour. It was on sale at the market so I bought a bag of brown and white rice flour. I was a little skeptical about how this bread would turn out. I tried to find a sugar free gluten free banana bread, but my search...

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Gluten Free Peanut Butter Swirled Brownies

Peanut Butter Brownies (Gluten Free) When I think baking brownies, I don't normally think pull out the blender. Except in this case that is exactly what you need to do. These are the easiest brownies to make. Ever. You simple take all of the ingredients, put it in the blender, mix for about 60 seconds, and pour it into a pan. Thats it. No...

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Cannoli Cups

Cannoli Cups The first cannoli I ever had was a chocolate one from Mikes in Boston. Since then I haven't met a person who doesn't like canoli. Since I wanted a healthier version of canoli, they shell was made in a cupcake pan. Meaning it was baked instead of fried. I drizzled melted chocolate in the bottom of the pastry cups because addition...

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Blueberry Tart

Blueberry Tart I wanted to make a dessert for dinner and I wanted to venture out from baking cookies and brownies. This is a low calorie, healthy, dessert. It will satisfy your sweet tooth without leaving you feeling guilty. It is a light tart that has the same texture of a cheesecake.  This recipe makes just the right amount for...

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Zucchini Brownies

Zucchini Brownies  Me neighbor gave me a giant zucchini and 3 bags of chocolate chips. Obviously I had to turn it into some baked goods. I've made zucchini cookies before, which I loved. After making a batch of those, I still had a ton of shredded zucchini left. This was then turned into brownies After biting into one of these...

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Pluot Jam

Pluot Jam I love pluots. When they are in season I probably eat at least 5 of them per day. We have a pluot tree in our backyard that made some amazing pluots this year. Since the tree had more ripe pluots then I could eat, I decided to turn some into jam, so that I can enjoy them year round. I made jam for the first time last summer using...

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HERSHEY'S SYRUP CAKE

Hershey's Syrup Cake Well, this was an experiment. When the freshman moved out of their dorms, they didn't want to haul all of their stuff back home. I live in a house so I let them keep it in my living room. One of the freshman had a can of chocolate syrup, since it was already opened, and had to be refrigerated, she gave it to me. Since I...

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Soft Baked Peanut Butter Cookies

Soft Baked Peanut Butter Cookies My neighbor gave me a bag of peanut butter, milk chocolate swirled morsels. Being the cookie lover that I am, I had to incorporate them into a cookie.  These cookies turn out soft and chewy. They have the same consistency as a normal chocolate chip cookie and are nothing like the normal crunchy peanut...

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Cloud Cookies

Cloud Cookies I've put brownies and cake balls inside of cookies, now it was marshmallows turn. It is a chocolate cookie that when you bite into, has a sweet surprise inside. Some of the marshmallows are bound to dissolve inside of the cookie making some parts of the cookie extra sweet.  When baking, some of the marshmallows will...

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