The easiest gluten-free baking doesn’t involve tinkering, substitutions, or sacrifice. These are naturally gluten-free and sure bets—you won’t even miss the wheat.
Corn and Bean Bread 72
Liberian Rice Bread 74
Cornmeal Pancakes and variations 106
100% Buckwheat Pancakes 107
Gluten-Free Pancakes 109
Rice Flour Waffles 115
Buckwheat Crêpes 122
Egg Crêpes 123
Granola and variations 138
Grain Nuts and variations 139, made with gluten-free grains
Oat Clusters 140
Oaty Chocolate Chunk Cookies 144, made with all oat flour
Lacy Oatmeal Cookies 147
Banana Oatmeal Cookies and variations 147
Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies 148
Flourless Chocolate Almond Cookies and variations 151
Pignoli Cookies 151
Coconut Macaroons and variations 152
Florentines and variations 155
Horchata Cookies 171
Vanilla Meringues and variations 174
French Macarons 176
Flourless Brownies 181
No-Bake Granola Bars and variations 188
No-Bake Fruit and Cereal Bars 189, made with gluten-free cereal
Caramel Popcorn Bars and variations 189
Dense Flourless Chocolate Cake and variations 203
Gluten-Free Sponge Cake 218
Cheesecake and most variations 221
Gluten-Free Financiers 230
Claudia Roden’s Middle Eastern Orange-Almond Cake 236
Cranberry-Walnut Torte and variations 238
Sweet Rice and Coconut Cake (Bibingka) and variations 240
Jelly-Roll Cake 241, made with Gluten-Free Sponge Cake 218
Chocolate-Mocha Dacquoise and variations 247
Baked Alaska 248, made with Gluten-Free Sponge Cake 218
Virtually any pie, tart, or crisp, not thickened with flour, made with the following:
Cookie Crumb Crust 263, made with your favorite gluten-free cookies
All-Coconut Crust 263
Granola Piecrust 264
Meringue Crust 264
No-Bake Fruit and Nut Crust 264
Gluten-Free Crumb Topping 265
Baked Apples and most variations 301
Broiled Peaches and variations 302
Roasted Figs with Mascarpone and variations 303
Poached Pears and variations 303
Bananas Foster and variations 304
Cherries Jubilee and variations 304
Virtually everything in the Frozens, Puddings, and Candies chapter
Parmesan Frico 367
Nut Crackers 371
Irish Oatcakes 372
Socca or Farinata and variations 380
Injera 381
Corn Tortillas and variations 383
Dosas and variations 386
Sprouted Grain Bread 414
Baked Eggs and variations 510
Savory Baked Custard and variations 511
Green Pea and Parmesan Baked Custard 511
Crustless Quiche 518
Hash Brown Quiche 518
Most savory pies and tarts, made with Hash Brown Potato Crust 520 or Sweet Potato Hash Brown Piecrust 521
Skillet Tamale Pie and variations 532
Chipotle Spoon Bread and variations 536
Johnnycakes and variations 540
Steamed Chickpea Bread 544
Every frosting, filling, and sauce (pages 555–588)