Zimtsterne/ Cinnamon Star Cookies – gluten and sugar free

Zimtsterne/ Cinnamon Star Cookies – gluten and sugar free

by Marie MannNo Comments
  Since Christmas time is approaching fast and the German style Christmas markets are calling here a lovely recipe for German style Zimtsterne/ Cinnamon Star Cookies which gluten and sugar free. To get a seasonal feeling we need to make cookies and fill the house with seasonal smells...   Makes 40 small sized cookies.  Prep time: 10 min Cookie cutting & Decorating: 30-60 min Baking time: 10 min at 180 degree Celsius, 2min 2x for glaze setting. Cooling time: 15-30min   For the cookie dough you need: 2 Egg whites 150g ground Hazelnuts 110g Almond flour (ground Almonds, preferably un-blanched but those are hard to get hold of) 2 tsp Cinnamon 1-2  knife-tips Stevia-sweet 90% powder dissolved in 1 table spoons hot water MCT oil or coconut oil other un-flavoured oil for stopping dough sticking to the rolling pin Note: getting the sweetness to the desired level is a matter of trial and error, the best thing is to start with a smaller amount of whatever Stevia you have on hand, it can be ready-use, liquid or tabs (need to be dissolved too), adding more...
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Paleo Plumb Crumble, sugar free and gluten free

Paleo Plumb Crumble, sugar free and gluten free

by Marie MannNo Comments
  This is a great zesty plumb cake with crumbles on top, it is similar to the apple sauce cake. The crumbles are crunchy even thought they don't have any sugar in them at all, instead I use Stevia-sweet Baking Granules 1:1. You can use any type of zesty autumn fruit for this recipe, berries, apples, pears etc. What fascinated me about this cake was that my husband generally hates cooked fruit, but this one actually got his approval I made it twice last week. Makes:  14cm wide cake ring or cake pan Prep time: 25 min Cooking: 55min at 180 degree celsius pre heated oven (middle shelf)   For the batter you need: 6 Plumbs de-stoned  (half cut into slices and and the other 1/2 copped into chunks) 4 eggs  Medium ( egg white beaten stiff separately) 100g Almond flour / ground almonds - mixed ground nuts work too. 40g Coconut flour 40g Coconut oil or Butter melted 1/2 tsp Cinnamon sprinkle of Nutmeg 6 tbsp  lemons juice 1/2 tbsp baking powder 1-3  knife-tips Stevia-sweet 90% powder dissolved in 1 table spoons hot water Note: getting the sweetness...
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Wild Blackberry mini paleo crumbles – with stevia

Wild Blackberry mini paleo crumbles – with stevia

by Marie MannNo Comments
Did you notice that along all the foot path around the country the bramble bushes a loaded with blackberries? Most of us do not realise that there is still free food growing wild  in off the beaten path. I love collecting blackberries carrying them home thinking how much money I saved by having fun searching for the best berries along my sunday walk. At this time of year i like making cakes that have seasonal fruit in them, today it is berries. You will notice that the last and the next recipe are very similar because the base of the recipe works for all kind of fruits.   Here you see the mini soufflé pots filled with the batter mass before I added the sugar free crumbles. Yes you can have crunchy, caramelised sugar fee crumbles with Stevia-sweet Baking Granules 1:1.   Makes:  4 small soufflé or muffin moulds Prep time: 20 min Cooking: 20min at 180 degree celsius pre heated oven (middle shelf)   For the batter you need: 2 eggs  Medium...
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New dairy free pancakes suitable for Paleo’s sweetened with Stevia

New dairy free pancakes suitable for Paleo’s sweetened with Stevia

by Marie Mann3 Comments
  My alternative sweet breakfast or on the go lunch for everyone following a lower carb diet that can not face a savory paleo breakfast. This recipe is an evolution from my previous pancakes, it has no dairy at all. These are very low carb, 6g Carbs with whole recipe, 1.2g per pancake. The pancakes are also very high in selenium which is great "because selenium can protect against the adverse effects of mercury toxicity"  as Chris Kresser discusses in depth in a recent podcast, it is also very important for healthy skin and gut health as disused in this post. I usually actually do not have breakfast any more, I do the Bulletproof Butter Coffee with MCT oil and fast until 2pm to support my ketogenic diet approach. After not having had pancakes for many weeks I had to revert back to them when I had a tummy bug and I kind of couldn't face veg or meat. I made these in the hope that they would not...
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Fresh Coconut Paleo Bounty bars sweetened with Stevia

Fresh Coconut Paleo Bounty bars sweetened with Stevia

by Marie MannNo Comments
  Does the tast of  a Bounty bar make you feel you have entered paradise? I can't even remember the last time I have had a real Bounty bar, it must have been a  good 10 years! Yes, although I liked them I did not often buy one since growing up. Lucky that although I think I used to have the blue milkchocolate version in the past, I do actually prefer the dark chocolate which is useful when rebuilding this yummy treat into a paleo-ish treat. I have done several trials and amended versions of this recipe, the one below I find works best. I saw some similar recipes using dried desiccated coconut but not too keen on that as it takes too much re-hydrating with other fluids to make it moist to match the sticky, moist texture of the original. Yes - this tastes amazing, but it is so satisfying that you don't need to be worried about loosing control, one will make you happy and because the ingredients are natural...
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