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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 to 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 in
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☕️🫐 Blueberry Latte At Home
Has anyone else seen that Starbucks has an At Home Recipe section on their website? I was looking up recipes for the trending blueberry iced latte when I stumbled across it, so THIS is compliments of Starbies, but with my df/low sugar spin. Here’s what Starbucks says, in 16oz glass: -3tbsp of blueberry compote (from 1c blueberries, 1/4tsp honey, 1/2tsp vanilla, heat 3 minutes in a saucepan, then blend it until smooth) -1 tsp sugar (we used allulose as a substitute) -3/4c ice
Jan 4


🥐🍎 Viral Rice Paper Croissant turned Apple Pastry Pocket | Gluten-Free Genius? 🤨
Could the new viral rice paper croissant recipe work as a stand-in for gluten-free phyllo dough that we can’t find anywhere in Canada. TL/DR: maybe… if you like mochi! (LMK if you have some gf phyllo near you - I’ve heard there’s some available in the UK!!) Here’s what we did, in case you want to try it to. INGREDIENTS: 5 eggs 1/2 cup plant milk 1/4 cup maple syrup 2 tbsp coconut oil, melted 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp vanilla 1/2 tsp cinnamon -Whisk together ingredients above
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


Chocolate Orange Bark 🍊🍫
It's chocolate orange season!! So let's make a refreshing healthier version that's dairy-free & vegan! And skip the Terry’s choclate orange. 2-INGREDIENT OPTION -1 cup dark chocolate of choice, dairy-free/vegan or sugar-free if desired -2-3 mandarin oranges, peeled & separated into segments 5-INGREDIENT OPTION (CHOC from SCRATCH) -1/2 cup cocao butter (or sub coconut oil, but it will add a coconut flavour) -1/2 cup cocao powder -2-3 tbsp maple syrup (or sub honey or your fav
Jan 4


Quick Chickpea Curry
Do you ever just crave a warm cozy meal like chickpea curry? I’d saved a viral Chana Masala recipe video from Sara of Nutrient Matters for a rainy day, and today was that day. But I didn’t have a few items on hand like fresh tomatoes, so I made a few tweaks (and bonus it becomes even faster & easier), and paired it with a gluten-free version of Radhi’s naan (from her JoyFULL cookbook). It totally scratched that warm & cozy itch. INGREDIENTS 4-6 tbsp tomato paste (more if you
Dec 29, 2025


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


Banana Oat Cookies | 3-Ingredients, Healthy & Vegan 🍌🍪
The easiest cookie on the internet —and yes, it’s healthy, vegan & gluten-free ✨ These banana oatmeal cookies are made with just 3 simple pantry ingredients , no added sugar, and come together in minutes. Soft, chewy, naturally sweet, and perfect for breakfast, snacks, or a guilt-free dessert . ✨ Two ways to make them: • Version 1: Chewy breakfast cookies• Version 2: Best texture (add nut butter for richness!) 💡 Pro tip: Quick oats = better texture! You can also mix quic
Dec 17, 2025


2-Ingredient Avocado Fudge Truffles 🥑🍫
This ultra-creamy chocolate fudge is made with just avocado + dark chocolate—no baking or cooking, and ready in minutes. Vegan, gluten-free, and secretly healthy 👀✨ Ingredients 🍫 80g 1/2 cup dark chocolate (use sugar-free for low carb fudge! I’m using df/v allulose sweetened dark chocolate) 🥑 1 ripe avocado Blend, chill, slice, and roll in cocoa powder for the easiest guilt-free treat. A 3x batch fits perfectly in a loaf pan if you have lots of ripe avocados you need to us
Dec 16, 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


Easy Coconut-Flax Bread | Gluten-Free · Keto · Vegan · Egg-Free
This unbelievably simple bread comes together in just 5 minutes—no yeast, no grains, no eggs! It’s packed with fibre, rich in omega-3s, and loaded with essential vitamins and minerals like thiamine, copper, iron, and potassium. With approx. 1g net carb per slice, it checks all the boxes: gluten-free, grain-free, yeast-free, starch-free, dairy-free, egg-free, vegan, paleo, and keto-friendly. 🙌 It toasts beautifully, holds together well, and tastes amazing straight from the lo
Nov 30, 2025


Chocolate Chip S’mores Cookie
Easy chocolate chip cookie with a cozy fall twist - Simply build a s'more on a baking tray, top with cookie dough & bake for a warm & gooey s’mores cookie treat. Watch us make some: https://youtube.com/shorts/5bdYc8J6Btw?si=VdKET009EshO2FOh You need: -Cookie dough (store-bought or use one of our gf/df/v recipes linked below) -Graham crackers (for gf use Schar or make our recipe linked below) -Marshmallows (for v use Dandies, for keto use Max Mallow, OR make your own - recipe
Nov 29, 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


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


🎃🍁🍂 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


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


I made a Terry's Chocolate Orange | DIY Silicone Mold | How It's Made
If you’re dairy-free, vegan, gluten or wheat-free, nut-free, soy-free, refined-sugar-free you are just plain out of luck when it comes to Terry's chocolate oranges. And they're a holiday tradition in my husband's family. So I thought it would be fun to make my own!! You could make it df/v/gf/sf/keto depending on the chocolate/mix-ins you use - the possibilities are endless. 🍫🍊 Ingredients for Terry's Chocolate Orange: * Sugar * Cocoa mass * Cocoa butter * Skimmed milk powde
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


🌾 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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