Showing posts with label gluten free. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gluten free. Show all posts

This is my very first time making gluten free brownies and it was stressful due to my own errors and the fact that brownies can burn very easily. I hope you enjoy my review / walk through of how I made them! 


My friend gave me the Krusteaz Gluten Free Brownie Mix. This brownie mix came with little chocolate chips in the mix already which was amazing but they were so small you didn't really notice them. That can be fixed if you add your own into the mix as well, give a bit extra chocolaty goodness. The mix itself looks like a basic brownie mix. You add your water, oil, and egg. Or your egg substitute. It mixes very easily and it's quite a lot of fun to do. I love watching it turn dark and as I mix it feeling the chocolate chips brush against the fork, that just makes me sound weird, I know. Anyways I had no parchment paper so I just oiled it up with vegetable oil I had, which worked just fine, though I could have used a bit more oil. I had messed up with the pan since all I had was a 9x11 but the recipe called for an 8x8. That isn't a big thing other than it means the cooking time would not be what the box says. I watched it like a hawk and didn't leave the kitchen. Towards the end I kept checking it to see if it was as done as it should be. Apparently brownies are suppose to be slightly underdone, which made me so nervous. 


As you can see from the picture below I poked it to see how hard it was at the top, didn't turn out very well since my finger sunk in pretty quickly. So I kept cooking it in intervals of two to five minutes and kept checking it because I was so nervous. That's why there are so many tiny toothpick holes, trying to see how done it was. I was really determined not to mess this up since I don't have the best of luck with baking things with chocolate in them. 

Once I deemed them done enough I let them cool and let the underdone parts cook on their own without the added heat of the oven. It took a bit but they became less squishy and more soft. But i like my brownies a bit gooey and soft so it was perfect for myself. Since my stove is at an angle apparently one side was a little thinner and it ended up turning a bit hard.


They tasted amazing though! My fiance who is nervous about trying gluten free foods and isn't really a fan of chocolate loved them, so I call that a sucess. My friend had given these to me to bake so I can have gluten free sweets. I would most definitely by this box of brownie mix again or try another gluten free kind. You cannot taste any difference between a normal brownie and the gluten free version. At least to my taste buds. These retail for about 5 or so dollars in most places. Not gonna lie the end picture is not that great but I realized it so late, I'm sorry for the blurry picture. I hope you found my review helpful and honestly you should go try this gluten free brownie mix. 
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photo credits from Steve Buissinne  at pixabay.com

I hope you are all ready for some gluten free snacks! i know I am! These are my favorite five that I adore and each item will have their own little review so you know what you're getting as well as the average prices at stores, and which stores usually have them. If you are like me you have to limit how much gluten you eat or you can't eat it at all. I can only eat small amounts per day and snacks can take up all of them if you're not careful. Or maybe you just love being gluten free, it makes you feel more awake and better, either way these gluten free snacks are ones I enjoy and maybe you'll enjoy them too. Just be cautious that just because it's gluten free does not mean it's healthy, I noticed that is a common misconception to people who don't usually eat gluten free foods. Sure a lot are healthier for you but at the same time there are other bad things than gluten. 



ENJOY LIFE SOFT BAKED DOUBLE CHOCOLATE CHIP BROWNIE. 

  If you loved chocolate and soft sweets then honestly you should try these out. They are soft, super chocolaty and luxurious. I couldn't stop myself eating them. My friend had given these to me when I started my 80% gluten free lifestyle. They were a birthday gift among a few other things and I thank her from the bottom of my heart. Even my boyfriend who tends to shy away from things that are different enjoyed them. You can find these at Walmart, Target, and Amazon all for 4 - 5USD. 


These are on the list simply because I love the chocolate ones. I am not really a fan of the vanilla ones since for some odd reason you can feel the texture more. It's not that they are bad but if you aren't used to eating rice flour and such it'll be strange. It's not a bad thing at all and it's something you can get used to. But I ate them when I first started out and couldn't get the hang of it. The flavor though is quite lovely and honestly everything that Annie's makes is wonderful. These can sell for around 3 - 4USD depending on where you look for them. They can be found at Walmart, Target, and even some grocery stores.  




GLUTINO STRAWBERRY TOASTER PASTRIES 

 This was the very first gluten free thing that was created to be gluten free. Of course fruits, meats, and corn varieties are gluten free but I had never eaten something that had GLUTEN FREE plastered on it and created just for people like myself. I love poptarts, mostly just the brown sugar ones and I love toaster pastries. This is kinda like both of them combined. You don't get the icing but you get a lovely treat in a nice poptart form. They inside is gooey and nice and makes me happy every time I eat them, knowing it won't hurt me. They are a bit on the pricey side. Anywhere from 3 - 5USD and can be found at grocery stores, Walmart, Target, and Amazon. 








I love crackers so much and I was so happy to try these out. They are sort of liked baked tortilla chips which is my favorite chip. They are not super salty but they are just right. The texture is something you'd have to get used to if you are just starting out but honestly they are like baked chips to me. You can get these from Amazon, Target, Walmart, Ralph's (Krogers), Probably at any grocery store anywhere from 3 - 4USD.


 SNACK FACTORY PRETZEL CRISPS

 These are one of the most recent ones I found and honestly I love them. I am a HUGE pretzel eater and never second guessed why sometimes they would hurt my stomach. I just loved them too much I ignored it. Sometimes I still do eat them but that is only if I know I haven't already eaten too much gluten that day. However, with these I don't have to worry and it makes me so very happy. They are thin, crunchy, salty, and there is a lot in the package. I got mine at the 99 cent store which was rare and I pray next time I go they are there again. However, you can also get them at Walmart for around 3 - 6 USD or Target and perhaps some grocery stores.


All titles are linked to either Walmart, or Target depending on where online availability. 
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