Life On the D'Atri Funny Farm: Gluten Free Baking Round 1!

I decided after my first few days of being gluten free that I should attempt to bake something. I can't see myself living without some sort of baked good every once and a while or a bun for my burger. After doing some research I found a great site that has recipes that don't use 14 different kinds of gluten free flours and a bunch of other junk I have never heard of. She uses almond flour and Coconut flour in most of her recipes. It was not easy to find these either. I went to Trader Joe's and found almond meal (a close relative of almond flour) but no coconut flour. After heading to a health food store nearby I was able to find the coconut flour. I came home with two pounds of flour for $14...seriously. This had better be good!!!! I found a site online that sells almond and coconut flours in bulk and I can get them for about $4/lb so that will be my route from here on out.

I started with a cheddar and onion bun/biscuit recipe that sounded good and flavorful. It was pretty easy to put together.

See the small amount of flour I got from each bag...bummer!

Threw everything into my Ninja to combine...LOVE my Ninja!

Biscuits complete...they are soft in the middle with a little bite to them


Buns fresh out of the oven


Used my biscuit to make a chicken breast sandwich for lunch :)

I'm pretty happy with how they turned out. I'm not going to lie and say it is exactly like a biscuit made from wheat flour, but it is tasty. I was excited that my first effort wasn't a total flop and yielded a tasty result that I actually can eat! You can find the recipe here if you want it.

Since my first attempt went well I decided it was time for something sweet! Chocolate Peanut Butter Muffins! This came from the same site and is actually flour-less so any of you can make them and they are awesome!!