gluten free cooking and baking

[Mama Ten Bears]

Leaven-Free Brownies

5 oz bittersweet chocolate (I just use the Enjoy Life Chocolate Chips)
3 tbsp unsweetened cocoa
3 tbsp butter (I use ghee)
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
3 large eggs
5 tbsp olive oil or other cooking oil
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/8 tsp salt
3/4 cup rice flour
2/3 cup chopped almonds or pecans (optional)

Preheat oven to 350. Grease a 9 " cake pan.

Melt chocolate in medium bowl over hot water. Stur until smooth. Remove from water; cool 5 minutes.

Soften butter. Mix butter, both sugars and eggs until light and fluffy. (I use a hand-crank mixer.) Add oil, cinnamon, salt, flour and melted chocolate. Beat slowly to combine. Add nuts if using.

Spoon batter into pan. Bake 25 minutes until color has changed evenly on top and a toothpick inserted 2 " from center comes out clean. Do not overbake.

[Mama Ten Bears]

That was my last one for today. Gotta get some work done and teach some home school.

[Hawthorne]

Have you all tried Miss Maggie's Frugal Abundance website? She was the originator of Hillbilly Housewife and then sold it and started Frugal Abundance. It is full of GFCF recipes.
http://frugalabundance.com/

[Animal Lover]

The new Betty Crocker packaged Gluten Free Mixes are yummy! I was totally surprised as I usually go for Bob's Red Mill (still do but do try Betty Crocker too...they are very goood). AL

[Animal Lover]

Thanks for the Link Hawthorne. I have forwarded it to my DD who is not only celiac but also has lots of allergies too. I hope this will help her food taste better. I have practiced with different recipes without too much happy success. AL

[Mama Ten Bears]

The Betty Crocker mixes are pretty good. I like Namaste mixes too. And, Bob's Red Mill mixes are really good. I try to bake from scratch using rice flour, sorghum flour or a flour mix. But having a mix on hand can be a big help for emergencies.

[Mama Ten Bears]

Pie Crust (Bob's Red Mill Recipe)

Note: double this recipe for a covered pie. I use this crust to make pot pies as well as fruit pies. Yummy.

1 1/2 cup GF All Purpose Baking Flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter or margarine (I use ghee)
4-6 tbsp cold rice milk

Combine flour and salt, then cut butter in using a pastry blender or your hands until mixture resembles course meal.

Add milk 1 tbsp at a time until all ingredients are moist. Roll out pie crust as usual.

To bake the crust alone - bake at 400 for 15 to 20 minutes

To bake pie crust with filling - bake at 400 for 10 minutes, then reduce heat to 350 and bake for an additional 40 minutes.

[Disastercat]

Have you all tried Miss Maggie's Frugal Abundance website? She was the originator of Hillbilly Housewife and then sold it and started Frugal Abundance. It is full of GFCF recipes.
http://frugalabundance.com/

Thank you for posting this, I had wondered what happened to Maggie (thankfully I copied most of her old recipes before the site changed) and now I can see why she changed to a new site.

My Irish house-mate can tolerate some of the wheat related flours like spelt, but I'm delighted to have a good wheat-free site to explore for new ideas.