I’ve been running into Marla Meridith of Family Fresh Cooking more and more lately. The last time was a couple of weeks ago at the book signing party for food photographer/blogger extraordinaire, Matt Armendariz — he was promoting his new book, On a Stick (not a gluten-free book).
As always, Marla and I get deep into discussion about gluten-free food and food photography — two things that will always get me talking to no end. One thing that came up was an event called the Food Blogger Bake Sale in which bloggers from across the U.S. are baking up their finest treats to sell and raise money for the one of my favorite charities, Share Our Strength (I like them so much, they get a banner at the top of this site :) The event was held on Saturday, May 14 at BLD in Los Angeles. Marla was going to be there selling her gluten-free Double Chocolate Banana Scones which by all accounts are absolutely amazing. I’m not sure how many gluten-free bloggers participated in the event, but I’d be willing to bet there were a few. This is definitely an event I’ll be following and seeing if I can get more of the gluten-free community involved in.
I’m sure Marla sold out of these scones very quickly as every recipe that I’ve tried of hers has been nothing short of fabulous. Whether you try this recipe yourself or buy a version of these at a bake sale, you will be a very happy person.
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“I hope you enjoy these chocolatey scones. The darker the chocolate the better for me, but milk or white chocolate would be super tasty too! I was tossed over whether to name these Double Chocolate Cookie Bars or Scones, but the texture was a bit more scone. They are dense, but soft at the same time with lots of chocolate flavor and a hint of banana…”
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