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Baking Day!?!?

So last night I went on a baking frenzy.  It started with oven baked fries, moved on to GF bread/buns followed by GF snickerdoodles.

The fries turned out awesome.

Oven Baked Fries
I started by cutting the potatoes in half then using my apple slicer to cut them into fries.  This makes the process go really fast.  Once cut I tossed them in a container with 2 tablespoons of brown rice flour, 1/2 teaspoon of salt and 1/4 teaspoon of pepper.  Once evenly coated, I spread them out on a cookie sheet lined with foil and sprayed with cooking spray.  Before I put them in the oven I drizzled melted butter over the top.  I baked them for 40 min at 400.  They turned out so yummy and crispy on the outside.



The bread started out awesome but became a brick rather quickly.

I started with Pamela's Bread Mix and followed the directions exactly.  My kitchen smelled so yummy, like fresh rising bread.


After letting the dough rest for an hour into the oven it went.  The loaf rose and looked so yummy.  I had set aside some dough for buns and they looked yummy too.

Then it happened, my bread fell...

Fresh from the oven

15 minutes later...















Sad but true, so I'm going to attempt to turn it into bread crumbs for future recipes.









While the bread was rising it was cookie time!

I made snickerdoodles and they turned out perfect.  I even decided to put some raw dough in the freezer in ball form for later.  Will report back if this turns out.

Overall Saturday was a great day.  Work, nap, lunch, playdate, Costco and baking frenzy.
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