Providing gluten free cookies and a little creative inspiration to the Cincinnati area!
Twinkle Toes - my childhood nickname bestowed upon me by my grandfather. I grew up watching he and my grandmother bake. She was Pennsylvania Dutch; he a farm boy from a family of 13 children. We ate well at my grandparents' house, and he could bake like no one else.
He passed away suddenly in 2010, and my whole world turned upside down. I walked around in a daze for months and when I "woke up", I decided that baking my way through his best recipes was the best way that I could cope with such loss.
I became frighteningly sick in 2012 and developed an insane amount of food allergies - gluten being the most severe. I had to re-learn how to cook EVERYTHING, including my grandfather's precious recipes. So re-learn I did. Even more so, I discovered that I truly loved it. In grieving the loss of this precious man, getting sick, and re-learning his recipes, I have unlocked his secret:
LOVE. Food is love on a plate. There is such joy in making something wonderful with your hands - and seeing someone smile.
Everyone should be able to enjoy yummy treats like the ones my grandpa made. So, to honor his memory, and for all of those with allergies that make life a little harder...
Here is Twinkle Toes Bakery. May there always be love and good food around your table.
