GFCS: The Online Cooking School
Where You Can Learn To Cook Delicious Gluten Free Food
Goal: Welcome to Gluten Free Pie 101. Your goal for this class is to make either a single or double crust gluten free pie, using a gluten free pie crust that you made yourself. What to Expect: Gluten Free Pie 101 is the beginner class in pie crusts. It uses a pie crust recipe that […] Read more »
Whenever I start developing a new recipe I start by looking at the basic, essential ingredients in the recipe, so let’s start there too. What makes a pie crust a pie crust, and not a cookie or a cake? A pie crust has three essential ingredients: flour, fat, and a little bit of water. In […] Read more »
I find that people have a lot of questions about baking pie. It’s not something that a lot of us have ever seen being done because frozen pie crusts have been around for a long time. Here are a few of the questions that I most often get. Is it worth it to make your […] Read more »
A warning first: This section is somewhat technical. If you’d rather skip on over this part for while, that’s perfectly fine. 3:2:1 – The Pie Crust Ratio Now that we’ve looked at all the ingredients individually, let’s take a second look at how the ingredients work together. The main ingredients, by weight, in my Easy […] Read more »
A classic pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving and fall. I like my pumpkin pie without spices, but feel free to add 1 Tablespoon of Pumpkin Pie Spice. INGREDIENTS: 1 single crust of my Easy Peasy Gluten Free Pie Crust recipe 1 15 oz. can Libby’s 100% Pure Pumpkin 1 c. sugar 8 oz. evaporated milk (or […] Read more »
Every family needs an apple pie recipes and this is ours. My children know that if they see a bag of yellow apples go into our shopping cart that an apple pie will soon emerge from our oven. INGREDIENTS: 3 lbs Granny Smith apples, peeled and sliced 2 Tbsp margarita mix 3/4 c. white sugar […] Read more »
Chocolate Fudge Pie is another favorite from my childhood that I’ve converted to use gluten free ingredients. It’s one of those pies that’s very easy to make, but it tastes so good that everyone thinks that you’re a pie genius. INGREDIENTS: 8 Tbsp. (4 oz) butter 2 large eggs 1 c. sugar 6 Tbsp. brown […] Read more »
What special equipment do you need to make a pie crust? Thankfully you do not need a lot of special equipment to make a good pie crust. You’ll probably already have most everything that you need. Basic Pie Making Equipment: 1. a rolling pin – I have a very light-weight plastic rolling pin, but most […] Read more »