gluten free rustic bread

Posted on May 9, 2014 by gfandme

This easy-to-do recipe makes a round flat loaf of amazing, lean, rustic bread. The crust is crisp and buttery and the crumb is tender and moist but not gummy. Great on its own, it’s fantastic with a bit of butter or margarine. Add jam or a slice of cheese and it’s out of this world. Because of the whey powder, this loaf is not dairy free. If you are looking for gluten and dairy free, try our recipe for crusty bread.

Looking for easy gluten free bread recipes? You might also like these:

gf and me’s original crusty bread

Rural Route Lupiac’s gluten free brioche

gluten free fruit bread

And while this recipe isn’t exactly easy, it’s certainly worth the effort:

Kim’s gluten free dairy free sandwich bread

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take-a-long snack bars

Posted on May 6, 2014 by gfandme

When you’re eating gluten free, snacks and quick meals can be hard to come by. This recipe makes 15 bars that you can wrap up and take with you so you don’t need to worry about being hungry at snack time! It’s also incredibly versatile so be creative and add your own favorite ingredients to make a tray of chewy take-a-long bars that taste great and are stuffed full of good things.

We originally posted this recipe a year ago but since it has been getting quite a few hits on pinterest lately, we thought we’d repost it for our new readers and followers!

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geoff’s favorite oatmeal cookies

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double coconut delight squares

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saturday morning strawberry muffins – gluten free

Posted on May 2, 2014 by gfandme

We had some leftover strawberries from making this salad and decided to use them up in some gluten free muffins. The delicate flavour of strawberry can easily be overpowered in baked goods, so to intensify the berry-ness of these muffins we use strawberry coulis both as a wet ingredient and as a garnish while serving. We also use mild and slightly sweet coconut and oat flours which compliment the strawberries, keep these muffins moist and light and pack nutrition and fibre into every bite. With your favorite morning cup of “pick me up,” these muffins make an awesome weekend breakfast!

Looking for gluten free muffin recipes? You might also like these:

Raspberry Almond Flour Muffins

Pina Colada Muffins

Apple Crumble Muffins

NOTE: We always use certified gluten free oats and oat flour. However, some people with celiac disease or gluten intolerance can still have reactions to oats. If you have concerns about using oats and oat products, you should speak to your physician.

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danish pastry – just like grandma made only gluten free!

Posted on April 22, 2014 by gfandme

I believe this may just be the best thing to come out of our kitchen to date! A conversion of my grandmother’s recipe, the pastry or kringle is crisp but still soft and flaky and can be wrapped around any kind of filling from apple to cherry, lemon or even cream cheese. It’s also relatively easy to make – especially if you have a food processor. The dough rolls out and bakes up like a dream!

My Bedstemor (Danish for Grandmother) called this “Fodselsdag Kringle” but I knew it as Danish Birthday Cake. But Bedstemor didn’t just keep this kringle for birthdays. She ALWAYS had one on hand and it was ALWAYS apple. With my mom’s birthday coming up, I wanted to make something special, so I found bedstemor’s recipe and decided to give it a go and at the same time, convert it to gluten free. Boy, am I glad I did. This is truly some of the best baking I have ever done and will be a part of my go-to list of recipes from now on.

Like this? You might also want to check out our other gluten free pastry recipes:

Mary’s Magnificent Pie Crust

Gluten free turnovers

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stained glass Easter cookies – gluten free, of course!

Posted on April 16, 2014 by gfandme

I have wanted to make stained glass cookies ever since I saw some gingerbread stars in a magazine last December. When I came across some small Easter-themed cookie cutters, I figured spring would be the time to give it a try!

The trick turned out to be finding a cookie dough that doesn’t spread too much. If the dough spreads while baking, it will obliterate the stained glass window in the middle. I tried to refine our brown sugar cookie recipe by adding more gf flour and using shortening instead of butter, but by the time I got the texture right, the cookie itself was dry and powdery. Then I remembered a recipe I’d seen on Simple Gluten Free Kitchen for linzer cookies and I decided to try it. It worked great! The dough rolled out nicely, didn’t spread too much, and the result is a mild almond and vanilla wafer. Besides stained glass cookies, these would be great glazed or sandwiched with jam or Nutella. Scroll down for the recipe.

Looking for gluten free cookie recipes? You might also like gfandme’s recipes for:

gluten free oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. gfandme.com Geoff’s Favorite Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

gluten free chocolate orange cookies. gfandme.com Chocolate Orange Lace Cookies (no flour required)

white chocolate lemon truffles. gfandme.com White Chocolate Truffles (perfect for spring)

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Easy Gluten Free Fruit Bread

Posted on April 10, 2014 by gfandme

These were, without doubt, the best gluten free buns we’ve had so far. The crumb was tender and not too chewy and the flavour of the cinnamon, orange zest, and fruit was out of this world. You could even make these into a great hot cross bun – instructions included in the recipe.

We stored the buns in a sealed container on the counter overnight and they were still good if a bit drier on day two. For day three, we toasted what was left and they tasted great. We will certainly be making these again, and again, and again ….

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white chocolate lemon truffles

Posted on April 5, 2014 by gfandme

Perfect for a spring party, these bite-sized white chocolate truffles are melt-in-your-mouth creamy and oh-so-lemony. And all you need to make them is a microwave and a fridge! Here they are rolled in tinted coconut but they could also be rolled in sprinkles, or cocoa, or icing sugar. (Scroll down for the recipe!)

Like this? Then you might also like these other recipes from gf and me:

gluten free lemon upside down cake. gfandme 2014. Lemon Upside Down Cake (not our recipe, but really, REALLY good!)

Lightly Lemon Gluten Free White Cake. gfandme.com Lightly Lemon White Cake (awesome gluten free white cake)

gluten free strawberry muffins. gfandme.com Strawberry Muffins (perfect for a spring brunch!)

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gf and me’s easy banana bread

Posted on March 26, 2014 by gfandme

Makes a super banana bread that tastes great warm or cold and stays moist – even after a few days! You may want to make two of these so you can have enough for banana bread french toast in the morning. Amazing!My mom brought one of these over the other night. She’d made it using Cup 4 Cup gluten free flour and it was exceptionally good. Below you’ll find two versions of this recipe. Our old one – which is gluten and dairy free and is also great – and one using Cup 4 Cup flour which is shown in the photo above.

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spiced carrot cake

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apple crumble muffins

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rural route lupiac’s gluten free brioche – bread that’s as easy as making a cake

Posted on March 22, 2014 by gfandme

Rural Route Lupiac is one of our favorite gluten free recipe sites – especially when it comes to breads and pastries. Often she uses Expandex in her recipes which we can’t get here in Alberta, so we were thrilled when she converted her brioche dough to omit the modified starch.

As you can see, the results are fantastic. The crumb is tender and rich – chewy but not gooey. It reminded Geoff of the texture of a cruller. And the taste was slightly sweet with a hint of yeast. See below for more of our review and for a link to the recipe.

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Wondering what to do with left over mashed potatoes? Why not make cake!

Posted on March 19, 2014 by gfandme

This chocolate potato cake is one of the lightest gluten free cakes we’ve tried. It has a fluffy, crumbly texture and a mild chocolate flavour. You’d never guess that the recipe uses mashed potatoes!This is a conversion of a recipe that I came across in our local paper. (I also halved the recipe which explains some of the odd measurements.) The caption in the paper says that the potatoes boost nutrition, but I’m not so sure about that!