New Adventures... Etsy!

Amy from Amy's Mixing Bowl has now moved on to bigger and better things... an etsy shop! That's right! I have gone through a new phase and obsession and that would be embroidering. I specialize in monograms and have started selling on Etsy! Please check out my shop if you get a minute! (More items will be added soon so make sure to keep checking back!) For those that are unfamiliar with Etsy, Etsy is an online website where different business owners sell the crafts and items they make! I really recommend checking it out... they literally have anything!!!!!

https://www.etsy.com/shop/AmyGraceMonograms - My Etsy Shop!!! 

Gluten Free Blueberry Pancakes

Sometimes the simplest things can make our day great. How about gluten free blueberry pancakes? I am often asked if I have a good, stable recipe for blueberry pancakes, and here it is. Never fails. I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I do! This recipe is based off a basic one so it can be modified to fit any fruit craze you might have. You could easily replace the blueberries for raspberries, apple slices, peach chunks, or even chocolate chips!

Gluten Free Blueberry Pancakes
1 1/2 cup gluten free all purpose flour
1 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
2 Tbs sugar
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
3 Tbs melted butter
1 1/4 cup milk, warmed
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup blueberries

1. Mix together dry ingredients in  medium bowl. Mix together wet ingredients in a separate medium bowl. (I used a large glass measuring cup to heat the milk, then just added the remaining wet to the bowl.)
2. Add wet to dry, and mix. The batter will be very lumpy in the beginning...just keep mixing. The finished batter will also be lumpy, put way less than in the beginning. Fold in the blueberries.
3. Heat a griddle or pan with butter, and scoop 1/3 cups of batter for each pancake. Cook on both sides (about 3 minutes each) until golden brown.

Notes: Makes about 10-15 pancakes. If desired, top with butter and maple syrup!

Source: Mommy I'm Hungry

Sunbutter Chocolate Crispy Bars

Hello everyone! It has been waay too long since weve last talked. I know. But here I am ready to get back into full force soccer, school, baking, and blogging mode. All of which have had a little break for summer that has gone bye in what seems like 34 seconds. Crazy, right?

 Lets talk about this summer. Many crazy things have happened to me. One of which happened just a few days ago. We are currently fostering two puppies! That makes a grand total of 3 doggies running around the house. Many dog stories to come. The dogs are la-chons (or Llahps apsa - Bichon mixes) I have to say we may have the three cutest dogs around, who knows I could be a tad bit biast. :)


Now to baking. Since school is starting back up, I will be posting "lunch friendly" snack ideas, especially for allergen baking. Although you can't necessarily pack something convient like premade lunches (Lunchables), you can make homemade lunches that will taste even better. I havta say Lunchables are setting the bar pretty low... So be prepared to see lots of lunch inspiration!
This is Ruby

This is Rosco

This is Sophie 

Back to the recipe. Sunbutter Chocolate Chip Bars. Even the name sounds heavenly. Besides being very allergen friendly, these bars have another catch- they take no longer than 15 minutes. And that's including the time it takes to clean up the kitchen afterwards! No joke. I don't know about you, but this sounds like the perfect back to school lunch treat to me ;-)

 

Sunbutter Chocolate Crispy Bars
6 cups puffed rice cereal
1 cup sunbutter
1 cup honey
1 cup sugar
12 oz. chocolate chips

1. Place rice and sunbutter in a bowl. Do not mix.
2. Combine honey and sugar on medium- high heat. Once mixture starts to bubble, add to rice and sunbutter bowl. Mix.
3. Place in a greased 9 * 13 glass pan, for thinner bars, or 8 * 8 for thicker bars. Melt chocolate chips in the microwave, then drizzle on the bars. Let set, then cut into slices. Store in a cool, dry place.
4. Enjoy!

Flourless Sunbutter Cookies + Sunbutter Cinnamon Filling

These. Cookies. Are. Amazing. Need I say more? The crispy chocolaty, sunbutter cookie filled with salty, sweet filling. Pure bliss. The cookie has a little bit of a resemblance of the famous Nutter Butter cookie. I added cinnamon for a little bit of a spice kick. Next time I'm going to make the balls a tad bit smaller because these are sandwich cookies were talking about, and they don't need to be ridiculously large. If you've been reading my blog for a while now, you've probably realized I have a thing for sandwich cookies.

These are super heavy, in weight, crispy, sweet, and pretty darn good. There also kinda delicate and may fall apart while you eat it, so if it does simply place on a plate and eat with a fork! :)

 

 

Flourless Sunbutter Cookies + Sunbutter Cinnamon Filling

Cookie
1 cup sunbutter
1 cup (packed) brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups chocolate chips (I use Enjoy Life)

1. Preheat oven to 350. Line 2 pans with parchment. Mix all ingredients into the bowl except for the chocolate chips. Use a hand mixer to mix if necessary. Fold in the chocolate chips. Roll heaping tablespoons of dough into balls.
2. Arrange on the cookie sheet. You should have about 16 balls. Once arranged on the cookie sheet, use the bottom of a greased glass and flatten each of the cookies to make a disk shape.
3. Bake cookies about 10-12 minutes. Cool on the sheet for 5 minutes. Transfer to racks, cool completely.
4. Now make the filling.

Filling
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 2/3 cup powdered sugar

1. Beat all of the ingredients together in a bowl, starting with 1 1/3 cup of powdered sugar and adding more if needed. Then, scoop into a pastry bag or plastic bag and pipe onto the cookies.

Note: You can replace butter for the shortening. The original recipe calls for butter, but I always use shortening because it is dairy free. But both will work. You might have some filling left over, but this is never a bad thing, right? Just pitch it or store in the fridge for those midnight sweet cravings :D

Source:Parsley, Sage & Sweet