Pizza Buns – Great for Lunch! Not Gluten Free!!

When the older boys were in Calvin I made these a lot for lunches.  Then Yvonne and I made them for the school’s hot lunch day.  I’m making them again for my last four teenagers – easy to pop in a lunch on the way out the door. Pizza Bun Dough-  7 cups warm water…

Chocolate Beet Muffins

Chocolate Beet Muffins I have a lot of frozen beets in the freezer and the teenagers in our home hate beets!  So, a good way to use them up is sneak them in their muffins…they love these muffins and after a few years of doing this it’s no longer a secret ingredient!  Chocolate Beet Muffins…

Dairy Free Gluten Free Empanada/Calzone/Pasty Dough Recipe

I prefer the cottage cheese recipe but if you cannot have dairy you can try this one – the dough is a bit drier tasting – more like a pie crust.  Makes 12 Gluten Free Empanada Flour Mix: 1/2 cup plus 1/3 cup millet flour 1/2 cup fine rice flour 1/2 cup tapioca flour 1/2…

Gluten Free Empanada Dough, (Clazones, Pasty etc)

Gluten Free Empanada/Pasty with Egg Yolk Glaze I have used cottage cheese in other pastries and thought that it might have a good “binding” effect and moisture holding qualities in “pocket” dough.   The one shown here has tinyl little “cracks” in the dough but it doesn’t actually split – most did not even have…

Great Gluten Free White Bread for the Bread Machine!

2 large eggs 1 2/3 cups very warm water 3 tablespoons canola oil 1 teaspoon vinegar 1 teaspoon sugar 2 3/4 teaspoon yeast 2 tablespoons pysillium husk (available at bulk foods or health food stores) 1/4 cup flax 1 cup cornstarch 1/4 cup sweet rice flour 1 1/4 cup fine rice flour  (you can also…

Best Belgian Waffles~gluten free

4 eggs1/2 cup cooking oil (I use canola)3 cups milk.Beat together in a large bowl. In a separate bowl wisk together:1 1/2 cup rice flour3/4 cup potato starch3/4 cup tapioca starch1 1/2 teaspoon guar gum or xanthun gum1 tablespoon baking powder1/2 teaspoon salt.MethodUsing a hand mixer, mix the dry ingredients into the wet mixture until…

Best Whole Grain Gluten Free Bread for the Bread Machine!

After I posted my “Best Gluten Free Bread Ever! recipe my mom suggested I make one in the bread machine. I have never had much luck with that but thought I’d give it a try some time. My Aunt Nellie had given her a bread machine recipe that they liked and I based the format…

Best Gluten Free Bread Ever!!

We have a gluten free bakery attached to our home where for the last couple of years we have been making gluten free buns (dinner, hamburger and hot dog) along with a few other products.  Bread was always the difficult one.  The dough that worked great for the buns would shrink in when made into…

Mock Pumpernickel – In the Slow Cooker~gluten free

Often I hear that Celiac’s lament that most gf breads have very little fibre.  This bread should take care of that!  This is a very dense bread that you slice into very thin slices. Tastes just like old fashioned dark rye pumpernickel!I will include changes at the end if you wish to use cooked rice…