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Ingredients:

3/4 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup gluten-free baking mix or gluten-free flour
2 tablespoons butter
1 can (13 ounces) evaporated milk
2 1/2 teaspoons gluten-free vanilla
2 large eggs, beaten
1 can (16 ounces) packed pumpkin
1 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon ginger
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Put all ingredients into a mixing bowl and blend well. Pour into a 9-inch, greased, pie pan. Bake for 40-45 minutes. Serve with whipped cream. Yield: 6 to 8 slices.

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Ingredients:

2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup salted butter, melted
4 large eggs
4 1/4 teaspoons gluten-free vanilla extract
3 cups gluten-free flour or baking mix
2 teaspoons gluten-free baking powder
1 cup milk

Glaze:
2 cups powdered sugar
3 tablespoons water
1/2 teaspoon gluten-free vanilla

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and gluten-free flour a 10-inch tube pan. Blend sugar and butter in a large bowl until creamy. Add eggs, beating after each one. Mix in vanilla. In a separate bowl, mix flour and baking powder; slowly add flour to sugar and butter mix. Add milk. Beat until well blended. Pour batter into pan; bake for 60 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Meanwhile, mix powdered sugar, water and vanilla for glaze. When cake is slightly cooled, drizzle over the top. Yield: 12 to 16 slices.
 

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Ingredients:

1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 cup of granulated sugar
1/4 teaspoon gluten-free vanilla extract, optional
1 egg

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Blend all ingredients until smooth. Drop by the teaspoonful onto a cookie sheet. Use a fork to create a crisscross pattern. Sprinkle with extra sugar, if desired. Bake for 6 to 8 minutes, depending on oven. Cool. Makes 6 cookies.

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Ingredients:

3 cups gluten-free flour mix or baking mix
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/4 granulated sugar
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 1/2 teaspoon gluten-free vanilla extract
1 cup butter

Directions:

Mix or sift baking soda, flour and cream of tartar. Slowly cut in butter. Bead sugar, eggs and extract together. Pour egg mix into flour and blend well. Chill in refrigerator for 2 hours. Roll out and cut into desired shapes. Bake on greased cookie sheets for 8-10 minutes at 350 degrees. Frost and decorate, if desired. Yield: 2 to 3 dozen, depending on shapes desired.

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Ingredients:

2 1/4 cups rice flour
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 teaspoons baking soda
3/4 cup shortening
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup dark brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon powdered cloves
1 large egg
1 1/4 teaspoon ginger
1/4 cup molasses

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Blend all dry ingredients except sugar in a bowl. Mix shortening and brown sugar in a separate bowl; add egg and molasses. Blend well. Slowly fold in flour mixture; blend. Refrigerate dough to 1 to 2 hours. On wax paper, roll out dough into small balls; roll in sugar. Place on cookie sheet and flatten balls. Bake for 8-10 minutes. Yield: Approximately 2 dozen.
 

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Ingredients:

4 1/2 ounces sweet baking chocolate
1/2 cups boiling water
6 large eggs, separated, yolks discarded
2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 teaspoon gluten-free vanilla
2 cups rice flour or gluten free baking mix
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon gluten-free baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
1 bar German or Swiss chocolate

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Melt 4 ounces chocolate in boiling water. Set aside to cool. In a mixing bowl, blend egg whites until forth appears; add 1/2 cup sugar. Beat until stiff. In large mixing bowl, cream remaining butter, sugar and vanilla until well blended and fluffy. Blend cornstarch, baking powder, soda, salt and flour. Blend in buttermilk and chocolate mixture. Fold in egg whites. Pour batter into three greased and gluten-free floured round cake pans. Bake for 30 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool and frost. Using a potato peeler, curl chocolate from bar on top as a garnish or add to serving plates. Yield: 12-16 slices.

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Ingredients:

2 1/4 cups rice flour
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 teaspoons baking soda
3/4 cup shortening
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup dark brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon powdered cloves
1 large egg
1 1/4 teaspoon ginger
1/4 cup molasses

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Blend all dry ingredients except sugar in a bowl. Mix shortening and brown sugar in a separate bowl; add egg and molasses. Blend well. Slowly fold in flour mixture; blend. Refrigerate dough to 1 to 2 hours. On wax paper, roll out dough into small balls; roll in sugar. Place on cookie sheet and flatten balls. Bake for 8-10 minutes. Yield: Approximately 2 dozen.

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Ingredients:

3 large eggs, beaten
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 tablespoons Dutch cocoa
1/2 cup potato starch
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
1/4 cup chocolate chips

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream eggs and sugar together in a bowl; slowly add oil, cocoa and starch. When well-blended, add nuts and chips. Grease a 9-inch square baking pan. Pour in batter and bake for 30 minutes. Yield: 9 to 12 brownie squares.

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Ingredients:

3/4 cup real butter, softened to room temperature
1 1/4 cup light brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 teaspoon gluten-free vanilla extract
2 large eggs
2 1/4 cup gluten-free baking mix
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon gluten-free baking powder
1 teaspoon salt, optional
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped nuts, optional

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease two large cookie sheets. Blend butter and sugar in a bowl until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla. In a large mixing bowl, blend remaining dry ingredients; slowly fold in sugar mixture. Spoon in chocolate chips and nuts, if desired. Drop by the teaspoonful onto cookie sheet. Bake 7-10 minutes. Cool and serve. Yield: 2 dozen large cookies or 3 dozen small cookies.

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Pamela’s products are a brand of flours and mixes that are gluten free. These are of course required by people who have Celiac’s disease and are also nice for those who have wheat sensitivities. Baking without wheat can be pretty tricky for the uninitiated, so I decided to try out the Ultimate Chocolate Brownie Mix when I saw it at my local grocery store.

The mix is made from brown and white rice flours and also contain no dairy, although the product isn’t guaranteed to be dairy free. They do contain soy and corn ingredients. I made these with pecans and they were excellent. Of course, with gluten or wheat free products you are going to notice a different texture, but overall these satisfy a brownie craving quite nicely. They also contain quite a lot of organic ingredients which is a plus.

My only gripe with Pamela’s products is that they are more expensive than some of the other brands. They do have coupons occasionally available in magazines and on the website so that helps somewhat.

I also noticed that these brownies didn’t taste as sweet as regular brownie mixes, but that was ok with me since I’m not accustomed to eating a lot of sugar. I’ve noticed this same thing with other GF products so it may be that I’m tasting the different grains, but the overall sugar content was only 10 grams per serving, which, if memory serves, is less than other conventional brownie mixes.

Another plus about these are the other recipes on the side of the bag. You can make cookies, cake and other types of brownies (such as egg free brownies) with this same mix, which is convenient.

Keeping a couple of bags of these on hand if you have an allergic child is a great idea, especially if you don’t know how to cook GF yet and are going to be in a situation where you would be tempted to eat wheat, such as at a party or similar event.

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