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Apple Cider Raisin Bread - Gluten Free, Nut Free, Dairy Free, SCD Legal

Posted by J on Monday, February 14, 2011. Filed under: , , , , , , , , , , ,
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This bread has a cake like texture which makes it great for a treat. Breads are not a staple of my diet anymore since I dramatically changed my eating happens to accommodate my healing but it is nice to have a treat once in a while especially when in the company of others. I've served this bread to a bunch of people who are not on my diet and with the exception of my husband (who apparently hates raisins baked into things and didn't tell me until now) everyone enjoyed it and no one knew it was Gluten Free let alone Grain Free and SCD legal until I told them. You can also leave the raisins out completely if you'd like.

Apple Cider Raisin Bread
Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Nut free, SCD Legal

3/4 cup coconut flour
1/4 tsp sea salt
1 tsp baking soda
4 eggs
1/2 cup honey
1/2 c apple cider (if you're following SCD make sure it's legal apple cider)
2 tbs coconut oil, melted
 1/4 cup raisins 

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and line a loaf pan with parchment paper or use a stoneware that is non stick. Go ahead and melt your coconut oil in the microwave and set it aside to cool slightly.  In a small bowl combine the coconut flour, sea salt, and baking soda, combine well and set aside. In a large bowl combine the eggs and the honey. With an electric mixer blend these together. Add the rest of the wet ingredients and continue to blend until smooth. Add the dry ingredients to the wet slowly beating as you go, keep mixing until all the lumps are gone. Fold in the raisins. Pour into your prepared pan and bake for 45 minutes.






Raisin Thumbprint Cookies - Gluten Free, Nut Free, Dairy Free, SCD legal

Posted by J on Monday, January 31, 2011. Filed under: , , , , , , , , ,
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I love cookies, cakes, and small things that I can have with tea that don't require a fork. These cookies are cake like and not too sweet. The raisin filling forms something akin to a caramel which coast the raisins and ends up being nice and chewy.  I also think they look a little like bird's nests but that does not effect the flavor :-) 

Raisin Thumbprint Cookies - Gluten Free, Nut Free, SCD Legal, Dairy Free
makes approx 20 cookies

The first thing to do is prepare the Raisin Filling so it won't be too hot when you're trying to place it into the cookie. 


Raisin Filling
1/2 cup raisins
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup honey

when it looks like this, you're done! Turn off the stove!
Combine in a sauce pan and cook over low heat stirring occasionally until the raisins plump and most of the liquid is gone.

While your raisin filling is going prepare the cookie dough:

1/2 cup honey
4 eggs
1/2 cup olive oil
2 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup coconut flour + 2 tbs
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp sea salt

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or use a silicone baking sheet. Combine the honey, eggs, olive oil, and vanilla in a bowl and mix with an electric mixer (I use my kitchen aid stand mixer for this) until well combined. Whisk the coconut flour, baking soda and salt together in a small bowl. Add the dry to the wet ingredients and mix until a dough forms.

Scoop the cookie dough onto your prepared baking sheet (I use a 1 1/2 tsp cookie scoop). Get yourself a little bit of olive oil in a little dish, now press your thumb into the oil and then into the cookie making a small indentation. Don't push all the way to the bottom of the cookie! Fill your indentation with some of the raisin filling. I did not use all the filling (I just allowed it to harden all the way and ate it, it was delicious).

Bake for 15 minutes.
 


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