Carla's Gluten Free Recipe Box
1,900 Gluten Free Recipes by Retired Recipe Developer, Carla Spacher
Gluten free Halloween recipes some of which call for pumpkin. However, egg white ghosts and witches fingers are among the spookiest.
This gluten free Mexican bread is sweet and buttery similar to brioche and panettone (a buttery Italian sweet bread). Bread of the dead is a tradition in Mexico during the Halloween season. Learn more about their tradition and how to make gluten free Mexican bread of the dead. Check out the texture of this bread in the video, too! Continue reading “Gluten Free Mexican Bread of the Dead”
When you taste this microwaved gluten free pumpkin mug cake, you’ll swear it was baked in an oven. It is the best and moistest mug cake I have ever had! It tastes just like pumpkin bread or sweet potato bread, depending on what you use. It only takes a couple of minutes to throw the together and cooks in only 2 minutes, Check out the texture in the video as well! Continue reading “Gluten Free Pumpkin Mug Cake (or Sweet Potato) – Best Mug Cake Ever!”
If the only dairy-free milk you have on hand is rice milk and you wish to make a gluten free dairy free caramel sauce, this recipe is for you! The recipe results in the creaminess of caramel without any cream or dairy. Use to make caramel apples, as a dip for sliced fruit, and to dress your favorite desserts, or even on top of pancakes! Continue reading “Gluten Free Dairy Free Caramel Sauce (Corn-Free)”
My daughter called me up asking for advice on how to prevent a pumpkin cheesecake or any cheesecake from cracking. She had tried cooling in the oven as well as cooling on the countertop prior to refrigerating. However, her attempts all failed. I shared with her all of my tricks and told her to apply all of them and to be patient. She was elated. Her cheesecake finally did not crack! She told me the words a mother always wants to hear, “I should listen to you more often!” I’ve included everything she did. So, if your cheesecake has been cracking or falling, follow these instructions to the T! Don’t forget to read the Tips section as well.
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Not all commercially made caramels are gluten free. Therefore, making homemade caramel sauce for caramel apples is a wonderful solution and often saves money. Not to mention, homemade caramel just tastes better! Put a smile on someone’s face and make these today. Perhaps you’ll be smiling soon? Continue reading “Gluten Free Caramel Apples (Corn-Free Option)”
Get this wonderful gluten free vegan cookie recipe as well as learn how to bake vegan and gluten free. Containing no actual pumpkin, these gluten free vegan pumpkin spiced cookies are loaded with pumpkin spices. This way, you can achieve a much better cookie texture and still have all of the wonderful flavors. Pureed pumpkin makes cookies soft, much like cake. So, omit the puree altogether and go for supreme flavor and texture. Continue reading “Gluten Free Vegan Pumpkin-Spiced Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting”
Make a crunchy pretzel brittle filled with pretzels and covered with chocolate or skip the hard brittle altogether. Whether you decorate this gluten free chocolate pretzel bark with Halloween, Easter, or Valentine decorations, or leave plain, they make a delicious dessert as well as a gift. The combination of sweet and salty is not easy to resist. Enjoy! Continue reading “Gluten Free Chocolate Pretzel Bark”
My grandmother and mother used to make biscotti (Italian cookies), but I never enjoyed them until I made my own, gluten free, of course! These gluten free pumpkin biscotti may be filled with dried fruit and/or nuts, or not. Did I hear, “Amazing”? Why, yes, I did! Use pumpkin puree or pureed sweet potatoes. Either way, they’re delicious! Nuts and dried fruit are optional. You can even dip them in melted chocolate.
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I’ve been in the kitchen attempting to achieve an exceptional gluten free Swiss roll recipe. It turned out perfectly moist and easy to roll. This is a feat for Swiss rolls as they are much thicker than jelly rolls. However, you can also make a jelly roll using this low-sugar recipe. Because jelly roll pans make a thinner and longer cake, you can achieve more swirls when you roll it. While I’ve supplied a recipe for cinnamon caramel filling, I also make a few other suggestions. Enjoy! Continue reading “Gluten Free Swiss Roll or Jelly Roll with Dulce de Leche (Pumpkin Spiced or Cinnamon)”
Fresh apples in red, yellow, or green coated with glass-like, candy coating always brings a smile to children’s faces. Learn how to make a candy coating that almost looks like tempered chocolate. Be sure to use gluten free food coloring. Continue reading “Gluten Free Candy Apples in Red and Dark Brown”