The Gluten-free Gourmet Makes Dessert; More Than 200 Wheat-free Recipes for Cakes, Cookies, Pies and Other Sweets

by Bette Hagman

• ISBN13: 9780805068061
• ISBN10: 0805068066
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2002-01-08
• Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.

Summary

From the leading expert in gluten-free cooking, a new book with more than two hundred recipes for delicious cakes, cookies, pies, and other desserts. Bette Hagman's four cookbooks have sold more than 220,000 copies and established her as the leading expert in the ever growing market of gluten-free cooking. She is the premier creator of recipes for those intolerant to gluten and for those allergic to wheat. In the latest addition to the Gluten-free Gourmet series, Hagman turns her hand to that most loved part of the meal, dessert. At the core of this book are more than two hundred easy-to-follow recipes for delicious cakes, pies, cookies, puddings, and other sweets, including Chocolate Peanuty Cupcakes, Raspberry Bars, and Gingersnaps. The nutritional information and dietary exchanges that accompany each recipe will make these desserts fit easily into any diet. Hagman also answers common questions about gluten-free baking and provides a list of sources for gluten-free baking products you can order by mail. WithThe Gluten-free Gourmet Makes Dessertno meal will have to end without dessert again. Also Available: The Gluten-free Gourmet, Revised Edition 0-8050-6484-2 o $18.00/$27.00 CAN More from the Gluten-free Gourmet 0-8050-6524-5 o $18.00/$27.00 CAN The Gluten-free Gourmet Cooks Fast and Healthy 0-8050-6525-3 o $18.00/$27.00 CAN The Gluten-free Gourmet Bakes Bread 0-8050-6078-2 o $18.00/$27.00 CAN

Author Biography

Bette Hagman, aka the Gluten-free Gourmet, was diagnosed as a celiac more than twenty-five years ago. Since then she has written four cookbooks, each offering a multitude of delicious wheat- and gluten-free recipes-what she calls a "prescription for living." She is a writer, lecturer, and twenty-five-year member of the Gluten Intolerance Group (GIG). Hagman lives in Seattle.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Acknowledgments	xv
Introduction	1	(6)
The Gluten-free Lifestyle	7	(8)
Gluten-free Flours	15	(8)
High-Altitude Baking	23	(2)
The Secret to Success in Gluten-free Baking	25	(8)
Help! What Did I Do Wrong?	33	(4)
RECIPES
Cakes	37	(58)
Cakes from Mixes	95	(12)
Individual Cakes and Filled Favorites	107	(16)
Frostings, Fillings, and Sauces	123	(12)
Cookies	135	(52)
Cheesecakes	187	(24)
Coffee Cakes and Tea Breads	211	(10)
Pies and Pastries	221	(32)
Puddings	253	(8)
Mixes, Butters, and Shortcuts	261	(10)
No Special Ingredients	271	(54)
Companies That Sell Gluten-free Products and Supplies	325	(8)
Index	333