Gluten Free Recipes - Elana's Pantry

Cinnamon Bun Muffins

Posted in the breakfasts category on December 16, 2009

One of my favorite readers Courtney recently suggested that I create a gluten free cinnamon roll recipe.  She said it would be perfect for Christmas morning.  Being smack in the middle of Hanukkah that wasn’t something I had thought about.  Thanks Courtney! So, here’s my little ol’ gluten free Cinnamon Bun Muffin recipe.  I hope


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Carrot Banana Muffins

Posted in the breakfasts category on November 6, 2009

When I saw this recipe for a purely fruit sweetened carrot cake from Heidi over at 101cookbooks.com I just knew I would want to make it into some sort of gluten free version.  So I did. Last weekend our friends Chris and Larry came over to sit out on our porch and read the Sunday


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Lemon Rosemary Mini-Muffins

Posted in the breakfasts category on October 23, 2009

I’ve been slightly obsessed with rosemary lately.  I put it in everything and just can’t seem to get enough of this delicious herb.   My latest rosemary victim?  Gluten free Lemon Rosemary Mini Muffins made with coconut flour. I find that rosemary almost has a buttery flavor.  It’s also power packed with nutrients including iron and


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Zucchini Chocolate Chip Muffins

Posted in the desserts category on October 16, 2009

For those of you that have leftover zucchini from your gardens, here is a delicious gluten free zucchini chocolate chip mini muffin recipe.  Our garden is just petering out with the severe frost we had last weekend and I need to get going on pulling up all the wilted plants from the yard. Meanwhile, with


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Bran Muffins

Posted in the breakfasts category on July 27, 2009

I have been craving a good, healthy, tasty, gluten free bran muffin for quite some time.  Finally, thanks to flaxmania (I’m on a string of flax recipes this week) here it is. My friend Chris was one of my guinea pigs for this baking endeavor.  She took a flax muffin home from my house one


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The Great Agave Debate

Posted in the desserts category on June 26, 2009

“Why do you use agave? I’ve heard that it’s very unhealthy”  I’m asked this question about my “go to” sweetener on at least a daily basis. First off, there really is no perfect sweetener, so I recommend everything in moderation. We often take sugar and other sweeteners for granted, forgetting that they were not widely


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Mini Blueberry Muffins (Video Tutorial)

Posted in the desserts category on June 1, 2009

Because of all of the requests I have had for more videos as well as for recipes using coconut flour…I have created a short video tutorial using coconut flour. In this quick and easy tutorial I invite you into my kitchen to be taken step by step through a recipe for mini blueberry muffins. These


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Carrot Muffins with Coconut Flour

Posted in the desserts category on May 8, 2009

These gluten free carrot muffins make a great addition to any brunch menu, though especially one for Mother’s Day. These lightly sweetened muffins are made with high fiber coconut flour.  Don’t let all that healthy stuff scare you off though, they’re mighty tasty.  And with yacon sweetening them, they’re not too sweet.  If you want


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Gluten Free Mother’s Day Recipes

Posted in the recipes category on May 6, 2009

Here’s a recipe round-up for a healthy high protein, gluten free Mother’s Day brunch.  This is a brunch menu that won’t leave you with the dreaded brunch bloat and hangover afterwords. I haven’t figured out what we’ll be doing for Mother’s Day yet, though I do know that we don’t have any baseball games scheduled


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Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins

Posted in the desserts category on February 20, 2009

We will be making these gluten free lemon poppy seed muffins at my class on March 17th at the Culinary School of the Rockies.  I am sharing the recipe here for those of you that won’t be able to make it. This is my mother-in-law’s favorite little muffin.  When she came out to visit, I


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