# Gluten-free recipes?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gluten-free-recipes/195333>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 15, 2003, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gluten-free-recipes/195333 "2003-08-15T05:29:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Catfood\_Purrito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Catfood\_Purrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catfood_Purrito)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gluten-free-recipes/195333/1 "2003-08-15T05:29:10Z")

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About two months ago, one of my coworkers was diagnosed with celiac disease and has to eat a gluten-free diet. He and his wife are having trouble finding recipes for bread that he can enjoy eating. He’d like something a little more light and airy and not so dense and crumbly. He doesn’t seem to really care for rice flour. So, I told him I’d see if I could find anything for him.

He’d also really like a pizza crust that tastes like the real thing, or as close as possible. I recall a thread in which **Mangetout** mentioned making pizza for coworkers that was gluten-free, and nobody even noticed, so if he’s reading this, I’d love to get that recipe.

Any really good gluten-free recipes besides that would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Primaflora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Primaflora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Primaflora)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gluten-free-recipes/195333/2 "2003-08-15T06:05:47Z")

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It’s possible to make bread which is acceptable but it won’t be the same as wheat bread. The best bread I’ve achieved has been in a breadmaker with a GF setting.

I highly recommend that he buys Bette Hagman’s cookbooks. There’s a french bread recipe in there which is excellent and which makes great pizza bases. It does get easier with time as you get the hang of how to bake GF.

[http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Spa/8672/stjreci1.htm](http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Spa/8672/stjreci1.htm)

is a good site to start with. If you want to email me, I can give you some of my cake recipes. You say he’s not keen on rice flour? Has he tried different brands? Some are grittier than others. I use a lot of rice flour, chickpea flour, lentil flour, arrowroot flour, tapioca flour and potato flour.