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The Best-Ever Wheat and Gluten Free Baking Book: 200 Recipes for Muffins, Cookies, Breads, and More, All Guaranteed Gluten-Free! | 
| Authors: Mary Ann Wenniger, Mace Wenniger
Publisher: Fair Winds Press
Category: Book
List Price: $17.95
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Rating:  7 reviews
Media: Paperback
Pages: 256
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.3 x 1
ISBN: 1592331319
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.56318
EAN: 9781592331314
ASIN: 1592331319
Publication Date: August 15, 2005
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Product Description
There was a time when being diagnosed with celiac disease or learning you had a sensitivity to wheat or gluten meant a lifetime of dry, tasteless baked goods that crumbled in your hands and often weren't worth the effort you put in to make them. Not any more!Today, easy-to-use alternative flours, grains, and flavorings are on supermarket shelves everywhere, which means you don't have to learn any new baking techniques or search the Internet for untried ingredients with names you can't pronounce. In this book you'll find more than 200 easy-to-follow recipes -- from moist and hearty breads and muffins to sweet-tooth-satisfying cookies, cakes, and pies -- that friends and family will devour. Made with a variety of healthful frains and flours that are packed with protein, these tasty treats will boost energy levels and lift spirits. Recipes include: - Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Blueberry Muffins
- Baked Rice Pudding
- Birthday Cake
- Brownies
- Cornbread
- And many more!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 Good in theory, but recipes could have used some more testing... May 11, 2008
Silurian
I really wanted to like this book, as it attempts to do many good things that most gluten-free baking books don't. The authors are health conscious, providing nutritional information for each recipe and there are lots of recipes that include high protein and high fiber ingredients. A lot of the recipes are also quite creative - you won't find the same old recipes that every book has (try the Blueberry Millet Muffins with cornmeal; the Teff Pancakes are also pretty good, especially with lemon and sugar).
On the other hand...was this book tested or proofread? Many of the recipes have at least one step or ingredient (sometimes the lack thereof) that causes odd or unpalatable results when the instructions are followed exactly. For example, the Raspberry-Amaranth Muffins have a perfect texture, but include a large amount of soy flour which makes them very sour, while the Potato and Rice Pancakes taste good but are a bit rubbery. Some recipes are just bad: the Teff Gingerbread (described as "different") is very dry and calls for way too much spice, and the Zucchini Cake is much too wet and eggy - it comes out with the consistency of a frittata.
If you are experienced with gluten-free baking ingredients and have a lot of free time, many of the recipes are 'fixable' with fairly minor changes, and you'll probably find a lot of new ideas. However, if you need reliable recipes that always come out great the first time, I can't recommend this book.
 yummy! April 13, 2007
Heather Isaacs
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
i was able to trick my husband (who thinks he hates wheat free food) into really enjoying several things from this book. i am so glad that this book is in my collection. it is very cool with all of the explinations of different flours, and other baking essentials. it is also written in grams and cups which could be very helpful. one more thing that i likes is that is lists things like calories, protien and the likes. very good book!
Really is the "Best Ever" February 24, 2007
David M. Selner
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Really like this book. It has some great recipes and wonderful solutions to the Gluten-Free problem many people face. Highly recommend!
Healthy GF Baking September 30, 2006
HealthyMom (St. Louis, MO)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
If you are gluten free and also health conscious (not always the same thing), this book is for you. I was a "health nut" before our family decided to go gluten free, and was left discouraged by some of the best-selling GF cookbooks out there--lots of white rice flours used, not much quinoa and healther grains used, etc.
While you will find rice and potato flours in some of these recipes, you will also find the more "exotic" and healthful flours used extensively, amaranth, sorghum, and quinoa. The recipes taste good (judged by my gluten/carb addicted husband) and I know they are good to give to my kids who think raisins and figs are a big treat (you get the point :-). Should have "healthy" in the title, too. Worth the buy.
 Great ideas September 23, 2006
Sarah Jones (Chico, CA)
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
The good...this book has great ideas and many of the recipes are very good. The muffins I've tried (with the exception of the carrot one) turn out very well, the banana-flax muffin is awesome and healthy, my two-year old loves it. The sour-milk bread has a great flavor and turns out well as long as I don't add the water and take out some of the sugar. The hazelnut brownies were okay, but really weird.
The bad... as another reviewer has noted, there are several typos throughout the book. While I have by no means made all of the recipes, in my opinion I have found far too many typos for a professionally published book. There's a carrot muffin recipe, that if followed, makes more of a carrot soup instead of carrot muffin batter. I also find the organization of the recipes to be poor (i.e. liquid ingredients in the "dry" list). While some of the omissions and extras in the recipes don't present much a problem for seasoned bakers of gluten-free foods, if you are new to this game, you might find this book very frustrating. However, if you are looking for some new inspiration, this is a great book.
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