Croissants and Puff Pastry

I was traveling and stopped at Wegman’s Grocery. Wegman’s is often named the #1 grocery in the U.S.
I found two good gluten free products.

Schar Gluten Free Croissants 7.8 oz with four croissants. These come frozen and are easily warmed up after defrosting for one hour. They are small and more of a roll you would eat along side your meal. They tasted really good and I would highly recommend them. It was a treat to eat a croissant with butter. They do not have the layers of a regular croissant but are delicious.

geefree Puff Pastry Sheets are a real treat after not having anything made with puff pastry in over 8 years. The sheets of puff pastry are a different color and size from the regular sheets. The regular sheets are large squares and these geefree gluten free Puff Pastry Sheets are large rectangles. It takes longer than instructed to defrost them. I think they do best in recipes where you don’t overlap sheets like in a crust. You can also roll the sheets out thinner and I found that a little difficult.
When I did roll the sheets a little thinner and cooked them long enough I could see the individual layers of the pastry. When done right they are a real treat.

Milton’s Craft Bakers Cauliflower Pizza

Found  Milton’s Craft Bakers Thin and Crispy Roasted Vegetable Cauliflower Crust Pizza at Costco.  I don’t see the item on their website.

The pizza is described as roasted zucchini, red, yellow and green bell peppers, onions, and a 3 cheese blend.

Oven baking for 15 minutes resulted in a firm, crisp crust with a chewy texture and without a strong cauliflower taste.  The cheese and toppings were well distributed but were bland with an overall flavor of sweet tomatoes.

The cost was 12.99 for 2 frozen pizzas.  Total weight 2 lbs, 3.6 oz.

Nutritionally, the serving size of 1/4 of  a pizza has 230 calories, 2 grams of fiber and 12 grams of protein.

I’m looking forward to the 2nd pizza.  Now I know to have some garlic or crushed red pepper flakes available to give it a bit of spice.

 

 

 

Pumpkin Bread Mix – King Arthur

King Arthur Pumpkin Bread mix is very good.

http://www.kingarthurflour.com/products/gluten-free-pumpkin-bread-mix/

Eileen writes:

Easy to Prepare Gluten Free Pumpkin Bread Mix by King Arthur is very good.
The preparation is very easy.
I did do one variation and whipped the egg whites instead of just adding them as directed.   I think I may do this with all mixes I try because it makes the finished product lighter.  The problem with a lot of gluten free baked goods is that they are so heavy and dense.
I was surprised to see the phrase, a good source of fiber, on the package but it does contain pumpkin.  If you add nuts, or raisins, or chopped dates you’ll increase the fiber and nutrition content!  

 

 

Joy Gluten Free Sugar Ice Cream Cones

https://www.joycone.com/

Eileen writes:    

The Joy Gluten Free Sugar Cones are just how you remember them.

I think they taste the same as their regular sugar cones and they are available at Heinen’s and Giant Eagle and Marc’s and other stores.

They might be just a little bit more delicate than the regular cones.
They also come in Gluten Free Regular Cones (they aren’t as tasty but they hold more ice cream).

Make sure your ice cream doesn’t contain anything with gluten like cookies or candy that isn’t gluten free.
 
So many times we are asked what dessert we can make for a guest coming to a non gluten free house. These ice cream cones save the day and what could be easier and so much fun?