Gluten Free & Me... AHh!

Hello fellow readers...

This week, I'm going to introduce some of my own handmade goods (baked goodies) at the Downtown Phoenix Public Market to start saving for Produce Arizona's start-up costs! I've been experimenting with some of my all-time favorite recipes, and am hoping that the "Product Critics" (really, the employees at the indoor market) enjoy them as much as me! So far I'm planning on taking Kermie Cakes, CPBB Cakes, Marble Cakes, Grandma Patties, Old Family Chocolate Chip Cookies, Brownie Cheesecake, Strawberry Cheesecake, Lemon Raspberry Cheesecake... and I was asked to make ::sigh:: GLUTEN FREE stuff!

I come from a family that ONLY cooks with butter. It's the only thing I know! Alex and I went to Sprout's (local market) to look for "gluten free" products... We didn't know what "Gluten Free" even meant, and nobody else seemed to know either. Luckily, there was a fellow customer that overheard our ridiculous dilemma and offered us some assistance. I guess his son has a gluten allergy. It was too funny... there was an entire aisle just for gluten free stuff... we felt really dumb.

For all of you out there like us who don't know what "gluten free" means, it MEANS that there can't be ANY dairy or wheat in the products. Remember what I said about my family and butter? YIKES! I had to buy... vegetable substitute butter... and powder egg replacer (which was $8.50!)... my new mission from now until Wednesday is to somehow make this stuff tastey.

Feel free to post any helpful advice... Keep your fingers crossed!!