the grinch

If the Grinch were ever to make a baked good, I’m positive it would be really ugly.

Like, really grotesque.

Probably green’ish, lumpy, and downright gross looking.

The people of Who-ville would have probably shunned his baked goods more than the Grinch himself.

Which is why when my batter today looked like this,

a certain song popped into my head.

“You’re a monster – Mr. Grinch. Your heart’s an empty hole. Your brain is full of spiders, you’ve got garlic in your soil. Mr. Grinch. I wouldn’t touch you, with a thirty-nine-and-a-half foot pole.”

Yes, my baked goods reminded me of a green frowny monster who liked to steal Christmas from all the happy people in town.

I couldn’t let this happen.

I let the Cindy Lou in me come out and thought happy thoughts while this nasty wasty skunk was in the oven. I accepted this bad banana and hoped for the best.

So, when I pulled this out of the oven, you have to understand just how excited I was. A little green looking, yes…. but I immediately pulled one off the rack and took a bite into it.

The verdict? Wow.

Looks like the Grinch can’t capture my Christmas spirit like I thought.

I’m still not sure what these are exactly – I was going for a scone. That didn’t happen. A cookie? No, too big and cake like. A muffin? Not so much. After much brain racking this afternoon, I’ve still got nothing.

There’s pumpkin, there’s cranberry sauce, and they’re kind of a green color. How that happened is beyond me. Is it breakfast or a snack? Do whatever you want with them – just eat them.

Grinch Scookfins (a hybrid between a scone, cookie, cake, and muffin)

• 2 & 1/4 cup gluten free flour
• 1 and 1/3 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
• 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
• 1/2 cup leftover cranberry sauce
• 1/4 cup “almond buttermilk” (almond milk mixed with 1/4 tbsp. lemon juice – let it sit for 5 minutes and let it “curdle
• 1 flax egg (1 tbsp flax & 3 tbsp warm water)
• 1 tbsp. maple syrup

Directions: Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Mix your dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, salt, spices) in a large mixing bowl. Make your flax egg and almond buttermilk. Combine flax egg, almond buttermilk, pumpkin puree, cranberry sauce, and maple syrup in another large bowl. Combine and mix until batter is smooth. Create 6 large blobs (yes, blobs. You’ll see for yourself) on a  greased cookie sheet. Bake for 12-13 minutes at 400 degrees. Pray. Pray hard.

 
These don’t have a lot of added sugar because the cranberry sauce itself has tons of sugar and I don’t like my scookfins (haha this makes me laugh) too sweet.

I guess I do a good Cindy Lu impression.

If only the Grinch stole dirty dishes instead…

Question: What is the most “grinch like” thing you’ve ever made?

PS – The Grinch Who Stole Christmas just came on TV 2 minutes after I started to type this post. I’m a little freaked out. The Grinch can read my mind.

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