GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); A couple of months ago I woke up at 3 in the morning and couldn’t go back to sleep. I was in the mood to bake, so I went into the kitchen and whipped up these beauties – gluten free chocolate eclairs. We had company that weekend, but John and I kept this gluten… [Continue Reading]
Impossibly Easy Sweet Potato Pie
November 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); A sweet potato pie beats a pumpkin pie any day! My grandmother used to make me sweet potato pie tartlets every time I got A’s on my report card. It was a strong incentive! Because we no longer live near Whole Foods (much harder on me than I thought it would be) and their… [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free Chocolate Eclairs
July 5, 2011 By 2 Comments
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); The Gluten Free Ratio Rally challenge for May was Pate a Choux. (I’m just a tad bit late posting this!) Pate a Choux is the dough/batter that is used to make eclairs, cream puffs, profiteroles, gougeres, churros, and beignets. The Sensitive Epicure blog hosted the roundup so check it out to see more of… [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 Cookie Baking Tips
December 15, 2010 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); Cookie baking seems like it should be simple. You just have to take the cookie dough out of the freezer and plop it on a baking sheet, right? Baking cookies from scratch is not quite so simple. Here are some cookie baking tips from the cookie research that I did this morning before my … [Continue Reading]
Gluten Free Pie Crust: Impossibly Easy
April 28, 2010 By
Recipe for gluten free Bisquick style Bisquick mix and introduction to gluten free pie crusts and gluten free Impossibly Easy Pie experiments.
Double Chocolate Brownies
May 14, 2009 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); So, I discovered last week why you should always make brownies from a packaged mix. (Sounds like the start of a joke doesn’t it. I wish!) It allows you to remain in the delusion that brownies do not have just as much sugar as flour! And a whole entire cup of oil! I had… [Continue Reading]
Hershey Pie with a Rice Cereal Crust
May 2, 2009 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); There have been way too many gluten free desserts in our house lately! For some reason I developed quite a sweet tooth while I was pregnant with Grant, and I can’t seem to get rid of it! It doesn’t help that some fabulous person at Erewhon sent me 6 boxes of cereals to use… [Continue Reading]
For Midnight Snacking: Rice Chex Treats
October 8, 2008 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); What do you get when you cross Rice Krispies Treats with Rice Chex? A gluten free snack that is even better than the original! I made Rice Chex Treats when we were visiting my parents over Labor Day. My dad wanted to make Rice Krispies Treats for David . . . and then remembered… [Continue Reading]
How to Make Scones Like a Bakery
July 2, 2008 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); One of my favorite things about scones is their shape. There’s just something about that wedge that makes a scone something more than a slightly sweet biscuit. A lot of the scones recipes that I’ve found online call for making drop scones, but it’s really easy to take a few extra minutes to cut… [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]
How to Make Chocolate Truffles
February 13, 2008 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); Natalie at Gluten Free Mommy made truffles yesterday and kindly wrote a “how-to” article to guest post here at Gluten Free [Cooking School]. The recipe for the chocolate truffles is posted on her site, so be sure to click over and leave her a comment. You can also subscribe to her site while you’re… [Continue Reading]
Sweet Baby Banana! A Fun Fruit Topping Your Kids Will Love
November 12, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); Last week when I was cruising the aisles of Whole Foods I found a treasure in a pile of bananas. Hidden beneath the plain Jane normal bananas was a whole hand of baby bananas! I haven’t found a good picture, but each baby banana is about as long as an adult finger. There are… [Continue Reading]
Egg Series No. 1: How to Beat Egg Yolks & Crème Brûlée Recipe
August 18, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); If you’ve been missing desserts since you went gluten free, then you’ve come to the right place. This is the last in a three-part series on eggs, and we’ve been learning how to crack and separate an egg, beat egg whites, and beat egg yolks. All three of these skill are used in gluten… [Continue Reading]
Egg Series No. 1: How to Beat Egg Whites
August 16, 2007 By
GA_googleFillSlot(“GFCS_Top_Rec”); I remember the first time I tried to beat egg whites by myself. I beat and beat and beat (with a whisk), and nothing happened. Luckily, Mom came into the kitchen right before I broke into tears and started questioning me about what I had done thus far. “Did you dry the bowl before… [Continue Reading]
