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Bread & Dough

Schär Gluten-Free Pizza Crusts

January 27, 2010
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Recently my sister discovered that she is allergic to gluten (but does not have celiac disease), and she introduced me to Schär, a line of gluten free products that only recently became available in the Midwest. My mom bought me some of their pizza crusts and penne pasta, which I am looking forward to trying. [...]

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Amazing Gluten Free Mixes by Breads From Anna

November 16, 2009
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A couple of weeks ago, Drew and I visited with Anna Sobaski, creator of Breads From Anna, and took a tour of her production facility. We even got to sample a new mix that she’s perfecting (in our opinion it’s delicious already). Anna shared with us some tips for gluten-free baking, her favorite recipes for [...]

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Easy Gluten-Free Red Velvet Cupcakes (from a box!)

September 8, 2009
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Crystal’s birthday was over the weekend, so I decided to try my hand at baking one of her very favorites: Red Velvet Cupcakes.
I’m much more of a cook than a baker, but as I mentioned in my last cupcake post, I learned a great deal about doctoring cake mixes from my mother, the Cake Mix [...]

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Gluten-Free Lemon Poppyseed Cupcakes (from a box!)

August 20, 2009
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Growing up, my mother’s idea of dinner was often microwave popcorn and diet coke. While her culinary skills are not great, she is, and will always be, the Cake Mix Queen. The cakes and cupcakes she makes from doctored box mixes are moist, flavorful, and usually scarfed down completely only minutes after she smothers them [...]

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Egg-based Gluten-Free Hot Dog Buns

August 14, 2009
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This week, Crystal was craving a good brat. I decided to bake her a hot dog bun that isn’t crumbly, is lighter than a hockey puck, and doesn’t take anything away from the brat’s flavor; so I put on my thinking cap.
I remembered seeing a gluten free pastry recently that used egg, sugar and baking [...]

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Quick, easy, great-tasting piecrust mix — Just in time for the holidays!

December 2, 2008
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 I’ve loved cherry pie for as long as I can remember. I was afraid I would have to go without it this holiday season, as a sign of solidarity with Crystal’s gluten-free diet. Then I came across Breads from Anna’s gluten-free (and yeast, corn, dairy, soy, and rice-free) piecrust mix in the grocery store and [...]

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Gluten-free hamburger buns

November 9, 2008
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UPDATE: We have a new egg-based gluten-free hamburger/hot dog recipe you should try. It’s light, fluffy, and holds together better than any other gf bread we’ve had!
We have tried many pre-made gluten-free breads, bread mixes and bread recipes out there, and most of them share two common attributes: they are very dense and have poor [...]

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Drew’s Homemade Gluten-Free Pizza Crust

October 14, 2008
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I think the most difficult thing for Crystal to “give up” when she was diagnosed with celiac disease was pizza. Fortunately, we didn’t have to give it up! For awhile we were going the “get pizza anyway we can” route (frozen alternatives and specialty restaurants in other cities), which Crystal has written about previously. But [...]

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Gluten-free banana bread muffins — Moist!

September 17, 2008
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This awesome gluten-free banana bread recipe can be used for either banana bread muffins (a household favorite) or a banana bread loaf. I’ve experimented with several different banana bread recipes, and this one is tops in my book. I think it’s the combination of cinnamon, vanilla and milk (I use 1% or whatever’s in the [...]

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