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.
These Apple Pockets happened by mistake really. I had made Baked Apples and had filling leftover. The filling was so delicious that I wanted to do something with it but didn’t have enough for small pies.
I remembered I had seen a video on using pastry in different ways and that sort of made it happen.
A lovely easy to bake Cherry Cake full of delicious glacé Cherry pieces and a wonderful almond flavour. This is a loaf cake which I always feel is a perfect tea time cake or a great idea to bring as a gift to someone’s home.
If there’s a recipe that I would really urge you to make, it’s these cookies. They are so good. So Moorish, chewy, full of healthy oats and healthy dried fruits. You just need a microwave to melt the butter and golden syrup and a wooden spoon. 20 minutes in a low oven and gorgeous cookies to make everyone happy! Please make them!
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.
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.
A very simple and quick recipe which can be made in about 5 minutes. I know I say that about lots of recipes, but I really mean it this time!
As there’s no butter (ie: fat) in this recipe, they are best eaten on the day or next day. You can pop them in the microwave for a few seconds after that if you want.
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.
There are no preparation pictures for this recipe because it’s just everything in one bowl so nothing very interesting or difficult to see. Don’t you just love an “all in one” bowl recipe? Just so simple and easy to clean up too.
So a bit different from the usual brownie recipe are these Lemon Brownies. You expect to have a light cake when you see them but they are brownies and brownies are more dense than traditional sponge cakes and these have a nice bite to them plus they have a great lemon kick!
I took a nostalgic and traditional route and made these Baked Apples but with a little twist. Using an eating apple makes these so tasty and most sturdy apples will work well.
I’ve used Pink Lady and Fuji so far and they were great.
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.
A lovely recipe from GBBO Winner, Jo Wheatley which came from her auntie so it’s got great heritage. These muffins are full of chunky bits of sweet apple and they are low in fat. Using apples such as Pink Lady help to keep the addition of processed sugars down.
They are low in fat too but that means they won’t last very long. If you can, enjoy them on the day they are baked but they do freeze well which is a bonus. Wrap them individually and just take out of the freezer a couple of hours before you need them.
