Gluten-Free Baking For Dummies - Softcover

Jean M. Layton; Linda Larsen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118077733 ISBN 13: 9781118077733

Publisher: For Dummies, 2011

Synopsis

More than 150 tasty recipes for gluten-free bakingImagine baking without wheat flour. Impossible, right? Essentially, that's what you're doing when you bake gluten-free. Sure, there are replacement flours, but there's an art to combining those ingredients to re-create the tastes you know and love. Baking is truly the greatest challenge when cooking gluten-free, and more than 150 delicious, gluten-free recipes for baking cakes, cookies, and breads are coming fresh out of the oven to help you meet this challenge with Gluten-Free Baking For Dummies.
Gluten-intolerant eaters have big concerns with baking, as wheat flour, a staple ingredient of many bread and baking recipes, is their greatest concern. Gluten-Free Baking For Dummies expands baking opportunities for those avoiding wheat. rye and barley flours, either for medical reasons or by choice. It offers you a wide variety of recipes along with valuable information about diet, health concerns, and kitchen and shopping basics.

• Discover new baking ideas and substitutes for common glutinous ingredients
• Easy recipes and methods for baking more than 150 gluten-free cakes, cookies, and breads
• Tips and advice for shopping and stocking your kitchen

Gluten-Free Baking For Dummies is for the millions of people who suffer from Celiac disease, their friends and family, and anyone looking for healthy and tasty wheat- and gluten-free baking recipes.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

More than 150 tasty recipes to bake your (gluten-free) heart out

Imagine baking without flour. Impossible, right? Sure, there are replacement flours, but there's an art to combining those ingredients to re-create the tastes you know and love. Baking is truly the greatest challenge when cooking gluten-free, and more than 150 delicious recipes for baking cakes, cookies, and breads are coming fresh out of the oven with Gluten-Free Baking For Dummies.

• Gluten 101 — understand why gluten is harmful for those with gluten sensitivities, gluten intolerance, and celiac disease, and get the skinny on the ingredients and techniques you need to start baking gluten-free

• Get excited about being gluten-free — grasp the many benefits of being gluten-free and get your health on track by converting old family recipes to the gluten-free lifestyle

• How sweet it is — satisfy your sweet tooth with tons of recipes for all of your favorite sugary snacks, like cinnamon rolls, thin mint cookies, chocolate chip cookies, cupcakes, and many more

• Savor it — make all the savory, satisfying dishes you love, from pizza and pot pie to quiches and casseroles — and everything in between

Open the book and find:

• What gluten is (and where it lurks)

• Symptoms of gluten sensitivity

• How to mix alternative flours to get the right flavor and texture

• How to make good dough you'll want to devour

• Tips for decoding confusing food labels

• Ways to convert traditional recipes to gluten-free

• Important gluten-free baking tips

Learn to:

• Make more than 150 delicious gluten-free cakes, cookies, and breads

• Use gluten-free ingredients to re-create the tastes you know and love

• Maintain a healthier diet

About the Author:

Dr. Jean McFadden Layton is a doctor of naturopathic medicine, recipe creator and nutritionist who specializes in gluten intolerance and celiac disease. Linda Larsen creates and tests recipes for major food companies, is the Busy Cooks Guide at About.com, and is the coauthor of Eating Clean For Dummies.

About this edition

• Publisher: For Dummies
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1118077733
• ISBN 13: 9781118077733
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 392