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Cheese Cake - I Am New Here.

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jamiedolan Newbie
jamiedolan
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HI;

I have been gluten free for right about a full year now. I didn't do a celiac test, but my doctor said it would be a good idea since I have other autoimmune disorders. So I have been fully gluten-free since then. I cook most of my own food, eating a diet that is mainly meats, with some vegetables, & cheese / dairy. I have purchased some gluten free bread a couple of times, and have made some things out of gluten free box mixes several times. Most of it turned out quite well. We did try a regular pie crust from a gluten free mix and it was very very hard to roll and form. I have made buckwheat pancakes a couple times with buckwheat (suppose to be a good pure non-contaminated buckwheat mix from a natural foods place) and coconut flour, I added some double acting baking powder, and salt - They worked extremely well.

I use coconut oil. I have coconut flour, buckwheat flour, corn starch, almond flour (maybe a bit course to be really called flour). I don't have any xanatha gum, I could get some if necessary, but don't bake a lot and it is kind of expensive - I've seen some things calling for this and some mention of using it in crust, I don't know if this is necessary though.

I am going to try and make a cheese cake. I have a couple quick questions that will hopefully be easy for those of you that bake frequently.

The cheesecake recipe I was looking at using calls for a small amount of flour. Can I use some cornstarch instead?

For the crust, I was thinking of just skipping the crust all together. I can't find any gluten-free gram crackers or crust mix.

Otherwise, I was thinking about using finely ground almonds. Mixed with some butter or coconut oil. Will this form a decent crust?

Any other thoughts or suggestions for making the cheese cake?

Thanks so much.

Jamie

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ShayFL Enthusiast
ShayFL
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I make a peachy/cobbler/pie thingy with this and it is quite good:

EGG-FREE, DAIRY-FREE PIE CRUST

Ingredients

1-1/2 cups almond flour

3 tablespoons butter*, cold and cut into pieces

2 tablespoons honey

1/8 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

*you may substitute coconut oil for butter

Instructions

1. Mix ingredients, and flatten the dough into a round disk between two pieces of plastic wrap. Gently roll out the dough to an 11 inch round.

2. Put the dough on a baking sheet and refrigerate till firm.

3. Invert it onto a pie pan and press in place.

4. Bake for 10 minutes at 300 degrees F. (this might need adjusting if using coconut) until light brown in color.

5. Cool, then fill.

***The BEST and finest almond flour I have found is from www.digestivewellness.com

Worth it!!

jamiedolan Newbie
jamiedolan
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I make a peachy/cobbler/pie thingy with this and it is quite good:

EGG-FREE, DAIRY-FREE PIE CRUST

That sounds great, Thanks! I will make this crust up and fill it up with cheese cake. I think I have as spring form pan around that I can use.

I am thinking that maybe I should just get some general purpose gluten free flour for the cheese cake mix. or perhaps the coconut flour would work just fine as well.

Thanks again for your help

Jamie

mamaw Community Regular
mamaw
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Hi Jaime

If you are looking for graham crackers ready made ere are a few places to get them. The Grainless Baker, Outside the Breadbox, celiac specialities ( crumbs) Kinninckinnick ( Crumbs) & there are many more... There are several recipes floating around also. Rebecca Reilly's recipe is very good......

blessings

mamaw

Nancym Enthusiast
Nancym
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I would suggest checking out some of the cheese cake recipes in a low carb message forum. They make crusts out of nuts and stuff like that usually.

I've never heard of adding flour to the actual cheesecake, that's unusual!

The first posting has an index of all the recipes:

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purple Community Regular
purple
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Hi, You might find an idea on here:

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Tim-n-VA Contributor
Tim-n-VA
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I've made crust for cheesecake using gluten-free cookies. I've successfully used ginger snaps and Pamela's brand sugar cookies. I just crumble them, put in a little melted butter and press into that pan.

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elonwy Enthusiast
elonwy
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I use Pamela's shortbread for crusts, and people love it. Just crumble, add butter and smoosh into the pan.

JNBunnie1 Community Regular
JNBunnie1
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I use Pamela's shortbread for crusts, and people love it. Just crumble, add butter and smoosh into the pan.

I do the same thing with ginger snaps, my favorite part is putting the cookies in a ziploc and smashing them up. Very therapeutic. My boyfriend finds it amusing.

Sweetfudge Community Regular
Sweetfudge
Posted

Here's a link to an amazing crust I made once for a lemon cheesecake. It's made of toasted pine nuts and almonds:

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gwen.8278 Newbie
gwen.8278
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You are all so creative!!! :o

Incredible! I will try to make a similar cheesecake from your suggestions. Thanks for the inspiration!

JNBunnie1 Community Regular
JNBunnie1
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You are all so creative!!! :o

Incredible! I will try to make a similar cheesecake from your suggestions. Thanks for the inspiration!

I made a pumpkin cheesecake once with ginger snap crust. Oh, that was good......

jamiedolan Newbie
jamiedolan
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Thanks everyone for all the great and very interesting suggestions. I am looking forward to getting the time to try several of the recipes that you have suggested. Thank You.

Jamie

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