Candle By Night

I don't know why, but I have always had a hard time making Beloved's favorite cookie. The oatmeal raisin cookie. They would always spread out and not look good at all. (Although they would still get eaten. :-D ) Now that hubby is eating gluten free I figured it was about time to give the gluten free version a try. Here is the link to the recipe I used. Although I didn't use baking raisins (just regular ol' raisins for us.) and I used 1 c. sorghum flour, 1/4 c. tapioca starch and 1/4 c. of coconut flour. Yes we use butter in this house. Keep the margarine away! :-D I don't know what happened. I guess I got so focused on making the cookies I forgot to take anymore pictures until the finished product came out of the oven. ;-) Not only did they look pretty good, but they tasted wonderful too! I am so excited to have a good gluten free oatmeal raisin cookie for Beloved. I hope to make some the next couple of days to put into the freezer so I can add a cookie to his lun...

Well, I figured I better post a few pictures while I still could. It takes me about 4 minutes or so of constant trying to get my camera to turn on and take pictures (I am not kidding). I would be surprised if it lasts another week or so. I am praying that it will hold out for a long while yet. But I guess I will have to wait and see. Anyway, the other day I made a wonderful gluten free bread recipe. I have been trying to get it to rise higher and this time it did. I was so excited it looked all beautiful coming out of the oven...see? But after setting out for just a couple of minutes it started to deflate. :-( I was so sad. I don't know...should I have baked it longer? It did look really good, but it just didn't stay. Oh well...Beloved and the children still enjoyed it but I won't be happy until it "stays!" LOL :-) This past Saturday was picture day for Upward Soccer. It was so cute to see all the children in their uniforms and our family lucked out big time. Big...

So much stuff has happened the past month. First of all I can't believe it has been a whole month since I last posted! This summer is just flying right by and I feel (some days) that I haven't even had a chance to enjoy it. I figured a quick update was in order and maybe a reason or two for my absence from the blog(s). Well, first of all school is over so the other blog has slowed because of that very reason. As for this blog....it's SUMMER! I think that probably handles most things. When it is summer there are many, many things to do. Although the biggest adventure has been going gluten free for my hubby and the rest of the family is joining in. Talk about a learning curve! There is so much to take in. So instead of using whole wheat flour (or all purpose flour) I know use White Rice Flour, Brown Rice Flour, Sweet Rice Flour, Tapioca Starch, Arrowroot Starch, Millet Flour, Sorghum flour, Garbanzo Bean flour, Potato Flour and Potato Starch. Oh...and don't forget xanthum...