Coconut Doughnut Holes

 I have yet to find a recipe for yest doughnuts that I like, but when I find it I'm having a doughnut party and borrowing my parents deep fryer to make them properly. Until that time I still play, not as often as I'd like, but occasionally I find a recipe that I like and want to keep. A few months ago I found a recipe on Pinterest for baked doughnut holes with coconut flour. Recipe.  I loved how minimal the ingredients were, I mean only 5 TBS coconut flour? Most recipes have such high amounts of ingredient that I waist  half the recipe because it makes to much.

The dough is beautiful and easy to work with. If you don't like coconut I wouldn't recommend the recipe, it has a distinct and delicious coconut flavor. (Not the sweet coconut flavor most people think of either)

They cook up beautifully, not too crumbly or too firm.

I wanted to eat them all while they were on the baking rack. 

Next time I make them I will try a few different ways to top them, this time I just did Powdered Sugar.

I'll tell you now that I did share them,  Mr. Beam and I only took about 5 minutes before the plate was empty, save for the bits of powdered sugar. With a glass of milk it was quite fulfilling and it immediately went into my recipe book for next time.  

Gluten Free Waffle Mix Review... Mickey Mouse Style

Another craving for breakfast for dinner. This time Mr. Beam was home and I wanted something a little crunchier than pancakes. Which left French toast, Waffles, or something to do with Eggs. I looked in my baking cupboard and  found a  pancake/waffle mix that I need to try, so waffles it was!

I had heard good things about King Arthur Flour but hadn't found any at my normal stores. Well, one day Mr. Beam went to the store (One I normally don't go to, at least for GF things) and brought me a few treats. Aside from chocolaty things (Mr. Beam is very good at making sure I have plenty of those) he bought this pancake mix. It was time to whip up some waffles.

For Christmas last year Mr.Beam searched high and low for a mickey mouse waffle iron for me. I had raved how as a kid it was not real waffles unless it was made in out mickey mouse waffle maker. And oh how I loved them, the syrup would collect in his ears and features of his face. The correct way to eat them (in my opinion, which my little brother also followed suit) was ears first, tearing off one side at a time and devouring them whole (thinking back I'm sure I looked like a chipmunk while doing this) then you were able to eat the face as you pleased.  Mr.Beam ended up having to special order the waffle iron and we didn't get it until after the new year but let me tell you they were the best waffles I'd  had in years. I though it was funny  though that the imprint was reversed, when I was a kid the ears were indented so the syrup would pool inside them, with this new one the center of the ears are puffed out.

The mix was perfect for waffles, at first I was a little put off by the smell, it had an almost artificial butter smell, and I was not expecting it. Mr. Beam loved them and kept bugging me to make more. I ripped off one of the beloved ears and put it in the freezer over night and reheated it, it tasted just like it had the night before. I think I'll be making some a head of time and freezing them!

Gluten Free Pancake mix review

I got an undeniable craving for pancakes a while back, pancakes for dinner? why yes, one of my favorite things is breakfast for dinner. What?  Mr. Beam  was working that night? Sounds like I don't have to share :)
Whats in the cupboard?

This is what I had in the cupboard and I gotta say I loved this mix! It's milled with Flax seed and didn't taste like I was eating just starch (Like tapioca flour, potato starch, or corn starch change the texture to starchy if they are predominate in a mix) It reminded me of eating whole wheat pancakes. I mixed up a big batch and saved some of the batter for breakfast the next day. Next time I buy it I'll have to try it in the waffle maker, now if I could just remember which store I bought it from....

I layered it with butter, powdered sugar, and whipping cream ( I was out of maple syrup, and I've gotten to spoiled on that to use Mr. Beams Mrs. Buttersworth)

So so good.