Carla's Gluten Free Recipe Box
1,900 Gluten Free Recipes by Retired Recipe Developer, Carla Spacher
Over 500 gluten-free and nut-free recipes made by professional recipe developers and authors. From healthy to decadent, including the avoidance of other allergens.
What are gluten free banana bread balls? Imagine your favorite banana bread. Then imagine it deep-fried, like a donut. Then top with confectioners’ sugar or dunk in chocolate ganache or maple syrup. You can even eat them plain. They’re great on the go! You have yourself breakfast, a snack, or dessert! Continue reading “Gluten Free Banana Bread Balls”
Using a square pan or large muffin pan, you can make these delicious sweet gluten free raisin rolls. The dough is incredibly easy to work with and the cinnamon rolls have the texture of gluten cinnamon rolls. Everyone will enjoy their tender texture straight out of the oven. Add raisins to the filling or not. Continue reading “Gluten Free Raisin Cinnamon Rolls”
Béchamel (pronounced: bay shoe mel) is a velvety smooth white sauce that can be used as is or turn it into a number of variations. You’ll love it because it is a fast way to turn a plain meal into a decadence followed by a string of compliments. Using bechamel as a base sauce, you can turn it into a white cheese sauce or cheddar cheese sauce. You can even add wine and/or cream. Your guests and family will surely be impressed. Continue reading “5-Star Gluten Free Bechamel Sauce”
Are you guilty of serving the same old side dishes or appetizers? Tonight, I created these gluten free polenta cakes to change things up a bit. My husband and I fell in love with them. The crunchy topping was a nice touch. You can make them with cream cheese or goat cheese. I used cream cheese. Try them and let me know how you and yours enjoyed them.
Continue reading “Gluten Free Cream Cheese Polenta Cakes (or Goat Cheese)”
Having a party or gathering with friends? Class it up with a fancy French appetizer that is easy to make yet decadent, a gluten free gougeres ring. Serve this light and hollow French pastry dough ring that is mixed with cheese filled with cheese dip (beer or wine optional) mixed with sauteed veggies, topped with cream cheese. Also easy to make, are the pastry disks (gluten free pate choux) used to gather the dip. In a nutshell, it all can only be described as indecent. Save your confessions for your scale on Monday and dip away! Did anyone say “appy hour”? Continue reading “Gluten Free Gougeres Appetizer Ring and Disks + Cheese Veggie Dip”
All of my cookbook recipe testers named my Gluten Free Banana Bread Recipe the best banana bread they’ve ever had. I adjusted the ingredients quite a bit so that it would work with cocoa and turned it into this Gluten Free Chocolate Banana Bread. We enjoy it almost as much. Chocolate chips and nuts are optional. Continue reading “Gluten-Free Dairy-Free Chocolate Banana Bread”
I’ve been developing gluten free bread recipes for almost a decade. This is the best gluten free French bread I have ever had and it’s crusty! You can make this gluten free dairy free French bread recipe without kneading any dough. You don’t even have to pipe a wet dough into a French bread pan as so many gluten free French bread recipes require. Use your heavy-duty electric mixer to make this bread along with one of the five pans that I suggest. Continue reading “Crusty Gluten-Free Dairy-Free French Bread (Allergen-Free)”
Everyone is always asking me what is my favorite gluten free bread recipe. Until today, I have always enjoyed Gluten Free Oat Bread. However, this newest recipe is over the top soft, has the perfect gluten-like texture, and tastes great! Make it in an oven or bread machine. Check out the texture in this video at Gluten Free Brown Rice & Oat Bread Video. Continue reading “Gluten Free Oat & Rice Bread Recipe (or Sorghum & Rice) Bread Machine or Oven”
Usually, buttermilk is used to create a more intensive flavor in dairy gluten free chocolate chiffon cake. Instead, I switched it out for a different ingredient. It still has that intense chocolate flavor rather than a gentle chocolate flavor as most chocolate chiffon cakes have. Enjoy this gluten free dairy free chocolate chiffon cake with dairy or dairy-free chocolate ganache sauce, and dairy chocolate whipped cream, if desired. Continue reading “Gluten Free Dairy Free Chocolate Chiffon Cake”
There is nothing like adding cold whipped cream to a slice of cake, top an ice cream sundae, or add as a filling in a layered cake. Chocolate whipped cream taste like chocolate mousse but not as thick or heavy. It’s addicting! Give it a try. Continue reading “Chocolate Whipped Cream Recipe”