Pizza Dough

Buying pizza out is really expensive, and the frozen kind is gross - especially when it's gluten free.  I made some pizza tonight for my girls, and we all loved it.  They gobbled it up and didn't even notice there was anything different about it.

 Pizza Dough

1 cup warm water
1 Tb yeast
1 tsp raw sugar
1.5 cups oat flour
3/4 cup brown rice flour
3/4 cup arrowroot powder
3/4 cup quinoa flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp xanthan gun
1 tsp salt
1 egg

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  Mix the yeast and sugar into the warm water and let set for about 5 minutes while you mix the dry ingredients.  Combine the oat flour, brown rice flour, arrowroot powder, quinoa flour, baking powder, xanthan gum, and salt.  Stir in the one egg and then the yeast mixture.  Cover and let the dough rise in a warm place for 15-20 minutes.  On a sprayed pan, press out the dough.  To keep it from sticking to your hands, spray the dough with cooking spray or get your hand wet.  After the dough is pressed to the shape you want, add your toppings and bake for about 15 minutes.

Yes, we ate the whole thing ...

Pumpkin Zucchini Bread

At the Farmer's Market, Faith and I found zucchini 3 for a dollar!  We decided some zucchini bread would be great; I just needed to figure out how to make it gluten free.  I destroyed the kitchen in the process, but it was worth it.  We also ground oat groats, quinoa and amaranth into flour, so that's part of the mess.  Here's what I came up with:

Pumpkin Zucchini Bread

2-2.5 cups pureed zucchini
2 cups pumpkin (or 1 15 oz can)
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup raw sugar
1.5 cups oat flour
1 cup quinoa flour
1 cup arrowroot powder
1/2 cup brown rice flour
1/2 cup amaranth flour
1/3 to 1/2 cup ground flaxseed
1.5 Tb paking powder
1 Tb cinnamon
1 tsp salt
1 tsp xantham gum
1 tsp baking soda
1 envelope or 2.5 tsp unflavored gelatin


Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Combine zucchini, pumpkin, eggs, vanilla, honey, brown sugar, and raw sugar.  In a separate bowl, mix together oat flour, quinoa flour, arrowroot powder, brown rice flour, amaranth flour, ground flaxseed, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, xantham gum, baking soda and unflavored gelatin.  Gradually stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients.  Pour batter into 2 ungreased bread pans.  Bake at 350 for 70-75 minutes.  Let cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan and placing on a cooling rack.  Let the loaves cool completely.

It was delicious!  The kids loved it too!
Quinoa and amaranth flours can have stronger flavors, so you could probably use additional oat or brown rice flours instead if you prefer.