My education in catering and the food industry taught me all the basics for a successful bake, but at the time there was no information about gluten-free baking. It ultimately took a medical wake-up call for me to take interest in gluten-free cooking. I realised if I wanted to make (and most importantly eat!!) my favourite food I would have to learn everything I need to know about gluten-free baking.
Creating homemade bread flour or learning what techniques work best with bread, pies, tarts, cakes, cookies, etc has really opened up my world. If you love baking like I do and want to live a limitless gluten-free lifestyle, I highly recommend checking out my recipes below.
Make Gluten-Free Lemon Curd Shortbread to Support Ukraine!! Prepare yourself for a sweet lemony taste blast with these buttery citrus shortbreads, sandwiched together with lemon curd. Making gluten-free shortbread is such a joy. For the occasional treat, it is so...
Gluten-Free Muesli Slices For those who have subscribed to my blog, you may notice that the orange oat slice in the free baking cookbook is slightly similar to this recipe for gluten-free muesli slices. As it is a popular recipe in the cookbook, I thought I would add...
Gluten-Free Lemon & Chocolate Madeleines are dainty, mini-sponge cakes, crispy on the outside and lemon-spongy on the inside. For an indulgent finish, they are dipped in melted chocolate and either left as they are or sprinkled with candied lemon peel. These...
Gluten-Free Easter Cookies, Kourabiedes - the perfect Easter edible gift These Greek Easter cookies, Kourabiedes, are also known as Greek wedding cookies, remind me of Christmas cookies as they are packed with the warming taste of cloves. The texture is similar to a...
Gluten-Free Lemon Meringue Cupcakes These lemon meringue cupcakes are perfect for a sugar-craving with a twist of lemon, especially as the cupcakes are light and fluffy, filled with a dollop of heavenly lemon curd and topped with a meringue frosting. There are three...
I came across a picnic recipe in an old cookbook that displayed a platter decoratively displaying slices of cold meat and egg pasties. Similar to a Scotch egg filling, this lamb mince mixture encases a boiled egg within a sturdy, buttery gluten-free pastie pastry. The...
Gluten-Free Walnut Baguette Making this gluten-free walnut baguette bread recipe is a game-changer if you are looking for a fast bread recipe to make in under an hour. Think how nice it will be to have warm gluten-free baguettes so easily and quickly! As this walnut...
Here is a gluten-free mock rye bread that ticks all those nutritional requirements from fibre to high mineral & vitamin content. By combining my homemade gluten-free bread flour mix with more wholesome flours like brown rice flour, buckwheat and oat flour, creates...
These gluten-free potato & olive scones are a savoury bite-size full of chopped black olives and fresh rosemary. Making savoury scones from mashed potatoes is a great idea to use up leftovers and most importantly, to create amazingly fluffy scones. The potato...
Chocolate Peppermint Cookies - a refreshing indulgence! These gluten-free chocolate peppermint cookies are a simple assembly of butter cocoa cookies sandwiched together with peppermint icing that is half-coated in quality melted chocolate. Sounds divine? It only takes...
These small bite-size gluten-free pineapple tarts are a traditional sweet cookie served at Chinese New Year as an auspicious offering. The homemade pineapple jam sings out in these cookies with festive flavours from the infused cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and star anise....
As Dessert Lovers say "Life always tastes better with cheesecake!" This gluten-free New York-style baked cheesecake pairs wonderfully with the infamous Irish whisky cream, Baileys. The buttery gluten-free biscuit base carries the fluffy caramel cheesecake topping,...
If you serve these cute gluten-free bacon choux buns at your next party, I guarantee that they’ll be gone in minutes! It helps that they look appetising and are the perfect size to devour in one go! Making choux buns gluten-free sounds impossible, but I was...
These gluten-free sweet potato puffs are a great side dish that you can prepare well ahead of time and will probably be the very last dish on your list to cook just before serving your Christmas meal. It’s important to cook these at the last minute as you want to see...
Normally, I make my Pavlova a big affair with a huge portion of cascading, fresh, seasonable fruit. As a Christmas theme, I like to make mini pavlovas to create a festive wreath with an assortment of berries, kiwis, orange segments and interesting fruit like...
Here are my four favourite Christmas gluten-free sweet treats to enjoy during the festive period. I hope you will be inspired to bake one or all of these recipes this Christmas. Gluten-Free Linzer Biscuits Linzer biscuits are an Austrian favourite. You'll be surprised...
The Dutch make these spiced cookies which are a big part of the Sinterklaas (St Nicholas) celebratory traditions during the lead-up and on the big day which falls every fifth of December. So, what happens if your child or children are gluten-free? This gluten-free...
Linzer hearts are an Austrian favourite are just as delicious & buttery made with gluten-free ingredients. Perfect for Christmas & Valentine's Day! Why are they called Linzer? These gorgeous, gluten-free biscuits known as Linzeraugen in Austria, are delicate,...
These sweet gluten-free bread loaves have a hint of saltiness and smokiness from the bacon pieces added. The small bread loaves are an interesting addition to a Thanksgiving bread basket assortment. I remember coming across sweet & salty cranberry muffins amongst...
Thanksgiving would not be the same without this traditional pumpkin pie, so if you have been missing out due to your gluten-free restrictions, then this recipe will help bring it back to your Thanksgiving table. I like to bake this sweet pie several times between...
Gluten-Free Dulce de Leche Pumpkin Cupcakes These gluten-free dulce de leche pumpkin cupcakes will delight any trick or treater, so if you fancy handing out baked cupcakes instead of candy, this recipe can be baked and decorated a few days before Halloween. Icing...
Gluten-Free Kaiser Bread Roll This is a very typical bread roll made & served in Austria known as the Kaisersemmel, meaning Emperor’s Roll. It is also called a Vienna roll and distinguished by the top side usually divided in an asymmetric pattern of five segments....
Gluten-Free Dutch Apple Pie - the best comfort food! Being the national sweet pastry of the Netherlands, this Dutch apple pie was requested by my Dutch husband as his birthday cake recently, which conveniently falls during apple season. Dutch apple pie has a thick...
Gluten-Free Stone Fruit Cake - Make the most of the season! Making the most of the summer season's stone fruits, I usually bake several trays of this cake to eat on the spot or freeze for those dull winter days when I miss eating these fruits. In fact, I brought a...
This is a quick-rise bread that makes the most amazing fluffy and tasty pull-apart bread buns filled with gooey mozzarella cheese. It really is amazing that they are gluten-free! With the addition of dried or fresh herbs, the bread is full of flavour and smells...
The Italian Classic Cheesecake, but gluten-free! This gluten-free Italian Ricotta Cake is an impressive dessert that looks good and tastes even better. Full of crunchy toasted almonds, tangy candied citrus peel and small nuggets of rich chocolate, this ricotta cake...
Gluten-Free Lamb Pide - a delicious Turkish pizza! Lamb pide (pronounced pee-dae and known as kiymali pide in Turkey) is a boat-shaped flatbread baked with a spiced minced lamb topping. The dough used to make pide is similar to pizza dough, in fact, pide is also known...
Gluten-Free Chocolate Fudge Cake - for celebrations! Before I moved to Vienna, I ran a small catering company in Singapore, mainly making birthday cakes and party food for adults and children’s parties. I was busy!! This chocolate cake recipe is the same one (except...
Brazilian Cheese Puffs - a savoury snack for any time of the day! I came across these addictive cheese puffs at the United Nations Christmas Fair in Vienna. Every December, many countries prepare and sell their nation’s typical food and the money goes to charity. The...
Gluten-Free Scottish Oatcakes - a healthy cracker to enjoy! This healthy, crisp oat “cake” is actually more of a cracker than a cake, in that it is eaten with cheese, smoked salmon and/or pickled jam. At one time, oatcakes were considered the bread of Scotland....
Savoury gluten-free zucchini and feta muffins are full of flavour, vegetables and healthy as a snack, to go with soups or salads or even for breakfast. On their own, zucchini tends to have a bland, watery flavour but adding them to eggs, cheese and seasonings really...
Gluten-Free Asparagus Tart When asparagus hits the shelves, you know Spring has arrived. Asparagus has a short season, April-June (Northern Hemisphere) or September-November (Southern Hemisphere). Austria has the best asparagus in the world! In Austria, asparagus is...
Gluten-Free ANZAC Biscuits - Australia & New Zealand's favourite bikkie! I fell in love with these iconic sweet biscuits while living in Australia for many years. ANZAC biscuits are a firm favourite for most Australians & New Zealanders who nostalgically have...
Gluten-Free Baguette Bread - the heavenly smell of bread baking! A French-style white baguette is an essential gluten-free bread to master and enjoy as a sandwich, garlic bread, with or in soups, on a cheese board or simply on its own fresh from the oven. As with...
Gluten-Free Banana Loaf Have you ever walked past your fruit basket feeling guilty seeing your over-ripe bananas staring back at you? I'm sure there are plenty of you, so here's a quick, easy recipe to convert 3 very ripe bananas into a magical, luscious, fragrant...
Gluten-Free Lamb & Mint Pasties - a meal and a snack all in one! A true Cornish pastie would only have beef chunks, swede (rutabaga), potatoes and onion seasoned with salt and pepper and a sliver of butter. I've swapped the beef for lamb fillet, kept the...
Gluten-Free Beef & Ale Pies - Perfect Comfort Pub Food! Nothing beats a homemade savoury pie filled with tender beef cooked slowly in ale, onions, carrots and mushrooms. The gluten-free flaky & buttery pastry crisps up nicely as a lid to the beef filling....
Gluten-Free Soda Bread - the easiest and fastest bread ever! As St. Patrick's Day is approaching, I decided to try out a typical Irish soda bread using my gluten-free bread flour blend. Key Ingredients needed Most soda bread recipes seem to only require a few basic...
Gluten-Free British Scones - an afternoon tea essential! Like most of you, when I switched to a gluten-free diet, I had to accept that afternoon teas were in the past! Not for long though, once I found how to tweak my gluten scone recipes into a worthy gluten-free...
Gluten-Free Pear Flan Who doesn’t love a baked fruit-filled flan? This recipe is a great way to use left-over fruits, as is the case with my nearly overripe pears. The almond cream filling (aka frangipane) compliments the pears, as well as the crisp, buttery pastry....
Cinnamon rolls are the all-time favourite at breakfast or any occasion really, but what makes this extra special is the wonderful cinnamon buttery aroma that sends everyone crazy! Who has walked past the well-known chain, Cinnabon or other bakeries, smelling the...
Gluten-Free Plain and Bread Flour Most of my recipes include my homemade gluten-free plain flour blend or homemade gluten-free bread flour blend, but as a number of my subscribers have asked about other gluten-free flours and starches, I thought of providing a list of...
Gluten-Free Crackers with Feta Ricotta Dip ** Gluten-Free Amaranth Crackers Have you heard of amaranth flour before? I am only discovering it now and am very impressed with this under-rated gluten-free flour. After testing it in several recipes, including these...
This Is my favourite breakfast on Christmas morning. Nothing beats a slice of buttered gluten-free Stollen bread. Stollen is a sweet bread that is deliciously rich, fragrant and bursting with fruit, nuts and spices, studded with marzipan nuggets and dusted with a...
Bagels are known for their classic, chewy texture and shiny coats. They also need a high GLUTEN flour to create this, so making them gluten-free took a bit of work to create the perfect bagel recipe. This recipe will make perfect gluten-free bagels to be enjoyed with...
Making gluten-free gingerbread cookies is a favourite Christmas baking pastime for most, especially icing and decorating them. For twenty years, I have baked hundreds of gingerbread cookies during the lead up to Christmas for my family, friends and catering events. I...
Gluten-free chocolate chip cookies are a dream come true. After all, 7 billion chocolate chip cookies are eaten in the US every year, I would be curious to know how many were gluten-free cookies. These homemade gluten-free cookies are a sinch to make in under an hour...
Gluten-Free Speculaas Cookies - the ultimate cinnamon-spiced butter cookie! Speculaas are an especially buttery and crisp, spiced cookie from the Netherlands. It is by far my favourite Dutch cookie noted for its crunchy texture and spicy festive flavour – I could eat...
These gluten-free apple & pecan muffins are mind-blowing delicious, packed with chunks of apple and crunchy pecans. The muffin topping of even more pecans & cinnamon sugar takes it to another level for the perfect muffin that can be eaten anytime at breakfast,...
Gluten-Free Cornbread Muffins - an easy & quick side to many dishes! This gluten-free cornbread recipe is so easy to make – 5 minutes of prep and 20 minutes to bake! For mini muffins, allow 15 mins, but for regular-size, aim for 20 minutes for the best, wholesome...
Nothing beats the smell of fresh bread! This gluten-free white sandwich bread recipe is easy, but it helps to have a food stand mixer with a whisk and dough hook attachment unless you don't mind working out your arms using a wooden spoon. There is very little mess...
This chilled dessert is the Mexican equivalent of Italy’s tiramisu or England’s trifle - translated as Three Milk Cake - the cake gets its name from the three types of milk - fresh cream, condensed milk and evaporated milk. This combination of milk and cream infuses...
No kneading! No mess! This recipe for authentic Italian gluten-free focaccia bread is so easy! You just need to allow for time, but not much really! 20 minutes to prep, one hour to rise (or more if you have time) and 30 minutes to bake. I like to prepare the dough in...
How can gluten-free bread flour be made at home? In order for gluten-free bread flour to work well, it needs to have whey protein isolate (acts as a replacement for gluten), a modified tapioca starch (a thickening starch that helps create elasticity and texture to the...
Key lime pie has to be the quintessential American dessert that most people are fond of. Bursting with citrusy freshness and a buttery pie crust, this dessert is perfect on a warm, balmy night after a barbecue dinner. Best of all, it can be made ahead of time, so you...
Gluten-Free Digestive Biscuits are good for you!! Pre-gluten-free days, I always had a packet of McVitie’s digestive biscuits handy for those peckish moments, or even when I felt under the weather. In the UK, they sell gluten-free digestive biscuits in most...
Gluten-Free Brie & Onion Tart - the perfect alfresco dish! This gluten-free Brie and onion tart is perfect for outdoor dining, especially in Vienna where we are lucky to have many beautiful blue skies with long sunny days in Summer at agreeable temperatures. The...
Gluten-Free Brownies - a good start to gluten-free baking! Brownies are very forgiving in the gluten-free kitchen. They don’t need to rise, stick together to form a shape nor require that much flour. If you are new to baking, this recipe is a good start as it also...
This recipe for homemade gluten-free plain flour is a vital ingredient for most of my gluten-free baking recipes. I test every single recipe using this exact blend. On most occasions, the results turn out better than some store-bought gluten-free plain flour. It takes...
Gluten-Free Cream Cheese & Spinach Empanadas When most of us think of empanadas, we think of them filled with spicy meat. These vegetarian empanadas are the opposite in taste and texture. When served warm, the cream cheese is soft and gooey capturing the mellow...
Gluten-Free Meat Empanadas When I started my gluten-free diet, one of the first gluten favourite snacks that I missed was definitely Argentine empanadas. I grew up snacking on these delicious pastry parcels with exciting fillings of either spiced meat or gooey cheese...
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