GF Sweet Potato Pancakes Recipe

Here is another fairly healthy family favorite.  I love the fact that there is NO added sugar, just don't tell my girls.  I try to bake an extra couple of potatoes just so I can make these.  This recipes uses a flour blend - I use my America's Test kitchen blend, but here is the blend from the book -- pretty simple too.  2 cups brown rice flour, 2 cups sorghum flour, 1 cup potato starch, 1 cup tapioca starch.

1 1/4 c mashed sweet potato

1 1/2 cups gf flour
3 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 butter or coconut oil, melted
2 eggs, beaten
1 1/2 c milk

Combine all dry ingredients.  Mix together eggs, milk, oil and sweet potato. Pour liquid over flour mixture and stir until just combined.

That's it -- sweet potato pancake batter, viola!!  Now just pour into heated griddle and cook like regular pancakes.

They are awesome!!

GF Cinnamon Oat Scones

I've done some experimenting lately and found a few good recipes -- here is the latest on that all of my family likes!!  Kevin said the texture of these were really good, they were moist, although I found them a bit dense.  Don't think I will try to modify them, not bad at all like they are.

As always, my measurements are by weight -- amazing that I've become "that" cook ;}

4.2 oz sorghum flour (approx 1 cup)

1.3 oz white rice flour (approx 1/4 cup)

1.15 oz brown rice flour (approx 1/4 cup)

1.3 oz potato starch (approx 1/4 cup)

1 cup gf oats (I put mine in the blender just to make them a little finer, Hannah doesn't like chunks)

1/4 c brown sugar

2 tsp baking powder

1 1/2 tsp guar gum

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp nutmeg

5 Tbsp cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces

1/4 - 1/2 c cinnamon chips

1/2 c buttermilk

1/4 c applesauce (you could use an egg instead)

Preheat oven to 400.  Weigh or measure flours, starch, and oats.  Combine with next 7 ingredients (through nutmeg) in a large bowl.  Cut in butter with a pastry cutter or two knives until mixture looks like it has little pebbles in it. Stir in baking chips.  Add buttermilk and applesauce, stir until moist.  

It seems like not enough fluid, but keep stirring, it will work.

Now comes the fun part.  I put out a piece of parchment paper onto a round cookie sheet.  Dump the dough and shape into a 8 inch circle.  Cut into 12 wedges and then separate a bit.  Bake at 400 for 14 minutes. 

There are several variations -- you could add finely diced apple -- yummy.

You could also pat out and use a biscuit cutter to make round biscuits, instead of traditional scone shape.  Or just drop by spoonfuls onto cookie sheet.

Also, you could brush with either egg white or milk and sprinkle a bit of sugar on top.

Like I said earlier -- we loved these and they aren't that unhealthy!!  Only 169 calories per scone.  Enjoy warm with applesauce or a glass of cold milk.