Gluten Free / Celiac Cooking Recipes and Discussion

This is when it's powerful hard to carry the GF banner. Just one week, just one...but the damage I don't miss. Hard times unless you go store bought but thaat ain't the same.

 

The wife is going to try thumbprint cookies at some point. All of the recipes she’s checked out say coconut flour is the way to go

 

Oh man, those sound like a great pairing with some scotch on Christmas Eve!

 

I bet! I’m a sucker for sweet/tart combos, so thank you for adding a few pounds to lose after the holidays

 

The backdrop even looks great! The wife likes the camper ornament

 

Doesn’t get more Christmassy then that.



These are my go to at Work. All I’m livin’ on about now.

 

My Popovers were a Disaster. Seemed to rise Ok, (added some baking power) by fell & soon after gained Hockey Puck status.

 

Tried my hand at homemade flour tortillas. Didn’t quite roll them thin enough — otherwise delicious! I used GF Jules’ all purpose because I had some, but I’ll try them again with King Arthur’s.

Grilled cod, roasted corn/tomato/avocado salsa, and spicy crema with some bird’s beak powder I made in the fall.



Edit: let me elaborate: bird’s beak chile, also known as chile de árbol.

 

Howdy y’all. I’m not necessarily strictly gluten free (I still can’t resist some big macs for lunch occasionally) but my partner has celiacs so I eat 98% GF. I saw this thread at one point over the summer but forgot to follow it. Thanks @Beef Nachos for reminding me it exists.

@MTgirl , I wish I had seen this is December, my fiancé and I made some amazing GF sugar cookies. They actually were shapeable and held together when baked, I was amazed.

Tonight we tried some “bFree” pitas from wally world. I was extremely pleased with them. Once toasted they didn’t crumble and fall apart and tasted real good. Would buy again for sure.



Anyone gotten their hands on the new GF Oreos yet?

 

They exist now! They came out a few days ago. Her Mom found them at a Krogers in Ohio and my sister found them at a QFC in Western Washington. They haven't made it to our town as of two days ago though. We did try the great value GF "chocolate sandwich cookies" and they were decent, but the Glutinos are better IMHO.

 

From the fiance:

"I use this recipe but use cup for cup GF flour. King Arthur and Bob's Red Mill work the best in my opinion. Warn them that a full recipes makes SO MANY cookies, so I usually half it unless I need to make like 10 dozen haha.

It is much easier to roll after 5-10 minutes out of the fridge because GF. And def use flour not powdered sugar to roll out."



Soft Sugar Cookies

Ingredients

• 6 cups sifted all-purpose flour
  
  
• 2 tsp. baking soda
  
  
• 2 tsp salt
  
  
• 2 tsp. baking powder
  
  
• 2 cups sugar

Directions

Mix these first five ingredients and then cut in with pastry blender (like pie dough) the following:

• 2 cups butter
  

Set dry mixture aside and blend together, mixing well, these three ingredients

• 4 eggs
  
  
• ½ cup milk
  
  
• 4 teaspoons pure vanilla
  

Add liquid mixture to dry/butter mixture. Chill slightly (at least one hour).

Roll out on lightly floured surface and cut with cookie cutters as desired. A cookie cutter dipped in powdered sugar is preferable to a cutter dipped in flour as too much flour makes a tougher cookie.

Bake at 325˚F for 8-12 minutes – insulated cookie sheets lined with parchment paper are preferable.

Cool completely on wire racks, frost and/or decorate as desired.


Helpful hints:

Handling the dough as little as possible makes a tenderer baked cookie.

Dividing the dough into small portions and wrap with Saran wrap makes the rolling and cutting process easier. This way the unrolled dough stays chilled until needed. If the dough becomes too warm from the ambient temps in the kitchen or handling, chill again.

Cold cut cookies hold their shape best for baking.

Baked cookies will freeze beautifully for up to a month if desired. There is no real need to defrost prior to decorating.