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Question regarding preparing gluten free baked items containing fruit.


Gwendolyn Sue

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Gwendolyn Sue Newbie

In addition to a recent diagnosis of Celiac Disease, I have multiple food sensitivities, and am having to learn new recipes. I can have honey, but not sugar. I have read that to sub honey for sugar in baked items, one should use 2/3 C. honey for 1 cup sugar and reduce liquid by 1/4 c. When I have done this in cobblers and muffins containing fruit, even in one recipe that called for honey rather than sugar, I have seen the baked item rise in the oven, only eventually to collapse in the middle and be under cooked, while burning around the edges. I have used both soda in sour milk and baking powder, and it happens with either. I read one tip to coat the fruit with flour before adding, but that didn't solve the problem either. I am using almond flour for the flour called for. Any suggestions?


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Scott Adams Grand Master

I'm not much of a baker, but are you allowed to have other sweeteners, for example stevia? I ask because this is a powder, so perhaps you could use it instead of honey?

trents Grand Master

Turning the heat down and baking it more slowly and longer might help, with turning the heat back up at the very end for crispness.

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