Baking Gluten-Free Lemonade!

16 Posted on May 16, 2012 - by Jules Shepard

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Categories: Baking Tips, Blog Hop, Contests, Gluten Free 101

Tags: , Baking Help, Baking Tips, Blog Hop, Giveaway, Gluten Free Graham Crackers, Gluten-Free Help

Day 8 of Our Gluten-Free Blog Hop!

Our Contest is now closed, but I’d still love to hear from you:

Which Blog Hop post was most helpful to you?
Did you discover a new gluten-free blogger to follow because of our Blog Hop?
Do you have a great gluten-free baking tip you’d like to share?

Leave a comment and tell us all! Thanks!

Baking Gluten-Free Lemonade!

Life, as they say, sometimes gives you lemons. That can be true with baking too. But did you know that with a little confidence and creativity, you can bake your way to that proverbial lemonade with your gluten-free recipes? Indeed!

Many people are afraid to bake gluten free. Heck, many folks are afraid to bake, period! It’s my job to help people achieve baking success with gluten-free products and recipes, but things don’t always turn out as we’d expect. It happens to all of us at some point, and that’s ok.

Here are some of my lemons and the lemonade I’ve made with them. I hope these inspire you to venture boldly into the kitchen with renewed excitement, no longer fearful of the outcome!

Gluten-Free Bread Too Dry or Too Hard: I sliced and cubed the loaves, then froze them for croutons, bread crumbs (pulse in blender or food processor), bread pudding, stuffing …

Gluten-Free Cookies Too Flat: I crumbled them and sprinkled on top of ice cream and pulverized them in a food processor for cookie pie crust

Gluten-Free Graham Crackers Too Soft/Thick: I used the soft graham crackers for s’mores and ice cream sandwiches!

Gluten-Free Graham Crackers Too Crispy/Thin: I pulverized them in a food processor and froze them to make graham cracker pie crusts later

Gluten-Free Pie Crust Dough Too Dry/Fragile: in my early GF pie crust experimentation, I couldn’t get a pretty top crust with the dough because it fell apart, so I used cookie cutters to cut small pieces of decorative crust and laid them individually on top of the pie, covering the whole top with small, manageable pieces (it was quite beautiful!)

Making Homemade Ravioli & Realize Your Cheese is Moldy: we empty out the fridge on ravioli night, now that we learned that the fillings can be deliciously unconventional! Hummus, tapanade, grilled veggies, taco filling, pesto …

Leftover Gluten-Free Beer: I often bake with GF beer but there are always leftovers … so I drink it! See, baking is fun!

Don’t forget to check out my blogging friends’ Blog Hop posts and enter to win goodies from each of us during this 10 Day Blog Hop!

Each Monday – Friday of this 2 weeks, I join 9 other gluten-free bloggers to offer you bite-size tips on all aspects of living a full life, free of gluten! Hop from my post to others each day to get your nuggets of information, and to enter to win fun prizes from each of us! You can enter each day by commenting on each of our posts.

Congratulations to Wendi S! She’s won a free FIVE POUND BAG of my Jules’ Gluten-Free All Purpose Flour*!

Check out the other prizes on each of the other blogs’ posts too.

Good luck and enjoy!

Getting Started – The Gluten-Free Homemaker

Resources – Celiacs in the House

Traveling – Gluten-Free Travel Blog

Eating Out – Gluten-Free Cat

Frugal Tips – Gluten Freely Frugal

Cooking – Ginger Lemon Girl

Baking – Jules Gluten Free

Kids – Lynn’s Recipe Adventures

Lunch Boxes – Tessa the Domestic Diva

Shopping – Gluten Free Pantry

*Winner must have an address in the U.S. for shipping

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Joan said: on May 16, 2012

Bummer, I was going to get SO excited about lemonade you could bake with…*winks*
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Lynn said: on May 16, 2012

thanks.. still fear baking
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Rogene said: on May 16, 2012

I like your list. I guess my most dramatic save was the one time the Greek pizza crust stuck to the pan. Could not get it out. I had salad greens on hand so I scraped the toppings off and made Greek salad instead. We really liked the hot toppings on the salald. It took a lot of soaking to finally get that crust out of the pan.
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Cindy B. said: on May 16, 2012

Shared on facebook. I baked a gluten-free cake mix for Mother’s Day, but I’m thinking it must have milk solids in it because I’m also lactose intolerant and the cake has really been bothering me. I’ve been avoiding doing a lot of baking from scratch but I might have to start. I keep forgetting to read the labels.
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pat said: on May 16, 2012

When 1st diagnosed and not baking GF yet, I bought a loaf of bread for my husband who is celiac. I did not really have a choice of brands and it was HORRIBLE ! My husband said throw it in the garbage. I said after paying about $6.00 for that little loaf of bread I was not going to throw it away. I did like you….made bread crumbs out of it and made a meat loaf with it !
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Christine Diaz said: on May 16, 2012

As to the previous comments, I’m not quite a year into this GF life but what I’ve found for me is this: i am doing better by not relying on pre made foods and mixes, I make everything myself so I can control what I’m eating. Jules’ flour and her cookbooks have been my family’s lifesaver. Don’t give up, ladies and never fear baking. Start out with some easy chocolate chip cookies (you can find Jules’ recipe on her blog) and you will be thrilled with the results and eager to try more recipes and improve your health.
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Tina said: on May 16, 2012

Gotta love this blog!!
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Natalie Callier said: on May 16, 2012

I posted your entry on Twitter.
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Jessica B said: on May 16, 2012

I like the ideas for leftovers.
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Kathi said: on May 16, 2012

Love your lemon bars and just about anything else lemony, so was hoping for some new lemon-flavored goodies… (sigh) But thanks for the tips anyway!
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Cindy W. said: on May 16, 2012

Thank you for the giveaway.
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Penny said: on May 16, 2012

Thanks for the tips! This will save some much food!
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julie said: on May 16, 2012

I save all the crumbs from gf chips and crackers and use it for bread crumbs!
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Jena said: on May 16, 2012

It is amazing how you take some of your mishaps in the kitchen and turned them into something useable. I must remember some of these tips instead of just disposing of my gluten & dairy free mishaps. Thanks Jules:)
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Susan R said: on May 16, 2012

Love the positive ideas in spite of mishaps! I shared this on facebook, also. Thanks!
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Emma said: on May 16, 2012

I never throw away my duds, not only is it expensive – but I hate to feel wasteful period. It’s not the bread’s fault I put 4 cups of flour instead of 2. :p
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Paula said: on May 16, 2012

Thanks for all the ideas for mishaps!
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Sarah @ Celiac in the City said: on May 17, 2012

Digging these tips — we’ve done the cookies on top of ice cream on a couple of occasions and I especially like the idea of drinking the leftover beer.

Thanks for the ideas!
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Sarah @ Celiac in the City said: on May 17, 2012

Shared it on my Celiac in the City FB page too!
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Deanna said: on May 17, 2012

Making GF cupcakes for the first time today…this attitude may come in handy as I’m lacking a few ingredients but am determined to have cupcakes. I wonder what I can do with them if this goes badly. LOL
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Susan said: on May 17, 2012

Thanks for giving me ideas on what to do with my “lemons”.
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Helen said: on May 18, 2012

Great ideas for repurposing gluten-free lemons. When our Oatmeal Raisin cookies ended up soft and crumbly, they were great additions to yogurt or as an ice cream topping.
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Angel R said: on May 18, 2012

Some wonderful ideas here, Jules. Thanks for sharing!
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