Generally when I see pictures of gingerbread cookies, I know they are off limits. So, along with recipes for many of my other favorite holiday cookies, I have one for a gluten-free gingerbread. These are really easy to make and can be made dairy-free and vegan. If you can tolerate dairy, simply use a stick […]
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The Best Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free Pumpkin Pie recipe and Bob’s Gluten-Free Pie Crust review
If you have had any trouble making a dairy-free crust, I’m here to help. The explanations below are lengthy but I explain what to do and not do when making a gluten-free AND dairy-free pie crust. You can skip straight to my gluten-free, dairy-free pumpkin pie recipe but the details are below. This might sound […]
Gluten Free Molasses Ginger Cookies
My good friend Corrine makes the most delicious molasses ginger cookies. She offered some to me last week, 1 day into my Gluten Free (GF) experiment. I had to decline. But, it did motivate me to seek out a great gluten-free molasses ginger cookie that has the flavor and texture like hers but is gluten-free. […]
Tastefully Simple to launch new gluten-free baking mixes in the fall
True to its name, Tastefully Simple provides easy-to-prepare foods that require only two items and three steps (or fewer) to prepare. In the fall, they are launching a line of gluten-free baking mixes and the company was nice enough to send me some samples of each of the new products to try. Below you’ll find […]
Gluten-Free Rolled Sugar Cookies
Whether or not you are a kid, a rolled sugar cookie in some fun shape with colored sprinkles always seems fun. Rolled sugar cookies can be made any time during the year. Don’t be intimidated when you those fancy looking pre-made cookies in the store; this recipe is easy and delicious (and might even taste […]
All But Gluten™ Review
A plate of gluten-free goodies I brought to an event; easy for me and truly gluten-free for those that need it Thank you to All But Gluten™ for providing complimentary samples for my review. For the gluten-free crowd, a new product line is emerging from Weston Bakeries Limited that promises to “rekindle your love of […]
Gluten-Free Italian Knot Cookies and a little about GF living
Italian Knot Cookies and Pie Crust Thumbprints (a happy mistake) Every year I feel like I take on a new challenge in my gluten-free kitchen. This holiday season it was Italian knot cookies. Just the smell of these brings back memories of being in Aunt Mary’s kitchen in Long Island or getting cookies from one […]
Gluten-Free Pumpkin Scones
I don’t know about you but I often look at things longingly in bakeries. Lately it’s been pumpkin almost anything that I can’t eat because it’s always filled with gluten. Well I finally found a recipe that I was able to translate really well to gluten-free. I made mine dairy-free and it was just as […]
How to Make Chocolate Hazelnut Spread, aka “Nutella”
Everyone has different reasons for making food (like Nutella) at home which they can buy off of the shelf; it might be economic or for health reasons. Since the first time I tried Nutella, I never had the desire to make it. But, when the day came that my darling dairy-free daughter could no longer […]
Amy’s Gluten-free flour blend
When I started my adventure in gluten-free baking, one thing that stressed me out was the amount of flours in a recipe. It was so off-putting, sometimes I did not want to bake. I was soon rescued by a friend, Amy Andrews of Amy’s Food Room, who gave me her recipe for a flour blend that she had created. […]