GF•Sweets Banana Sunrise Gluten Free Muffins

I woke up early this morning and couldn't go back to sleep. Then I remembered the bundle of ripe bananas that have been nagging me all week. The result—some amazing gluten-free banana muffins with a citrus twist.

I hope you enjoy!

GF•Sweets Amazing Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

My favorite Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe happens to be the famous Neiman Marcus $250 Cookie Recipe that has been circulated via email many times. On a whim, I tried them a few years back and fell in love. They are amazing.

Today, I decided to attempt my own Gluten Free variation, and with a lot of tweaks, they turned out great. The finished cookie is chewy and delicious.

I hope you'll give them a try!

Kathy's Gluten Free Cinnamon Breakfast Cake from The Cake Mix Doctor Bakes Gluten-Free

Here, you can see the
Cinnamon Streusal running
through the cake. 

Swirls of cinnamon, brown sugar and pecans. Vanilla glaze dripping down the sides, topped with a crumble of gluten free oats, brown sugar and cinnamon.

To say this was a delicious breakfast cake would be an understatement. I made this cake a few nights ago, using a store-bought vanilla gluten free cake mix and following the amazing recipe found on page 104 in the recipe book The Cake Mix Doctor Bakes Gluten-Free.

Welcome to GF•Sweets

I guess you could say I'm a gluten free newbie. I was diagnosed with Celiac on September 5th, 2012.

I love to bake and my first reaction to recently learning that I could never have gluten again was, "well, that's the end of that!" Then I started doing some research and asking friends and family for tips. I was amazed to find that there are a lot of gluten free options out there. I was even more amazed to learn what's really off limits. Did you know that Nestle brand butterscotch chips have wheat in them?


Not willing to give up on an occasional cookie or cupcake, I tried a local GF bakery. Their cupcakes weren't bad, but not the same.  I tried store-bought brown rice bread (really only good if toasted and slathered with honey and peanut butter), a boxed bread mix, and some interesting cake & brownie bar recipes that were actually pretty good.

But what I really wanted to do was figure out how to make the same baked goods I used to, without compromising flavor and texture, using gluten free baking techniques. How hard could it be.

I started out with baby steps, making a couple of recipes from The Cake Mix Doctor Bakes Gluten Free. They turned out really yummy. Even my family and friends enjoyed them.

My next step was to see if I could make cookies, with my own recipe, converting the ingredients to Gluten Free. They came out amazing.

So, as I begin the process of experimenting with my recipes, I will be posting my gluten free variations here on GF•Sweets so everyone can share in my sweet successes.

I hope you enjoy!