18 July 2017

oh bother.. the oatmeal bread is a flat out bust..

even when i made it to the original directions it still SUCKED.. (maybe not quite as bad as the first 2 tries but still did NOT taste good at all. not even a little bit.. tried the original steel cut oats, tried regular oats and even tried with oat flour..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdUy9liygC0

SIMPLY awful..
bummer...

HOWEVER i will say that YES there is such a thing as goats milk Yogurt. by way of Clarks nutrition here locally..
still is frustrating - even the oatmeal cookies i made came out the texture of a muffin rather than a cookie and the gr kids only sort of liked them..

that is NOT high praise from the bottomless pits...


now i find any recipe i see i mentally run down the list of how i can substitute - its amazing how easy THAT part has become..
so today's interesting exercise has been this recipe (i LIKE lemon cake lol)

http://www.cakerecipesblog.com/2017/05/lemon-cake-with-lemon-filling-and-lemon.html


there are 2 ingredients that are to be looked at - flour and butter..
the butter has two possibilities - either butter flavored vegitable shortening or goats milk butter.. the strength of the Lemon should easily conteract the stronger goats milk taste.
that should work.
and the flour..
before getting to a flour substitute - note in the recipe its a basic white cake with lemon filling & lemon frosting. one CAN add lemon to the cake mix if one wants to..

so i went exploring and found THIS: Bobs Red Mill Vanilla Cake Mix - claims to be both wheat free and dairy free. sounds good. and this is getting to be VERY INTERESTING.. i go to this one site and 
its advertised at I HERB for $2.92 https://www.iherb.com
and sold at Amazon from $4.95 to 51.57(thats $4.30 ea x pack of 12 and $30.99 shipping) 
yikes.

now where i live our closest store carries a LOT of bobs red mill and they seem to average between 4-5$ so i can check if i can get this there..
might be fun to try...