Gluten Free Prune And Pear Squares Food

GLUTEN FREE SPICED PRUNE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Grease bundt pan and set aside.
• In a small pan boil several cups of water. Remove from heat and add prunes. Let soak for 15- 20 minutes or until prunes have softened. Drain prunes and finely chop them. I found it easier to chop them with scissors. Set aside.
• Combine rice flour, potato starch, tapioca starch, xanthan gum, sugar, cinnamon, cloves, salt, and baking soda.
• In a bowl combine oil, buttermilk, and eggs.
• Slowly add flour mixture to wet mixture and stir just until combined.
• Stir in prunes.
• Spread batter into bundt pan.
• Bake for 70-75 minutes. Check cake at one hour and bake additional time if needed or until cake starts to pull slightly away from the pan. This cake is very dense and moist so the toothpick test is hard to do on this one.
• Let cake cool in pan for 10 minutes then remove from pan to cool on wire rack.

GLUTEN-FREE COCONUT PRUNE COOKIES

Steps:

• Stir together the dry ingredients (flour through cloves) to combine thoroughly.
• Add prunes, stirring well to coat with flour.
• Cream together butter and sugar, then beat in egg until fluffy.
• Gradually blened in flour mixture.
• Shape into 24 cookies and place on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet.
• Press coconut into the top of each cookie.
• Bake in a preheatedd 325* oven for 15-20 minutes until golden.
• Drizzle cookies with warm honey and let cool.
• Enjoy!

BUTTERSCOTCH APPLE PEAR SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat oven 350°F.
• Peel, core and dice up the apple and pear. Place in a fryin pan on med high heat, add in 1 tbsp brown sugar, cinnamon, and 1 tbsp butter. Once the apple/pears goes soft, turn down the stove to medium heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Add in nuts.
• Meanwhile in a bowl, blend flour, baking soda, and salt. Cut in butter with pastry blender until mixture resembles course crumbs. Stir in brown sugar and oats. Do not over mix. Mixture should stay crumbly.
• Press half of crumb mixture over bottom of a 8x8-inch pan to form bottom crust.
• Turn off the stove and stir in the butterscotch chips to the apple/pear filling. Gently spread apple/pear filling over bottom crust. Sprinkle remaining oat mixture over apple/pear filling. Lightly pat with palm of hand to even out.
• Bake for 25 minutes at 350F or until crust is golden brown. Cool completely and cut into squares.

PEAR WALNUT SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a medium bowl, combine flour, powdered sugar, butter, 1/2 teaspoon of the cinnamon and salt; mix well.
• Press into the bottom of a greased 7 x 11-inch baking dish.
• Top with nuts and pear slices.
• In the same mixing bowl, beat together eggs, brown sugar, vanilla and remaining cinnamon until well combined; pour over pears.
• Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until set in center.
• Cool completely before cutting into squares.