PINK PEARL VEGAN SCONES

PINK PEARL VEGAN SCONES

Happy Thanksgiving!! I am SOOO excited to share this recipe with you!  I love vegan baking and making whole grain vegan baking is very simple. I love scones! Perhaps it is my British background but scones are my favorite pastries. And Pink Pearl apples are seriously...

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CHOCOLATE VEGAN GLUTEN FREE DONUTS

CHOCOLATE VEGAN GLUTEN FREE DONUTS

My Chocolate Donuts have been really popular in my classes and workshops!I literally made 10 recipes to develop these vegan gluten free donuts to achieve the perfect texture. Imagine the Hershey's Chocolate Cake we all loved growing up? Does a Devil's Food Cake ring a...

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Nutella

Nutella

Nutella!Everyone LOVES it right? Except it's always so sweet and full of crappy ingredients. So why not make an equally delicious and healthier recipe? I literally got my melanger just to make this! I played a lot with Nutella recipes and I always felt that they where...

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KETO BREAD

KETO BREAD

Keto bread ! I have made so many recipes that where blah to say the least.. Also most breads I have made have a lot of starches (tapioca or arrowroot which are not keto friendly when used in those amounts) or have gums.This keto (grain free, dairy free, gluten free)...

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Vegan Chocolate Cake

Vegan Chocolate Cake

Father's Day is here!If my Father could eat I am sure he would love this recipe as much as I adore it! My Father has had diabetes for years and he is fed through his stomach because he can't swallow. It has been devastating and one of the hardest things I have been...

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BAKERY CAFE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

BAKERY CAFE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Valentine's Day!!Guys!!! These cookies are perfect for such a romantic day.  I love romantic traditions and any excuse to celebrate the love for my husband makes me very happy because I dreamed of a marriage like the one we have. Oh and since he is gluten free and...

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ORANGE ESPRESSO PALEO BROWNIES

ORANGE ESPRESSO PALEO BROWNIES

As you have seen I LOVE love brownies, I consider myself a brownie queen because I started baking brownies when I was 7 years old. I have made cocoa brownies, chocolate brownies, a combination of chocolate + cocoa, unsweetened chocolate based like these, flourless,...

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SWEET POTATO TURTLE CAKE

SWEET POTATO TURTLE CAKE

Happy New Year guys! 2018 was quite a year! Hope 2019 is amazing for you all! 2018 had SO many highs and lows. On the plus side the highs were finding and buying our baking school a mixed use property which is REALLY hard to find here in Central East Austin (and when...

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MY FAVORITE CHOCOLATE MADELEINES

MY FAVORITE CHOCOLATE MADELEINES

Do you LOVE chocolate cake? I have yet to meet someone who doesn't.  And I get a TON of requests for vegan and gluten free chocolate cakes or pastries that taste the same as traditional cakes, so I went on a quest to create the chocolate vegan gluten free madeleines...

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HEALTHY CONDENSED MILK

HEALTHY CONDENSED MILK

Paleo, vegan, keto, healthy? Even more than that I believe 95% of the time that health tastes better. I know that is hard to envision and taste but ever since I can remember healthier ingredients and wholesome products have always tasted better, not to mention that...

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THE BEST GLUTEN FREE PEANUT BUTTER OAT COOKIES

THE BEST GLUTEN FREE PEANUT BUTTER OAT COOKIES

Over the Summer we visited Waco Texas home of Magnolia Market and Magnolia Silos bakery and the city that the fixer uppers: Joanna and Chip Gaines have taken to another level which was a total #bucketlist for me. I spent all last year in the Real Estate industry...

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PALEO CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

PALEO CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

When I discovered Stir sweetener my baking life literally changed. I was scrolling through Instagram and I found Stir by chance, I was immediately drawn to the brand, LA look and the ingredient list. It was just what I was looking for: a natural sweetener with...

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PALEO MATCHA CAKE

PALEO MATCHA CAKE

I had my worst hypoglycemia episode in 2005 just before moving to Chicago. I had sold my Pastry Workshop in 1 hour and was ready to change my life to move to Chicago to pursue my dreams to study a Pastry program abroad. It was a very stressful 2 months to say the...

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PALEO BANANA GRANOLA BREAD

PALEO BANANA GRANOLA BREAD

  Have you guys seen the banana granola bread trending on Instagram lately? It's quite a thing.. So many have jumped on the band wagon of combining timeless breakfast comfort foods. I had seen so many photos and posts and made a few recipes from other bloggers which I...

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PALEO SHORTBREAD

PALEO SHORTBREAD

Who doesn't  love Alison Roman's Salted Butter Chocolate Chip Shortbread that went viral on the web. I mean every baker made that recipe! #bakergoals right? Find her recipe on her new book Dinning In which also became a Best Seller. Then I was also inspired by the...

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BLISS BALLS

BLISS BALLS

Bliss Balls, Energy Balls, the NEW trend in health and wellness that has taken me a while to love. I made a few (around 5 different recipes: the ones you Google: "the best energy balls") made some with protein powder, some with oats, some with a lot of dates and...

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BEST PALEO BROWNIES

BEST PALEO BROWNIES

These BROWNIES!! OMG.. Yes I know all bakers have a claim to fame brownie recipe and honestly these have gotten raving reviews so much so that I almost didn't want to share it. But I am a pastry chef instructor and sharing has always been my core value. These new...

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BEST PALEO LOW CARB SCONES

BEST PALEO LOW CARB SCONES

  After weeks of not baking or being very active on my creative content because:My Dad has been frail (his diabetes has been so difficult and has taken a toll on his life and on our family), as I write this today is #Americandiabetesalertday, Diabetes is a matter near...

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PALEO BISCUITS

Biscuits! One of my all time favorite pastries to make and eat. If I could have these for breakfast, brunch or coffee everyday I honestly would. When Bulletproof (my favorite high performance company) reached out to me and asked me to create 4 specific pastries for...

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THE BEST GLUTEN FREE BANANA BREAD

THE BEST GLUTEN FREE BANANA BREAD

I am so excited to share this timeless banana bread (or cake) recipe with you all! We all love banana bread, (well almost all) and everyone has their own claim to fame recipe. When Tim, the CEO of Maskal Teff and I began talking about pastries made with teff, he was...

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THE BEST GLUTEN FREE GRANOLA

THE BEST GLUTEN FREE GRANOLA

A gluten free granola packed with protein, fiber that will become your favorite “go to recipe” or even a great new trail mix snack.

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THE BEST GLUTEN FREE CAKE

THE BEST GLUTEN FREE CAKE

If you are gluten free I am sure you have searched for the perfect pound cake recipe. I am so excited to share this new lemon raspberry cake with you all! It is everything you dreamed of: light, spongy, citrusy, naturally sweet, balanced, super easy and fast to make...

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HEALTHY OATMEAL COOKIES OF MY DREAMS

HEALTHY OATMEAL COOKIES OF MY DREAMS

Oatmeal cookies have always been my favorite travel cookies since I started doing recipe development for Starbucks Mexico in 2001. We made multiple recipes for that project and they were delicious but so sugar loaded that it was unreal. I have since tweaked and...

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CHEWY HEALTHY BROWNIES – BETTER THAN BOXED BROWNIES

CHEWY HEALTHY BROWNIES – BETTER THAN BOXED BROWNIES

These brownies are amazing! You know when you hit a pot of gold? That is what I felt creating these from scratch. I wanted to develop a chewy (better than boxed brownie) that has a crackly top and is wholesome and #lowsugar, using only premium ingredients. I literally...

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HEALTHY BLUEBERRY STREUSEL MUFFINS

HEALTHY BLUEBERRY STREUSEL MUFFINS

Happy New Year friends! This is one of my new favorite go to Muffin recipes of 2016 : so simple, so easy, adaptable and balanced. I was lucky to find a new sweetener I really like. You know the saying: when the student is ready, the teacher appears, well this was...

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THE BEST WHOLESOME CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES EVER

THE BEST WHOLESOME CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES EVER

Seriously. I am NOT exaggerating. We all have a claim to fame recipe for sure. But really I have made many and have gone through my fair share of chocolate chip cookie recipe testing for bakeries and for my personal classes,  even for Starbucks Mexico. I always...

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BANANA BREAKFAST COOKIES

BANANA BREAKFAST COOKIES

These cookies are nutritious and so delicious. They are full of whole grain oats, nuts, seeds and super foods. Remember when the banana oat cookie recipes became viral? So many recipes to choose from. I made my share for sure. Some where cakey, some too sweet, some...

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PALEO PUMPKIN CAKE

PALEO PUMPKIN CAKE

Ever since I lived in Chicago when I was in Pastry School: Pumpkin became one of my absolute favorite foods, any time of the year. Lately I have had many requests to develop gluten free, coconut flour recipes. My goal is to make paleo lower glycemic. Paleo recipes as...

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MEXICAN WEDDING COOKIES

MEXICAN WEDDING COOKIES

Mexican wedding cakes or cookies are one of Mexico’s famous baked goods..Here is my Noble version. I love them and this was one of my most shared recipes (289 times) on my Facebook page because they are so simple to make, comforting and a crowd pleaser. One of those...

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THE BEST VEGAN BROWNIES

THE BEST VEGAN BROWNIES

I am a brownie fan all the way. I grew up baking all the cookies and bars from my Mom's battered Joy of Cooking when I was seven. Brownies have really fascinated me ever since. Oh the chemistry of baking! And what a pleasure for an alchemist like me. The role of...

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