Toaster Pastries

Apple Cider recipe

                                                           Apple Cider Recipe

                                                    3 cups apple juice ( I prefer the clear kind)
                                                    2 cinnamon sticks
                                                    5 cloves

                              Heat the spices and juice in a pot on low-med for 30 minutes, or on low for an hour.    Enjoy!

Thin Mint Copycats- Paleo!

        Yes! Chocolate mint cookies that are healthy and paleo!! I have made my homemade recipe twice in one week and still can't get enough of these cookies. Since I live gluten free, there are no more Girl Scout Thin Mints-(filled with hfcs, caramel color, artificial flavors, and..wheat)- for me!
  If you do not know what the paleo diet is, here is a good link- The paleo diet.

          Paleo Thin Mint Copy Cat Recipe 
             Cookie Ingredients:
                 3 cups almond flour
                 1/4 cup coconut flour
                 1/4 + 1/8 cup cocoa powder
                 1/2 cup honey
                 1 egg
                 1/3 tsp baking soda
                 1 1/2 tsp peppermint extract

              Coating:
                     1/3 cup honey
                     6 oz unsweetened chocolate
                     2 tsp peppermint extract
                     1 tbs coconut oil

           1. Mix all the cookie ingredients together.
           2. freeze the dough for an hour, so you can form it later.
           3.Use a  flour dusted cup to cut out the cookies.
           4. Cook them on a greased pan in the oven for 10-15 minutes at 350F or until done ( It depends on the size of the cookie)
           5. Place the cookie in the freezer until the coating is finished.
           6. Mix all the coating ingredient together on the stove. (Melt on low so the coating deos not harden.
           7.Coat the cookies and freeze until ready to eat!

      Note: Keep them in the freezer so that the coating does not melt.  Yields 50 small cookies.
         
         

     
         
           
   
             

Simple Iced Frappe Recipe

         This recipe is great! I know, you are thinking, ICE! Really?? At least here, we have some warm days before winter kicks in, so enjoy the warmth while it lasts!

   

A delicious iced drink

 Iced Frappe 

          Coffee: 1/3 cup coconut milk
                       5 oz brewed, unsweetened coffee
                       1 tbs honey
                       1/4 tsp vanilla extract
                       3 regular sized ice cubes
         Whipped topping:
                      4 oz  heavy whipping cream
                     1 tbs honey
         "Caramel sauce":
                       2 tbs refrigerated honey

 1.Place the honey and vanilla extract in a cup and stir well.
2. Add the warm coffee and coconut milk to the cup, then move it to a freezer to cool(but not freeze!)
3. Whip up the topping until a good consistency.
4.Blend up the cooled coffee with ice, top off with whipped topping and honey "caramel", and you are done! Enjoy!

Five Ingredient Cinnamon Roll Recipe

Yes! You heard it right, FIVE ingredients, and yummy!

The cinnamon rolls are great for breakfast!

       

    This recipe is great to make with family and friends. Mixing, measuring, rolling and baking the dough to look like a cinnamon roll, is a great accomplishment when trying to make pastries from scratch. Give yourself a pat on the back after making this recipe (and don't tell others that it was so easy to make!).

The cinnamon rolls before they go into the oven

           Cooked cinnamon rolls

                             Cinnamon Roll Recipe

                 

               The dough:

                                  2 cups almond flour

                                  1/8 cup coconut flour

                                  1/4 cup tapioca flour

                                  1 egg

                                  1 tsp finely ground cinnamon

                                  1/4 cup honey

                        the filling:

                                   3/4 tsp cinnamon

                                   1/4 cup slightly cold honey 

                         glaze: The same recipe as the filling.

1. Mix all the dough mixture together.

2.Put the dough in the freezer for 20-40 minutes

3.While the cinnamon dough is freezing, mix together the filling in a bowl.

4.Take the dough out of the freezer and roll the dough into a "snake" and lightly flatten on a floured surface.

5.Pour the filling on the lightly flattened surface.

6. Roll up the cinnamon roll and place in in a greased pan at 350 Fahrenheit for 23 minutes or until fully cooked.

7. Add the glaze to the top of the rolls

8. Enjoy! These cinnamon rolls taste best straight out of the oven or warmed up!

   

Honey Taffy

     

 I was wanting to make a delicious candy that was yummy with out the corn starch and all the "bad stuff". Finally, I found out that I could make honey taffy. It tastes similar to the tooth breaking, almost always in your kids Halloween basket candy, only healthier! So for the recipe:

    Chocolate Mint Taffy:
1/2 cup honey
1/8 tsp peppermint flavoring
                                                                   1/8 cup gluten free chocolate chips

        1.Mix the honey and peppermint flavoring in a pot and start to boil until it reaches around 290 degrees Fahrenheit. 
       2. Pour the boiling mixture in a pan to cool off. *Be very careful as the honey peppermint mixture will be hot*
       3.Immediately after step 2, mix in the gluten free chocolate chips. 
      4. After the mixture cools off (about 10 minutes) oil your hands with olive oil (to prevent sticking) and start stretching the taffy until it gets a few shades lighter. 
      5. Twist the taffy into a desired shape and cut the candy into bite-sized pieces, with clean scissors.
      6. Wrap the individual pieces into wax paper and store the yummy candies in the fridge! 

      You can also leave out the  chocolate chips if you want mint honey taffy. 

               ~Enjoy!

Lamb and Vegetables

This is a delicious dish that can be made some what quick, for a busy night. Please comment if you have any suggestions! Here is the recipe:




 Sweet and Spicey Lamb and Vegetables




*1lb or more of ground lamb( you can try to use other meat as well!)

*2 large green peppers, diced


*1/2 of a medium onion, diced


*1/2 tsp of garlic powder


*1/2 tsp chipotle pepper powder

*1/8 to 1/4 tsp ground cumin

*1or 2 tsps honey

 Fry the ground meat in a frying pan until fully cooked and browned. If there is any extra fat, drain it.  While the meat is cooking, dice up the onions and peppers. Add them to the cooked meat for a few minutes. Add the powders and honey, then stir.  Enjoy!

Cinnamon Raisin Bread

On my trek to introduce more paleo entrees, my daughter decided to come up with her own recipes.  This is the breakfast bread that she made for us.  She wrote down the recipe as she mixed the ingredients together.  With no recipe but the one in her mind, she was able to whip together the most scrumptious cinnamon raisin bread!!!




Cinnamon Raisin Bread
   2 1/2 cup almond flour
  1/2 coconut flour 
  1/3 cup water
   2 eggs
   1/2 cup raisins
   1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
   2 1/4 tsp baking soda
1.Mix all the ingredients together. Dont worry! The batter is more soupy like pancake batter, than real bread.
2.Bake at 350 for 35-50 minutes or until fully cooked.