Gluten-Free Baking for the Holidays: 60 Recipes for Traditional Festive Treats

“Recipes for everything from spritz cookies to bûche de Noël . . . shatters the assumption that if you can’t eat wheat, you can’t eat well during the holidays.” —San Jose Mercury News

The holidays are a time to celebrate and indulge in baked goods warm from the oven. Unfortunately for the gluten-sensitive, seasonal pleasures such as sugar cookies and mincemeat tarts have been off-limits. Not anymore!

Jeanne Sauvage, author of the popular blog Art of Gluten-Free Baking, has perfected 60 gluten-free recipes with all the flavors of their wheat-filled counterparts. Also included are tips on how wheat-free ingredients work and Jeanne’s own gluten-free flour mix. With favorites like apple pie, plum pudding, rugelach, bûche de Noël—even a gingerbread house—everyone can pull up a chair to the holiday table with comfort and joy.

“Her cookies and cakes and other treats (and I have reached for many a second helping at various Seattle events over the years) are reliably the best on the table even when they’re up against traditional gluten-full baked goods.” —Seattle Times

© 2012 Chronicle Books LLC (E-bog): 9781452121819

Release date

E-bog: 28. september 2012