Easy Recipes and Advice for Gluten Free Folk


"Ours not to reason why, ours but to do and die." Alfred Lord Tennyson

Having a gluten free house is just a way of life for us. I am willing to do whatever it takes to ensure my son (and my husband) is healthy and thriving. I don't care about sacrifices or inconvenience when I get to see the wonderful, rambunctious boy being wonderful and rambunctious. I wondered if we would ever get to see him be that way. We thank the wonderful heavens every day for this boy and as stewards of this amazing creature we will do absolutely anything for him. Nothing is too hard.

Gluten-Free Recipes

Gluten-Free Recipes
I have scoured numerous recipe books and the internet for decent gluten free recipes I have also adapted awesome gluten filled recipes to safe ones .I will keep posting my favorite recipes (the ones that turn out and the fam will eat.)

Friday, March 15, 2013

Gluten Free Pizza Crust Recipe

We have been gluten free for almost 7 years now. We have really missed pizza. Up in Washington there was a pizza place called Garlic Jims that sold gourmet gf pizza.It was about $25 for a medium. We loved it. When we moved to a little town in Oregon, we didn't get to have pizza at all because there was nowhere that offered the gf stuff. (I was still intimidated by alot of the gluten free baking.) When we moved to Utah, we found Pier 49 had pizza but it was like $30 and it was small but pretty tasty. Five Buck pizza has gf but it's not really tasty but it's only $8. Dominos has gf pizza but it's not really great either. So, my sister decided we should make our own. We get to choose our own toppings and it doesn't break the bank. Here is the recipe:

Gluten Free Pizza Crust
Proof Yeast:
1 1/2 c warm (as hot as you can get it from the tap) water
1 t brown sugar
1 packet yeast (I use the pizza dough yeast)
Combine the water, sugar and yeast and set aside.
Combine:
5 1/2 c of gf flours (yesterday I used corn starch, tapioca flour and brown rice flour)
3 t baking powder
2 t xanthan gum
1 t salt
3 T brown sugar
Mix the dry in your mixer bowl.
Add the yeast mixture to your dry ingredients and just combine.
In a small bowl whisk together:
1/2 c olive oil
2 eggs
1/2 c vinegar
Add the whisked ingredients to your mixer and beat on high until the batter is smooth.
From my experience with gf baking, the batter for most breads will be goopy. I haven't had any dough that I can just handle without flour and/or oil.
Spray your pizza pans and sprinkle cornmeal on them. Spread out your pizza dough. This is the messiest part. I use flour to help. Then I spread olive oil over the top and sprinkle fresh chopped garlic, salt and pepper and oregano, basil and rosemary. Then cook at 400 for 10-15 minutes. 
This is what mine looked like out of the oven.


This is what it looked like all dressed up and baked again.


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