Newly Celiac
This blog is dedicated to my second youngest, little Hazey, who was born with a heart condition, Down syndrome, and most recently, at the young age of 8, she was diagnosed with Celiac disease. It will follow our transition from GLUTINOUS to GLUTEN FREE :)
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Wednesday 30 July 2014
EASY gluten free Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients:
Dry:
2 1/4 c. Gluten free flour blend (see recipe here in this blog)
1 tsp Arm n hammer baking soda
1/2 tsp Sifto salt
~whisk together in a medium sized mixing bowl
Wet:
1 c. butter or margarine
1/2 c. rogers white sugar
3/4 c. packed gf golden brown sugar
1 egg
Other:
1 to 2 c. Chipits chocolate chips
~Cream butter and add both sugars in a large mixing bowl
Add egg (slightly beaten)
Mix in dry ingredients
Add chocolate chips
Spray a cookie sheet with Pam
Place a piece of parchment paper on top of the sheet
Roll a 1 T of dough into a ball and place 2 inches apart on the cookie sheet
BAKE:
~ in a preheated 350 F / 177 C oven for 7-8 minutes
Makes 12-15 yummy soft chewy cookies :)
*adapted from a Western Family recipe
THE ABSOLUTE BEST GLUTEN FREE FLOUR BLEND!!!!!
Thank you Land o' Lakes for this AMAZING RECIPE that ALWAYS works ~<3
Gluten Free Flour Blend:
2 C brown or white rice flour or combination of the two
2/3 c. potato starch (DO NOT USE POTATO FLOUR)
1/3 c. Tapioca starch
1 tsp xanthan gum
I buy Bobs Red Mill : flour and starches in large bags and then blend A LOT ahead of time and store in Ziploc bags in a cool dry place until i need it
Gluten Free Flour Blend:
2 C brown or white rice flour or combination of the two
2/3 c. potato starch (DO NOT USE POTATO FLOUR)
1/3 c. Tapioca starch
1 tsp xanthan gum
I buy Bobs Red Mill : flour and starches in large bags and then blend A LOT ahead of time and store in Ziploc bags in a cool dry place until i need it
Pizza crust that ACTS like pizza crust
Ingredients:
starter:
1 1/4 c. warm water
1 tsp brown sugar
2 1/4 tsp fast acting/bread machine yeast
~combine all ingredients in a cereal sized bowl
Set aside
Ingredients:
Dry:
1 c. sweet white sorghum flour
1 c. tapioca flour/starch
1 c. potato starch (NOT FLOUR)
1/2 c. brown rice flour
1/2 c. buckwheat flour
3 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
2 tsp xanthan gum
3 T. brown sugar
~ combine all dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl.
Whisk together
Set aside
Wet:
2 large eggs
1/4 c. olive or canola oil
1/4 tsp vinegar
~combine wet ingredients in a medium sized mixing bowl
Whisk together
COMBINE:
~starter mixture and then wet ingredients into dry mixture
mix until it forms a dough
Keep kneading the dough on a counter until fully mixed
Divide the dough in to two equal parts
Spray two 12 inch pizza pans with Pam non stick spray
Place two 24 inch strips of plastic wrap overlapping each other a bit on a clean counter
Place the ball of dough on top of the plastic wrap in the center
Place two more pieces of plastic wrap, also overlapping , on top of the ball
Use a rolling pin top to bottom, side to side, on the diagonal, to flatten the dough into a 12 " round disc
Dough should be a half an inch thick
Peel the top layer of plastic wrap off and place the pizza pan face down on top of the disc
Reach under the plastic wrap and flip dough and pan over
Peel off the plastic wrap and for edges of the pizza in the pan
REPEAT for second ball of dough using the same wrap
For rectangular pizzas in a cookie sheet, make double the recipe and divide into three balls of dough
BAKE:
Shells:
Bake shells, one at a time in a preheated 350 F/177 C on the middle rack for ten minutes
Remove shell and REPEAT for the second shell
TOP:
Top the cooked shell with Prego sauce and cheese/meat/veggies/ of your choosing
BAKE PIZZA:
Bake each topped pizza for 5 mins
REPEAT for second shell
ENJOY!!
adapted from a recipe by the gluten free goddess ~<3
FINALLY !!! EASY YUMMY WHITE BREAD !!!
Ingredients :
Starter :
1 1/2 c. warm water
1 T. white sugar
2 T. instant/bread machine yeast
~ mix all ingredients in a cereal sized bowl
set aside
Dry ingredients:
3 c. (see the best gluten free flour for baking recipe in this blog)
2 tsp. xanthan gum (in addition to the xanthan gum already in the flour )
4 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp salt
3 T. white sugar
~whisk ingredients together in a large mixing bowl and set aside
Wet ingredients:
2 eggs
1/4 c. olive or canola oil
2 tsp vinegar
~ whisk together in a medium sized bowl
combine with yeast mixture after it bubbles up
Combine:
~wet ingredients into dry ingredients
Mix for three minutes with heavy duty stand mixer or hands
Dough will be sticky
Spray a 5x9x2 or 1.5 L bread pan with Pam
Scrape the dough into the pan
Wet your hands and mold into the shape of a loaf
Allow loaf to rise in a warm spot covered with a clean dishtowel for 30-40 minutes until just over the
edge of the pan.
Place in a preheated 375 F /190 C oven on the middle rack for 20 minutes.
Remove from pan and let cool on a breadboard
ENJOY!!!
GF bread is really not very good past day 2.. it never lasts that long here...
For storage , when cool, cut bread into slices and flash freeze on a cookie sheet for 15 mins.
Store in a Ziploc bag or airtight container and use slice by slice.
Starter :
1 1/2 c. warm water
1 T. white sugar
2 T. instant/bread machine yeast
~ mix all ingredients in a cereal sized bowl
set aside
Dry ingredients:
3 c. (see the best gluten free flour for baking recipe in this blog)
2 tsp. xanthan gum (in addition to the xanthan gum already in the flour )
4 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp salt
3 T. white sugar
~whisk ingredients together in a large mixing bowl and set aside
Wet ingredients:
2 eggs
1/4 c. olive or canola oil
2 tsp vinegar
~ whisk together in a medium sized bowl
combine with yeast mixture after it bubbles up
Combine:
~wet ingredients into dry ingredients
Mix for three minutes with heavy duty stand mixer or hands
Dough will be sticky
Spray a 5x9x2 or 1.5 L bread pan with Pam
Scrape the dough into the pan
Wet your hands and mold into the shape of a loaf
Allow loaf to rise in a warm spot covered with a clean dishtowel for 30-40 minutes until just over the
edge of the pan.
Place in a preheated 375 F /190 C oven on the middle rack for 20 minutes.
Remove from pan and let cool on a breadboard
ENJOY!!!
GF bread is really not very good past day 2.. it never lasts that long here...
For storage , when cool, cut bread into slices and flash freeze on a cookie sheet for 15 mins.
Store in a Ziploc bag or airtight container and use slice by slice.
Tuesday 23 April 2013
Gluten free Pumpkin muffins stuffed with cream cheese :)
Pumpkin muffins stuffed with cream cheese:
Preheat oven to 325 F , 163 C.
Spray muffin tins with Pam cooking spray
and then line with muffin cups.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 3/4 c. pumpkin
2 cups Bob's Red Mill gf flour
1 tsp gf cinnamon
1/4 tsp gf ground cloves
1/2 tsp gf nutmeg
1 teaspoon gf baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
Philadelphia light cream cheese
gf pumpkin seeds
Directions:
Cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla and pumpkin.
In a separate bowl whisk together flour, spices and salt.
Gradually add dry to wet ingredients and mix thoroughly.
Fill muffin cups 1/2 full of pumpkin muffin mixture.
Add a tsp of cream cheese.
Press cream cheese down into pumpkin muffin mixture.
Fill muffin cups to the top with remaining pumpkin mixture.
Press a few pumpkin seeds down into the muffins top.
Bake for 20-23 minutes.
...Makes 12 muffins
Saturday 9 February 2013
Banana chocolate chip muffins
Banana chocolate chip muffins:
preheat oven to 350 F /176 C
3 large mashed ripe bananas
1/4 cup e.v. olive oil
1 cup tight packed light brown sugar
2 teaspoons gf vanilla extract
2 eggs
1/4 teaspoon white vinegar
Whisk together in a separate bowl:
1/2 cup sorghum flour
1/2 cup sweet white sorghum flour
1/2 cup potato starch (not potato flour!)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons xanthan gum
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
Add the dry ingredients into the banana mixture and beat or stir until smooth.
add 1 c. chocolate chips or raisinsfill muffin tins 3/4 full
spray a 12 tin muffin pan with Pam and put in baking cups
bake muffins for 15-20 mins or until tops are firm. Less time for mini muffins.
Friday 1 February 2013
CHOCOLATE FUDGE soooo easy one bowl and a microwave
One bowl Microwaved chocolate fudge:
3 1/2 c. gf powdered icing sugar (rogers)
1/2 c. Fry's cocoa (check the label..not all fry's is gf)
1/4 c. milk
1/4 c. butter
1 tsp. gf vanilla (I use western family pure vanilla)
1/2 c. chopped nuts (optional)
3 1/2 c. gf powdered icing sugar (rogers)
1/2 c. Fry's cocoa (check the label..not all fry's is gf)
1/4 c. milk
1/4 c. butter
1 tsp. gf vanilla (I use western family pure vanilla)
1/2 c. chopped nuts (optional)
Place powdered sugar and cocoa in a medium-sized, heat-resistant mixing bowl.
Stir to mix. Add milk and butter to sugar and cocoa mix.
DO NOT STIR.
Heat uncovered on HIGH for 2 minutes. After heating,
stir JUST to combine ingredients. Add vanilla and nuts.
Stir until blended. Pour into prepared dish
refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
Cut and serve.
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