Discover the essentials of gluten-free baking, its health benefits, and tips for creating delicious, gluten-free treats with ease.
Understanding the Benefits and Techniques of Gluten-Free Baking
In today’s culinary landscape, the importance of gluten-free options has become increasingly significant, especially during the holiday season. Nikki Thompson Frazier emphasizes the necessity of incorporating gluten-free products into holiday meals, catering to a growing number of individuals who are gluten intolerant or prefer to avoid gluten for various health reasons. Having a variety of gluten-free choices not only ensures inclusivity for guests with dietary restrictions but also enhances the overall dining experience by introducing diverse flavors and textures.
As families gather around the holiday dinner table, it is essential to consider the dietary preferences of all guests. Offering gluten-free alternatives can make a significant difference, allowing everyone to partake in traditional dishes without compromise. From gluten-free stuffing to desserts, the options are more plentiful than ever, encouraging creativity in the kitchen while accommodating those who require gluten-free diets. This thoughtful approach to meal planning can foster a sense of community and enjoyment during festive gatherings.
Unleashing Culinary Freedom: The Art and Science of Gluten-Free Baking
Back into Studio 10 and we’ve got some baking news baking news everybody it is National gluten-free baking week and it’s not going to be a bad encounter this holiday season right no no no absolutely it’ll be a sweet one because Nikki Thompson Frasier sweet encounter herself okay is making sure we can all enjoy the holiday season how are you I.
Am doing well thanks for having me back to talk about all things glutenfree like we said you’re miss sweet encounter so it is always fantastic to have you here time no see my friend that of course we all know you we’re familiar with who you are and what you do but people don’t just come to your shop for sweets explain to us what exactly gluten is and.
Why some people are so sensitive to it very good question so it’s basically the protein in the food the gluten so it’s wheat it’s uh barley it’s Rye it’s any of those things and if it has it in the food then people are going to have reaction to it so a lot of people have Celiac which is actual disease and some people actually have an allergen but.
Either way it’s not good for system okay I hear you absolutely well you have prepared an activity for us that is gluten safe for all of us so tell us what we’re doing here today we are going to make some really cute reindeers okay I’m going to pick it up these reindeers are so adorable look at that right absolutely all right awesome and we’re.
Going to make some cuz we got to have a little Christmas cookie yes we do so they’re super cute um and the thing is is that you can buy gluten-free um sugar cookie dough at the store or you can get it from us as well because we started selling the dough that you can just make at home right I know isn’t that awesome so you can just buy it you can get um.
Gluten-free frosting at the store very easily and I did circles because a lot of times they don’t necessarily have the cutout cookies that are gluten-free but they have the drop ones which make circles so we can decorate them still in really cool fun holiday festive looks all right well let’s get into the holiday SP right here let’s get to.
Decorating let grab your cookies okay and you have a lot of different ingredients right here on the side for us describe what you brought exctly so we have gluten-free pretzels and they’re super delicious then we have some sprinkles that are gluten-free too and we have some eyeballs because we got to have a little bit of eyeballs for our.
Rudol the rednose reindeer okay now all right yes so what we’re going to do you’re going to grab your Piping Bag oh let’s see here I’m going let you use that one CU I want you to have the darker one and let me tell you all season long I’ve been working on trying to get better at my cookie decorating and well you’re about to get better now.
So what you want to do is you’re going to go around your cookie just like this and you’re going to make a circle keep going around it and around and around and around and around and look at that okay and also where did you find these ingredients as well so you can get them at any of your local grocery stores so Meer Kroger any places like that you.
Really can just get them and you can find these trust me anywhere um you can get a lot of your sprinkles and things like that from any of the supply stores like Joann’s or Michael’s Hobby Lobby places like that and it’s gluten-free now you got your little circles going here so what you’re going to do as a tip yep so what you can do is you can take.
Your spoon you’re nice them out okay yes so you can’t see it see how pretty that looks now there we go much better all right so now what you’re going to do and I’m going to I’m going to borrow this and you’re going to take that one okay and we are going to make I’m going to make a nose just like that you just hold it and squeeze that’s all you got to do.
Is just hold it and squeeze hold it and squeeze and then you can move it around just a little bit I love this and then now you have that nice big no you see that and while we’re decorating Nikki this is so much fun because you can also teach the kids why it’s important for everyone to have gluten-free options now what can happen when we don’t have these.
Types of things at the table and we don’t have these ingredients yes so my girls have a gluten allergen but some people have Celiac so Sil either one usually you have tummy issues a lot of GI issues vomiting you know other stuff happening that doesn’t feel good and it literally can put you in bed for days seriously and then you can also have um.
You know um skin allergies so basically your skin will flare up so all types of things that can happen I always say that what happens externally is 10 times worse internally okay right so what’s happening on the inside is even worse than what is manifesting on the outside okay yeah and that’s important for us to know that’s important for us to teach.
Our children as well and we’re going to continue decorating but really quick if we want if we need a little bit more help finding gluten-free recipes or products where can we find you yes you can find me at 300 South Washington Square Downtown inside the n building and also at Sweet encounter bakery.com all right well we always got a sweet.
Encounter with you we’re going to continue decorating here and there may be snow outside today but Tech
