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Shortbread Cookies Please!!!
I miss having Shortbread cookies with me tea. I need some help, if anyone has a recipe for gluten free shortbread cookies and are willing to share with me, it sure would ease a little missery. I was diagnosed with laten sprue three weeks ago, and I feel alittle over whelmed. Thank you...Dave
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Permalink Reply by Kate the Bake on -
Hi Dave,
You'll be pleased to hear that Scottish-style short bread cookies are easy to make glutenfree.
Using your existing recipe, you can simply substitute all the flour for gluten free flours - either 100% rice flour or 70% rice flour and 30% fine maize meal, along with a little xanthan gum to stop the cookies crumbling.
Traditional shortbread recipes are based on a ratio of 3 parts flour, 2 parts butter and 1 part sugar, which is the equivalent of:
300g flour + 200g butter + 100g sugar.
To make a gluten free substitution in this example you would use:
210g (white or brown) rice flour + 90g fine maize meal plus 3g (just over 1/2 tsp) xanthan gum.
Sift all the powders together then proceed with your recipe as normal.
You will find that your 2 best friends in a gluten free kitchen are xanthan gum and a set of digital scales. For cookies and cakes use xanthan gum at a rate of 1 tsp per 450g flour.
I really recommend you invest in the scales as you do need to be accurate and consistent with gluten free baking. You can find digital scales and (if you are based in the US) all the gluten free ingredients you need on Amazon.
In the US, gluten free flours and baking aids can also be bought direct from http://www.bobsredmill.com.
In the UK your best source is Dove's Farm via your local health food shop or Tesco.
Please don't hesitate to contact me for more tips, and good luck - gluten free really isn't as scarey or depressing as it might feel right now, you will learn to eat really well!
Kate
katethebake.blogspot.com
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Permalink Reply by Dave Mitchell on -
Wow thank you so much! I will have to see if I can find these products today and make me a batch for my afternoon tea. Thank you once again. Dave
Kate the Bake said:Hi Dave,
You'll be pleased to hear that Scottish-style short bread cookies are easy to make glutenfree.
Using your existing recipe, you can simply substitute all the flour for gluten free flours - either 100% rice flour or 70% rice flour and 30% fine maize meal, along with a little xanthan gum to stop the cookies crumbling.
Traditional shortbread recipes are based on a ratio of 3 parts flour, 2 parts butter and 1 part sugar, which is the equivalent of:
300g flour + 200g butter + 100g sugar.
To make a gluten free substitution in this example you would use:
210g (white or brown) rice flour + 90g fine maize meal plus 3g (just over 1/2 tsp) xanthan gum.
Sift all the powders together then proceed with your recipe as normal.
You will find that your 2 best friends in a gluten free kitchen are xanthan gum and a set of digital scales. For cookies and cakes use xanthan gum at a rate of 1 tsp per 450g flour.
I really recommend you invest in the scales as you do need to be accurate and consistent with gluten free baking. You can find digital scales and (if you are based in the US) all the gluten free ingredients you need on Amazon.
In the US, gluten free flours and baking aids can also be bought direct from http://www.bobsredmill.com.
In the UK your best source is Dove's Farm via your local health food shop or Tesco.
Please don't hesitate to contact me for more tips, and good luck - gluten free really isn't as scarey or depressing as it might feel right now, you will learn to eat really well!
Kate
katethebake.blogspot.com
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