Sunday, May 3, 2009

My Best Brioche


This is the Vanilla Quinoa Brioche from Gluten-Free Gourmet Desserts and Baked Goods by Valerie Cupillard-one of my favorite gf baking books. It is simple to make; just mix together yogurt, olive oil, rice flour, quinoa flour, vanilla, etc. and bake it in a regular sized bread pan. It tastes great on its own, but when cut in thick slices, it also holds well for french toast.
More on this particular cookbook- it uses no dairy products, and lots of the recipies use soy cream and soy yogurt. Since I use the dairy versions of those, I substitute them and they work fine. For those of you who are mastering gluten-free, vegan baking, this book might be helpful because all you have to substitute are the eggs and honey.

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Many Mini Loaves


This is the Basic Bread from Carol Fenster's Gluten-Free 101.
I rely on this book for a lot of simple baked goods, and while I was first reluctant to buy the three mini loaf pans required for all of her bread recipes, I always end up with thoroughly cooked, consistently fluffy adorable little slices of bread.