Gluten-free baking with almond flour
One of DL’s new contributors, Elana Amsterdam, who blogs at Elana’s Pantry (look for her gluten- and dairy-free dinners in our upcoming Oct issue), just came out with an excellent cookbook, The Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook, available in stores July 28 (or preorder on Amazon or Powells). Elana’s use of blanched almond flour (not to be confused with almond meal, delicious but coarser) intrigues me because Elana uses it as a stand-alone GF flour, instead of flour mixes I often find in GF recipes, which require buying several different flours. I can vouch for her outstanding gluten-free goodies (I blogged about her awesome chocolate-chip cookies in April ‘08), and this lovely cookbook, full of enticing photos, has my mouth watering: Cinnamon Coffee Cake, Smoked Salmon Tart in an Herb Crust, Strawberry Shortcake … yum. I’m especially anxious to try her Scrumptious Sandwich Bread — I still think a great sandwich bread is the holy grail of GF baking.
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Related Topics: Organics, Nutrition, Kids and Family, Recipes, Well-being, From the Editors, Health, Food
July 23rd, 2009 at 9:07 pm
I can attest that Elana is one of the best gluten free and healthy eating cooks in the market today. I have been eating gluten and sugar free for years and her use of almond flour and coconut flour has changed the way my family eat. To say my kids love Elana’s blog is an understatement. We first found her before Christmas last year and I have pictures of them (ages 7, 8, 12) cooking with huge smiles and chocolate ! on their faces as they make and eat some of her wonderful creations. They regularly ask me “What is Elana cooking today, Mom”. Kudos on your new book Elana. I know it will help many people find a balanced , healthy way to eat.
July 26th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
I completely agree! It’s so great that she now has a cookbook out; I think it will help a lot of people, and the recipes look EASY.
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