Recipe: Lembas Bread

[unicornduke]

This recipe is supposed to mimic the lembas bread from Lord of the Rings. It was on tumblr that I found it and it is from theweepingtimelord. It is similar to a shortbread or a scone but delicious, a little dry and a great munchy snack.

Ingredients

-2 ½ cups of all purpose gluten free flour (a good flour mix would be 1 ½ cup sorghum or white rice flour, ¾ cup potato starch, ¼ cup tapioca flour)

-1 tablespoon baking powder

-1/4 teaspoon salt

-1/2 cup butter, melted (I've also made it with cool but soft butter)

-1/3 cup brown sugar

-1 teaspoon of cinnamon

-1/2 teaspoon honey

-2/3 cup heavy cream

-1/2 teaspoon of vanilla

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Prompt: Breakfast Recipes

[runpunkrun]

Hello all. For this week's discussion we're going to do a recipe prompt. And the prompt is {secret password voice}: Breakfast.

Now, I've been known to eat tuna salad for breakfast, so my definition of the meal is broad: If you eat it for breakfast, it fits this prompt! We're interested in quick breakfast foods, foods you can make ahead and chill or freeze, special breakfasts, complicated breakfasts, family recipes you've adapted to be gluten free—whatever you think of when you think of breakfast.

To fill this prompt, you can do several things:

1. Write up a favorite breakfast recipe and post it to the comm. We would love this the most because we want to know what you're making.
2. Pop into the comments of this post with a link to a recipe you like, a description of it, and what you like about it.
3. Start a breakfast-related discussion in the comments of this post or join a conversation already in progress.
4. Try someone's breakfast recipe and reply to their post (or comment) with any substitutions or changes you made and how it turned out. This is gold star territory.

Honestly, any or all of this would be great.

If you like deadlines, you have one week to fill this prompt! During this time, you can continue to post to the comm even if it isn't breakfast related. The prompt is just in case you need a little inspiration.

If you don't like deadlines, there's no deadline, and you can participate whenever you want.

Let's do breakfast.

Here's what's going on in the comments:

• 4 pancake mix reviews and paleo green plantain pancakes from loligo
• Granola from unicornduke
• Thick, Chewy Granola Bars from runpunkrun
• Oat Bran Waffles from esteefee

overnight oatmeal - dairy-free options

[rose_griffes]

I'm currently taking a break from oatmeal (doing an elimination diet, and they aren't back into the rotation yet), but one of the easiest things to do for breakfast is overnight oatmeal. It's way cheaper to make your own than to buy the pre-made cups of it.

Basically it's 1 part oatmeal to two parts liquid. I like to use coconut milk, or when I'm feeling decadent, coconut cream. I use rolled oats; I'm not sure how it would work using other options, but rolled oats work well.

Add in cinnamon, pecans or almonds, and a bit of sweetener, mix it, and leave it in the refrigerator overnight, and voila! They're almost as soft as cooked oats, but no cooking required.