Etsy site! And other things.

Hey internetters, no recipe today but I wanted to say that I've opened an Etsy store! http://www.etsy.com/people/TessaLeBear I've made three sales already. Stuff isn't expensive at all. I have a donate box on the side of my blog because shipping and material  costs are a bit pricey and I want to keep my prices reasonable. That's all. Bai!

Gluten Free chocolate fudge! :D

This one was so easy but the wait time takes forever. I'm still waiting and I put it in the fridge at 2:30pm, it's about 9:30pm. I cheated and ate some... so awesome tasting. Anyway...

Go to your cold closet and your food keeper columns and get this stuff:
1/2cup milk
2 1/2cup powdered sugar
3tbs butter
6tbs of Coca Powder (I used Hershey's Special dark chocolate)
1/4tsp salt
1tsp vanilla

Something witty here. 

 Next, add everything in a medium sauce pan except for the vanilla. Stir frequently and bring to a boil, then turn it to low, add in the vanilla and stir until it's mixed in well. Then just put in a small pan that's greased with butter and let sit until firm. So easy. Picture jus' 'cause it's what I do. I sort of hate finding a recipe and not having any idea what texture it's suppose to be or how it's suppose to look. Sort of why I started doing this since GF foods are so different looking and feeling.

Add

Stir.

Boil.

FRIDGE!

 Happy noming! :D

Gluten free chocolate cupcakes! :)

I officially have a cooking problem. These taste, like, well cupcakes. I used Bob's Red Mill GF all purpose flour because I was feeling lazy and didn't want to hear the blender grind rice, lol. Anyway...

This, this is what you need:
2 cups of GF all purpose flour
1 tbs buckwheat flour
1 1/2 tsp xanthan gum
3/4 cup butter (or 12 tablespoons that's what I did)
3/4 cup coca powder (I used dark chocolate coca powder)
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 tsp milk

Also, if you keep a man in your pantry, add that in too.

Okay, first mix the AP flour, buckwheat flour, baking soda, baking powder, coca powder, xanthan, and salt.

Try not to mix in any wild Pook-a-looz, or tadertots. 

Next, blend together the butter and sugar in  separate bowl. Then add in the eggs one at a time while blending. 

Egg.

Then add in the milk and vanilla and mix, then start slowing adding in the dry mix. Blend well, then put the mix in a cupcake pan that's well greased or has paper cups in them.

Again, do not add pook-a-looz.

Bake at 350 degrees(F) for 18-20 minutes.

OMONOMNOMNOM

Gluten free Mozzarella sticks! It only took me about 20 minutes to make, and it's super easy!

Okay so the mozzarella sticks are so awesome. They're made pretty much like gluten ones. I won't really have measurements on this one because it depends on how much you want to make!

What you need:
A mouth or two.
Some string mozzarella
2 eggs
1 tbs milk
any GF flour (I used my home GF blend of tapioca flour, brown rice flour, and potato starch but any type of flour should do fine)
GF bread crumbs ( I used four pieces of bread)
Oil for frying

Do this:
Okay so I didn't buy premade GF bread crumbs I used some of the rice bread I had to make them. I toasted it on the cooking machine because I don't have toaster bags or a toaster that's just for GF stuff.

Toast.

You can try to crumble the toast with your hands or something but I gave up shortly after trying and used the ear ripper of doom, better known as the Magic Bullet. Any blender with a dry blade should work though. Just tear up the bread before you blend it.

Next chop your sticks in half if large. Next mix the egg and milk in a bowl and put flour in a separate bowl. In this order roll the sticks. Flour, egg-milk mix, crumbs. Set aside until all are rolled.

Next in heated oil (I used canola), fry them.

OMNOMNOM. I should have used more bread but they tasted awesome for a first try. Enjoy!

Gluten free sort-of-bread-sticks.

Blegh, I'm running low on brown rice flour. -_- Anyway, made bread sticks today to go along with dinner and though they're not shaped that.. uh.. well they taste good! My boyfriend ate one right after I got them out of the cooking machine then ate three more.

THIS STUFF:
2/3 cups of brown rice flour
2 tbs white rice flour
1/4 cup potato starch
2 tbs tapioca flour(starch)
1tsp sugar
1 1/4 xanthan gum
2tsp yeast
3/4 cup water
1 tbs melted butter
1 tsp cider vinegar

Something isn't quite right here...

First mix together all the dry ingredients. Next, in a separate bowl add the wet ones and mix with whisk or mixer. I used a stand mixer from the early 70's, lol. Once the wet mixture is mixed well add in the dry mix gradually.

Don't forget to melt the butter!

  Okay next watch out for wild Pook-a-looz, they're everywhere sometimes.

Everywhere.

Scrape the sides with a rubber spatula and mix for four minutes. Then put it on greased baking sheet and let rise for an hour. Use a MUCH smaller baking sheet than what I did. After it has risen bake in oven for 12 minutes at 400 degrees(F). Next, flip on to different baking sheet and cut up. Yes, mine are disfigured. :( after that just bake for 20 minutes then eat.

Doughnuts. It's easy and takes only about an hour and a half. The end results are AWWWHHHSOME.

Okay first I'd like to thank my boyfriend and his father for helping me with this. My boyfriend took pictures and his dad helped me cook the dough in grease, you're both super awesome. Anyway, I tried to make soft pretzels yesterday and needless to say they tasted naaaaaaaaaasty. So today I made doughnuts. They tasted like happiness. Oh, right you came here for instructions, riiiiiight.


Go to where you keep stuff and get this:
Okay first I used a jarred blend of flour. It was:
2 cups brown rice flour
2/3 cup potato starch
1/2 cup tapioca starch (or flour it's the same thing don't be fooled!)
You will use  2 cups of this.
Shake it up and set aside. You also need:
1 Tbs. butter (melted)
2 cups buckwheat (I used light buckwheat but any should be fine)
1 egg
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup milk
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp nutmeg
2 tbs xanthan
Oil to fry, I mixed canola and vegetable oil.

LOOK I put something in a jar! I'm uber-trendy. 

As trendy as an 80 year old....

Now, do as I say....

Melt the butter then mix the milk and egg in to it.

DO NOT EAT.

Now that it's mixed add the sugar, baking powder, xanthan gum, and nutmeg.

Blend until it looks like the picture below, then add 2 cups of the rice flour blend:

Okay here is where the buckwheat comes in, it won't be a good enough texture so add the buckwheat flour little by little until it's a good enough texture to pick up and hold together in a ball. You most likely won't use two cups of the buckwheat flour but just in case have that much.

It should be the texture of a meat puppet.

I kid, I make bad joke.

hehehe.

IT DOESN'T BOUNCE, DON'T GET YOUR HOPES UP

NOT REAL BALL. JUST DOUGH.

Stick the ball of dough in the fridge for about 20 minutes covered in a damp paper towel or cloth.

That.

Meanwhile heat your oil, make it at least 230 degrees (F). The dough should sizzle and float when it makes contact. Flour a surface with cornstarch or something to roll out. Roll the dough out, and cut with something circular shaped, I used a cup.

I used a shot glass, because I'm hardcore. And you know, you're not hardcore unless you live hardcore.

Okay time for the oil. Pictured are when they're ready to be flipped and when they'e done. Keep them in the oil for about 30 seconds per side. If you feel they're done sooner (everyone is different), take them out.

Then just powder or whatever you want to do and go OMNOMNOM. Let them cool, unless you want the sugar and stuff to melt on to it.