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Lessons, Tips, & Recipes — Pies Crisps & Cobblers


Mama’s Pie Crust Mix

BUY NOW Mama’s Gluten Free Pie Crust Mix This flaky pie crust is a breeze to roll out and tastes like the real thing! 18 oz; makes one double crust or two single pie crusts. Tips for rolling out GF pie dough on glutenfreemama1.com click the page at the top of this page.   Additional Ingredients Needed: Shortening (Crisco, Spectrum Shortening ‘Mama’s recommended’ or Coconut Oil), Butter or dairy free margarine, egg white, water INGREDIENTS: White Rice Flour, Tapioca Flour, Potato Starch, Organic Evaporated Cane Sugar, Coconut Flour, Sweet Rice Flour, Sea Salt, Xanthan Gum Allergens:  Contains Coconut  (Also processed in a facility that processes almonds) GMO:  We use GMO free ingredients EGG and Dairy:  This product can be made egg free by eliminating the...

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Gluten Free Dairy Free Pumpkin Pie

Thanksgiving isn’t Thanksgiving without Pumpkin Pie!  Enjoy Mama’s pumpkin pie recipe that is dairy free and gluten free.  The secret ingredient in this pie is Coconut yogurt and milk.  Believe me, you will love it!   I am thankful for so many things including my family, my home, and my friends.  I am also very thankful for all of my gluten free friends.  You all keep me going.  Thank you.  In the spirit of Thanksgiving leave a comment on my post on what you are thankful for this year.  Wishing you and your family a very Happy Thanksgiving!  And of course, Enjoy eating gluten free!

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Gluten Free Mama’s Pie Wins Third Place In Pie Contest

  Yes, It is true a gluten free pie won third place amongst other pies in a fun Pie Contest Bake-off. Our church hosted an Old Fashioned Picnic a couple of Sundays ago. There was a big Pie Baking Contest as well as other contests. I decided to enter my pie. I was technically in charge of organization of the pie contest but wanted to have the opportunity to enter my pie. So we set it up so the pies would be submitted without names/anonymously and that I would have no part in the judging or tallying of scores. I was just the announcer/organizer. This assured there was no rigging of the contest. When each person came with their pie,...

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Mama’s Hamburger Pie ~ Gluten Free

Mama’s Hamburger Pie is a delicious main dish that you will want to add to your gluten free dinner menu.  I grew up on Hamburger Pie.  It was a favorite in our household, however, I was the ONE holdout in the family.  When I was young, I couldn’t stand cheddar cheese.  So my mom would give me my piece, and scrape off the melted cheddar cheese.  Thank goodness, as I grew up, I eventually outgrew my dislike of cheese, I now love cheese.  

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Sweet Pepper Monterey Quiche

I love sweet peppers!  I love quiche.  Quiche doesn’t have to be just for breakfast.  Make it for dinner and make your family very happy!  It is great served with bacon or sausage or a side of fresh fruit and gluten free toast.Ingredients Mama’s Pie Crust Mix Or 1 single GF pie crust½ cup each, red pepper, orange pepper, yellow pepper1 Tbsp. butter4 eggs¾ cup heavy cream¾ cup milk⅛ tsp. pepperPinch of salt⅓ cup fresh cilantro, finely chopped3 green onions, chopped1 cup Monterey Jack Cheese or Monterey Cheese BlendOptional:  Fresh salsa for garnish Directions  Preheat oven to 400°. Saute peppers with butter until soft, about 4-5 minutes.  Set aside to cool. In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, cream, milk, pepper and salt. ...

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Gluten Free Berry Crostata made with Gluten Free Mama’s Pie Crust Mix

I was walking through the grocery store one day and saw this amazing Mixed Berry Crostata on the front of a Better Homes and Gardens Special Issue Magazine called Cooks Secret. The picture of the Crostata looked so delicious that of course I bought the magazine. I thought to myself, I wonder if this would work using Mama’s Pie Crust Mix.

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Gluten Free Strawberry Rhubarb Pie with Blueberries and Star-studded Crust!

Need a patriotic, Red, White and Blue, recipe to take to your holiday party or picnic this weekend?  Try Mama’s Gluten Free Strawberry Rhubarb Pie with Blueberries.  Mama’s makes this extra special by topping it with cut-out pie dough stars for the topping.  It’s easy to make, makes the house smell fantastical, and will surely entertain and impress your guests. 

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Cardamom Spiced Plum & Apple Crisp ~ Gluten Free

I love baked fruit crisps any time of year. They are especially nice when fresh fruit is in season, but you can certainly make them all year round with frozen fruit. You can even use fresh fruit in the summer and create your own filling and either can them or freeze them. Crisps are similar to a pies, with pies we bake fruit with the sugar and spices until the fruit becomes soft and the liquids thicken into a nice thick sauce over the fruit, and of course it’s made with a rich, flaky crust on the bottom and many times on the top too. With a crisp we forget the pie crust, instead making a delicious crisp topping, comprising...

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Mama’s Pie Crust Tips

When I am out at gluten free trade shows, cooking classes, or on the phone with customers, one of the biggest things people have trouble with is making pies.  Some people are so afraid to make a pie that they don’t even try.  Maybe they tried making normal pies before and had a disaster, or perhaps there first attempt at gluten free pies was disastrous

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Gluten Free & Dairy Free Pumpkin Pie

What if I told you that making gluten free pies can not only be easy, they can be fun to make, turn out beautiful and be flaky and delicious? Would you try it? Well today is the day to conquer your fear of baking pies and learn how to make gluten free pies and have success every time!  Not only that enjoy Mama’s delicious recipe for Dairy Free Pumpkin Pie, perfect timing for Thanksgiving!

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Gluten Free Bacon Tomato Quiche #Pi Day Celebration!

Quiche is one of my families most favorite dishes. We usually have frriatta’s for breakfast, and we enjoy quiche for dinner.  I know it sounds weird, but we are NOT morning people and it does take a few minutes to put together a quiche and almost and hour to cook, so dinner for us is when we have the patience. 

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Gluten Free & Paleo Guest Post from The Big Man’s World Plus 3 Recipes!

I am so excited to share this guest blog of Arman from The Big Man’s World.  He is a blogger from Australia.  I stumbled upon his blog on accident.  I was extremely impressed, so I reached out to him.  After meeting him I also posted a couple of his recipes on my Facebook page, as well as introduced him to some of my gluten free blogger friends. He just recently moved to New York in Queens.  He just recently had the opportunity to try my flour blends, Mama’s Almond and Coconut Blend Flours and he was extremely impressed.  He said they were very consistent and made his recipes taste great. I was thrilled!  After a few weeks getting to know this young man, I...

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Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cheesecake with Dark Chocolate Espresso Crust

Today I have for you a Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cheesecake with Dark Chocolate Espresso Crust. I have been craving cheesecake and I remember eating chocolate chip cheesecake from way back in my early 20’s, so I thought I would make one for you this week. I baked it with a Dark Chocolate Espresso flavored crust, like a pie crust. I know pie crust is not the traditional “cheesecake crust”, but I needed something and didn’t want to spend $7 on a box of gluten free Oreos that don’t taste that good and make a crust out of them. So I thought outside the box and let me tell you, this is good. No, actually, it is DELICIOUS! Super easy...

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