Gluten free baking

I came late to gluten free baking, but now I'm into it, I just can't stop. It's a rare evening when the oven doesn't go on for some gluten free cake, muffins, cookies or some other goodie.

The fact that our toddler loves to bake too doesn't hurt - there's little that's as much fun as getting covered in (gluten free) flour with a giggling ankle-biter.

The obvious challenge with gluten free baking is how to recreate the properties of wheat flour, which has led me to try all sort of interesting flours such as gram flour (chickpeas), rice flour, tapioca starch, soya flour, corn starch, buckwheat flour, sorghum flour, teff flour, potato flour, sweet potato flour...

Then there's the other baking stuff to add to it, like ground flaxseed, xanthan gum, and various other powders. The cakes and biscuits I turn out might be inedible, but I have a heck of a lot of fun making them! ;-)

Egg free and dairy free baking too!

Many of these recipes are egg-free and dairy-free too, in case that's a problem for you (and believe you me, if you thought gluten free baking was a challenge!!!) Iif you're creatively inclined, you may be able to improve upon the texture of some recipes by adding in an egg or dairy product where I've had to leave it out.

The Gluten Free Baking List

No cook chocolate cherry nut cake
OK, so this isn't strictly baking as nothing gets baked, but it's kind of the same genre, no?

Gluten free chocolate shortbread recipe
Is it illegal to put chocolate in shortbread? It may be here in Scotland, but if you don't tell anyone I reckon we'll get away with it ;-)

Gluten free scone recipe
I have to admit, these scones are really still only good on the first day. After that, they need a few seconds in the microwave to liven them up.

Gluten free biscuits - chewy sultana cookies
Oh these are good, but only if you can tolerate gluten free oats . They even freeze well.

Sugar-free banana and maple syrup biscuits
Oh-so good biccies, but without the white stuff.

Gluten free biscuits - apricot slices
Gluten free biscuits that are even quite good for you with loads of buckwheat flakes.

Gluten free flapjacks
Oats replaced with seeds, nuts and buckwheat flakes make these a sustaining gluten free snack.

Jammy coconut squares
You can make these egg-free too with a bit of egg-replacement ingenuity.

Gluten free stem ginger biscuits
Nothing tastier than ginger in a biccy, I say!

Quick cashew and date truffles
Chewy, tasty no-bake baking.

Gluten free oat bars
Only if you've got gluten free oats of course.

Gluten free cashew cookies
A favourite in our house, and a good snack full of calcium and sustaining protein.

Chocolate beetroot gluten free muffins
An interesting experiment to see if we can improve the gluten free muffin moistness factor.

Savoury bakes

Cheesy dairy-free biscuits
How do we get them so cheesy? Without the cheese? Go and see! :-)

Savoury gluten free muffins
I was shocked when I heard you could bake muffins with sweet potatoes. So I made some, and you know, they're not half bad.

As you can see, I love my gluten free baking, so if you can help an addicted baker out with a new recipe, please let me know! Happy baking!

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