Enjoy Life Soft Baked Decadence Bars Review @enjoylifefoods #review

If you've followed this blog for a while you'll know we life Enjoy Life in our house so I was thrilled to get to review their newly reformatted soft baked Decadence Bars.  We received four boxes to try out.

Cinnamon Bun

Cherry Cobbler

S'Mores

Chocolate Sunbutter

Before even trying them I knew(or thought I knew) which ones I was going to like the best, 2nd best, etc.  Oh my when I tried them what I thought got blown out of the water!  In your mind combine deliciousness and your absolute favorite dessert together and you'll come to about half of what my taste buds experienced!

My #1 favorite was the S'Mores.  This shocked me as I don't normally like things that are S'Mores flavored.  But oh it's so good!  You can even taste the graham cracker.  And graham cracker is normally a no no for gluten free eating since of course they have gluten in them!  But this is a gluten free graham cracker!  Oh heaven, yum.

My second favorite would be the Cherry Cobbler.  It has just a hint of sweet with the tart of cherries and really was just all around good.  Again, I was shocked because I'm not normally a cherry lover, but this one I really liked.  It was oh so good.  I did make myself share a bite with my husband. . . . grudgingly. . .because he loves cherries.  So he got one bite and I got the rest!

My third favorite was the chocolate sunbutter.  I knew I was going to like this one but again was surprised by the taste.  I have never had sunbutter before but if the taste of these is any indication, I know I will like the sunbutter as well.  Of course, I knew I like anything chocolate!  Who doesn't like chocolate?  It's comparable with being a mass murderer really, I love chocolate that much.  The only thing better than chocolate is chocolate mint.

Okay, it sounds bad to say my least favorite, because this one was really good too.  The Cinnamon Bun was the one that I ranked last simply because they sent me 4 awesome flavors and somebody had to come in last.  Sorry cinnamon bun, but that is you.  I loved the slight yeasty flavor with the cinnamon.  It was really good.

You can't go wrong with any of these four flavors and I'm hoping for more flavors in the future.  They gave me a breakfast bar feel.  In fact, several of them became my breakfast on the go.  Grab a bar and run out the door.  Keep them in the diaper bag/purse and tada you have a meal when you're somewhere that you can't eat because you're gluten free.  Which, of course, we hate to say it but it happens way too often where there is nothing you can eat and you're starving!  Okay, well, at least it happens to me.

And with that I say "Thank you Enjoy Life" for always making it possible for me to eat!

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Gluten Free Cherry Slices Recipe

This recipe is one that my mom got from a friend that she used to make for us to eat for breakfast on Sunday mornings.  I loved it growing up and so knew that I was going to have to develop a gluten free version of it to enjoy as well.  So now you get to share in the goodness with me by trying out this delicious gluten free version of the cherry slices!

It really is a simple recipe that tastes much more complicated.

Ingredients:

• 1 c. butter (or coconut oil)
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1-3/4 c. sugar(I used 2 tsp stevia)
• 1-1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 2 c. gluten free flour blend --best if you have fresh ground brown rice and sorghum flours
• 1/2 c. fresh ground oat flour-- from oat groats
• 4 eggs
• 1 can cherry pie filling(or a 16 ounce jar of your own pie filling)

Grind your needed flours: brown rice, sorghum, and oat.

Flour ground and ready for mixing.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  Grease a jelly roll pan.

Combine the butter, sugar, flour, vanilla, baking powder, and eggs in a medium bowl.

Beat until fluffy.  Dough will be thick

The dough will be thick when mixed thoroughly.

Spread half of dough on greased jelly roll pan.

Spread half of the dough onto the greased jelly roll pan.

Spread the cherry pie filling on top of the dough.

Top with the remaining dough by spoonfuls. 

Spread the cherry filling onto the first layer of dough and top with spoonfuls of dough.

Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes or until bars are slightly brown on the top.

The cherry slices are done. The gluten free flour browns more than normal flours but tastes wonderful!

Let cool for 10-15 minutes.  Cut into bars and serve.

Makes a great breakfast and keeps well in the refrigerator.  Due to the fresh ground gluten free flours I would not leave this out on the counter for very long or it will mold.

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