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    PURCHASE MY GLUTEN-FREE COOKBOOK HERE: Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Indie Bound | Powell's

    IACP Cookbook Award Winner, and featured in GOOP's Gift Guide!

    Alternative Baker: Reinventing Dessert with Gluten-Free Grains and Flours – 100+ recipes featuring corn, oat, chestnut, almond, buckwheat, sorghum, and other gluten-free flours

    14 flours. 140 recipes. 0 glutens. ALL DESSERT. 

    Watch the trailer:

    Alternative Baker isn't just another gluten-free cookbook.

    While most gluten-free recipes try to replicate all-purpose flour with refined starches and sketchy gums, Alternative Baker celebrates the unique tastes and textures of 14 gluten-free flours, from buckwheat flour to almond flour to sorghum and coconut.

    Alternative Baker

    Have you indulged in a golden corn flour biscuit that tastes like sunshine, or experienced the earthy sweetness of chestnut flour? Did you know teff flour smells of malted chocolate milk, and mesquite flour of freshly-baked gingerbread? Set aside your bland all-purpose flour to celebrate the compelling flavors of a wide array of nut- and grain-based alternative flours that are packed with flavor and are good for you, too; from peak-of-season fruit pies nestled in an irresistibly crunchy crust, to cookies that positively melt in your mouth.

    Alternative Baker: Reinventing Dessert with Gluten-Free Grains and Flours – 100+ recipes featuring corn, oat, chestnut, almond, buckwheat, sorghum, and other gluten-free flours will fill your kitchen with sweet treats that burst with flavor every month of the year.

    Get it here:

    • Amazon U.S., UK, Canada , and Australia
    • Barnes and Noble
    • Indie Bound
    • Books-a-Million
    • Powell's
    • GFF: Gluten-Free Forever Magazine (signed copy!)
    • anywhere books are sold
    Strawberry Raspberry Rhubarb Pie, Alternative Baker Coobook

    What you'll find in Alternative Baker:

    • Recipes for every baking level, from "flour child" to "grainiac"
    • 92  beautifully photographed base recipes, many with seasonal variations, for a total of 140 recipes
    • 95% brand-new recipes, with a few favorites adapted and reshot from The Bojon Gourmet
    • All-natural, from-scratch gluten-free recipes for a wide variety of diets, including vegan, nut-free, and dairy-free; no gums ever
    • US (cups, teaspoons) and Metric (grams, milliliters) measurements
    • Everything you want to know about gluten-free whole-grain and nut-based flours including shopping and storage tips, nutritional information, and flavor profiles
    • Tips and tricks on how to bake like a boss
    Pies | Alternative Baker

    Chapters include:

    • Breakfast Desserts
    • Cakes
    • Tarts
    • Pie
    • Rustic Fruit Desserts
    • Cookies and Bars
    • Custards, Puddings and Spoon Desserts
    Strawberry Raspberry Rhubarb Pie, Alternative Baker Cookbook

    Foodies are loving Alternative Baker:

    “Alanna has rescued gluten-free baking from the pasty, gritty clutches of white rice flour! Her recipes have a pastry chef ’s sensibility, but they overflow with the generosity and warmth of home baking. This book will make you run to the pantry to see what you can bake first, whether you happen to be gluten free or not.”
    ―Megan Scott and John Becker, bestselling authors of Joy of Cooking and JoyOfCooking.com

    “Alanna is such a gifted baker, recipe writer and food photographer. For gluten-free eaters who love to bake, this cookbook is a must.”
    ―Dana Shultz, author of Minimalist Baker’s Everyday Cooking and MinimalistBaker.com

    “I want to eat everything in Alanna Taylor-Tobin’s beautiful book, Alternative Baker. And the best news? With these gorgeous gluten-free recipes created by a former pastry chef, I can! I’ll be baking these treats with delight.”
    ―Shauna James Ahern, author of Gluten-Free Girl Every Day and GlutenFreeGirl.com

    “Like alternative baking pioneers Kim Boyce and Alice Medrich, Alanna Taylor-Tobin shows that treats baked with off-the-beaten-path flours aren’t just a boon for the gluten free, but taste richer, more distinctive and often just plain better, too.”
    ―Kristen Miglore, author of Food52 Genius Recipes and Creative Director of Food52.com

    Layer Cake, Alternative Baker Cookbook

    Watch Nadia and Rob make recipes from Alternative Baker!

    Press:

    • No-Bake Cookie Bars with Chocolate, Cherries and Chia Seeds| FoodieCrush
    • Can Gluten-Free Mean More, Not Less? | Edible East Bay
    • Cookbook Review: Discover Alternative Flours and Grains | Tampa Bay Times
    • Buckwheat Orange Double Chocolate Cookies | fix feast flair
    • These Cherry + Chocolate Oat Bars Are The Perfect Dessert/Breakfast Hybrid | mindbodygreen
    • Triple Coconut Tres Leches Cake with Honey-Vanilla Summer Fruit | The Pig and Quill
    • Ginger Goat Cheese Cheesecake with Honey Roasted Figs & Hazelnuts + Alternative Baker Cookbook | Snixy Kitchen
    • Coconut Vanilla Chiffon Cake – Alternative Baker
    • Triple Coconut "Tres Leches" Cake with Mango & Lime | Vegetarian 'Ventures
    • Teff Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies | Salted Plains
    • Strawberry Raspberry Rhubarb Cutout Pie | Good on Paper
    • No-Bake Oat Bars with Sour Cherries, Hemp & Chocolate | The First Mess
    • Tart Cherry, Chocolate & Hempseed No-Bake Oat Bars | Kale and Caramel
    • Lemon Ricotta Shortcakes with Peaches and Mascarpone Cream | HonestlyYum
    • Salted Grapefruit Double Chocolate Buckwheat Cookies | The Briny
    • Buckwheat Double Chocolate Cookies | Cookie + Kate
    • Buckwheat Double Chocolate Cookies | Apt. 2B Baking
    • Gluten-Free Buckwheat Chocolate Cookies | Healthy Seasonal Recipes
    • Sorghum Pear Oven Pancake | Naturally Ella
    • Cherry Chestnut Chocolate Chip Cookies | Tending the Table
    • Pumpkin Cranberry Nut + Seed Loaf | Dishing Up the Dirt
    • Vanilla Bourbon Cake | The Vanilla Bean Blog
    • Strawberry Swirl Biscuits | The Pancake Princess
    • Pumpkin Cranberry Nut Loaf | Foolproof Living
    • Chocolate Cranberry Pecan Tart | Floating Kitchen
    • Teff Oatmeal Cookies with Whiskey Currants | Vanilla and Bean
    • Baked Grits with Sweet Corn and Fall Fruit | Brooklyn Supper
    • Apple + Marionberry Marzipan Crumble | Hungry Girl Por Vida
    • Alanna's Scrumptious Chestnut Brownies | The Clever Carrot
    • Heartbeet Kitchen | Life-Changing GF Biscuits
    • Chocolate Zucchini Cake with Matcha Frosting | Foodness Gracious
    • Maple Orange Amaranth Granola | Hummingbird High
    • Matcha Lime Snowballs | Dessert for Two
    • Fig and Olive Oil Cake {vegan} | Harmony Kitchen

    See all posts about Alternative Baker on Pinterest.

    Make a recipe from the book? I want to see! Take a photo and tag it #AlternativeBakerBook on Instagram. 

    Have a question about the book? Shoot me an email: [email protected]!

    Scones | Alternative Baker

    Happy alternative baking, from my kitchen to yours!

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    the front cover of Alternative Baker, a cookbook by Alanna Taylor-Tobin, winner of the IACP Cookbook Awards

    My cookbook, Alternative Baker, contains 100+ recipes featuring corn, oat, chestnut, almond, buckwheat, sorghum, and other gluten-free flours. Find out where to get your copy! →

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    Is quiche pie? I hope so because it's #piday and Is quiche pie? 

I hope so because it's #piday and I'm sharing this cheesy spinach & leek quiche in a flaky gluten-free crust! 

The trick to getting a crisp crust is 
1. parbake the crust before adding the filling
2. brush the crust with egg white – this creates a barrier between the crisp crust and custardy filling
3. bake on the lower rack of the oven (preferably on a pizza stone if you've got one)

You'll get a golden, crisp bottom crust that keeps well for a couple of days in the fridge. 

Quiche filling & crust recipe linked @the_bojon_gourmet 

Happy #pieday my friends! 

https://bojongourmet.com/gluten-free-quiche/
    Next up for #piday: luscious GF & vegan chocolate Next up for #piday: luscious GF & vegan chocolate pie! 🍫

This recipe starts with a GF graham cracker crust (bonus points if you make it with my GF teff grahams!) 

Next add a creamy chocolate filling made in a blender with peanut butter (or cashew butter, almond butter, hazelnut butter, or tahini) 

Pipe the top with cashew cream and shower with chocolate shavings and graham crumbles. 

Recipe linked @the_bojon_gourmet 
https://bojongourmet.com/vegan-chocolate-pie-gluten-free/

#chocolatepie #veganbombs #plantbaseddesserts #pieday #veganpie #veganpies
    Counting down to #piday (3.14) with this GF & vega Counting down to #piday (3.14) with this GF & vegan key lime number. 💚

This no-bake pie tastes so fresh and bright. There's a toasty crust laced with cinnamon, coconut, and macadamia nuts. The creamy cashew filling is toe-curlingly tangy and just sweet enough. 

Both components are made in a blender with just a few minutes of active time and the pie keeps like a dream for days. 

Recipe linked @the_bojon_gourmet 

#keylimepie #plantbasedfoods #glutenfreepie #nobakedessert #paleodessert #f52farmstand 

https://bojongourmet.com/vegan-key-lime-pie-paleo/
    Twas a good week for cookies - but not much else! Twas a good week for cookies - but not much else! 

I had a pinched nerve in my ribs which felt like being stabbed in the side with a knife - so painful! This was probably caused by some overzealous (on my part) chiropractic work that had unintended consequences. 

Thank goodness for muscle relaxants and non-force chiros, I'm feeling much better after a very painful ~10 days! 

In other news, COOKIES. These oatmeal teff chocolate chip cookies were a late addition to my book, and I shared them on TBG 7 (!) years ago. 

I've been craving these cookies lately and wanted to see if they could be made refined sugar-free with coconut sugar (they can!) and I made some updates to the post body as well. 

Love love love the butterscotchy flavor of teff here, which pairs beautifully with chewy oats, toasty walnuts, and bittersweet chocolate. When perfectly underbaked, these stay moist and chewy for days. Or chill the dough balls and bake them off to order for warm, fresh cookies every day. Bojon appétit!

Recipe linked @the_bojon_gourmet. 
https://bojongourmet.com/gluten-free-oatmeal-teff-chocolate-chip-cookies-cookie-mix-gift-in-a-jar/

#teff #teffflour #glutenfreecookies #alternativeflours #alternativebakerbook #alternativebaking
    Wishing everyone a sweet and snuggly day 💞

💘Beet-tinted ombré cream cheese frosting for all-natural GF red velvet cake 
💘Zeppo & Hank adorableness

Cake recipe linked @the_bojon_gourmet 

Cat lovers here until purrther notice 😸😸

https://bojongourmet.com/gluten-free-red-velvet-cake-natural/

#valentinesday2023 #lovecatsforever #redvelvetcake #gfbaking
    Is chocolate your love language? It's mine for sur Is chocolate your love language? It's mine for sure! 

I've rustled up 30 of my favorite GF chocolate treats on TBG. There's pie. There's cake. There are cookies, bars, and puddings.

Here are a few in no particular order:
-chocolate hazelnut tiramisu
-GF banana cake with coconut milk ganache
-fudgy GF chocolate bundt
-blender chocolate PB pie
-vegan chocolate tahini tart
-GF DF blondies
-chocolate almond olive oil cake
-red velvet cake (all-natural, tinted with beets!)
-chocolate tahini blender pudding
-GF brownie cookies

All recipes linked @the_bojon_gourmet 

https://bojongourmet.com/gluten-free-chocolate-desserts-recipes/

#chocolovers #chocolove #valentinesday2023

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