Desserts
These are the dessert recipes we use time and time again, they vary from naturally gluten free to ones using special ingredients, but we lean towards recipes that call for the staples and a good gluten free flour blend: Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1 Baking Flour (blue bag) or King Arthur Measure for Measure as these are solid and can be found easily.
The perfect sugar cookie with the perfect icing hack from Cotton Stem: https://cottonstem.com/gluten-free-lofthouse-sugar-cookies-easy-icing/
Pavlova: https://www.nigella.com/recipes/chocolate-raspberry-pavlova
Yule Log: https://www.nigella.com/recipes/yule-log
Muddy Buddies: *Be sure you're using GF Chex* https://www.chex.com/recipes/chex-muddy-buddies
Hot Chocolate: Homemade Hot Chocolate - Celebrating Sweets
"Dirt" Cake: One box of King Arthur Gluten Free Chocolate cake mix prepared according to the package for two 9" cakes. Prepared or 1 tub of store-bought chocolate frosting, 1 pack of GF Oreos or your favorite GF chocolate sandwich cookie, and 1 bag of GF gummy worms (Albanese or Yum Earth).
Place one cooked and cooled cake layer on your cake stand, spread a small layer of frosting in the center. Crush up half of the Oreos with a food processor or by putting them into a zip top bag and smashing (nicely) with a rolling pin and sprinkle on the center of the cake. Top with the second layer of cake and frost with your choice of chocolate frosting. Then with the remaining Oreos, remove the cream filling and pulse the cookies in a food processor, you want the cookies to resemble dirt here. Sprinkle the cookie dirt on top of the cake and place the gummy worms in and around the cake. This does not have to look neat, that's what made this cake so easy to make! Have fun with it or better yet, have the kids decorate it!
Pecan Pie: I love that this recipe uses maple syrup instead of corn syrup, and it's made even easier with a premade crust! (Wholly Wholesome or Maine Pie Co are my favortites!) https://www.glutenfreepalate.com/gluten-free-pecan-pie/
Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies: https://theloopywhisk.com/2021/12/19/gluten-free-peanut-butter-blossom-cookies/
