Perfected Gluten-Free Pancakes

I am sure I have told you how awesome my husband is, but I am going to say it again.

THE. BEST. EVER

He has worked hard to try and make a delicious gluten-free pancake for Carly Jo so that we can continue to enjoy our tradition of Saturday Morning Pancakes. By George I think he's got it.  Here we go:

• 1 1/2 cup white rice flour
• 1/2 cup potato starch
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon xanthan gum
• 2 large eggs
• 2 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup milk
• 1/4 cup butter (melted)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

In a medium bowl, whisk together dry ingredients. In a small bowl, whisk together wet ingredients. Pour the wet ingredients over the dry ingredients and whisk until combined, lumpy is okay.

Served with butter and organic maple syrup

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• They taste just like they look, light and fluffy plus they have a faint taste of vanilla. 
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• This recipe was adapted from a recipe we found at seriouseats.com

Cookies

My love whipped up his first batch of Gluten free Chocolate Chip Cookies today. They are fabulous! Great Job Jimmy! I think I could safely say that if we did a taste test, no one would be able to tell the difference between this gluten free cookie and a regular cookie. 

Disclaimer, the flour is made with garbanzo beans and if you are thinking of licking the bowl, spoon, beater or ANYTHING with uncooked dough, Think hard on that.. Not good. not good AT ALL.

I was so scared to eat the actual cookie because of my experience with the dough...Truly.. gag.

BUT I am glad I did because he really knocked it out to the park. Once the flour is cooked, all the tastes meld together for delicious treat! A true success! Once again I will sing the praise of my husband who is just really, that awesome!

Here is how he did it. 

2 1/4 cups Bobs Red Mill Gluten Free Baking Flour

1 teaspoon xanthan gum

1 teaspoon kosher salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 sugar, approximately 

1 1/4 C dark brown sugar

1 whole egg

1 egg yolk

2 tablespoons whole milk

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

12 ounces semisweet chocolate chips

2 teaspoons cinnamon

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

Melt the butter in a heavy-bottom medium saucepan over low heat. Once melted, pour into the bowl of a stand mixer.

In a medium bowl, sift together  flour, xantham gum, salt and baking soda. Set aside.

Add both of the sugars to the bowl with the butter and using the paddle attachment, cream together on medium speed for 1 minute. Add the whole egg, egg yolk, milk and vanilla extract and mix until well combined. Slowly incorporate the flour mixture until thoroughly combined. Add the chocolate chips and stir to combine. 

Scoop 1 tbsp of batter on cookie sheet 6 per cookie sheet, (these are big suckers!)


adapted from http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/the-chewy-gluten-free-recipe/index.html

Another step on our gluten free journey

Gluten Free Pancake

2 cups stoneground yellow cornflour

1/2 cup rice flour

3 tablespoon sugar

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

almost 2 cups buttermilk 

(start with 1 1/2 and added more to your liking)

1 cup water 

1/4 cup vegetable oil

1 large egg


Can thin out to your desired thinness

(we like ours thicker)

 In a large bowl, combine the cornmeal, rice flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a medium bowl, beat the buttermilk, water, oil and egg with a fork until blended. Add to the cornmeal mixture and mix until lumps are eliminated. 

Butter your griddle and fry those puppies up!

This morning Jim found a way to keep our Saturday Morning tradition alive, despite the inability of Carly Jo to eat gluten. They had a hint of corn, but not like corn bread and the consistency was close to a real pancake but a slightly grainy, but not offensive. 
If you are going to eat them without syrup, you should add more sugar; once we added the grade a dark amber syrup, the sweetness was just right. I have put the recipe in here in case anyone wanted to try it.  

I love that my JP is on this train with me, next he wants to try chocolate chip cookies! YUM!

On a side note, both JP and I have seen noticeable signs that removing the gluten from Carly Jo's diet is working. She does her work, she can stay focused (more so than usual) and her hyperactivity has toned down. I am waiting until summer to get her into a psychologist and get her tested for learning challenges...but I am happy that we have taken the daunting (and expensive) task of removing the gluten first. It gives me peace in my heart to know I am doing what I need to for Carly Jo. Whatever else comes, I can be satisfied knowing that I am TCB on my end. 

My guy

Marriage is hard. 

Life throws curve balls, and sometimes things don't turn out like we hope. 

But for better or worse, this is my guy. 

He is pretty awesome. 

Thanks for neglecting all "your stuff" this weekend to work on mine! 

I love you, Jimmy.