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Gluten Free HELP

Hey all you gluten free mamas!  I need your help.  I need to find gf bread that does not taste like pound cake made out of sawdust.  I'd like to start baking my own bread if possible because gf food ain't cheap!  Does anyone out there have good gf bread recipes?  Should I get a bread maker?  Any advice?


My biggest challenge right now is getting the big kiddos on board.  They younger two don't really need much convincing but the older two are having a hard time.  I'd love to make some really yummy snacks for them so they won't feel so deprived.  Does anyone have specific gf recipes that your kids love?


Thanks so much for your help!
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  1. We have been gluten free for 3 years now (since my now 11-year-old's diagnosis of celiac disease). I am not a bread maker but I will tell you that udis is her favorite bread - I've seen it sold frozen and also by the regular bread- it tastes a lot lighter than other gluten free breads, but still is best toasted. Her favorite pizza crust is kinnickinnick -sold frozen. Favorite brownie and cake mixes are Pamela's - by far, these taste better than any cake mix gluten free or not that we have ever tried. For waffles and creeps and general baking I use Pamela's gluten free flour and substitute in my favorite recipes and it usually works great! We also make a lot of no-bake cookies (which were a favorite pre-gluten free). It gets easier! Hope these few of our favorites help make your life a little tastier. Love reading your blog keep up the great work!

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    1. Thank you so much! I tried Betty Crocker cake mix and pancake mix. The cake mix was ok, but the pancake mix is AWFUL. I will definitely seek out Pamela's!

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  2. my best friend is severely allergic to gluten and has been gf for about a year or two. I'm pretty sure she would have some ideas. I'll ask her and get back to you. ;) Oh and we have a bread maker if you're interested. We never use it (thought it probably needs cleaning up a bit).

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  3. We're still looking for a good GF bread as well. I do have a couple of recipes I can share that are hits with all three of my kids. :)

    Gluten-Free Pumpkin Muffins:

    1 cup turbinado sugar (I've actually cut back to 3/4 cup)
    2 eggs (or egg substitute)
    1/4 tsp. baking powder
    1 tsp. baking soda
    3/4 tsp. salt
    1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice (I've also just used 1 tsp. cinnamon)
    3/4 tsp. guar gum
    1 2/3 cup ground oat flour
    1/4 cup ground flax seed
    1/2 cup oil
    1/2 cup cold water
    1 cup pumpkin puree (honestly, I half a can of pumpkin puree, which probably is a little less than 1 cup per batch)

    Preheat oven to 325. Dump all ingredients in large bowl and beat the heck out of it with an electric mixer, usually about 2-3 minutes on high. Fill muffin cups about 2/3 full and bake for 40 - 45 minutes. The consistency is slightly less dense than banana bread. I usually get about 12 to 14 muffins.

    (My oats are not "guaranteed" gluten-free, so you may want to do a cost-analysis in between GF oatmeal that you grind yourself vs. GF oat flour.)

    Homemade Crackers:

    1 1/4 c. ground oat flour
    1 1/2 Tbs. sugar (can use honey)**
    1/2 tsp. salt
    1/4 tsp. paprika
    4 Tbs. butter
    1/4 c. water
    1/4 tsp. vanilla
    salt for topping

    ** You honestly could reduce the sugar to less than 1 Tbs. They're good, but sweeter than I would normally like. I'll probably try the honey next time.

    Directions:Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Combine the flour, sugar (if using honey, wait 'til you add water), salt and paprika in a medium bowl. Cut the butter thoroughly into the dry mixture until it looks like large crumbs, no bigger than a pea. Combine the water and vanilla in a measuring cup, plus honey if using, and add to the flour mixture. Mix well until combined and dough forms, but only as long as necessary for the most tender crackers.

    NOTE: If you have a baking stone, that's the way to go. She gives options using parchment paper and regular pans, but save yourself and use a stone.

    Divide the dough into four parts, and roll one out on a lightly floured stone to "as thin as humanly possible." Note that I ended up using all my dough in one batch. They're probably a little less than 1/8 inch thick. Use a pizza cutter to slice the dough into 1 1/2-inch squares. (I left the ones with raw edges on the stone and baked them, too.) Lightly sprinkle with salt.

    Bake 5 to 10 minutes. Watch them closely towards the end. I ended up baking mine about 15 minutes, probably because they're thicker. After I pulled them out, I let them cool on the stone, which helped crisp them up a bit. Mine are about the thickness of the original wheat thins, minus the greasiness.

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    1. Thank you for these recipes! They both look delicious and not too hard. I am definitely going to try the crackers, that's the go-to snack I miss the most!

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  4. look through this blog...her little boy has to be gluten free as well and she has some amazing recipes ;) www.raisingdieter.blogspot.com
    good luck!

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  5. I don't eat gluten free, but my Mom does, so I make things for her. I really have had good succcess with recipes from http://glutenfree.wordpress.com/ (Gluten Free Gobsmacked). The carrot cake is amazing, even for nongluten fans and the PB choco cookies. I will say that it isn't cheap to cook her recipes. It toook me awhile to round up all the "flour" ingredients. But maybe if you make a big batch of the flour to use it wouldn't be so $$. Also, the blog a year of slow cooking gives all her recipes gluten free version. Our favorite cookies to take to Nana's are these- http://morganmoore.typepad.com/one_more_moore/2009/04/when-its-too-hot-to-bake-we-nobake.html
    Good luck, I can only imagine the bread aspect being hard- I don't have any experience with that.

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  6. Check out Gluten Free Girl's website!

    I'm not GF, but I have a nephew with Celiac disease, so when I make stuff like cake and whatnot, I make an effort to be sure that he's able to be included.

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  7. I make this bread http://www.food.com/recipe/gluten-free-flax-bread-190906 and really love it( oh and I use this flour mixture with it you can all or brown rice flour http://www.food.com/recipe/gluten-free-rice-flour-baking-mix-201072! The thing with GF bread I have learned is that it gets more crumbly and a funny texture when its older so I bake, cut and freeze, then I just nuke it for a few seconds and you cant tell its GF.

    Here is also our favorite GF pancake recipe and its SUPER easy to make.
    http://www.food.com/recipe/rice-flour-pancakes-304233

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    1. Looks like I need to get some rice flour! Bisquick really let me down with their gf pancake mix, I will have to try your recipe. Thanks so much!

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  8. Store bought bread...Udi's, hands down. It is from Trader Joe's.
    I made bread from a box the other day and it is super yummy. It's on the sweet side.
    GLuten Free Pantry, Favorite Sandwich is NICE....
    http://www.amazon.com/Gluten-Free-Pantry-Favorite-Sandwich-22-Ounce/dp/B000EVG8H4/ref=sr_1_1?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1327022372&sr=1-1

    It has the softest white bread-like consistency esp 20 min post baking! OMG, I could have eaten half the loaf! Even my daughter liked it. Wish my son did as he might be headed in my gf direction.

    I have all the ingred to make my own but have yet to try it. I am going through baking withdrawal. I used to bake regularly, all kinds of things. I am scared to bake gf. Not sure why.

    I hate to spread this but... Ener G bread was like eating sand. I threw the whole loaf away minus the one bite I spit out :(
    Maybe it was the type I bought...flaxseed one.

    GL...
    Kerrie


    also...
    The gf graham crackers are great imho...nice graham flavor.
    K Critters are yummy.
    Snyders makes a GF pretzel that you could mistake for regular pretzels. And they aren't $8 a bag! (this might be a region thing....I"m from PA.)
    I bought some gf Oreo look alikes, TWO thumbs-up! sorry, can't rem the brand.

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    1. Graham crackers!?? Shut the front door. We were toasting marshmallows the other night and I was so sad we couldn't make smores. You totally made my day!

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  9. Ok, some brand names she shared with me are: Udi's, Glutino, and Kinnikinnick.
    Their websites: www.thegrainlessbaker.com, www.glutino.com, consumer.kinnikinnick.com

    They also follow some blogs with helpful tips about bread, and some delicious gluten-free recipes: gingerlemongirl.blogspot.com (this one has their favorite bread recipe, but it takes for-ev-er to make!), abakinglife.blogspot.com, and bakingbeauties.com (this one has gf and non-gf foods, so you have to click on the gf section).
    Hope it helps!

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  10. Thank you Victoria! You're so sweet. I appreciate you coming back to give me the scoop :-)

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  11. My friend blogs at angelaskitchen.com She loves to bake so has come up with many recipes that are gluten free as she and one of her kids need it.

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  12. Jules has a great deal on right now includes GF bread, cookies, graham crackers that taste wonderful. I used them to make a key lime pie.
    Pamela's GF Products also taste wonderful. She has a bread in a cup (blog)
    Whole Foods has wonderful GF breads.
    Check out my blog
    alottagreatglutenfreeeats@blogspot.com

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  13. I love Udi's bread but the cost is high. I use Gluten Free Mama's cook book and almond or coconut flour daily. My husband refuses to eat anything but GF now. With this flour you can adapt any recipe that you love. I also use Pamela's flour but it is grainy.
    Good Luck!

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  14. yes, buy a bread machine ! I use this mix: http://nestfullofeggs.blogspot.com/2010/04/gf-day-2.html
    I blogged April 2010 about all things GF, you'll find those posts here:
    http://nestfullofeggs.blogspot.com/2010_04_01_archive.html
    I highly recommend this book: http://nestfullofeggs.blogspot.com/2011/11/cake-mix-dr-bakes-gf.html

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  15. I really like Rudy's bread. I was not a fan of Udi's when I tried it, it was like sawdust unless it was toasted and covered in butter. The Rudi's stuff actually tastes pretty darn close to the real thing!

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