Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays because there is always so much yummy food! The only problem comes along when you are on a gluten free diet. If you are hosting the Thanksgiving, you are lucky because you can make all kinds of gluten free sides that you and your guests can enjoy.
But what do you do if you are going to someone else’s house for Thanksgiving?
1) You can offer to make some Thanksgiving sides to bring to the Thanksgiving dinner.
2) You can tell the host ahead of time that you are on a gluten free diet and offer her some gluten free recipes.
To ease your troubles on this day, here are 9 great recipes for Thanksgiving sides, breads and desserts that are all gluten free. These are all tried and true recipes that everyone will enjoy, not just those who do not eat gluten. I hope they will help you enjoy your Thanksgiving even more than ever before!
1) Corn Bread
Servings: 9 – 12
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Bake Time: 20 – 25 minutes
Ingredients:
2 eggs
1 ¼ cup milk
1/3 cup oil
1 ½ cup yellow corn meal
¾ cup Authentic Foods Multi-Blend Flour
1 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons honey
1 tablespoon baking powder
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease an 8 x 8 inch pan; then set the pan aside.
In a medium size bowl, beat the eggs, milk and oil together. In a large bowl, combine the yellow corn meal, the Authentic Foods Multi-Blend Flour, salt, sugar and baking powder together. Mix together until even throughout.
Then add the egg mixture to the cornmeal mixture. Before mixing together, add the honey. (To make the honey spill into the batter easily, spray the tablespoon with cooking spray before measuring the honey. Do this before you put any honey in the tablespoon each time. The honey will pour out very easily.) Then use a spatula to combine the ingredients until smooth.
Pour the cornbread batter into the 8 x 8 inch pan. Place in the oven for 20 – 25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean when poked into the center. Unlike other types of breads or cakes, the corn bread will not need to be golden brown before removing it from the oven.
2) Southern Style Biscuits
Servings: 10 – 12
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Bake Time: 10 – 15 minutes
Ingredients:
1 ½ cups Authentic Foods Multi-Blend Flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons granulated sugar
1/2 +1/8 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup butter
1 egg white
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/2 cup milk or buttermilk
1/8 cup whipping cream
2 tablespoons oil
1 tablespoon water
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease a flat cookie sheet. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, combine Authentic Foods Multi-Blend Flour, baking powder, granulated sugar, and salt. Using an electric mixer, slowly add the butter. Mix about 3-4 minutes, until the mixture has a course crumb consistency.
Combine the egg white and the cream of tartar. Beat until the cream of tartar is well incorporated and the mixture is full of bubbles. Then mix in the milk, whipping cream, oil, and water. Slowly add the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Beat until fully combined, about 1 minute. Make balls from the dough using a spoon, ice cream scooper, or your hands, and place on the greased cookie sheet. Pat them flat a little bit to make the shape of a biscuit. Bake for 10-15 minutes until the color of each biscuit is a golden brown.
3) Corn Bread Stuffing
Servings: 12 – 14
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Bake Time: 35 – 40 minutes
Ingredients:
1 corn bread recipe
4 tablespoons vegetable oil or light olive oil
¾ cup chopped onions
3 stalks of celery, chopped
3 cloves of garlic, crushed
¼ cup white wine
1 pound sausage, cooked and chopped
2 eggs
½ cup chicken broth
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Pour olive oil into a pan and heat on high heat. When the pan is hot, add the onions, celery and garlic; sauté for about 2 minutes. Then add the white wine. Continue sautéing until the onions and celery are soft. Remove the vegetables from the pan and set them aside.
Make crumbles out of the corn bread and pour them into a large bowl. Then pour in the sausage and the onions and celery mixture. Using your hands or two big spoons mix all the ingredients together until fully combined.
In a small bowl, beat 2 eggs and the chicken broth together. Then pour this mixture into the cornbread mixture. Mix together using your hands or two large spoons until all the ingredients begin to stick together. Then pour the stuffing into a casserole dish. Bake in the oven for 35 to 40 minutes. Cool for 5 to 10 minutes and then serve!
4) Sweet Potato Mash with Marshmallow Topping
Servings: 8
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Bake Time: 70 – 80 minutes
Ingredients:
4 Medium size sweet potatoes (about 4 cups mashed)
½ cup butter or margarine
2 teaspoons salt
½ cup orange juice
½ teaspoon cinnamon
½ – 1 bag mini marshmallows (you can use large marshmallows, but mini marshmallows work better)
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
Discard the ends of the sweet potatoes. Wrap the rest of the sweet potatoes in aluminum foil. Place the sweet potatoes on a baking sheet and place the baking sheet in the oven. Bake for 60 to 70 minutes or until the sweet potatoes are soft to the touch. Then change the temperature down to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Peel the sweet potatoes and place them in a medium size casserole dish. Use a fork or spoon to mash the sweet potatoes. Then mix in the butter, salt, orange juice and cinnamon. Top with enough marshmallows to cover the sweet potatoes.
Bake the sweet potatoes in the oven for 10 minutes. Cool for 5 to 10 minutes and serve.
5) Potato Patties
Servings: 12
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Ingredients:
¼ cup Authentic Foods Potato Flour
½ cup Authentic Foods Tapioca Flour
¾ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon Authentic Foods Xanthan Gum
¼ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon garlic powder
2 large eggs
¼ cup vegetable oil (preferably light olive oil)
¼ cup chopped onions (Optional)
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley (Optional)
4 oz shredded Monterey jack cheese (Optional)
Directions:
Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl: Authentic Foods Potato Flour, Authentic Foods Tapioca Flour, baking powder, Authentic Foods Xanthan Gum, salt, and garlic powder (also add onions, parsley and cheese if preferred). In another bowl, mix all liquid ingredients: eggs, oil and milk. Then add the liquid mixture to the dry mixture and blend.
Grease a griddle or skillet with oil to keep the pancakes from sticking. Then preheat the griddle or skillet to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Using a large tablespoon, drop batter to make 2-inch diameter pancakes. Cook first side until edges look dry. With a spatula, turn and cook until second side is golden brown.
Serve with apple sauce or sour cream.
6) Cranberry Nut Bread
Adapted from a recipe by Gluten Free Cookbook Author, Annalise Roberts
Servings: 16
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Bake Time: 55 – 60 minutes
Ingredients:
2 cups Authentic Foods GF Classical Blend
1 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
¾ teaspoon Authentic Foods Xanthan Gum
1 teaspoon salt
¼ cup shortening
½ cup plus 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
½ cup milk
2 eggs, beaten slightly
½ cup shelled walnuts, coarsely chopped
2 cups fresh cranberries, coarsely chopped
1 tablespoon fresh grated orange rind
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and very lightly flour a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan (use white rice flour).
Sift Authentic Foods GF Classical Blend, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, Authentic Foods Xanthan Gum, and salt into large mixing bowl of electric mixer. Turn mixer to medium–low and blend in shortening until mixture resembles fine cornmeal. Pour in orange juice and egg and combine just until moistened. Fold in walnuts, cranberries, and orange rind.
Pour batter into the prepared pan and bake for 55–60 minutes, or until a knife inserted in center comes out clean.
Remove bread from oven and cool in pan for 10 minutes. Remove bread from pan after 10 minutes and cool completely on rack. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill before cutting. (Can be stored in refrigerator for 1 week or frozen up to 5 weeks).
7) Pumpkin Bread
Servings: 16
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Bake Time: 40 – 50 minutes
Ingredients:
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup brown sugar
½ cup vegetable oil or light olive oil
½ cup milk or reduced fat milk
3 large eggs
1 16 oz can pumpkin
2 cups Authentic Foods GF Classical Blend
½ teaspoon Authentic Foods Xanthan Gum
3 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
2 teaspoons baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
Directions:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease a 9 x 5 inch bread pan.
In a large bowl whip together granulated sugar, brown sugar, oil and milk. Then mix in the eggs and pumpkin until smooth.
In another bowl, combine the Authentic Foods GF Classical Blend, the Authentic Foods Xanthan Gum, the pumpkin pie spice, the baking soda, the salt and the baking powder. Make sure this mixture is well blended.
Slowly add the pumpkin mixture into the dry ingredient mixture. Mix until blended well. Pour the mixture into the bread pan. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes until a toothpick or knife inserted into the center comes out clean.
8) Pumpkin Pie
(This pumpkin pie contains dairy and eggs. If you are looking for a recipe without dairy or eggs, click here for a great Pumpkin Pie Recipe by Gluten Free Cookbook Author, Karen Robertson)
Servings: 10 – 12
Prep Time: 20 – 30 minutes
Bake Time: 35 – 40 minutes
Ingredients:
Pie Crust
1 package Authentic Foods Pie Crust Mix
1 large egg yolk
2 tablespoons cream or non-dairy substitute
4 oz sweet butter or solid shortening cut into small cubes
Pumpkin Pie Filling
2 cups canned pure pumpkin (1 16 oz can)
1 14 oz can of condensed milk
2 eggs
1 ½ teaspoons pumpkin pie spice (or ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon, ½ teaspoon ground ginger and ¼ teaspoon allspice)
2 tablespoons honey
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon Authentic Foods Vanilla Powder
Directions:
Pie Crust
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
In a small bowl, mix the egg yolk and cream; then set aside. Using an electric mixer, cream the butter or shortening for about 1 minute. Then mix in the pie crust mix until evenly distributed. Add the egg mixture and beat at low speed until the dough pulls away from the side of the bowl. Add an extra tablespoon of cream if necessary. Remove the dough from the bowl and form it into a ball.
Place the dough on a silpat baking sheet (if you don’t have a silpat baking sheet, place the dough on wax paper taped onto a hard, flat surface). Then flatten the dough using your hands. With a rolling pin, roll from the center of the dough to the edge of the dough with light, even strokes, forming a circle about 14 inches in diameter and about 1/4 inch thick.
Place a 9 to 11 inch pie or tart pan in the center of the dough and flip it with the pie crust dough over (if you have a removable bottom on your pie or tart pan, place the removable bottom on the pie dough, flip it with the tart crust over and place in the full tart pan). Then fit the dough to the pie or tart pan and trim the edges. Bake the pie crust in the oven for 6 minutes. Then take it out to cool while you make the filling.
Pumpkin Pie Filling
In a large mixing bowl, combine canned pure pumpkin, condensed milk, eggs, pumpkin pie spice (or the specific combination of spices described in the ingredients list), honey, salt and the Authentic Foods Vanilla Powder until well blended. Pour the mixture into the center of the pie crust. Bake in the oven for approximately 35 to 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool, and garnish with whip cream.
9) Mom’s Thanksgiving Apple Crumb Pie
My mom has made this apple crumb pie recipe since I can remember. It is soo good! Everyone always takes seconds. It makes my mouth water just thinking about it. Mmm…
Servings: 10 – 12
Prep Time: 30 – 45 minutes
Bake Time: 55 – 65 minutes
Ingredients:
Pie Crust
1 package Authentic Foods Pie Crust Mix
1 large egg yolk
2 tablespoons cream or non-dairy substitute
4 oz sweet butter or solid shortening cut into small cubes
Apple Crumb Filling
8 granny smith (green) apples, pared, cored and sliced
2/3 cup sugar
2 tablespoons Authentic Foods Multi-Blend Flour
¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ cup Authentic Foods Multi-Blend Flour
¼ cup sugar
¼ cup butter (1/2 stick)
Directions:
Pie Crust
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
In a small bowl, mix the egg yolk and cream; then set aside. Using an electric mixer, cream the butter or shortening for about 1 minute. Then mix in the pie crust mix until evenly distributed. Add the egg mixture and beat at low speed until the dough pulls away from the side of the bowl. Add an extra tablespoon of cream if necessary. Remove the dough from the bowl and form it into a ball.
Place the dough on a silpat baking sheet (if you don’t have a silpat baking sheet, place the dough on wax paper taped onto a hard, flat surface). Then flatten the dough using your hands. With a rolling pin, roll from the center of the dough to the edge of the dough with light, even strokes, forming a circle about 14 inches in diameter and about 1/4 inch thick.
Place a 9 to 11 inch pie or tart pan in the center of the dough and flip it with the pie crust dough over (if you have a removable bottom on your pie or tart pan, place the removable bottom on the pie dough, flip it with the tart crust over and place in the full tart pan). Then fit the dough to the pie or tart pan and trim the edges. Bake the pie crust in the oven for 6 minutes. Then take it out to cool while you make the filling.
Apple Crumb Filling
Combine the 2/3 cup sugar, 2 tablespoons of Authentic Foods Multi-Blend Flour and ¾ teaspoon of cinnamon together in a small bowl. Then combine this mixture with all the apples until the apples are evenly coated. Set the apples aside.
Using an electric mixer beat the ½ cup of Authentic Foods Multi-Blend Flour, ¼ cup sugar and ¼ cup butter together until the mixture has a crumb consistency.
Pour or neatly place the apples on top of the pie crust. Then sprinkle the crumb mixture over the apples. Bake in the oven for 55 to 65 minutes until the crumbs on top are just slightly golden brown.
That’s it for our Thanksgiving recipes. I hope you enjoy you all of these recipes. Have an absolutely wonderful and tasty Thanksgiving!
Happy Eating,
Cassie Rice
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