Monday 1 October 2007

Daring Bakers - First time

For those that don't know this is a monthly challenge where everyone cooks the same recipe. No changes unless you are allergic or similar. The challenge is kept secret till the end of the month and everyone posts on the same day.. I have sort of failed on that already because here in the UK it's gone midnight and just remembered I hadn't posted. I blame being pregnant.. OK I'm as bad when I'm not but it's a good excuse. Still the day isn't finished everywhere so hopefully i will be excused.

As it's past 1am I will fill in more details like the recipe and all later though if you go to the Daring Bakers blog roll I am sure others are more organised than me.

As I'm celiac I was allowed to change the flour to one without gluten. As those who know anything about gluten will know this does course problems with bread recipes as gluten is the stuff that makes bread dough stretchy and helps it rise. As the challenge is to do the recipe exactly I just replaced normal flour with Dove farm Gluten free bread flour without adapting the recipe otherwise.

The dough worked fairly well and even rose thought once I'd made i into rolls and left ti to prove again it didn't expand by twice as it meant to but it is expecting rather a lot of gluten free flour. I made half the recipe as cinnamon rolls exactly as the challange but didn't try the sticky buns ( we were allowed to do one or both) I cheated a bit in that I used the other half of the dough to make chelsea buns ie added fruit inside the rolls with the cinnamon sugar.

They taste quite good a bit more cakey than bread like but then gluten free bread is often like that. I think I made the icing a little thin and if I'd used all of the suggested amount they would be swimming in it.

18 comments:

  1. When your pregnant you can get away with nearly anything. Your rolls look so yummy! Great job!

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  2. I agree with Laurie.. pregnancy counts for absent mindedness, yes? hehehee

    Congratulations on your pregnancy, btw!

    I am SO HAPPY that they worked out for you. This month we've got a few gluten free members and I was really hoping you'd all find a happy medium. They sure do look terrific and I love the Chelsea buns too!

    An excellent first challenge!
    xoxo

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  3. having to bake for celia friends and family members I really appreciate your take on the recipe. You did great and they look yummy!
    Good luck with the pregnancy!

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  4. Esther - You did a wonderful job on the cinnamon rolls. I think your rolls did quite nicely during the rising, which can be tricky with gf flours. Sometimes the yeast gets exhausted way too soon. I didn't go through the whole 2nd rise for my rolls...I stopped and baked them when the yeast looked liked the bread was done.

    Congratulations on your new family addition and kudos for baking during your early pregnancy days.

    Sheltie Girl @ Gluten A Go Go

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  5. I don't even have kids, and I'm often absent minded, so yes, I think that extra factor would definitely excuse you! :-) That said, you still did manage to pull off the September challenge, and the buns look super yummy! :-)

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  6. I would think that it would be so hard to do this when you have to do it gluten free- but you've done a wonderful job!!

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  7. Great job on the adapted rolls! Congrats on the "bun in the oven" too!

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  8. Welcome to the Daring Bakers! I'm not very familiar with gf baking, and it looks like we'll all learn from you!

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  9. Congratulations on your pregnancy, Laurie!

    And congratulations on adapting the recipe to be gluten-free. Your buns turned out great!

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  10. Lots of challenge with pregnant and gluten free And you have beautiful buns! Very well done! Welcome!

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  11. Wow, great looking and GF too-I'm impressed! I try to bake GF now and then so it was nice to read of your experience. Love the Chelsea buns as well.
    xoxo

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  12. Your buns look great. Congratulations on your pregnancy and welcome to the Daring Bakers!

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  13. I'm always impressed with the GF baking. Seems they turned out great though.

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  14. Congrats on the pregnancy!
    I applaud you for trying this recipe with gluten flour without altering any other. Very well done!

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  15. I'm enjoying the gluten free take on this month's recipe. It looks like it turned out well for you. I think I'd enjoy them a little more cakey/less bread-like.

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  16. Great first challenge! I'm glad you tried them out and congratulations on your pregnancy!

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  17. From what I've seen, there's only one other daring baker who can't eat gluten. I wish I could remember which blog it is. I applaud you for baking these challenges! Congratulations on completing your first one!

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  18. Wow ... those look good!

    Yes, gluten free often comes out 'cakey', doesn't it? I'm looking forward to seeing how your next challenge comes out.

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