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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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We made Billie Eilish’s gf/v Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookie
Did you know that Billie Eilish shared her PB cookie recipe on TikTok?!? and it’s gluten-free, dairy-free, & vegan!! I made these famous cookies with my kids last night and they were soooo ooey gooey GOOD!! (and super kid friendly for them to help/make). Ingredients: 1 cup brown sugar (we switched it to coconut sugar) 1 cup peanut butter 2 tsp vanilla extract 1 cup oat flour (blend 1c oats in blender/nutribullet) 1 tsp baking soda 1/8 tsp salt 1/4 cup almond milk chocolate ch
3 days ago
Gluten-Free Pumpkin Spice Oreos | DIY Recipe
Now that Nabisco makes gluten-free Golden Oreos, we can make our own Very-Limited Edition GF Pumpkin Spice Oreos. They just add "artificial flavours" and "paprika oleoresin" (for colour), so why can't we? And if you don't have pumpkin spice, we have a recipe for you below. Steps: -gently open your oreos -using a knife scrape the icing into a bowl -add some pumpkin pie spice (and food colour if desired) -mix, then re-ice your oreos. I find the easiest way is to use the back of
5 days ago
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
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
🍫🌱We tried every plant based chocolate bar at Walmart 🇨🇦 Which was the best? 🤭
I went to Walmart to buy a chocolate bar to melt in the sun & dip strawberries in with the kids and I was surprised to find quite a few new plant based chocolate bars. So I ended up grabbing one of each for us to taste test & review at home! Some use almond paste instead of milk ingredients, some use oat and rice. See which we liked best, and recommend. :) Watch our unboxing/review here: https://youtu.be/kda13noVMCA Taste testing: Lindt Vegan Creamy Lindt Vegan Salted Caramel
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
Trying Levain's NEW GF/V Choc Chip Walnut NYC Cookies! #NYC #glutenfree #vegan
We tried the "regular" Levain cookies a few months ago. You can watch that video here: https://youtu.be/dhQD-On5_pI But this time we wanted to try their gluten-free & vegan NYC Cookie (since I try my best to be gf/df). The website warns that they're crumbly... and they totally are... but watch to the end to see what we think. https://youtu.be/FC1LL_42UmU?si=jT3R-e7CBVxWzdFh Ingredients of their "Vegan & GF Chocolate Chip Walnut": Plant based butter (made from cashews, almond
Nov 18, 2025
Trying Max Mallows | Keto Sugar-Free Marshmallows
We recently grabbed some new goodies to try from a Detroit Meijer including these keto/sugar-free marshmallows (with MCT Oil & collagen) that my kids wanted to try, and they have some fun/unique flavours too. Regular price was $5.89 USD for 12 marshmallows Sale price was $4.99 Watch us inbox and taste test these marshmallows with my kids - are they any good? https://youtu.be/QGA0FjXdXm8 #keto #lowcarb #zerosugar #sugarfree #marshmallow #caramel #birthdaycake #mctoil #collagen
Nov 17, 2025
🦕We Tried Dino Buddies Gluten-Free Chicken Nuggets
We found some dinosaur shaped gluten-free chicken nuggets on our last shopping trip in Detroit Meijer 🇺🇸 Watch our unboxing/taste test video with my kids, and see what we thought of them: https://youtu.be/hyyQmO_1Z4Q ================================= Instagram https://www.instagram.com/marysmindfulbakes/ TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@marysmindfulbakes YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@marysmindfulbakes Fav Products* 🇨🇦 https://www.amazon.ca/shop/mindfulbakehouse Fav Produ
Nov 17, 2025
Feel Good Foods find!! 🏆🥇
I don’t know how I’ve never seen these before!! (We don’t have them near me in Canada 🇨🇦) and turns out I’m even following these guys on instagram?!? But I randomly came across them at local grocery store chain while visiting a friend on vacation in another country. 🌎✈️ They had 4 Feel Good Foods products (pork/veg/ckn potstickers and pizza bites) and I grabbed the chicken potstickers & the pizza bites. Watch us cook & taste test them here: (or keep reading below)...
Jan 31, 2025
Cheers to our new blog!
We're starting a blog! Where you can read about things we love, what we're up to or thinking about, and who knows what else. Stay tuned.
Oct 21, 2021
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