Gluten-Free Baking; More Than 125 Recipes for Delectable Sweet and Savory Baked Goods, Including Cakes, Pies, Quick Breads, Muffins, Cookies, and Other Delights

by Rebecca Reilly; Romulo Yanes

• ISBN13: 9780684872520
• ISBN10: 0684872528
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Summary

If you are among the 1 in 250 American adults intolerant to gluten or allergic to wheat, you know how frustrating it can be to crave -- but not be able to have -- a buttery scone or a slice of warm pie. And if you have kids who are gluten-sensitive, you know how much they miss being able to bite into a chewy chocolate chip cookie when they come home from school or share a friend's birthday cake. Now you don't have to sit wistfully by while family and friends indulge in dessert or other confections. Inspired to create delectable treats for her own gluten-sensitive family, Cordon Bleu-trained chef Rebecca Reilly believes that eating should be a pleasure, no matter what your dietary issues are. In Gluten-Free Baking, she shares more than 125 recipes for sweet and savory baked goods, from crispy cookies and meltingly tender muffins to elegant tartlets and quiches and stunning layer cakes. Baking without wheat can be notoriously tricky, but by using Reilly's detailed step-b

Author Biography

Rebecca Reilly, a Cordon Bleu- and Le Nôtre Pâtissier-trained chef, is the former owner of the Madd Apple Café and Rebecca's Kitchen, a catering firm and cooking school in Portland, Maine. Reilly also received a chef's diploma from Madeleine Kamman's Modern Gourmet Cooking School in Boston, and for ten years was regularly featured as the on-air chef on Maine's NBC affiliate, WCSH. In addition, Reilly hosted the popular public television series New England Kitchen. She is currently a private caterer and nutritional consultant. Reilly and her two children, all of whom are gluten-intolerant, live in Yarmouth, Maine.

Table of Contents

Introduction	11	(4)
Working with Gluten-Free Baking Ingredients	15	(6)
Stocking the Gluten-Free Kitchen	21	(5)
Gluten-Free Baking: Tips and Techniques	26	(11)
Suppliers	33	(4)
Equipment and Cookware	33	(1)
Baking Supplies and Products	33	(2)
Information and Resources	35	(2)
Muffins, Quick Breads, and Coffee Cakes	37	(28)
Cookies and Bars	65	(32)
Cakes	97	(46)
Icings, Frostings, and Sauces	143	(12)
Pies, Tarts, and Quiches	155	(36)
Puddings, Crisps, and Cobblers	191	(24)
Cream Puffs, Filo Pastries, and Crepes	215	(14)
Metric Equivalencies	229	(1)
Index	230