Amaranth Almond Sweet Loaf

I did it. Finally at the point where I am experimenting with baking!

Dry Ingredients
4 tbsp amaranth flour
3 tbsp coconut flour
1/2 C almond flour

1/2 tsp salt
1.5 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp orange rind, grated

Wet Ingredients
1/2 C Fresh Squeezed orange juice
1/4 C honey
1/4 C ghee
2 eggs

KitchenAid the wet ingredients for about 10 mins, adding OJ last.

Add dry ingredients and mix really well for another 10 mins, high for at least 2-3 mins.

The resultant mixture will not be stiff.

Bake in a loaf pan (coat with ghee) at 375 F for about 15 mins. Once you start seeing it get brown, reduce the heat down to 225 F for about 10 mins or so. The loaf will *not* rise but you need to make sure its cooked through.

Soft and sweet bread, smells really good despite forgetting to add the vanilla/cardamom/cinnamon!

PEANUT BUTTER SQUASH BROWNIES

PEANUT BUTTER SQUASH BROWNIES
by Nancy

1 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup honey
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 egg
1/2 cup cooked butternut squash

Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes.

Banana Nut Pudding

1 ripe medium banana
2 TBL peanut butter (or other nut butter)
1/2 cup homemade yogurt


1. Smash banana with fork until completely smooth.
2. Mix peanut butter with smashed banana.
3. Put 1/2 cup homemade yogurt into a bowl.
4. Mix banana/nut butter mixture into yogurt until smooth.
5. Refrigerate and serve cold.

Cococut Flour Cake

I tried my hand at the coconut flour today and am really pleased with the results.
Here's the original recipe from SCD_recipe_creators yahoo group:

Ellen's Coconut Flour cake (advanced food on SCD):

6 eggs

1 stick butter, melted

1 tbl. vanilla

1 cup coconut flour

1 cup honey

1.5 tsp. baking soda

Mix extremely well (I put in in my Kitchen Aid mixer for several minutes). Pour into well-greased cake pan, preferably lined with parchment on the bottom (can be hard to get out otherwise). Bake at 350 until lightly brown (I think it was about 30 minutes).


I replaced the butter with ghee, and I added some powdered cardamom to mask the taste of the coconut flour. I forgot about the parchment paper (I won't the next time!).

The tip about mixing extremely well in a Kitchen Aid mixer can't be understated. I beat the mixture for about 5-7 minutes.

The resulting batter looked like this:

As you can see, I am not using a cake pan, I don't have one (!).

I put this in the oven at 325F. At around 25 mins I got a little nervous, because the cake looked brown around the edges but didn't seem to be done yet in the center. So I reduced the heat to 275 F let it bake for 10 mins (at 275 F).
Turned the oven off and let the cake sit there till I got back from a kid-pickup-and-dropoff (about 20 mins).




And... Voila. Here's my perfect pound cake...that earns a high rating from S.
The coconut taste is reasonably masked by the cardamom (especially when its warm), but starts to make its presence felt when it is eaten cold.

I am sure that some coulis (without sugar) made from blueberries or raspberries would be perfect.

I can't wait to see if I can figure out how to layer some lemon curd (from yogurt cheese and lemon) or other fruit to dress this up to make it birthday party-worthy!

Single Guy's Baked Banana Dish

From
http://www.mealsforyou.com/cgi-bin/print?recipe.10170
For 4 servings:

• 8 firm bananas, cut into chunks
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 1/2 cup cinnamon sugar

Place banana chunks in a small baking dish. Top with melted butter and cinnamon sugar. Bake in the oven or in a toaster oven at 350°F for 25 to 30 minutes.