Biscotti Italiano!

[conniebky]

Good Sunday Morning everyone

So, my mom is lactose and casein intolerant BIG TIME, bless her heart. I started making her homemade biscotti and boy she loves them, they're a real treat for her and I make sure they are safe for her.

the last ones I made were Dark Chocolate with Pecans. I have the the stuff to make her almond ones now, but ... can I make them? Is it safe for me to actually make them with my hands? I figure even wearing gloves wouldn't make it safe if it's not safe ......

ok, excuse that sentence. I need to have my coffee LOL.

My mom loves the biscottis I make and I'd hate to tell her I can't make them anymore.

[kareng]

Good Sunday Morning everyone

So, my mom is lactose and casein intolerant BIG TIME, bless her heart. I started making her homemade biscotti and boy she loves them, they're a real treat for her and I make sure they are safe for her.

the last ones I made were Dark Chocolate with Pecans. I have the the stuff to make her almond ones now, but ... can I make them? Is it safe for me to actually make them with my hands? I figure even wearing gloves wouldn't make it safe if it's not safe ......

ok, excuse that sentence. I need to have my coffee LOL.

My mom loves the biscottis I make and I'd hate to tell her I can't make them anymore.

Connie, Almost didn't recognize you. You changed your picture!

Heres what I have decided at my house: Touching flour isn't bad, getting it under your nails and not getting it washed out - bad. Gloves - good idea.

My main concern is the flour in the air. When you mix it, it always flies up and can take a while to land after circulating around (I have had hard wood floor refinishing dust in the air for days.) I haven't made anything with wheat flour since going gluten-free. M wants Dad's rolls but they will mix them out on the porch, in the garage or probably next door at our good friends house. Mixing them next door of course, will cost us some rolls.

could you make the biscotti at your moms or have the grand kids help at your daughters?

[jerseyangel]

Another option would be to use a gluten-free flour blend in your recipe. I don't use wheat flour or any non gluten-free baking mixes in my kitchen at all--the flour gets into the air and settles everywhere.

I would think that biscotti would adapt well to gluten-free--I've been meaning to try it.

[conniebky]

Connie, Almost didn't recognize you. You changed your picture!

Heres what I have decided at my house: Touching flour isn't bad, getting it under your nails and not getting it washed out - bad. Gloves - good idea.

My main concern is the flour in the air. When you mix it, it always flies up and can take a while to land after circulating around (I have had hard wood floor refinishing dust in the air for days.) I haven't made anything with wheat flour since going gluten-free. M wants Dad's rolls but they will mix them out on the porch, in the garage or probably next door at our good friends house. Mixing them next door of course, will cost us some rolls.

could you make the biscotti at your moms or have the grand kids help at your daughters?

Yeah, that other piccy of me bothers me, I don't like it cuz it looks all stuffy and prim and proper, that don't look like me at all, I'm a big ol' mess

LOL, i got this vision of me at my daughter's house in one of those big white decontamination suits with a big, yellow gas mask on , "ok, add one teaspoon of baking powder...." that just struck me funny for some reason

[kareng]

I think I recently saw a recipe for biscotti somewhere...maybe here? Search and see. Also, at our library, you can search and then request gluten-free cookbooks. If they have lots of recipes you like you can buy them or just copy a couple of recipes. Gluten free baking by Rebecca Reilly.

[jerseyangel]

Here are a few recipes I found that look good--

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