I think some of the yummiest things are created when you don’t have all the necessary ingredients. That is what happened here. My middle daughter had requested dessert and I totally forgot about it. So, when she came home from school she immediately asked, “So, Mom what did you make for dessert?” I had promised her and didn’t want to disappoint her so I pulled out my go to, brownies. I have this easy brownie recipe that I have been making for years. Its one of those ones you have memorized to heart and use it in a pinch. If I forgot bible study treat or something to send in with the girls its my go-to but this time was different. I have been diligent about being eating gluten free and I knew if I made brownies that I was going to not only want to taste one but definitely indulge.
My brownies for scratch are way better than your store bought or boxed brownie mix which is hard to come by sometime. I knew that we had no more gluten free flour and I had used the last of the oatmeal for breakfast. I typically use oat flour when baking because its cheap and gluten free. I usually grind up my gluten free oatmeal and presto oat flour. So, scouring the kitchen I came up with an alternative. The babies cheerios. Cheerios are gluten free AND put those bad boys in the grinder and you have cheerio flour. But would it work? Not only did it work my husband said, “These are the best brownies you’ve ever made.” I think partly because Cheerios have sugar in them and on top of my normal amount of sugar I put in my brownies my husband overly sweet sweet tooth was more than satisfied. I had another request for the brownies recently and thought I definitely need to share this quirky recipe. When you taste these you would never believe that the flour was made of cheerios.
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