I really REALLY love food and now most of the foods I used to love give me tummy cramps, urgent trips to the toilet and inappropriate, obvious flatulence. As much as I miss them and as great as they may be, cakes are really not worth it any more.
Take this as a warning, I am not a doctor, baker, dietician, food scientist/wizard who knows what they are doing. I am a terrible cook who just wants to enjoy food but because anything that is low in or free from gluten, lactose, fructose and all the other things I should be eating less of are hard to come by/are disgusting I am trying to make alternatives to tasty things I used to eat.
I brought "The Hummingbird Bakery life is Sweet" cook book which is honestly a really stupid thing to buy because it isn't a cook book dedicated to making tasty low FODMAP treats. Its a book that shows you how to make cakes, pies, ice creams that will ruin me and make work the next day an unproductive hell.
I think I brought the book as kind of an "up yours" to my guts because I want to have my cake and enjoy it. I also have another Hummingbird Bakery cook book which I really love.
I thought I could just substitute wheat flour and milk for their gluten and lactose free counterparts and it would be fine.
They had a Recipe forOREOS "Vanilla-filled Chocolate Cookies".
My Gluten free OREOS melted together into a runny sugary chocolate slab.
I threw it in the bin.
To be honest I am an awful cook, I did use gluten free flour and old sugary hot chocolate powder from Aldi so the actual Hummingbird Bakery recipe is probably really good.
There was probably nothing wrong with the flour either because I am a terrible cook and the problem seemed to be too much sugar.
I tried.
There are Gluten freeOREOS "Chocolate Vanilla Crème Cookies" online and there are plenty of recipes so fret not if you came here looking for OREOS "Vanilla-filled Chocolate Cookies" because it is possible, just not here.
I wouldn't follow my recipe because it was a disaster.
I feel like this post is more of an awareness post than a helpful recipe post but if you want a challenge and think you can do something with my recipe I'll post it below. And please comment your results if it actually works because I'm desperate for cakes and cookies.
Thank you. Bye.
"Vanilla-filled Chocolate Cookies Gluten free Variation"
Makes a baking tray sized slab of nasty.
For the cookies:
170g (6oz) of Doves Farm Gluten Free Plain Flour
90g (3oz) of Cocoa Powder
1 tsp Bicarbonate of Soda
1/4 tsp of Baking Powder
1/4 tsp of Salt
140g (5oz) of Unsalted Butter
320g (11oz) of Caster Sugar + Extra
1 Egg
For the Cream Filling:
225g (8oz) of Unsalted Butter
435g (15 1/2 oz) of Icing Sugar
1tbsp Vanilla Extract
1. Preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/ Gas mark 5. Line three baking sheets with parchment paper.
2. Mix dry cookie ingredients minus the sugar.
3. Cream the Butter and Sugar until fluffy then add the Egg until it makes a dough.
4. Scoop out dough using a teaspoon and roll the dough into a ball, press them flat onto the baking parchment using the bottom of a glass coated in caster sugar.
5. Bake for 10 minutes, when done let them cool.
6. to make the filling beat the Butter until soft, then add the Icing Sugar carefully.
beat until light and fluffy, add the vanilla and beat until fully incorporated.
7. Put the filling into a piping bag, pipe the cream onto 1 of 2 cookies leaving some room around the edge then press the second cookie on top.
I think I brought the book as kind of an "up yours" to my guts because I want to have my cake and enjoy it. I also have another Hummingbird Bakery cook book which I really love.
I thought I could just substitute wheat flour and milk for their gluten and lactose free counterparts and it would be fine.
They had a Recipe for
My Gluten free OREOS melted together into a runny sugary chocolate slab.
I threw it in the bin.
To be honest I am an awful cook, I did use gluten free flour and old sugary hot chocolate powder from Aldi so the actual Hummingbird Bakery recipe is probably really good.
There was probably nothing wrong with the flour either because I am a terrible cook and the problem seemed to be too much sugar.
I tried.
There are Gluten free
I wouldn't follow my recipe because it was a disaster.
I feel like this post is more of an awareness post than a helpful recipe post but if you want a challenge and think you can do something with my recipe I'll post it below. And please comment your results if it actually works because I'm desperate for cakes and cookies.
Thank you. Bye.
"Vanilla-filled Chocolate Cookies Gluten free Variation"
Makes a baking tray sized slab of nasty.
For the cookies:
170g (6oz) of Doves Farm Gluten Free Plain Flour
90g (3oz) of Cocoa Powder
1 tsp Bicarbonate of Soda
1/4 tsp of Baking Powder
1/4 tsp of Salt
140g (5oz) of Unsalted Butter
320g (11oz) of Caster Sugar + Extra
1 Egg
For the Cream Filling:
225g (8oz) of Unsalted Butter
435g (15 1/2 oz) of Icing Sugar
1tbsp Vanilla Extract
1. Preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/ Gas mark 5. Line three baking sheets with parchment paper.
2. Mix dry cookie ingredients minus the sugar.
3. Cream the Butter and Sugar until fluffy then add the Egg until it makes a dough.
4. Scoop out dough using a teaspoon and roll the dough into a ball, press them flat onto the baking parchment using the bottom of a glass coated in caster sugar.
5. Bake for 10 minutes, when done let them cool.
6. to make the filling beat the Butter until soft, then add the Icing Sugar carefully.
beat until light and fluffy, add the vanilla and beat until fully incorporated.
7. Put the filling into a piping bag, pipe the cream onto 1 of 2 cookies leaving some room around the edge then press the second cookie on top.
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