Baked By Joanna

As I was working on my new facebook page, I stumbled happily upon a neat page and website called 'Baked By Joanna'. Joanna's page features delicious recipes, party-planning fun and an overall vivid and colorful site offering lots of great dishes. Joanna's page is not a website featuring only GF, but rather I wanted to share with you a place that has 'normal' recipes, which I'd like to show you that you can make too. http://www.bakedbyjoanna.com/


By this I mean that every recipe can be altered to cater to your diet. Each recipe, ingredient and tasty morsel has the opportunity to be Gluten Free friendly. For example, see Joanna's recipes below. Her latest post labeled Friday Favorites is not only delicious, but perfect for a summer night with some ice cream on the side. 
It is the Caramel Brownies....

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter, sliced
• 12 oz bittersweet chocolate, chopped
• 1/2 tsp ground espresso
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 11 oz chewy caramel candies
• 1/4 cup heavy cream
• 1 1/2 cups hazelnuts, chopped
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and coat a foil-lined 9"x13" baking pan with nonstick spray; make sure to leave an overhang of foil. Set aside.
2. Using a double-boiler, melt the butter and bittersweet chocolate making sure to stir constantly with a rubber spatula. Stir in the espresso.
3. Whisk in the sugar, eggs and vanilla extract until the smooth and shiny.
4. Using a spatula, fold in the flour and salt just until combined.
5. Pour half the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 20 minutes. Remove the brownie from the oven and cool on a metal rack for 30 minutes.
6. Meanwhile, melt the caramel candies and cream in a metal pot on medium heat; stir constantly to prevent burning.
7. Sprinkle half the hazelnuts on the baked brownie layer, pour the melted caramel evenly over the nuts and finish by pouring the remaining brownie batter on top and evening the surface with a spatula. Sprinkle the remaining hazelnuts over the top along with the chocolate chips.
8. Bake for 20 minutes. Transfer the brownies to a metal rack to cool completely in the pan. Once cooled, use the foil overhang to lift from the pan; slice into 24 squares and serve

In this- I want you to see that it's simple enough to make this treat GF friendly---

simply, substitute the All-Purpose flour with Gluten-Free rice or other flour that follows your diet. 

And, to make this treat even healthier-substitute the eggs for egg whites or apple sauce. 

Enjoy and indulge a little.