HAD TO ADD SOME HOMEMADE VANILLA ICE CREAM!
UM…YAH…I THINK WE LIKED IT!!!!!!!!!!! I MEAN ABSOLUTELY LOVED!
FOR THE SECRET RECIPE CLUB THIS MONTH I WAS ASSIGNED THE BLOG, VEGGIE GRETTIE! GRETCHEN IS A CERTIFIED NUTRITION SPECIALIST AND SO THOSE OF YOU WHO READ MY BLOG CAN IMAGINE HOW DIFFERENT OUR 2 BLOGS ARE. I WAS THANKFUL I WAS ASSIGNED GRETCHEN’S BLOG AND THAT SHE DID NOT RECEIVE MINE. SHE MAY HAVE FAINTED PAST ALL OF THE CHOCOLATE, BUTTER AND SUGAR HERE. AS I READ GRETCHEN’S BEAUTIFUL BLOG I FOUND A COMMON INTEREST….YUP! WE BOTH HAVE MANY GLUTEN FREE FEATURES! I DECIDED TO TRY OUT HER APPLE CRISP RECIPE. OF COURSE, I HAD TO VEER A TINY BIT AND USE REGULAR BUTTER. THIS CRISP TURNED OUT AMAZING AND YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW IT WAS GF! THANKS SO MUCH GRETCHEN!!!
RECIPE FROM GRETCHEN (MY PERSONAL CHANGES ARE IN RED)
½ cup gluten free flour mix (I USED KING ARTHUR ALL PURPOSE GF FLOUR)
½ cup organic brown sugar
½ cup Bob’s Red Mill GFree Whole Grain Rolled Oats (not instant)
¼ teaspoon Rumford aluminum free baking powder
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
¾ of a stick of vegan Earth Balance (I USED BUTTER)
FILLING
4-6 cups sliced apples
Sugar to taste (more for tart apples, less for sweet apples)
2 Tbs. cornstarch
1/3 cup fresh apple cider (I OMITED THIS AS RECIPE DIRECTIONS DID NOT MENTION IT)
½-1Tbs. lemon juice (I OMITED)
Cinnamon to taste