Sugar-Free Gluten-Free Baking and Desserts

Book excerpt: Have your cake and eat healthy too with this collection of easy and tasty recipes that are gluten-free, sugar-free, and guilt-free. Standard baked goods come with a hefty price on your health—weight gain, cholesterol, and diabetes, as well as allergies for many people. Sugar-Free Gluten-Free Baking and Desserts shows how to bring taboo treats back to the baking sheet with mouth-watering recipes that transform diet-busting favorites into guilt-free wonders. Following a wholesome approach that avoids quick-metabolizing ingredients, this book presents recipes for delicious desserts and breads that are as satisfying as they are good for the body. Discover the easy and tasty way to bake with healthy alternatives: • Replace wheat with arrowroot, buckwheat, or quinoa flour • Eliminate sugar by sweetening with agave, yacón, or stevia Sugar-Free Gluten-Free Baking and Desserts offers over ninety delicious and nutritious recipes for: • Cinnamon Rolls • Chocolate Chip Cookies • Old-Fashioned Raspberry Thumbprints • Almond Joy Truffles • Carob Chip Scones • Mexican Wedding Cakes • Corn Bread • Peanut Butter Waffles • Zucchini Bread • Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie • Fudge Brownies