This Michigan Cherry Oat Bar Recipe is made with hearty oats and sour cherries. In these rich cherry oat bars, the sour cherries provide the perfect balance to the buttery oat bar exterior. All About Sour Cherries Sour cherries are the key ingredient in this Michigan Chery Oat Bar recipe. What we commonly call “sour … Read more
This banana date muffin is naturally sweet and tender. We like it a topped with a coconutty crunch. A Short History of Date Cultivation Humans have been eating dates for a VERY long time. Dates are originally native to the Middle East and were a favorite food of the ancient Egyptians. In the 20th century, … Read more
We love making homemade granola and our families – it’s a healthy and delicious breakfast option. Making granola always prompts a number of questions for us – where does granola come from? Is granola gluten free? We thought we’d share our answers to some of our favorite granola questions, along with our favorite granola recipe. … Read more
These gluten free pumpkin oatmeal cookies are so darn healthy that we like to eat them for breakfast. Healthy Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies With the exception of a small handful of chocolate chips and a little bit of brown sugar, these gluten pumpkin chocolate chip cookies consist almost entirely of wholesome ingredients. They are a fall … Read more
This gluten free pancakes recipe probably won’t win any prizes in the looks department. It makes up for it in the flavor (oaty and sweet) and texture (crunchy exterior and creamy interior) departments. Not Your (Scottish) Grandma’s Oatcakes The thought of oats and pancakes may recall the tooth-breakingly tough Scottish oatcakes. However, this recipe will … Read more
Cake Confusion This pear cake recipe falls squarely between baking categories. It’s like a coffee cake in that it has a layer of moist cake topped with streusel. We like to eat coffee cakes for breakfast. It’s also buttery and rich enough that you might think of it more like a bar cookie or blondie. … Read more
This maple oat scone recipe is warm and cozy like your favorite wool slippers. About this Recipe The weather has taken a turn for the cool here in Southern California, and, perhaps inspired Laura Ingalls Wilder’s tales of snow candy (melted maple syrup drizzled over snow), nothing fees cozier to us than oats and maple. … Read more
This monster cookie recipe is the best strategy we’ve found for prying leftover Halloween candy away from our kids. Halloween Candy Excesses It seems to be a peculiar Los Angeles thing, perhaps because so many people here work in Hollywood and entertain for a living, to be obsessed with Halloween. We’re talking enormous spiders spinning … Read more
These banana oat muffins rely on oat flour for an airy texture and natural sweetness. A coconut oatmeal crumble topping keeps things from veering in an excessively healthy direction. Odes to Oats We’ve written previously about our love of oat flour, for all of its nutritional magic and natural sweetness. The humble oat allows us … Read more
These are definitely American scones, given their gluten free nature and sugary frosting! This gluten free scones recipe relies on oat flour, which provides a natural sweetness to the batter. They are a little crumblier than a traditional scone, but equally delicious. These easy blueberry scones come together quickly and make for a lovely morning … Read more