My oldest child has been requesting banana bread for weeks, and this past Saturday we finally had 5 bananas on hand that were ripe enough for baking. This of course led to a batch of banana bread muffins, an impromptu baking and math lesson for my 6 yr old, and a delicious brunch. I’m sorry [...]
Irish Cousin Sandwich Buns – A Gluten Free, Yeast Free Bread
March 22, 2013 by 15 Comments
For many years I would attempt to make Irish Soda Bread on St. Patrick’s day. The results were generally less than spectacular, and didn’t hold much allure after the festivities of the day. To be honest, I found this quite frustrating and I set out on an attempt to see if I’d just been using [...]
All Purpose Gluten Free Flour Mix Recipe
March 20, 2013 by
This is the first post that I wrote for this blog and it was time for an update. I’ve added the weights of the flours and changed a few of the alternative ingredients to reflect the flours I use now. Even six years later, this flour mix is still my first choice when I’m converting [...]
My Valentine To You – Marble Cake – a new Gluten Free Cake Recipe
February 14, 2013 by 7 Comments
Cake recipes are one of my loves. I’ve been baking cakes for twenty years and getting a cake recipe just right really does warm my heart. I recently pulled out my copy of Joy of Cooking and looked for a cake recipe that would be fun to convert to gluten free. I decided on Marble [...]
Almond Flax Buns: A Gluten Free, Paleo Sandwich Option
February 7, 2013 by 17 Comments
Paleo breads recipes are generally gluten free. That’s a plus. However, paleo breads generally feature nut flours that are obscenely expensive. That’s a minus…..a really big one! Cost is the primary reason that we rarely eat paleo nut breads or any baked goods that use almond and coconut flour. I can’t justify spending $12/lb on [...]
Are You Prepared To Bake Gluten Free Bread When The Sky Falls Down?
January 24, 2013 by 3 Comments
Are you afraid the world as we know it is going to end soon? Or maybe just that you’d like to be prepared for whatever life throws at you? Read these questions from a gluten free mom who wants to be prepared to bake gluten free bread regardless of what the future holds. By the [...]
The Definitive Guide To Gluten Free Pie Crusts
November 16, 2012 by 20 Comments
For the past two months I have been on a quest. A quest to develop a really good gluten free pie crust that is easy to make and tastes great. A gluten free pie crust that is hard to mess up. A gluten free pie crust that is not finicky and temperamental. After numerous trials, [...]
Gluten Free Pumpkin Pie Recipe
November 13, 2012 by 8 Comments
Pumpkin pie is a Thanksgiving classic and if you like pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving you have to make it in my new gluten free pie crust this year. I really am so very happy about this crust. It’s easy. You can serve the pie without the crust breaking. And, most importantly, the crust tastes really, [...]
Easy Peasy Gluten Free Pie Crust
November 9, 2012 by 36 Comments
For years I’ve felt really bad when someone asked me if I had a gluten free pie crust recipe. I didn’t really shout it from the rooftops, but I’d never even successfully made a pie crust of any sort or seen one made. My attempts at making gluten free pie crusts had been dismal failures, [...]
Gluten Free Scarborough Fair Bread & Pepperoni Cheese Bread
October 30, 2012 by
Today’s guest post is from a reader, Bizzybee, who sent me these recipes way back in 2008. I just found them again when I was going through my old draft posts, and I decided that it was high time to get these published. This recipes will particularly interest those of you who like to use [...]
Make Your Own Gluten Free Sub Sandwich
September 3, 2012 by 1 Comment
Don’t you wish you had one of these? You can! Here’s my favorite gluten free bread recipe, and a tutorial on how to make long gluten free loaves. The middle of our sandwiches include: gluten free turkey, honey ham, and black ham sweet pickles bell pepper lettuce Parmesan cheese balsamic and olive salad dressing green [...]
Gluten Free Monkey Bread
August 28, 2012 by 17 Comments
I was looking through some old notebooks last week and found a forgotten treasure -some notes that I’d made on gluten free Monkey Bread. Monkey Bread!!!!! Okay, yeah, I was excited. Monkey Bread was one of the things that my mom made every Christmas morning. I loved helping her roll the dough in butter and [...]
Getting Ready for Foodball: Georgia and Alabama Gluten Free Cupcakes
August 17, 2012 by 8 Comments
Football season is getting very close, and John and I are getting very excited about watching our favorite college teams. To help get into the spirit of things I made Georgia and Alabama themed cupcakes this past weekend. We’re in an area where the grocery stores do not carry many gluten free flours, and my [...]
More Gluten Free Cake in a Mug…..Gluten Free Ginger Cake!
June 20, 2012 by 5 Comments
One of my dear readers took the Gluten Free Chocolate Cake in a Mug recipe that I posted several weeks ago and created a Gluten Free Ginger Cake in a Mug recipe. How awesome is that? I have to say that it’s a good thing that my microwave in non-operational or our 30 day Primal [...]
Gluten Free Chocolate Cake In A Mug!
April 26, 2012 by 8 Comments
Warning! If you read this post, you will learn how to make gluten free chocolate cake in 5 minutes. If it is not in your best interest to be perpetually 5 minutes away from chocolate cake, then stop reading now. You’ve been warned! Okay, now for the fun stuff. Diana G. just emailed me to [...]
Gluten Free Doughnuts: Forget Krispy Kreme; Make These Instead
February 23, 2012 by 18 Comments
Gluten free doughnuts….hot, covered in vanilla glaze, pillowy soft, fluffy, and so delicious you want to swoon when you take the first bite. Yes, you’re reading that right. Hot, yeast-risen doughnuts can be yours on a gluten free diet =) Keep reading… and make you sure you clear your schedule for Friday night and Saturday [...]
Gluten Free Sausage Balls
December 16, 2011 by 9 Comments
One of my absolute favorite recipes to make with my grandmother was Sausage Balls. I loved to grate the cheese with her Mouli grater, and then mix, and mix, and mix the dough to get all of the flour worked it. A few sausage ball sculpture appeared along the way too. I finally got around [...]
Hot, Steamy, Wonderful Gluten Free Yeast Rolls
November 8, 2011 by 17 Comments
Learning to make really good gluten free yeast rolls was a huge challenge for me. I wanted yeast rolls that made you sing when you took you first bit. I wanted them to be hot and light and fluffy. And, I even wanted them to reheat well the next day. That’s asking a lot from [...]
Orange Halloween Cupcakes for Your Gluten Free Dairy Free Trick-or-Treaters
October 21, 2011 by 3 Comments
Gluten free baking mixes have their place, and for me the perfect use of a box of Betty Crocker’s GF Cake Mix is a surprise batch of cupcakes for the kiddos. Last week I whipped up a batch and made a few alterations to the recipe on the back of the box, so that we [...]
Gluten Free, Corn Free Flour Mix
September 22, 2011 by 21 Comments
I still love my gluten free AP flour mix that I’ve been using for years, but I’ve started using a new corn free flour mix to test some of my recipes. For those of you out there who are corn free, know you are loved and thought of in this gluten free kitchen! If you [...]
The Gluten Free Casein Free Diet – Butter Substitutions
September 21, 2011 by 2 Comments
Butter, butter, butter. So good for you, and so enjoyable as long as you don’t look at the calorie count and you’re not allergic to it. If you bake a lot, you already know that it’s possible to go through an incredible amount of butter every so quickly. Knowing how to substitute for butter in [...]
Cranberry Orange Quickbread by the Ratio – How a New Recipe is Created
April 6, 2011 by
In my last post I mentioned that I was going to experiment with gluten free ratios and start weighing out my recipes. To hold myself accountable (because we all see how well I’ve done with posting my bread experiments) I decided to join the Gluten Free Ratio Rally that Shauna Ahern of Gluten Free Girl [...]
Gluten Free Bread Experiments: Free Form
March 12, 2011 by 4 Comments
Loaf #7: Gluten Free, Soy Free, Corn Free Trial #4: So, the best laid plans all fail when you realize that it’s 2:30 and that you need to be out of the house, with bread in hand, by 5:00. I had planned to make a double loaf of bread today and bake one in the [...]
Gluten Free Bread Experiments: Sunken In and a Little Flat
March 11, 2011 by
Loaf #5 – Gluten Free, Corn Free, Soy Free Perfecting gluten free baking ofter requires several trials. The first two pictures are trial #3 of my new gluten free, soy free, corn free sandwich bread recipe. I think that it’s probably 2 or 3 more trials away from being ready to share with you. So [...]
Gluten Free Bread Experiments – A Loaf of Gluten Free Bread Every Day
March 8, 2011 by
Let me give you a brief sketch of what life is like right now. John and I both work at home. He works on his internet marketing business in the morning. I work on Gluten Free Cooking School in the afternoon. Except for the days that we switch. Whoever is not working is taking care [...]
Gluten Free Cheese Straws – My Grandmother’s Secret Recipe
February 2, 2011 by
Cheese, salty, and crunchy with just a hint of pepper. It is even possible to adequately describe a cheese straw? I’m not sure how wide-spread this snack is. In the Deep South, it’s a given that there will be cheese straws at any baby shower, bridal tea, or wedding reception. I’ve never seen a gluten [...]
Hot Homemade Gluten Free Bagels That Will Make You Groan With Pleasure
December 21, 2010 by
I’ll give it to Udi’s. Their gluten free bagels are delicious. Spread with cream cheese, the Udi’s bagel was a wonderful breakfast treat. That is, until I learned how to make homemade bagels at home. These were a revelation. Chewy, hot, yeasty goodness. That’s how we started our Sunday off (and have for several weeks [...]
Gluten Free Bread – 30 Minute Flatbread
January 4, 2010 by
Sometimes life does not leave time to bake a loaf of bread. Even with a bread machine there have been months during that past year in which I could not convince myself to bake a loaf of homemade gluten free bread. That’s pretty bad when you consider that the recipe is fairly simple and quick. [...]
Gluten Free All-Purpose Flour Mixes
May 6, 2009 by
I’ve gotten several questions about flour mixes lately, so I threw together this post that summarizes a lot of information that’s currently spread around my blog in various places. If you have any additional questions, just ask them in the comments and I’ll answer them and somehow incorporate the answers into this post. If you’d [...]
Gluten Free Bread: Submarine Rolls
April 22, 2009 by
Now there are a lot of foods that I miss on a gluten free diet, but it is just plain torture to watch my friends eat a submarine sandwich at lunch and know that I can’t join in. Since I subscribe to the belief that all foods can be recreated in a gluten free form, John and recently set out to create our own gluten free bread recipe for a submarine sandwich roll.
Gluten Free Bread: Banana Bread
November 8, 2008 by
Last Monday morning I was cleaning up the kitchen and discovered that we had somehow accumulated 10 very ripe bananas in the back of the freezer. John has been asking for a loaf of banana bread for several months and he’d obviously done a good job at stashing away the bananas that I would need [...]
Gluten Free Pizza: Homemade Gluten Free Pizza Crust
October 16, 2008 by
A recipe for a crisp homemade gluten free pizza crust.
Light and Fluffy Gluten Free Biscuits
September 25, 2008 by
A happy accident a few weeks ago led to yet another change in my gluten free drop biscuits recipe. I ran out of soy flour and added an additional 1/2 c. of cornstarch to make up for the shortfall. The result. . . fluffy, tender biscuits that I would put up against anyone’s gluten filled [...]
Your Gluten Free Bread Baking Questions Answered
September 15, 2008 by
Answers to the most common questions about baking gluten free bread.
Two Minutes to Homemade Bread
August 4, 2008 by
Making homemade bread is easy when you have a stash of homemade bread mix in the freezer. Follow along as I make a stash of my favorite gluten free bread mix.
Fresh Blueberry Scones – Gluten Free, Casein Free
July 16, 2008 by
A few weeks ago I posted a lesson on How to Make Gluten Free Scones Like a Bakery. Several of you asked for my scone recipe, so I made it again this weekend so that I could take pictures for the post. It was a close thing on the pictures though. I had to snatch [...]
How to Use Bean Flours
July 9, 2008 by
I broach this topic knowing three things: 1. Most Americans would shudder at the idea of eating beans on a regular basis and thus, do not know how to cook beans. 2. Beans have a bad reputation and are oft involved in third-grade humor. 3. Beans can taste really good and are really good for [...]
Gluten Free Red Velvet Cake
June 19, 2008 by
There are so many things that I should tell you about this gluten free Red Velvet Cake. I should tell you about how I baked it this morning while wearing a wrap dress, floral apron, high heels and pearls and looked like I had stepped right out of the 1950s. I should tell you how [...]
Multi-Grain Flat Bread: Gluten Free Bread Without Starch
June 18, 2008 by
If you haven’t guessed by now, most gluten free bread recipes are a bit scarce in the nutrients we’re accustomed to seeing in wheat bread. One reason is that wheat breads are usually fortified with vitamins and minerals during the manufacturing process, and the other is that gluten free breads depend heavily on starch flours [...]
No More Naked Burritos: Gluten Free Flour Tortillas
April 22, 2008 by
For more great recipes like this one for gluten free tortillas, make sure to check out my online Cooking School. I’ll walk you through step-by-step how to cook great gluten free food using easy to find ingredients. You can find out more about the online Cooking School here. I’ve been sitting here for ages trying [...]
Gluten Free Breakfast Scones
March 5, 2008 by
Please welcome a new guest author, Kristina Kofski, who shares her recipe for gluten free scones ~ Mary Frances I am not a morning person. In fact, I’ve been known to hit the snooze button for a good 45 minutes in the morning, until my poor fiancé is ready to throw the alarm clock (or [...]
Gluten Free Gusto: Mixing it up
January 31, 2008 by
A few weeks ago I sent out a call for you favorite gluten free mixes. Gluten free flours are definitely one of the more overwhelming aspects of gluten free cooking, but it helps to hear what mixes are working for others. I’m really excited to try some of the mixes below. I mean, who can [...]
Yummy Sandwich Bread (Gluten Free, Casein Free, Soy Free)
January 9, 2008 by
Update 10/3/2011: Baking gluten free bread can be overwhemlming, frustrating, and scary. But it doesn’t have to be. Learn to bake good gluten free bread the first time and every time, by taking Gluten Free Bread 101, a virtual cooking class from Gluten Free Cooking School. An updated version of this recipe is featured in the [...]
Gluten Free, Soy Free All Purpose Flour Mix
January 5, 2008 by
Sometime in my early days of gluten free baking I learned the following: Truth #1: Gluten free baking takes longer than non-gluten free baking. Truth #2: I still have only 24 hours per day. Conclusion: If I’m ever going to get around to cleaning the kitchen or folding laundry, I need to reduce the amount [...]
Rolling in Dough: The Last of the Sugar Cookie Series
December 27, 2007 by
This post is the last in a 4-part series on Gluten Free Sugar Cookies. If you missed the first three, here they are: Part 1: How to Cream Butter & Sugar Part 2: To Cream or Not – The Gluten Free Sugar Cookie Trials Part 3: My Basic Gluten Free Sugar Cookie Recipe How [...]
Gluten Free Sugar Cookies
December 20, 2007 by
This is the third of four posts on How to Bake Sugar Cookies. We’ve already learned how to cream butter and sugar, and performed some related experiments. This post will cover the basic Gluten Free Sugar Cookie recipe. And then after Christmas I’ll write a post on how to roll out the cookie dough. Yes, [...]
To Cream or Not: Gluten Free Sugar Cookie Trials
December 19, 2007 by
This is the second of four posts in a series on Gluten Free Sugar Cookies. The first post on How to Cream Butter and Sugar may be found here. The third post (currently scheduled for Friday) will be How to Roll Out Sugar Cookies, and the fourth post, (check back on Sunday) will be my [...]
How to Cream Butter & Sugar
December 17, 2007 by
This post is the first in a 4-part series on How to Make Sugar Cookies. Check back throughout the week for the next three posts. As I was making up a batch of gluten free sugar cookies this week, I realized that a new cook reading a recipe for sugar cookies, would have no [...]
Gluten Free Southern Cornbread
December 6, 2007 by
Cornbread is one of John’s favorite foods. He has been known to eat an entire pan all by himself, and yet somehow he is still a slim, trim hunk (I’m waiting to see how long it takes him to edit this!). We make when we’re having soups, stews, and any food that has yummy juices [...]
Gluten Free Bread & Bread Machines
November 29, 2007 by
A Flour Shortage We’ve been waiting for our 25 lb. bag of brown rice flour from Bob’s Red Mill forever! The gluten free oats that we ordered with it were back-ordered and the shipping people at Bob’s Red Mill were waiting to send us everything in one shipment. A quick call fixed this problem, but [...]
John’s Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
November 27, 2007 by
Friends that make gluten free food for you are friends to keep. Years ago we were playing board games with our old college roommates and my roommate made gluten free Peanut Butter Cookies for John (I didn’t know I had problems with gluten at that point). You’ve probably seen the recipe for the cookies that [...]
Do You Know the Muffin Man?
October 31, 2007 by
Monday morning I was attempting to clear a path through the dirty dishes when I came upon an extremely ripe banana. With no idea what we were having for breakfast, I took this as a sign that we should have Banana Nut Bread. What followed was a typical early morning cooking experience in the Pickett [...]
Gluten Free Banana Nut Pancakes
October 5, 2007 by
I seem to be on a pancakes kick these days. John’s parents and sister are visiting us this weekend, so I needed a relatively easy, big breakfast for this morning. Pancakes seemed perfect and since I wanted to post something today too, I decided to make up a new recipe. Thus were banana nut pancakes [...]
Gluten Free Spiced Apple Pancakes
September 29, 2007 by
The fall air has made it back to Alabama this morning and it is lovely. A perfect day to drink hot tea on the deck and enjoy the cool air, sunshine, and birds. It was also a perfect morning to play with my pancake recipe. The Gala apples that have been sitting in the fruit [...]
Gluten Free Drop Biscuits Recipe No. 2
September 16, 2007 by
Gluten free breakfasts are a thorn in my side. My whole-grain loving self cannot stomach gluten free cereals and John only likes eggs for about two weeks a year. So for the last couple of months we’ve been eating a lot of pancakes, biscuits, and grits, and I and my scale are ready for a [...]
Gluten Free Garlic & Cheese Biscuits
August 30, 2007 by
I can’t think of any more addictive bread for supper than gluten free Garlic & Cheese biscuits. These delicious gluten free biscuits are our favorite accompaniment to a bowl of steaming hot stew. Be sure to make plenty, because these biscuits will disappear quickly. In fact, now that our children are getting older, I’d probably [...]
Gluten Free Pizza Recipe
July 6, 2007 by
Friday night in our house is a date night of sorts. We often put the babe to bed and then make homemade gluten free pizza while sipping on a cold gluten free beer. When the pizzas are done, we top them with Parmesan and red pepper flakes and head to the den to watch a [...]
Brown Rice & Buckwheat Sandwich Bread Recipe
July 4, 2007 by
One of my readers recently asked if she could substitute a non-bean flour for the soybean flour in the “Really Good Sandwich Bread” recipe. I did some research and responded back to her that I thought sorghum flour or buckwheat flour would work well as a substitution. Last night, I picked up some buckwheat flour [...]
Finally, Really Good Sandwich Bread: Our Favorite Gluten Free Bread Recipe
June 25, 2007 by
Gluten free bread is a staple of our diet. When John first started a gluten free diet we searched through grocery store after grocery store hunting the elusive frozen rice bread that our internet searches indicated should be there. We finally found some and, upon trying it, promptly spit it out. It was horrible! John [...]
Gluten Free Pancakes
June 15, 2007 by
Just in time for the weekend, here is one of our favorite breakfasts: gluten free pancakes. We love to cook these on the weekend, when we have more time to sit and enjoy them. You can always top them with syrup, of course, but we’ve also enjoyed strawberries, blueberries, whipped cream and bananas. For more [...]
Gluten Free Drop Biscuits Recipe
June 7, 2007 by
My husband loves biscuits. In the pre-gluten free days, one of his favorite Saturday morning breakfasts was a sausage and cheese biscuit. For years we used gluten free bread for our breakfast sandwiches, but a recent trip to Whole Foods inspired me to try my hand at biscuits. I have to say, these taste just [...]