GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Hot, Steamy, Wonderful Gluten Free Yeast Rolls
November 8, 2011 By 12 Comments
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Orange Halloween Cupcakes for Your Gluten Free Dairy Free Trick-or-Treaters
October 21, 2011 By 2 Comments
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free, Corn Free Flour Mix
September 22, 2011 By 13 Comments
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
The Gluten Free Casein Free Diet – Butter Substitutions
September 21, 2011 By 2 Comments
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Cranberry Orange Quickbread by the Ratio – How a New Recipe is Created
April 6, 2011 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free Bread Experiments: Free Form
March 12, 2011 By 4 Comments
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free Bread Experiments: Sunken In and a Little Flat
March 11, 2011 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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.… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free Bread Experiments – A Loaf of Gluten Free Bread Every Day
March 8, 2011 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free Cheese Straws – My Grandmother’s Secret Recipe
February 2, 2011 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free Bread – 30 Minute Flatbread
January 4, 2010 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
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
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
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
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Your Gluten Free Bread Baking Questions Answered
September 15, 2008 By
Answers to the most common questions about baking gluten free bread.
Fresh Blueberry Scones – Gluten Free, Casein Free
July 16, 2008 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free Red Velvet Cake
June 19, 2008 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Multi-Grain Flat Bread: Gluten Free Bread Without Starch
June 18, 2008 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
No More Naked Burritos: Gluten Free Flour Tortillas
April 22, 2008 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free Breakfast Scones
March 5, 2008 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free Gusto: Mixing it up
January 31, 2008 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Yummy Sandwich Bread (Gluten Free, Casein Free, Soy Free)
January 9, 2008 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free, Soy Free All Purpose Flour Mix
January 5, 2008 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free Southern Cornbread
December 6, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free Bread & Bread Machines
November 29, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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,… [Continue Reading]
Do You Know the Muffin Man?
October 31, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free Banana Nut Pancakes
October 5, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free Spiced Apple Pancakes
September 29, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free Drop Biscuits Recipe No. 2
September 16, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free Garlic & Cheese Biscuits
August 30, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); I can’t think of many things better than realizing that your recipe for Garlic & Cheese Biscuits is not quite right. Why? Because then you get to make Garlic & Cheese Biscuits for supper two nights in a row! These biscuits are based on my Drop Biscuits recipe and use my gluten free flour… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free Pizza Recipe
July 6, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Brown Rice & Buckwheat Sandwich Bread Recipe
July 4, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Finally, Really Good Sandwich Bread: Our Favorite Gluten Free Bread Recipe
June 25, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free Pancakes
June 15, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free Drop Biscuits Recipe
June 7, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); 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… [Continue Reading]
All Purpose Gluten Free Flour Mix Recipe
June 2, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); The gluten free item that I most often reach for is my homemade all-purpose flour mix. When I first started cooking gluten free foods, I bought Gluten Free 101 by Carol Fenster and rushed home to bake some goodies for my husband. I eagerly flipped to the section on flour blends and was incredibly… [Continue Reading]
