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Rocky Road Bars

You may have noticed that me and Beebz have been a little absent for the last 2 weeks! its been pretty hectic over here at bake n beebz HQ. lotsa work related stressing going on as well as taking on more hours, starting another new job and doing some design work, I kinda have neglected my oven and all things fun in general.

No need to fear though Bn'B readers, me and the shih tzu are going to be posting as normal and back on your computer screen once again...

Back in business and baked up some new Gluten Free sweet treats!

healthy banana browines

And dropped a few too...

GF chocolate caramel shortbread

Recipes will be up very soon. x

recent tings & Giveaway winner!

Yeeeeah free stuff, everyone loves a freebie and one lucky winner will receive a parcel of these nakd bars...

using a random number generator was comment/retweet... number 14...
 congrats Heather @ Kiss My Broccoli!

 Spent the weekedn with my best buddies Mr Bake n Beebz and teh Beebz. she was due for a clippin' and I invested in some specialized dog grooming clippers...

 Lookin' neat after a long old beauty parlour sesh with yours truly. really wanted to paint beebz's nails too but she'd already been through enough, poor shih... so i painted mine instead with my new pale blue Barry M Nail laquer.

 

  Went shopping with Charlotte on Sunday and got myself some of the essentials ya know...new pyjamas, undies and some GOOOBUUUURS on sale down from 5.99 to 2 quid. Get in, couldn't wait to get stuck in. PB and jelly in one container is a genius time/ space saver...kinda?!?! haha

 Peanut Bee and jelly is the OG combo... some framed reminders on my walls to celebrate this...

 Also snapped up some Reeses cups in white chocolate. damn homie. best day for PB related stuff evhuuur.

 Getting in to my new pyjamas and poured some milk ready for these PB and white chocolate cookies, good night blogging world.

Gluten Free butterscotch & white chocolate chip peanut butter cookies

I baked this batch of chew chewieeee delicious healthy cookies the other day, after a week of putting this post on the back burner... these pictures are bringin' back sweet, sweet tooth memories and i'm craving them like a mad woman. A spin on the original choc chip version and the the was the ginger nut... now in the trilogy, of the epic saga that is my cookie recipes I bring you... Butterscotch & white chocolate peanut butter cookies.

Like always these are perfect dunked in to a cold glass full o milk. its hard to believe, ya'll think im saying but they are these are low cal and gluten free... they ain't the prettiest, I agree, but they are so damn tasty... and that what really matters, guys.

 Ingredients

• 1/2 cup oat flour (ground rolled oats!)
• 1/4 cup peanut flour
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp bicarb of soda (not baking powder)
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 2T white chocolate chips, depending on your preference
• 3 butterscotch hard candies smashed or broken into pieces
• 2T brown sugar
• 1/4 cup granulated sweetner
• 1T peanut butter or pre-melted margarine
• 1T plus 2tsp nondairy milk (feel free to switch proportions of milk and oil) (25g)

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Mix your dry ingredients, then add in wet. Form cookies into discs using your palms on a baking sheet, and bake 6-8 minutes. Take out when still underdone–they’ll continue to cook while cooling, taking them out early this way, means they remain chewy!

What I ate Wednesday...pumpkin packed Halloweeny round up and giveaway!

Whats sup, what I ate Wednesday.

  I'm going for the jugular and hitting ya straight up with my early breakfast, Oatmeal, cinnamon, PB and chopped apple.

Hope you all had a sweet halloween! Mine was pretty chill, stayed in last night with some scary flicks and some treats. no trickin'

 

I spent Halloween night cozied up, I hid from kids and ate my cupcakes...

 Painted my nails...

 pampered in this new pumpkin spice bath product...

 walked that pumpkin pup.

 Me and Mr Bake n Beebz also rolled out to a theme park fright night at the weekend! The theme park was seasonally decorated with giant pumpkins and spooky bits and bobs.

 

It was open late in to the night, thrill seekin' was pretty fun in the dark! It took all my will power to keep a straight face whilst this picture was taken, didnt think a log flume could be so petrifying.

pumpkin and pepsi bobble hat

 Annnnddd back to today... Lunch is served... Beetroot, Feta and spinach sammiched between gluten free brown seedy bread. such a good combo.

snacked on a Nakd banana bread bar and cup of sweet milky hot tea in the staff room. (keep reading on for details of a lil giveaway!)

 

After work came home to some big boxes! yeaaaaah buddy! love letting samples in the mail...

Will review these very soon.

  (ohhhh and for your chance to get your own lil something in the mail enter my giveaway at the bottom of this post...)

After work I whacked on the oven and Roasted up some Pumpkin with nutritional yeast to accompany my dinner. 

 Spinach, chick pea and vegetable curry with chutney and poppadom. nothing beats a crunchy poppadom and saucy spicy hot hot curry.

 

Im in the the mood for pudding so once I hit the post button im gonna run wild and raid my chocolate stash... gawwwwd Wish i had gone trick or treating now for some candy... Do you think they would've given up their sweets to a 23 year old BIG kid?

How was your halloween and what is the bestest thing you have eaten lately? let ya girl know.

As my treat for you this Halloween I am giving away my favourite flavours of these Nakd bars I reviewed earlier in the week...

For your chances of winning just...

1. Follow Bake n Beebz on twitter (button on this page)
2. retweet giveaway... @aliceblairbakes and www.bakenbeebz.blogspot.com is holding a Nakd bar giveaway!
3. Follow the blog
4. and comment below!

good luck, competition closes Friday 4th of November at 5pm.

As ever thank to jenn for hosting this week W.I.A.W!

GHOULISH GLUTEN FREE RED VELVET EYE BALL CUPCAKES!

 

 

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

lets celebrate and eat a frightening cake, made from blood and eye balls and chocolate. yum. 

 

GLUTEN FREE GUILT FREE RED VELVET CUPCAKES!

I cheated a little and used a GF box cake mix and used my diet soda trick for a reduced calorie cupcake sponge. these are light moist and fluffy and taste devilish (even though there not)

calorie info etc here

These are sooooo moist and delicious and so easy to whip up, Its all about going to town with all that scary decoration, I went with an eye ballin' theme,  strawberry laces and rolled icing a top of a orange butter creme frosting. I scared myself a lil starring in to these fiendish cakey sugary eyes, so had to gobble them up quick to restore calm...
Ingredients
cupcakes

•  1 gluten free chocolate cake box mix (or any chocolate cake mix if your not gluten intolerant)
• 1/2 cup fizzy diet cola
• 1 tsp red food colouring

frosting

• 3 tsp margerine
• 1/2 cup icing sugar
• 3 drops red food colouring 

1.  preheat oven to 180 degree and and place cupcake papers into a tray
2. Follow cake mix instructions but sub wet ingrediants for the fizzy cola pop.
3. bake  for 20 mins or until spongey to touch, remove from oven and cool on rack.
4. once cooled decorate!

NAKD BAR REVIEW + giveaway.

 

A little while a ago I received a range of snack bars to sample, Natural Balance foods supplied me with a vast range of their oatie and nudie bars. 

I had had nibbled and munched on these bars previously and was a fan, but it was great to be able to test the whole Nakd bar family.

 

Ohhh Im in love, These are my new go to snacks. Ill pop a Nakd Nudie bar into one of my millions of handbags before I trot off to work every morning, I look forward to a nibble all morning, and ohhhh they go down a treat with my cuppa tea after a morning teaching. I often keep one in my gym bag for when im ready to eat my fist after a good ol work out. 

Not only are they gluten free, so I can happily chomp away, but There free of any nasties, 100% natural ingredients, no added sugars or syrups, gluten, wheat and dairy & GM free. Just lots and lots of lovely raw nuts and fruit. yum. I love the fact the ingredient list is so simple. 

I found them all to be light and just the right size to keep you ticking over.

The whole range is fantastic, Im definately liking the nudie bars more than the oatie bars, they're a lot more moist, chewy and dense. But if i had to say, My absolute fave flavahs were the sweet and nutty peacan pie, cashew cookie, the gingerbread bar is nicely spice and choco orange tastes like a terrys chocolate orange (always get one for christmas) except  its healthier and doesn't make ya feel so sluggish like the huge ball of milk chocolate does.

A big Bake n Beebz thumbs up to nakd bars.

I will be hosting a giveaway of my favourite Nakd bars very soon!  keep your eyes peeled and stay tuned...

Gluten Free Pumpkin whoopie pies with marshmallow cream filling.

 

 

 That fluff has a mid of its own... reminds me of all that flowing marshmallow stuff in Ghost Busters...

 

( I have always wanted to be the stay puff marshmallow man at halloween... gonna have to get thinking about costumes stat.)

Whooopieeee It's half term holiday! (about bloody time) With my cupboards nicely stocked up pumpkin and With halloween around the corner I thought I'd get baking. Really missed my Bake n Beebz down time in the kitchen lately.

 Ive always wanted to bake whoopie pies, its always been on my baking to do list, but something else always just beats it to the oven and I have just never got around to actually doing it. They always seemed like such a good idea as the top of cupcakes/ muffins aaaand the frosting is ALWAYS the best and my favourite bit.
So armed with some left over  gf cake box mix, canned pumpkin and my spatula I got to work.

 Its pretty obivious now i am pretty mildly obessed with cinnemon spices and pump combo, Instead of making the box mix up with the oil and eggs called for i just spooned in the pumpkin for a low fat whoopie. whoooooopiiieeeeeeee...

 PUMPKIN SPICE WHOOPIE PIES WITH MARSHMALLOW CREAM FILLING.
(lower fat/calories version)
Makes 6 large whoops

Ingredients

•  GF cake box mix (I use Mrs Crimbles sponge mix)
• 3/4 cup pumpkin puree
• 1 egg white
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger 
• marshmallow fluff for filling.

1. Preheat oven to 350F
2. Line baking sheets with parchment paper
3. whisk egg white into to pumpkin mixture. Blending well.
4. Add box mixture.  and Blend well with whisk on high speed.
5. Using an ice cream scoop, scoop dough onto parchment paper/baking sheet with 2 inchest between cookies. Flatten out batter with wet spatula.(for even whoopies)
6. Bake for 9-10 minutes. Allow to cool completely before removing from parchment paper.
7. Once cool dollop one piece with marshmallow and sandwich together with another pie top.
8. decorate accordingly.

 I opted for spooky pumpkins, pretty frightening huh? Scared myself a little with each bite.

Pumpkin Quest.

This gal and her pup decided to go on a  mission to find tinned pumpkin...

 Its pretty rare, the only supermarket in the UK to really stock it is Waitrose, which is a 2 hour round trip on foot... (really need to pass my driving test ay es ay pee) So me and Beebz threw on our rucksacks and set off for a adventure.

 

a beautiful autumnal evening.

  

We stopped to refuel, picnic style by the river with a diet cola for me and water and kibble for Bobbin.

 

After  bit more trekking, we finally made it! Got the pumpkin, got out, no messin' and headed back home with the supermarket's whole shelf supply of pumpkin. plus a bonus...this cute munchkin pump.. 

 

OHHHHH and found another munchkin pumpkin too...

 (f.y.i first Bake n Beebz video installment! may make it a regular occurrence.) Dunno how happy Bobbin is with me making her play halloween dress up. but it makes me very happy, indeed.

So excited to get baking! there's so many pumpkin recipes I have been dying to try out for so long...