Better Batter Bread Bomb?

Gluten Free-ified Crescent Rolls

PLEASE NOTE THE ABOVE PIC ARE NOT MY RESULT! THEY ARE TO ILLUSTRATE WHAT I HAD BEEN AIMING FOR. 

Took a recipe off ALLRECIPES.COM for SWEET DINNER ROLLS, it was high rated, and tried to make it with my BETTER BATTER ALL PURPOSE FLOUR. 

Well.....

guess what? It was a total bomb. 

Well, not total. but the BLANDEST TASTING rolls ever. They were soft enough, and the dough felt good, but it just was off. Not to mention my skills in rolling out crescent shaped rolls is way below amateur hour. They turned out quite unattractive! More-so than these....

by a country mile!

I was a tad upset I wasted the flour on it. 

I read a blog on bread/baking tests a gluten free blogger did (find it here), on three major GF flours. And she actually adores BB flour. And rates C4C well also. I have not yet tried the C4C (CUP 4 CUP) flour myself, but I am thinking I should. 

I'd really like to bridge the gap between this ....

and the gf versions...

that just don't turn out the same. 

There are those who make super fantastic GF breads. Some even attractive.

You can always get good tips from these, figure out what they do that works. 

Like at ART OF GLUTEN FREE BAKING. 

I will keep trying to get better at my GF bread making. But until then, since I'm only "intolerant" and not celiac, I might have to cheat a bit on occasion to get my baking crazies out. 

Find more info and recipes @ http://glutenfreeonashoestring.com/recipes/

have a good day.

Belated Better Batter Review

Better Batter Review

Ok, If your eating Gluten Free, then perhaps you have began to hear the buzz about this stuff! I had, in the past, posted that at some point I wanted to try it and C4C (cup for cup). I have not tried C4C yet, but better batter fell into my arms from a local store shelf and is now my best pal!

What is Gluten free? Avoiding foods containing Gluten, typically due to an intolerance or Celiac disease. Generally, its not done without cause though. Its an expensive pain in the booty!

What is it about better batter that is different? I suspect its the lemon derived pectin. I've used gelatin, xanthan and etc but seems pectin is the winner winner carby dinner on this one. 

Now, besides having a distintively adorable container, BETTER BATTER has a name for itself in the world of gluten free for one bigtime "miracle"! BISCUITS! 

The Gluten free mom that took and made these biscuit beauties basically said she about cried when she ate them, realizing it tasted like a real biscuit and not a grainy crumbly mess. I have also made the pretty lil' biscuits. I can vouch, they are gluten free miracles. Remind me alot of chickfila's biscuits actually. I plan on playing more with the recipe but am very happy!

This picture (above) is why we are so happy! Anyone who has ever used normal gluten free dough knows how crumbley and messy it is. Enough to make you give up! But BB's dough FEELS LIKE REAL DOUGH! You can squish, kneed and mold it! ITS FANTASTIC! I mean you can make almost ANYTHING with this stuff!

The website has a ton of recipes that are pre-measured for the mixes. However, you can use it in almost any recipe you find. With yeast breads its been suggested you double the liquids however. But I myself have made soft lovely pancakes, beautiful biscuits, fudgey brownies, cake donuts, and etc. Its really great stuff. I can't imagion the C4C being able to be better than this batter, but I say bring it on! 

The mixes can make life a lil' more convenient. I'd have to say my only 3 gripes really are as follows....

1. Size is small per box is about-ish 3-4 cups.

2. not sold enough places, I'm lucky to find it at Homegoods

3. health factor, wish they could incorporate healthier gf flours in the mix. white rice takes the lead.

Besides that, I am impressed!

More pics to come when I experiment more, keep an eye open for more food blogs containing the words "better batter".  As for the ones on this page, not mine, but all made with this lovely flour!

happy cooking!

Gluten Free Cake Donuts

RECIPE IS ADAPTED FROM BON APPÉTIT'S "SOUR CREAM DOUGHNUTS"

Gluten Free Cake Donuts!

Now, I don't dabble in photography, I do not have any stuff or conditions to do so, so try not to be to sad that my donut pics or blogs pics are not of as cute of pics as some are.

The recipe included in the link, plus these changes....

1. all purpose - use better batter all purpose flour

2. cinnamon - 1/2 the cinnamon, grate FRESH REAL CINNAMON BARK and add a dash of nutmeg.

3. sourcream - 1/4 sour cream, 1/4 greek yogurt, 1/2 buttermilk

4. vanilla - that plus itsy splash of rum

5. oil - i had to use a mix (low on oils) but mine was mostly avocado oil, I'd recommend trying grape-seed or nut oils. Or even coconut if you are into that sort of thing.

the instructions list a maple glaze and streusel mix, sounded very good. I lacked the stuff, so did a normal glaze (warning normal donut glazes set better on yeast donuts than the texture of cake ones)

and I did some in a mix of cinnamon and powdered sugar. MY FAVE! 

Everything else is really just following the instructions they give. Really with BETTER BATTER you can use any recipe and very easily make it gluten free. 

I even dipped a few extras in chocolate! I do not have pics of them, but seriously yummers!

I implore you to try making them! 

Want healthier GF donuts? Bake, use substitutes for fats, use all yogurt instead of sour cream, use  splenda instead of sugar, whatever flours you want, oat or whatever, and even the fake egg stuff. 

I read an article on REAL SIMPLE that said that a cake donut, almonds and chocolate milk are a decent breakfast. THATS ALL I NEED TO HEAR!

Though in the future I'd like to mix in protein powders and other nutritious vitamin filled mixes and use a mix of xylitol and agave. You know, better morning donut, healthy. But its my first set of donuts, like...ever. So i'm pretty happy :) 

So was hubby! 

Happy cooking all!