Comments on: The Definitive Gluten Free Croissant http://betterbatter.org/the-definitive-gluten-free-croissant Eat Freely - Give Freely Wed, 18 Aug 2010 23:11:25 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: naomi http://betterbatter.org/the-definitive-gluten-free-croissant/comment-page-1#comment-635 naomi Wed, 18 Aug 2010 23:11:25 +0000 http://www.betterbatter.org/wordpress/?p=46#comment-635 HI, Emmie! You may find our bulk option is as cheap or cheaper than making your mix yourself, once you factor in xanthan gum and the gas/shipping to get your flours and starches to you... thanks for the kind words and advice :-D HI, Emmie!

You may find our bulk option is as cheap or cheaper than making your mix yourself, once you factor in xanthan gum and the gas/shipping to get your flours and starches to you… thanks for the kind words and advice :-D

]]> By: emmiesix http://betterbatter.org/the-definitive-gluten-free-croissant/comment-page-1#comment-634 emmiesix Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:17:15 +0000 http://www.betterbatter.org/wordpress/?p=46#comment-634 These were delicious! Wow! I have to mention also though, be careful of your oven temperature... mine were a bit undercooked inside on the first batch. Also, I only used about half a stick of butter in the rolling part for one of the halves, and it worked fine, if you want to cut back a bit. Thanks! These were delicious! Wow! I have to mention also though, be careful of your oven temperature… mine were a bit undercooked inside on the first batch. Also, I only used about half a stick of butter in the rolling part for one of the halves, and it worked fine, if you want to cut back a bit.

Thanks!

]]> By: emmiesix http://betterbatter.org/the-definitive-gluten-free-croissant/comment-page-1#comment-633 emmiesix Wed, 18 Aug 2010 21:00:43 +0000 http://www.betterbatter.org/wordpress/?p=46#comment-633 I just completed rolling these out, so I thought I would add some thoughts from someone who has never made croissants or tried to grate butter (!) before: 1) Don't use a food processor to grate the butter. It was too fine, and clumped together immediately into sticky balls. Yes it was frozen. I'm not sure if a box grater would have worked better. Alternatively, you can actually roll out cold (not frozen!) butter into thin sheets if you use some flour and are careful. This is what I ended up doing with the second square of dough, and I have seen done in some croissant videos. 2) I only used 2 cups additional flower for rolling, not sure why I did use my own blend of starch/flours, with 1 tsp of zanthan per cup. The dough was a bit delicate, so I may try it with betterbatter if it ever gets sold in Texas! I just completed rolling these out, so I thought I would add some thoughts from someone who has never made croissants or tried to grate butter (!) before:

1) Don’t use a food processor to grate the butter. It was too fine, and clumped together immediately into sticky balls. Yes it was frozen. I’m not sure if a box grater would have worked better.

Alternatively, you can actually roll out cold (not frozen!) butter into thin sheets if you use some flour and are careful. This is what I ended up doing with the second square of dough, and I have seen done in some croissant videos.

2) I only used 2 cups additional flower for rolling, not sure why I did use my own blend of starch/flours, with 1 tsp of zanthan per cup. The dough was a bit delicate, so I may try it with betterbatter if it ever gets sold in Texas!

]]> By: Menu Plan Monday: Garlic! « Gluten Free Goodness http://betterbatter.org/the-definitive-gluten-free-croissant/comment-page-1#comment-348 Menu Plan Monday: Garlic! « Gluten Free Goodness Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:31:59 +0000 http://www.betterbatter.org/wordpress/?p=46#comment-348 [...] have been doing way too much baking since I’m stuck home: meringues, croissants (yep! they are beautiful, but I did roll them too thickly), an apple crisp, brownies, and more. Now [...] [...] have been doing way too much baking since I’m stuck home: meringues, croissants (yep! they are beautiful, but I did roll them too thickly), an apple crisp, brownies, and more. Now [...]

]]> By: GlutenFreeExperiment http://betterbatter.org/the-definitive-gluten-free-croissant/comment-page-1#comment-347 GlutenFreeExperiment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:51:20 +0000 http://www.betterbatter.org/wordpress/?p=46#comment-347 Thanks Naomi, shall try looking for it in my country Thanks Naomi, shall try looking for it in my country

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