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Gluten Free Dutch Baby Pancake

One of my favorite weekly rituals is making a Dutch baby pancake with a rich cup of coffee. I spent the first half of 2024 trying different Dutch baby recipes to find the best and easiest gluten free option. I came across an awesome recipe that I have adjusted to make my own!

You will only need 5 ingredients, a cast iron skillet, a mixing bowl, a whisk, and a 1/4 measuring cup.
This recipe serves 4 slices of pancake but most mornings I usually like having 2 slices for a very filling breakfast!

Ingredients:
1. 3 Eggs
2. 3/4 cup of milk
3. 3/4 cup of gluten free 1 to 1 flour
4. Salt
5. 1 tbsp butter

My favorite thing about this recipe is being able to scale it easily. I have experimented and 1 egg = 1/4 cup flour = 1/4 cup milk. If I only have 2 eggs, not a problem, I scale down. I have company coming over and want a thicker, more dense pancake, I scale up.

Instructions:
1. Start by preheating the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.

2. Add the flour, a pinch of salt, the eggs, then milk to the mixing bowl.

3. Whisk all the ingredients together and make sure there are not large lumps and the batter, for the most part, is smooth (It is okay if there are small lumps at this point).

4. Then let the batter sit for 5-10 minutes depending on how long you have before the oven is fully preheated / make some coffee / get the cast iron ready. I noticed that if you let the batter sit 10-15 minutes that nice bubbles form and it makes the Dutch baby pancake rise and fall better!

5. Grab the cast iron and put the 1 tbsp of butter in the skillet. I stick the skillet in the oven to let the butter melt. Watch the butter carefully, you don’t want it to burn. It usually takes a few minutes for it to melt fully. [It does not matter if you use salted or unsalted butter. It is up to your taste!]

6. While you wait for your butter to melt, go back to your batter, you’ll notice it has small bubbles on the surface – that’s what you want! Now mix it with your whisk again and make sure most of the small lumps are gone. Then let it rest again.

7. Your butter should be melted and your skillet should be hot. Quickly take out your skillet and swirl it so the butter coats the entire bottom and half way up the sides of the skillet. Then, quickly pour your batter in to the skillet. Immediately put the skillet back in the oven and set a timer for 12 minutes.

8. At the 12 minute mark, rotate the skillet 180 degrees. I usually just rotate the handle from the right side to the left (or vice versa). Then set another time for 6 minutes.

9. When the timer goes off again, take a look and see if the pancake has a golden brown look. If it looks close, watch it at 2 minute increments until it looks a golden brown. At this point, I usually add another 4 minutes to my timer and then 2 minutes after that. I like mine a deep, rich, golden brown so I keep it in the oven a bit longer!

10. Remove from the oven when it looks golden to your taste!

11. Dress up the pancake to your taste! We love raspberries, powder sugar, and maple syrup!

ENJOY!!!!

Going Gluten Free

Here are 5 tips on how to make your transition to a gluten-free diet easier!

I spent most of 2019 and all of 2020 fighting the fact that I needed to eat gluten-free. Even though I do not have celiac disease, I am very gluten sensitive. When I eat gluten, I get incredibly bloated, my stomach does not work right for days, and I have slight chest pains for days after.

My diet is 98% gluten-free right now, and both my parents eat gluten-free. This means I know a lot of the best gluten-free food in grocery stores, restaurants, and even some yummy recipes. I want to share some tips and tricks of going gluten-free because it honestly isn’t that bad. There are so many products and foods nowadays that make it pretty easy to follow a gluten-free diet.

I want to offer community and guidance about beginning your process of starting your gluten-free journey. It can be an overwhelming and daunting process. Even though it has become easier to be gluten-free in recent years, it can feel kind of isolating and time-consuming. Here are 5 tips on how to make your transition to a gluten-free diet easier!

  1. Understand different terminology used for gluten. An example, gluten is different from yeast, but many products that contain yeast also have gluten. Learning to read labels is crucial for your success. There are resources that can help you begin to understand how to find gluten in any product. Check this website out to begin to understand reading labels: https://www.verywellhealth.com/how-to-identify-gluten-on-food-labels-562666
  2. Think about and write down the food you regularly eat and identify where gluten could be present. Write down all your favorite foods and figure out which foods are not gluten-free. This will help you search for gluten-free alternatives for them! For example, if you love Italian food, you can search online “gluten-free Italian food near me.” This works for just about anything you can think of! There are always gluten-free alternatives, whether you have to make something yourself or find a restaurant that makes good gluten-free food.
  3. Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free 1 to 1 flour is the best! Don’t understate the power of good gluten-free flour. With 1 to 1 flour, you can make just about anything, and the food feels the most like regular gluten food. You can use this flour in baked goods, breakfast foods, use it as a thickener, or even coat something to bake or fry.
  4. Find a grocery store that carries gluten-free foods. Hopefully, you’ll have one near where you live, but if you don’t, many online grocery options carry gluten-free options like thrive market. Identifying a grocery store that carries many options allows you the opportunity to not worry about those times where you don’t want to think too much about being able to buy something without thinking about too much.
  5. Give yourself grace and time. It can be very emotional cutting out some of your favorite foods. You might not find an excellent alternative right away, and that can be very sad. Just know, you will work through this, and with time, the gluten-free diet gets easier.

I wish you the best of luck in your gluten-free journey! I hope to write more about good gluten-free foods, restaurants, recipes, etc., so keep an eye out if you like this article!