Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Vegan & Special Dietary Baking

Edible Flower & Lavender Shortbread Cookies – Gluten Free

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I adapted this shortbread recipe from another one which had chocolate and raspberries. Sounds pretty good and I definitely might try it later but I wanted to try something I had seen on Pinterest and couldn’t wait!

So I decided to try and bake with edible flowers and the lavender that grows in my garden. I used a shortbread recipe but I think a plain, vanilla biscuit recipe would probably also work. The reason I chose the shortbread is because it comes out of the oven really soft which allows you to VERY gently press in the flowers and then return to the oven for the last 5 minutes of baking.

As I was using violas and also the lavender from the garden, I decided to add lemon flavour to the shortbread also as I felt they would work well together.

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Cherry & Almond Muffins – Gluten Free

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A little while ago I made a Cherry Loaf Cake and it was just so lovely. It’s proven very popular with everyone which always makes me very happy! The recipe is also here on the website if you want to take a look: https://www.cozebakes.com/2020/06/09/cherry-loaf-cake/#more-2831

I kept thinking I would like to make something similar in gluten free form and felt muffins would lend themselves well to the adaption and so these Cherry & Almond Muffins were born.

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Gluten Free Shortbread Recipe

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I’ve made shortbread before and I’ve tried two recipes. Both are here on cozebakes for you to try – A traditional shortbread recipe and a lemon shortbread recipe. One of my sons is a big fan of shortbread and even bigger fan of anything with lemon so I wanted to make him Gluten Free Lemon Shortbread.

You can change it up and try orange zest and even lime zest for a citrus shortbread. Don’t be tempted to add liquid flavourings so stick with chocolate chips, dried fruit, nuts, etc.

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Sweet Potato Scones with Apple & Cranberry – Gluten & Dairy Free option included

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This scone recipe is very simple to put together. If you already have sweet potato mash, then you’re one step ahead. There’s no butter in this recipe, I use oil instead and they are still really light and fluffy. Sweet Potato is a great vegetable, full of nutrition and high in fibre, vitamins and minerals – specially high in Vitamin A.

For those who are on special diets, Sweet Potatoes are a low glycaemic food. So let’s get to the recipe.

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Oaty Chocolate Chip Bars – Gluten Free Version included

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Found this recipe in an American magazine from Sugar Spun and converted it to a gluten free and metric version and I’ll give both below. It’s chock full of healthy oats and a sweet treat when you want something but can’t find just the right thing. These bars are thick, chewy and totally delicious!

I love the fact you don’t need to take out any machinery to make these. It’s all done by hand which is always a bonus.

You can of course make them plain by leaving out the chocolate chips and they are very good that way too. I used dark chocolate chips and there are lots of variations you can make. I’ll list them below.

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Homemade Sausage Rolls – Gluten Free Options

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This recipe will make delicious sausage rolls for everyone to enjoy and one of the best highlights is you can adapt them to vegetarian, gluten free and change the flavours around. The smell of these baking will bring them all running to the kitchen! They are best eaten on the day they are made but will keep for another day or so in an airtight container. Heat gently if you like them hot.

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Chocolate Loaf Cake – Gluten Free

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I love an all in one bowl recipe where you have minimal cleaning up after! This great chocolate loaf cake recipe is quick and easy to put together and bakes up so delicious. The wonderful thing about this chocolate loaf cake is that it’s as lovely simply dusted with icing sugar but will happily accept being dressed in melted chocolate or a buttercream, a whipped cream and decorated with some chocolate swirls. I’ve included a recipe for a chocolate icing below if you would like to use that.

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Oat & Berry Muffins – Gluten Free

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Love this ever so easy recipe which uses a food processor to make and that’s it! If you don’t have a food processor, you could use a blender and I think it may also work in a Nutri Bullet.

It’s full of lovely oats which I’ve blitzed before proceeding so I basically have Oat Flour. It gives a better result once baked. It’s perfect to use up a couple of over ripe bananas and there’s no butter in the recipe. We use oil instead. Sunflower is good but equally, vegetable oil will work too. The last bit of good news is there’s no refined sugar either. It just keeps getting better! You can choose from honey, maple syrup or like me, use Agave Syrup.

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