Ebook: Gluten-Free Baking For Dummies

More than 150 tasty recipes for gluten-free bakingImagine baking without 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 bakin.  Read more... Gluten-Free Baking For Dummies; About the Authors; Dedication; Authors' Acknowledgments; Recipes at a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Conventions Used in This Book; What You're Not to Read; Foolish Assumptions; How This Book Is Organized; Icons Used in This Book; Where to Go from Here; Part I: What Is Gluten-Free Baking?; Chapter 1: The Challenges and Rewards of Gluten-Free Baking; The Basics of Gluten-Free Baking; What Gluten-Free Means; Getting Excited about the Gluten-Free Lifestyle; Chapter 2: Why Bake Gluten-Free?; Why People Eat Gluten-Free. Should You Be Gluten-Free?Exploring Testing Options; Facing the Inevitable Consequences of Cheating; Chapter 3: Understanding the Rules of Baking; The Basic Science of Baking; Measuring Ingredients for Best Results; Testing for Doneness; Cooling Down and Chilling Out; Chapter 4: Unique Issues of Gluten-Free Baking; Tricks and Traps; Tools of the Trade; Quick Bread Issues; Yeast Bread Issues; Pie Crust Issues; Cake Issues; Cookie Issues; Chapter 5: Building Flavor and Structure without Wheat; Mimicking Gluten's Structure; Mimicking Wheat's Flavor; Key Alternative Flours; Adding Starches. Using Additives to Achieve Tender Baked GoodsChapter 6: Understanding Dough; Understanding Basic Dough Structure; How Gluten-Free Doughs Are Different; Working with Gluten-Free Doughs; Part II: The Nuts and Bolts of Gluten-Free Baking; Chapter 7: Nutrition, Health, and the Gluten-Free Lifestyle; Staying Healthy When You're Gluten-Free; Casein Issues; Lactose Intolerance; Replacing Key Missing Nutrients; Managing Weight Issues; Chapter 8: Keeping a Gluten-Free Kitchen; Decoding Cryptic Labels; Making Your Kitchen Safe; Dealing with Cross-Contamination. Chapter 9: Converting Favorite Recipes to Gluten-FreeAdjusting the Dough or Batter; Handling and Baking the Dough; Managing Expectations; Part III: Sweet Gluten-Free Baking Recipes; Chapter 10: Gluten-Free Baking Mixes; Getting Started with Easy Baking Mix Recipes; White Flour Mix; Whole-Grain Flour Mix; Cookie Mix without Gums; Cake Mix; Cake Mix Cake; Quick Bread Mix; Vegan Applesauce Quick Bread; Brownie Mix; Brownies; Light Cakey Corn Bread Mix; Light Cakey Corn Bread; Hearty Corn Bread Mix; Hearty Corn Bread; High-Protein Bread Flour Mix; Pancake Mix; Pancakes. Chapter 11: Quick Breakfast RecipesWhy Breakfast Is So Important; Quick and Easy Breakfast Recipes; Banana Pancakes; Buckwheat Pancakes; Cornmeal Pancakes; Whole-Grain Buttermilk Waffles; Banana Buttermilk Muffins; Make-Ahead Muffins; Vegan Flax Raisin Muffins; Almond Orange Coffeecake; Cranberry Pear Bundt Coffeecake; Sour Cream Blueberry Crumb Muffins; Quick Streusel Coffeecake; Apple Raisin Strata; Lemon Cranberry Cornmeal Scones; Cinnamon Apple Fritters; Granola Bars; Banana Quick Bread; Honey Butter; Warm Fruit Sauce; Chapter 12: Sweet Yeast Breads; Working with Yeast