After a long hiatus, I am back to cooking again.
My love of baking has not subsided! I have experimented with many types of gluten free flour . I’ve come to the conclusion that the best thing to do is to blend flours together to try and achieve the same consistency found in regular yummy bready things. Keep in mind it will never be the same. It just can’t. Once you make peace with that, the door into a yummy gluten free baking world will open!
So I had these ‘meh’ looking zucchini’s hanging out in my fridge as well as huge bag of dark chocolate chips. Combine that with a huge hankering for something sweet and voila its time to bake up a storm. I searched the web and found many recipes and took the best of the best each and came up with this.
Ingredients
Dry:
1 1/2 cups gluten free flour mix ( 1 part chickpea/fava bean flour, 1 cup of arrowroot or cornstarch and 1 part tapioca starch)
1/2 cup of dark chocolate chips
1 tsp xanthan gum
1/2 tsp of baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp of salt
Wet:
2/3 cups of light brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 eggs
1/4 grapeseed oil or coconut oil
1/2 applesauce
Other:
2 medium small zucchini shredded (about 1 1/2 cups)
Directions:
1, Preheat oven to 350 F
2. Grease large loaf pan
3. Mix sugar and oil
4.Combine the rest of wet ingredients in a large bowl with mixer or by hand
5.Slowly add dry ingredients to wet ingredients
6. Fold shredded zucchini into mixture
7. Bake for about 50 minutes to an hour
The loaf should be nice and moist and just plain yummy. The recipe makes about 12 servings or 10 generous slices. I would suggest pairing this with some nice mate green tea, or even some nice chamomile if your having a late night snack. Or if your feeling very decadent with an amazing hot chocolate.
Happy eats!
haaf
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