My Baking Disasters

Switching to gluten free cooking hasn't been that dificult. All I had to do was buy new spices and ingredients that are gluten free and figure out what I can cook that is gluten free. I still cook a lot of stuff I did before. Baking on the other hand has been a nothing short of a disaster.

I decided the other day after one of my many disasters that I would start taking pictures of them so I can laugh it off. It can be very frustrating to do everything exactly as the book says and have it still turn out bad. When I take a picture if it it makes it more funny. So, this is it.

The pile of oat sitting there was suppose to be cinnamon raisen cookies. Instead, I pulled the cookie sheet out of the oven with twelve piles of oats surrounded by a dark goup. So, I thought maybe I can cook it in a cake pan. I dumped the rest in a 9x9 pan and that is the last square of a strange cake that just fell apart. It did still taste pretty good, but I had to eat it on a plate because as soon as it came out of the pan, it just fell apart.

I have been trying a new flour with modified tapioca starch and xantham gum already in the mix. It works very well for cakes, but not so much for bread or cookies. Maybe I just need to try some new recipes or go back to my old, mix up a billion ingredients and hope that all of that work turns out.

Anyway, I'll keep you updated on my disasters so we can all have a laugh at them. :)