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Bakery Blog & Recipes
Welcome to The OTHER Side of Mindful BakeHouse
The side for the do-it-yourselfers, the adventurous bakers, and those that live a little too far away to make it to our bakery in person. This is where I post all the fun gluten-free dairy-free things I've been testing/making that aren't official BakeHouse recipes. Most of which we also share on our YouTube Channel, as well as our second instagram account, & TikTok. So if you're like me and you'd rather watch than read, feel free to go follow us on your fav social media app i
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🍋 Vegan Lemon Curd (Maple Syrup Sweetened)
Here’s another recipe for your arsenal of dairy-free basics. It’s quick to whip up and is so fresh & zippy & lovely on cookies, cheesecakes (and as tomorrow’s churro dipping sauce!! shhh!) - you’ll be putting it on everything (or eating it by the spoonful). Ingredients * 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice * 1 tbsp lemon zest * 1/2 cup maple syrup * 1/3 cup full-fat coconut cream (thick part off the top of a can that has been chilled) * 2 tbsp tapioca starch * Pinch of salt * 1 tbsp co
May 4
Lemon Curd 🍋 Maple Syrup Sweetened & Dairy-Free | Day 8 Lemon Series
Smooth & creamy, yet dairy-free AND sweetened with maple syrup instead of white sugar. This lemon curd is so delicious, you’re going to be spreading it on EVERYTHING. But we’re using it to fill maple sugar pavlovas (watch for that video soon!) If you cannot eat eggs, please check out our vegan lemon curd posted with our Day 1 lemon curd cookies here: https://youtube.com/shorts/CiAAZsHysBk Ingredients: 6 tbsp fresh lemon juice (about 2-3 lemons) 1/2 cup maple syrup or honey 3
May 1
My Naturally Sweetened Caramel Sprinkles
Today I’m showing you how I make the caramel sprinkles for my bakery, that uses natural sweeteners like coconut sugar and maple syrup (no icing sugar here!). For these sprinkles we use powdered coconut sugar, along with tapioca (to act like the cornstarch that would normally be used), and water & vanilla. Then pipe them out, let them dry, and voila!! Homemade coconut sugar sprinkles. We add these on our salted caramel vanilla cupcakes. INGREDIENTS 1 1/4c ground coconut sugar
Mar 7
5-Ingredient Oat Cookie Energy Balls
These energy bites are a great make-ahead snack to keep on hand. And they taste like an oatmeal cookie! Packed with whole food energy, fibre, and protein to keep you going when you need a quick energy boost (or when hungry kids come home from school!) Ingredients: ► 1 cup gf oats (I used quick cook, but you can also use rolled) ► 1/2 cup ground flax ► 1/2 cup almond butter ► 6 tbsp maple syrup ► 1/2 cup df/v chocolate chips Instructions: Add ingredients to a medium bowl & mix
Mar 4
Chocolate Chip Cookie Baked Oats
When you want cookies... but it's breakfast time. 🍪✨ This tastes like a chocolate chip cookie, but it’s secretly baked oats Ingredients ► 1/2 cup rolled oats ► 1/4 cup almond milk ► 1/2 banana ► 1 egg ► 1 medjool date ► 1 tbsp almond butter ► 1/4 tsp baking powder ► 1/8 tsp/pinch cinnamon ► 1/8 tsp/pinch sea salt ► 1 tbsp df dark chocolate chips Combine all but choc chips & blend Pour batter into greased ramekin Top with chocolate chips and bake at 350°F for 25 minutes L
Jan 20
Chocolate Sweet Potato Frosting
This 2-ingredient vegan chocolate sweet potato frosting is rich, silky, and ultra-fudgy — and you’d never guess it’s made with real sweet potato. It blends into the creamiest, most decadent chocolate frosting that’s naturally gluten-free, dairy-free, vegan, and refined sugar-free, with no added oils or powdered sugar 🍫✨ Perfect for spreading, swirling, or eating straight off the spoon, this frosting is deeply chocolatey with a luscious, truffle-like texture. I’m using it to
Jan 11
🍫🥜 4-Ingredient Reeses PB Cups
Did you know store bought Reese Peanut Butter Cups are super easy to make at home?!? AND healthier too? So let’s make our own. 🌱Dairy-free & vegan if you use dark chocolate or follow our “make-your-own” recipe below ⬇️Low carb if you use sugar-free syrup & sf chocolate. 4-INGREDIENT CUPS -1/2c natural smooth peanut butter (or sub another creamy nut butter) -1 tbsp maple syrup (sf maple syrup for low carb) -1/2 tbsp coconut flour & -1/2 cup dark chocolate of choice, dairy-fre
Jan 4
Easy 2-Ingredient Homemade Crunch Bars
Healthy Homemade Crunch Bars! Did you know store bought crunch bars are NOT gluten free & NOT vegan?!? SO let’s make our own. They're gluten free, dairy free, & refined sugar free, and so easy to make! Equipment: -Chocolate bar molds or parchment lined baking sheet, or muffin papers 2-INGREDIENT BARS -1 cup dark chocolate of choice, dairy-free/vegan or sugar-free if desired -1/2c puffed quinoa** or puffed rice* 5-INGREDIENT BARS (CHOC from SCRATCH) -1/2 cup cocao butter (or s
Jan 4
3-Ingredient Chia Bread?
My 3 ingredient flax bread has become a staple around here. And you asked if it can be done with ground flax versus whole flax, and golden versus brown, or even swapping chia??!? I have done all variations of flax with success, so let’s try chia! 3-Ingredient Flax Bread version 2.0 INGREDIENTS 250g flax/ground flax (golden or brown) or chia seeds! 40g ground psyllium husk/psyllium husk powder 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 1/3 cups hot water (tap hot, not boiling) INSTRUCTIONS ►
Dec 28, 2025
Instant Nut Milk ✨🥛
Ever reach for almond milk… and realize you’re down to the last sad drops ? 😩 Don’t run to the store (your coffee would get cold!!)— try this instead 👀👇 🥄 Instant Almond Milk Recipe You’ll need: • 2 cups cold water• 2 tbsp almond butter How to make it: ► Add everything to a blender and blend for 10 seconds until smooth and creamy. Use right away, or transfer to a jar, and store in the fridge until use. Shake well before using. ✨ That’s it! No soaking. No straining. No wa
Dec 18, 2025
Mincemeat Tart Filling | Dairy-Free/Vegan
(Small Batch – perfect for 1 large tart or 10–12 mini tarts) Sounds kinda weird for a dessert, but it’s really just a fruity filling, packed with a variety of dried fruits like raisins, berries, soaked in a sweet spiked juice. It sits to let the flavours meld, then gets used as a tart filling. Ingredients 1 Granny Smith apple, peeled & finely diced or grated 200g mixed dried fruit, for example: 50g raisins 50g sultanas/golden raisins 30g dried blueberries 40g currants 30g dri
Dec 10, 2025
✨🥞Fluffiest GF/V Pancakes – McDonald’s Hotcakes Copycat
Our town reached out to us for gluten-free pancakes to serve alongside McDonald’s Hotcakes at their annual “Breakfast with Santa.” While we do have a pancake mix, it’s paleo and contains almonds—so we went back to the lab to make something even more allergy-friendly. After 5 test batches , the unanimous winner was also the most allergy-friendly version. And we’re sharing it with you! These pancakes are: ► Wheat & Gluten-Free ► Corn & Rice-Free ► Dairy-Free ► Egg-Free ► Nut-F
Dec 9, 2025
Reese Peanut Butter PB2 Overnight Oats 🥜🍫
Want breakfast that tastes like a peanut butter cup? Yes please! These PB Chocolate Chip Overnight Oats are easy, portable, and can be made lower-fat using peanut butter powder—or keep it classic with your fave nut butter. Watch me make it for my roadtrip here: https://youtube.com/shorts/HMgINI-gx68?si=Ku0XwthqSdYuvyKa PB Choc Chip Overnight Oats 1/2 cup rolled oats 1/2 cup milk of choice or water 1/4 cup yogurt of choice 2.5 tbsp peanut butter powder or nut butter (I used PB
Nov 20, 2025
✨🥥 Nut’ola: Oat-Free Granola | Gluten-Free • Grain-Free • Vegan
Meet Nut’ola — a delicious, crunchy no-oat, no-grain granola ! It’s made mostly from nuts, lightly sweetened, and endlessly customizable. Swap out the almonds or pecans for your favourite nuts or seeds (hemp hearts, pumpkin seeds, hazelnuts, peanuts, cashews — go wild!). Add cozy spices like 1 tsp cinnamon or chai spice , and mix in whatever you love — dried fruit, cocoa nibs, or chocolate chips . Watch us make it: https://youtube.com/shorts/pqGVyNlBKdk?feature=share 🌰 Ba
Nov 18, 2025
🎃🍁🍂 DIY Pumpkin Pie Spice Mix
It's fall, so we definitely need to make some pumpkin spice, so we can get to baking some pumpkin spice goodies!! We used it in our healthy Starbucks pumpkin loaf copycat recipe: https://youtu.be/oXrjEA0YGQs Here's how we make ours: 3 tbsp ground cinnamon (we love organic Ceylon cinnamon) 2 tsp ground ginger 2 tsp ground nutmeg 1 tsp ground allspice 1 tsp ground cloves Combine, and store in an airtight container. Feel free to double or triple this recipe if you LOVE pumpkin s
Nov 18, 2025
Homemade Vegan White Chocolate Recipe | PLUS Low Carb Option That Actually Works!!
Follow along and watch our step-by-step video here: https://youtu.be/juXmCOKIq7w Chocolate is usually made in a wet grinder/mill to get it super smooth and creamy (that’s what we do at our bakery), BUT you can make a decent version at home with your blender!! This recipe is for a dairy-free/vegan white chocolate bar (which uses coconut milk powder in place of regular milk powder), and it also lets you choose your sugar (here we’re using allulose for sugar-free version)!! I’ve
Nov 18, 2025
Dairy-Free Ninja Creami Protein Ice Cream plus Mix-ins | No pudding mix | Vanilla is vegan!
I couldn't find a Ninja Creami protein ice cream recipe that I could actually eat (they all have pudding mix, whey protein, or fair life milk!), so we came up with our own & they were delicious!! So here's our new basic vanilla protein ice cream recipe, and a slightly more complicated (just extra ingredients) chocolate recipe that you can change up (add strawberries, etc) or add fun mix-ins like cookie dough. If you need extra Creami pints and don't want to pay for the Ninja
Nov 18, 2025
DIY Brown Sugar | Brown Allulose | Brown Sugar Substitute
Make your own Brown Sugar Substitute Have you ever found yourself without brown sugar in your house, when you’re craving your fav cookie recipe - what do you do?? Did you know you can make it?!? All the manufacturers do is add molasses back into white sugar to make brown sugar, and you can too. Another reason to make your own: I have been LOVING allulose, and experimenting with it in all kinda of things, but I have not yet found a brown sugar version for deep and delicious, m
Nov 18, 2025
🌰 Better-for-You Nutella (Vegan + Sugar-Free)
Skip the store-bought spread — this creamy, chocolatey better-for-you Nutella lets you choose your sweetness! Make a naturally sweetened version (with maple syrup, dates, or coconut sugar) or go sugar-free and low-carb with your favourite sweetener substitute. Made with just a handful of wholesome ingredients — roasted hazelnuts, cacao, coconut oil, and a pinch of sea salt — it’s dairy-free, soy-free, and refined sugar-free , perfect for spreading on your favourite homem
Nov 13, 2025
🌾 Easy One-Bowl Flax-Millet-Sorghum Bread
I was craving something between our Millet-Sorghum Sourdough and our Starch-Free Keto Flax Bread — and this easy one-bowl loaf was born! It’s wholesome, hearty, and has a lovely nuttiness from the millet and flax. No starches, gums, or fluff-pretending — just simple, nutrient-dense ingredients. Fluffier than the 3-ingredient flax bread, but still beautifully rustic and satisfying. Free from: 🌿 Gluten 🌿 Grains (no rice, corn, or starches) 🌿 Nuts 🌿 Yeast 🌿 Dairy 🌿 Eggs 🌿
Nov 13, 2025
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