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| The finished product. Anyone have a cup of coffee I can have? |
My cooking gal pal from last summer is back! We got a later start this summer (she's quite the jet-setter with a busy schedule), but at least we got started. She has discovered that she is gluten intolerant and wanted to experiment with some gluten free flour. We wanted to start out with something simple so she chose biscotti. We had lots of success with biscotti last summer and since it doesn't have the typical bread/chewy texture we figured it would be more forgiving.
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| Doing some gluten-free baking research. |
Basically, we followed this recipe for Lemon Poppyseed Biscotti and just swapped gluten free flour for regular AP flour. We had both tried (unsuccessfully) to find xanthan gum at HEB and ended up just deciding to leave it out and hope for the best. Halfway through the batter making process (prior to adding the lemon extract and lemon zest) we split the batter in half and made half of them orange, cranberry and almond flavor instead.
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| Oops! After the 1st round of baking the two ran into each other. |
Although the batter was a little more wet than normal and we had to increase the 2nd baking time by 5 minutes, the final product ended up very similar to biscotti made with AP flour. The verdict: A great substitute for those who are gluten intolerant. Texturally, you can't tell the difference. The Hubs thinks they're great. But I'm not going to lie, in my opinion they have a slightly "off" aftertaste. I think I'll be attempting the recipe again later week, but with AP flour.
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