Gluten Free Pumpkin Buttermilk Pancakes

3/4 cup brown rice flour
1/4 cup tapioca
3/4 cup almond flour
1/4 cup ground flax
1 egg
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup pumpkin puree
1 cup buttermilk
2 tbsp oil
1 tbsp sweetener (honey, sugar, or xylitol)

Mix ingredients until well blended. Pour about 1/4 cup mixture onto a hot griddle. Cook a few minutes on each side. Gluten free pancakes tend to be more fragile than regular pancakes, so make sure that the first side is well cooked before flipping.

Date Cranberry Pecan Bars

3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 cup chopped dates
1/4 cup dried cranberries
3/4 cup chopped pecans minus 2 tbsp.
2 Tbsp. ground flax
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Combine flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in a medium bowl. Add dates, and cranberries. Put 2 Tbsp. ground flax seed in a 3/4 measuring cup. Fill rest of cup with chopped pecans, add to above mixture. Stir until well mixed. Beat eggs until foamy. Add vanilla to eggs. Then add egg mixture to dry ingredients. Stir well. The batter will be thick.

Place batter into a greased 8″ square baking dish. Bake for 25-30 minute until center is set. Cool completely. Cut into bars.

Kyle loves to add vanilla ice cream and fresh pineapple to the bars, I think they are amazing on their own. Either way it's a recipe you have to try!

Whole Wheat Yogurt Bread for the Breadmaker

1/2 c Warm water
1/2 c Plain yogurt

1 ts Salt


2 tbsp Ground Flax seed
1 tbsp Sugar
1 tbsp Butter
 (or applesauce)
1 tbsp Dry milk powder

2 1/4 c Whole wheat flour
1 ts Active dry yeast


All ingredients except the water should be at room temp before starting. Add ingredients to the pan in the order listed. Select Whole Wheat Bread. Press start.

Honey Flax Bread for Bread Machines

1 cup warm water
1/4 cup honey
1 Tbsp. oil or apple sauce (I use apple sauce and it's a good replacement for oil)
1 tsp. salt
1/2 cup ground flax seed (the original recipe calls for oats but we prefer flax seed)
2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour (for lighter, fluffier bread use half white flour and half whole wheat)
1 tsp. yeast

Add these ingredients in this order to your bread machine. Don't let the yeast touch the liquids especially if you're using the time delay option. I like to let the bread machine mix the dough and then take it out and put it in a loaf pan. I then let it rise for 30 minutes in a 100 degree oven and then bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. I have an older bread machine and it doesn't bake that well and I prefer the shape of the loaf from the loaf pan. This makes a one pound loaf. I usually make two loaves a week and we rarely buy bread anymore as this is so much better!