Day 82: Sparkly Sprinkles

Today was Baking Day for us, and we've made gluten free scones and chocolate cupcakes made with quails eggs. 

Sparkly Sprinkles

Day 59: Cheese Tops

I fancied some more gluten free bacon, onion, and cheese scones for lunch at college tomorrow, and I also thought I would experiment with using buttermilk in them. I might even share...maybe :P

Cheese Tops

Day 42: Scones

I've had definite success this weekend with my gluten free cooking. Yesterday, I successfully made gluten free dumplings to go in my homemade chicken and vegetable soup. I've tried them in the past, and they've just ended up like doughy lumps, but my attempt yesterday ended up perfect. The same goes for my attempts at scones today. I've tried to make gluten free scones in the past, but they were really thin and as dense as hockey pucks. As you can see from the photo of cheese scones, today's successful attempts are almost as thick as hockey pucks and have the proper consistency of normal scones, and they taste amazing. I realised, when making both recipes, that I was trying too hard. They didn't need the extra liquid that gluten free flour normally calls for, and I need to be a little lighter of touch and not overwork them.

Scones

Day 17: A Divine Dinner

A bit of a late post for me, but the highlight of my day was my beef roast dinner. I had a good beef joint in the freezer from the Christmas meat hamper, and I've been really fancying some nice beef. After consulting a bit of Jamie Oliver for timings, this is probably the first one that I've done, and probably the best one that I've ever done...perfectly cooked to my liking, and totally melting in my mouth. Served with garlic and rosemary carrots, potatoes and onions and homemade gf gravy....nom nom. Shame the Imp ate the meat and potatoes, but is still avoiding carrots like the plague....

A Divine Dinner