Day 4 And A Saved Baking Disaster!

We are now in day 4 of captivity. The sun is supposed to shine today, so most of this should melt off. I am officially out of oatmeal, apples and dishwashing detergent. Jay asked what are we going to do if we run out of food...I had to explain to him that his father is one that is prepared for the zombie apocalypse...this well never happen. Don't worry about my lack of oats, there are tons of gluten free that I plan to eat. We tend to stock up on those when they are on sale. I also have a supply of frozen fruits in the deep freeze so I have backup!

The boys did not even attempt to go outside yesterday. It was just gross out. Everything is half slush and half ice. We watched a lot of people try to leave the neighborhood yesterday. This is kind of sad since I am sure a lot of them just needed to get to work. I am so thankful that we have our power and that we work from home. Otherwise, we probably would have been in the same situation. I still question if school will be in tomorrow since it will be so cold tonight and refreeze anything that melts. We may venture to the store (which is 3 miles away) just to see how roads are in case I have to be making school runs tomorrow.

So, what to do when you are in the house and have new gluten free ingredients hanging out in the pantry?

Well you experiment of course. This started out innocently enough. I really wanted to make gluten free cinnamon rolls.

I had a good plan and while things looked like they were coming together...

disaster struck!

While I have a silpat (and I will use it next time), I used wax paper as my safety net for rolling this up...

don't use wax paper...it breaks when it gets damp! This was a mess and the dough stuck to it. I was not quiet about it either. Yes, I was a sailor in a former life. Tony came running downstairs to see what had happened. When he saw the mess, he told me to just throw it away.

Um, no way was I throwing it away! I was on a mission! I "fixed" it enough to make sweet rolls!

I'm not going to lie, I was still worried. I had no idea what they would taste like.

Everything is saved when you put a sugary glaze on it...right?

I love that my boys are adventurous and trust me enough to try things! Even I was scared of these!

I would say these are similar to a hot cross bun. They have a nice chew to them and if you know gluten free stuff, you know that is important. They had a sweet crust on the bottom and were slightly pillowy soft in the center. They were really good!

Now, I have to make them again. I will share the recipe when I make them from start to finish with one preparation which is not the way this happened. I ended up calling these a tasty accident. 

It feels strange to me lately because I am a pretty seasoned baker, but I am really working on some new gluten free recipes that have been a challenge. I didn't let this go because I really want to learn how this stuff works. I actually like learning about different ingredients that other cultures use in their baking. It's funny because here in the United States, think of wheat as the go to baked good source, while other cultures use different products like chickpea flour, rice flour and tapioca. While I hate the disasters, I really like finding new products that taste so good.

Do you throw away disasters or do you try to make them work?

Do you have a potty mouth or no?