Gluten-Free Baking for the Holidays: 60 Recipes for Traditional Festive Treats

I bought this book without a lot of hope. I had been a serious home baker for 30+ years before discovering I had significant gluten issues (NCGS, autoimmune and thyroid issues, etc). I tried commercial mixes, other popular cookbooks that rely on almond flour, etc, and nothing could replicate the holiday treats I'd made forever, in a way that didn't provoke a physical reaction. Until now.I had been fairly strict paleo for a couple of years, then found I could reintroduce rice (occasionally, and not overdoing it). I came across Sauvage's website/blog, and saw that her flour mix recipe (it's in the book and on her blog) consisted of rice flours, tapioca flour and a small amount of xanthan gum. Gums of some kind are a necessary evil in gluten free baking, but the amount is small, and xanthan has less of the weird side effects than other gums have. So I figured I would try it. No almonds! No nightshades/potato flour! It was worth a shot.The two recipes I made first were the spritz cookies, and the chocolate chips. These are basic holiday staples in our house, and I knew if these didn't work, I would need to move on and continue searching.Thankfully, they came out amazing. Slightly different in texture (a bit lighter and more delicate, with less "chew" to them, though not crumbly), but the TASTE was there. Was it ever!! I didn't think I'd be able to have these again. I would be delighted with this book, even if for just these two recipes. I have attached photos. The spritz photo shows *conventional* spritz on the left side of the plate (50 year old family recipe), and Sauvage's recipe on the right. Other photo is of the chocolate chips, which Sauvage adapted from an Ina Garten recipe. Delicious!My hope is that I can sub the flour recipe for wheat in other family recipes, one-for-one. I will update on that once I've tried it.But my next move will be to try the book's yeasted recipes (particularly the dinner rolls). That's the second huge hurdle, as bread baking can be tricky, even with conventional ingredients. I will post an update when I've made those.I don't plan on returning to daily baking, as it still deals with sugar, butter and other ingredients that can aggravate autoimmune conditions. But it is GREAT to know this book is here, for holiday treats and special occasions. Thank you, Jeanne Sauvage.

More Than Words is an amazing bookseller! This book is definitely in “like new” condition with no flaws, was classified only as “very good” and sold at an extremely good price. I have bought many brand new books on Amazon that were not in as good shape as this copy!The recipes are for all the holiday favorites from around the world, but rendered gluten-free and they look excellent. I have used many of this author’s recipes in the past and I have another one of her book Gluten Free Wishlist, so I trust they will be wonderful.

Although I had not tried any of these recipes yet, I found this cookbook to be very informative with complete explicit instructions for each one. I have found all the ingredients except one for Jean' s flour in my area. I will order that online. Finding out of the ordinary ingredients where I live is a challenge and I make a list for those when I travel out of the area. I am looking forward to trying these gluten free treats for the recipes of the traditional ones I have baked for years. I liked the inclusion of problems you may encounter with each project and helpful tips to handle them. There were no proofreading mistakes to solve and little bits of history with each recipe to give one a glimpse into the past. The proof will be in the baking!I have tried three recipes so far: pizzelles, rosettes and the soft sandwich bread. We like all three. Next is cinnamon rolls.

There are so many great recipes in this book! I have made several and everything always comes out well. The directions are very clear and thorough enough to really ensure success. This book has been really fun and has exposed me to things I’ve never made, and some I’d never heard of. The pepparkakor cookies are delicious and have received rave reviews when given as gifts. I bought molds specifically to make springerle, and they turned out gorgeous. The shortbread is very simple to make, and everyone loves it. I wasn’t sure I’d be able to have panettone anymore since going gluten free and now I can! It’s much easier to make than I thought it would be. I’m looking forward to trying out more recipes from this book this holiday season.

even though I do not have to eat gluten free many of my family members do. thinking the holidays may be the hardest time to stay away from wheat filled treats I purchased two of these books, one for me the other to give away. my plan was to make a few of the recipes and if good send some prepared cookies along with the book as a Christmas gift to my son and daughter in law, wow what great recipes, I have seen gluten free cookbooks before and every recipes has different combinations of flours this one uses ONE basic combinations of four gluten free flours such as rice flours and you add different things to make the cookie, biscuit etc you want. I plan on ordering more because it is that good. I have purchased gluten free cookies at the health food store and they were not great, these are, taste like some of my original recipes, flavor is always a deciding factor for me. you can't go wrong with this book for yourself or anyone in your family that is gluten free

I received this book two days ago and have already made three recipes from it, all of which have turned out beautifully, even using Carol Fenster's gluten free mix rather than the one included in the book (I just added 1/4 tsp xanthan gum for each cup of flour mix as suggested in the introduction).I can't complain at all about the recipes--they're fabulous, and I'm sure I'll be making almost all of them this holiday season. What I CAN complain about is that in the copy I received, pages 25-36 inexplicably appear between pages 48 and 49. It doesn't affect my use of the book, and I'm sure it's not an error that occurs in ALL copies of the book, but it does change my plan to purchase another copy and ship it as a gift to a gluten-intolerant friend.

no need to misroute on all the seasonal foods now because they contain gluten, many great looking recipes :)

Excellent. Thank you

I am a huge fan of Jeanne's blog and have tried many of her recipes with success (her waffles are particularly good). Flipping through the book, it was difficult to choose which recipes to try first. I finally settled on Rugelaches (used my own filling here and made smaller size cookies ~5 dozen instead of 2 dozen) and cheese sticks. Both recipes yielded fabulous results and my guests could not tell that they were gf versions. Looking forward to trying more of these fantastic recipes as the holidays approach! Note: these recipes are not exclusively for the holidays. I am also looking forward to trying one of the many bread recipes and trying out the pie crust.

The book does have good advice on how to cook gluten free. so, it is a good reference. I tried 2 recipes. It was not that great. It does not taste like the gluten version.

Who doesn't love Christmas Treats ? If you are gluten free you can too ! This is a Great Book !