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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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✨🥞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
🍒✨ Cranberry Crumble Bars | Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Vegan
Got a leftover bag of cranberries after Thanksgiving? (Or did you, like me, buy extras on purpose?) Either way, you need to make these. Cozy, tart, and perfectly crumbly, these Cranberry Crumble Bars are the ultimate holiday treat—though I won’t judge if you make them year-round. With a wholesome base of gluten-free oats and almond flour, plus a bright cranberry–orange filling that tastes like Thanksgiving in every bite, they’re vegan, dairy-free, and completely irresistibl
Dec 4, 2025
Single-Serve Protein Cinnamon Roll
(Gluten-Free • High-Protein • No Yeast • Low Carb • Vegan Option) Makes: 1 cinnamon roll (or 2 minis) Prep: 5 min Bake: 18–20 min Craving a cinnamon roll—but not an entire tray? This single-serve, macro-friendly cinnamon roll brings the cozy vibes without the sugar crash. It’s gluten-free, high in protein, & yeast-free, so you can go from craving to cinnamon bliss in under 30 minutes. Ingredients Dough ¼ cup almond flour 1 tbsp protein powder (or sub 1 tbsp more almond flou
Dec 2, 2025
✨Copycat Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bar made gf/df/v/sf
A soft & chewy, better-for-you gf/df/v/sf copycat blondie studded with dried cranberries, orange zest, and dairy-free white chocolate—topped with a tangy cashew “cream-cheese” frosting, more cranberries, and a drizzle of white chocolate. Makes: 8×8 pan (or half batch in a 4×8 loaf pan) Cashew “Cream Cheese” Frosting Ingredients 1 cup raw cashews, soaked 4 hours or quick-soaked in boiling water 20 minutes ¼ cup coconut cream (thick scoop from top of chilled can) 3 tbsp lemon
Nov 27, 2025
3-Ingredient Coconut Macaroons
GF • Dairy-Free • Refined Sugar-Free • Low Carb • Vegan Option Chewy coconut dreams — just 3 ingredients! Ingredients 30g aquafaba (or 1 large egg white), room temperature 4–6 tbsp granulated or powdered sweetener of choice (allulose, monkfruit, coconut sugar, etc. I used 4 tbsp allulose for an under-sweetened treat - use more for a sweeter macaroon) 3/4 cup shredded coconut (add +2 tbsp only if the dough feels too wet) – I used fine, unsweetened dried coconut but medium work
Nov 27, 2025
Viral Snickers Date Bark | Easy Dessert | 5 Ingredients | Gluten free | Vegan
We’re loving these simple whole food desserts that are quick & easy to make, and don’t even need an oven! See how we make them: https://youtube.com/shorts/7zv8cOsItsk INGREDIENTS: -10 medjool dates (we used organic ones from Costco) -2 tbsp nut butter (we used Costco’s mixed nut butter, but you could totally use creamy PB) -1/4c chopped nuts (we used sliced almonds, but you could use chopped peanuts) -sea salt, to taste INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Simply press pitted dates flat onto a t
Nov 24, 2025
2 Ingredient Brownies!! ACTUALLY WORKS!
I kept seeing this recipe/video on YouTube & TikTok and was super skeptical, so I had to try it myself - and it actually worked! Super easy, & no fancy kitchen equipment needed. Ingredients: 1 1/3c chocolate chips* also works with sugar-free choc chips! or white choc chips 4 eggs Directions: -preheat your oven to 350F and line a 8x8 baking pan with parchment -melt chocolate chips in 30 second increments until melted, then let cool for 5 minutes -crack eggs into a separate bow
Nov 24, 2025
Almond Croissant stuffed Pumpkin Muffins 🧁🎃 | GF/DF/Low Carb
Classic fall meets hidden surprise with an amazing almond croissant filling - & the leftovers are great - the almond cream deepens in flavour after it matures for a day in the fridge. Follow along as I make a batch here: https://youtu.be/ePwINjo8Hfk?si=YOhK4MFFOoHpkML9 ►Makes 7-8 muffins ALMOND CROISSANT CREAM FILLING 1/2 egg 2 tbsp coconut oil/v butter/palm shortening, solid 2 tbsp gran. white sweetener (organic cane sugar, allulose, swerve/etc) 1/4 tsp almond extract 1/4c a
Nov 23, 2025
Unboxing: Sweet Loren’s Ready to Bake GF/V Cookie Dough
Sweet Loren’s Ready to Bake Cookie Dough, Taste Test (Gluten-Free & Vegan, Dairy-Free, Egg-free) Come along with us to unbox the cookies, bake some, and turn some into ice cream Sammies: https://youtu.be/rd13RRjTwm0 🇺🇸Available at Meijer Detroit for $6.99USD in 3 flavours: ➡︎Sugar Cookie ➡︎Chocolate Chunk ➡︎Salted Caramel Chocolate Or check out all 11 flavours on their website: https://sweetlorens.com 🇨🇦UPDATE: In looking up Sweet Loren’s after recording it seems like the
Nov 18, 2025
🍨🥒 Zucchini Ice Cream | No Churn | Dairy Free/Vegan
Refreshing, lightly chocolate flavour with cinnamon undertones that pairs so well with our zucchini oatmeal cookies. Feel free to leave out either, or add a bit more cocao to make it more chocolatey. Because we planned to use these for ice cream sandwiches with our oatmeal cookies, I didn’t want the choc to overpower the cookie flavour. This paired really nicely together. It’s super easy, no ice cream machine required! Just use a food processor or blender for smooth & creamy
Nov 18, 2025
We found MINT & GOLDEN gluten-free Oreos!
We found more gluten-free oreo cookies to try!! Golden (Glutino & Oreos) Mint Oreo Joe Joe’s (Trader Joes) Double Stuff Oreo The Joe Joe's were kindly brought to us by our American friends 🥰 and we found the rest on our recent trip to the USA. Come along to unbox them and see what we thought: https://youtu.be/lhkq963Aj4g Other Hauls/Unboxings you may like: August 2024 🇺🇸 HAUL https://youtu.be/pYLOJK2d0-0?si=oxq6qUNMWl0RgPBT Regular gf Oreos: https://youtu.be/lZGJ02CUuOE Ch
Nov 18, 2025
NEW Gluten-Free Chips Ahoy!?! Are they as good as the OG?
So excited to try the NEW gluten-free Chips Ahoy cookies!! Totally LOVE that big brands are now coming out with gf dupes of their OG products. I test my kids in a blind taste test to see if they can tell the difference before I try them too. See if they can tell!! Are they as good a dupe as Oreo's gluten-free?? Watch our unboxing & find out: https://youtu.be/5Z-dS53YMuQ If you want to see what else we got on our shopping trip to the USA: https://youtu.be/pYLOJK2d0-0 Previous
Nov 18, 2025
Trying Nowhere Bakery: Gluten-Free, Paleo & Vegan | California, USA
California-based Nowhere Bakery: 100% gluten-free, grain-free, soy-free, dairy-free, refined-sugar-free, processed-oil-free, and also vegan. Perfect if you have non-nut food allergies/restrictions and live in the USA (they deliver to continental USA). But we live in a "border town" and have wonderful friends across the river that let me order to. :) Watch our unboxing/taste test and our thoughts: https://youtu.be/UkFYrFeFcB4 Cookie 1: The Choc Chip Cookie 2: The Tag Cookie 3:
Nov 18, 2025
GF Oreo blind taste test! Can we tell them apart?!
I was trying to find the new gf Chips Ahoy choc chip cookies, and stumbled on these instead. Did you know Nabisco made gluten-free oreos?!?! I didn't. But they are stocked with all the regular oreos, so I don't normally check that aisle. Have I been living in a hole, and missing out??!? Anywho, we grabbed some. As well as the regular ones, and the OG of gluten-free sandwich cookies: the Glutino brand, to see which we liked better, and to see how well Nabisco did formulating t
Nov 18, 2025
VLOG: Visiting Gluten Free Garage (GFG) & Toronto GF bakeries
Are you gluten-free & live near Toronto? Then you just missed one of the biggest gluten-free events this year!! Come see what it's like inside The Gluten Free Garage (so you know what to expect when you come out next year!!) and after we're done there, we head off to visit a few other gluten-free shops around Toronto. Gluten Free Garage (GF) Almond Butterfly Cafe (GF) Bunner's (GF/V/nut-free) Nutbar (Superfood smoothies) CN Tower hunting Our GF haul Come along as we walk thro
Nov 18, 2025
NEW gf/df Mary's Gone Crackers products we HAD to try
May 21, 24 - We just spotted some new Mary's products (you know the round seed crackers???) at a grocery store on the way to the beach, and had to try them: Real Thin Crackers: Sea Salt Real Thin Cracker: Garlic & Rosemary Kookies: Honey Kookies: Chocolate Come see what we thought: https://youtu.be/SX27brM6kqw?si=ULfpSYHap6qACAbk ================================= Instagram https://www.instagram.com/marysmindfulbakes/ TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@marysmindfulbakes YouTube...
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
💚🥤☘️ Shamrock Shake & Mint Oreo McFlurry | DF & V
Last Monday the Shamrock Shake and mint Oreo McFlurry came back!! AND tomorrow is National Mint Chocolate Day, as if you needed any more excuses to treat yourself to a vanilla-mint milkshake, or a mint oreo ice cream treat?!? In the previous video we made No Churn Vegan Mint Ice Cream that you can use to make our shake, or blizzard. Or simply grab your fav store bought mint ice cream. 💚🍨 https://youtu.be/aC9ylelEHxg SHAMROCK SHAKE 💚☘️🥤 ► 2 big scoops (1.5c) mint ice crea
Nov 17, 2025
🍪 Soft & Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies | Almond Coconut | Low Carb
Here’s an easy, super soft & chewy gluten-free almond-coconut-flour chocolate chip cookie recipe, that’s also grain-free starch-free low-carb & keto, as well as refined-sugar-free & paleo, egg-free dairy-free & vegan!! And no chilling required. Bake ‘em right away & enjoy!! Follow along as we bake them: https://youtu.be/_oXFIWH8lNQ This batch makes 2 cookies (but you can 2x, 4x or 16x the recipe for more!! I’ll list some alternate batch sizes below ⬇️) ⬇️ RECIPE ⬇️ 🍪🍪 1/4 c
Nov 17, 2025
Fudgey Almond Flour Brownies | Tim Hortons Gluten Free Dairy Free Copycat
You asked to take the Tim Horton's Brownie Copycat recipe and convert it to gluten-free and dairy-free. So I made a bunch of test batches (some that failed epicly, lol), but this one turned out so fudge & killer!! OMG I'm obsessed. PLUS, it's made without refined oils, and can easily be made without refined sugars (or even low-carb keto if you use a sugar-free sweetener & s.f. choc chips!). We made these with a 50:50 mix of allulose and coconut sugar. Original Recipe: - 1/2 c
Nov 17, 2025
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