Delightfully Gluten Free

January 2, 2008

Crescent Rolls! / Cinnamon Rolls!

Filed under: Breads,Breakfast,Holiday Menu Items — Cassandra @ 1:23 am

Recently, a crescent roll recipe was posted on the Delphi Celiac group, coming originally from the Better Batter Flour website. It has been such a hit, that I just knew I must try it. Many people on the forum have been tweaking it, and I’m using their good ideas. So, thanks, guys.

Crescent Rolls

1/2 stick butter (note – that is 1/4 cup), room temperature
3/4 cup small curd cottage cheese

1 cup gf flour mix (I used the rice/potato starch/ tapioca blend)
1 tsp xanthan gum
1/8 tsp salt
1/4 tsp cream of tartar
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 TBS sugar

In the bowl of your mixer, combine the butter and cottage cheese. Add dry ingredients. Mix until a ball of dough forms.

Wrap in plastic wrap and chill 2 hours (I left mine overnight, as I wanted it ready in the morning).

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. On lightly floured piece of parchment paper, roll the dough into a 14 inch circle. Cut into 8 triangles (really easy with a pizza cutter).

Roll each triangle from wide end to tip, turning ends to form a crescent shape. Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment and bake 20 to 30 minutes.

Fiber Variation: Use 3/4 cup gf flour mix and 1/4 cup Montina (In this picture of the Montina rolls, I accidentally used a whole stick of butter – oops. They didn’t rise like the others, lol.)
This is a very versatile recipe. I have used it for pigs in a blanket (with little smokies), a snuggly dog (lol, using a hot dog), and cinnamon rolls (I like both the regular version and the Montina as cinnamon rolls.). For cinnamon rolls, roll the dough into a rectangle. Mix 3/4 cup brown sugar, 1 tsp cinnamon, and raisins (1/4 to 1/2 cup), and sprinkle onto dough. Roll the dough into a log, cut 2- to 3-inch pieces, and place them in a pan (with parchment on the bottom). Bake for 20 to 30 minutes. Glaze, if desired, with a mixture of 1/2 cup powdered sugar, 1 TBS milk, and a few drops of vanilla. (These cinnamon rolls are not huge and fluffy, but they are really good, and easy to make.)This recipe is also being used as pot pie crust by some members of the forum.
Find a new way to use it, or just make some great rolls. Enjoy!

Cheesecake Brownies

Filed under: Desserts — Cassandra @ 12:39 am

I thought I had already posted this, but alas, I haven’t. I didn’t realize there had been such a huge gap in my last two posts.
I thought I was having serious problems with Blogger, but it turns out that something is interfering with running scripts on my computer (I think it’s XP). So, I write over here and save, and then I go into Andy’s office and edit and add my pictures in there (his computer is slower than mine, so I don’t like to type on it – I type faster than it can think).

So I have been wanting to make cheesecake brownies for a very long time using the saucepan method, but I just could never seem to remember to do it. Well, I remembered (finally!)! Andy had to work the Sunday before Christmas (he’s a firefighter), so we made the brownies after church and took them up to the station later in the afternoon. They were still warm when we got there, so they really weren’t set. But they were quickly devoured.

Cheesecake Brownies

One recipe saucepan brownies, prepared as directed, and poured into 9×13 pan.

*Cream together:
1 8-ounce package cream cheese
1/3 cup softened butter
2 cups powdered sugar

Drop cheesecake mixture by tablespoonfuls onto brownie batter, then swirl with a knife. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes, or until sides pull away from pan and top of brownie parts start to crack.

*The cheesecake portion of this comes from Roben Ryberg’s The Gluten-Free Kitchen.

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