Naturally GF desserts

Updated December 2022

We’re lucky that there are more and more recipes out there that taste just like the real thing. But for many people, it s easier to make some desserts that happen to be gluten free, rather than gluten free adaptations of “normal” foods. Foods that are naturally gluten free avoid the expensive specialty flours. Personally, I am not a fan of spending a lot for specialty flours when I’m sharing with many non-GF folks. This avoids the inevitable complaints of friends or family who won t even try GF foods just because they’ve decided they won’t like it.There are a lot of treats which just happen to be GF, or mostly GF. You can find recipes in normal cookbooks, or maybe you have family recipes and didn’t realize they were safe! Here’s a list of treats from people at my classes I’ve marked the desserts that are naturally or easily made dairy free (DF), egg free (EF) and soy free (SF), NF (nut free)because many people are dealing with several issues. I bet you’ll be pleasantly surprised. There are many more out there, but these are just to get your thoughts going. Remember, these foods are only GF if you use GF ingredients. And as always, check labels to avoid surprises.

Some of these are more nutrient dense than others, and there are different levels of sugar, but there are enough options to choose from that you can surely find something that works for your lifestyle that you and your family can enjoy together.

Here are a couple other roundups that I see around the web:

From Taste of Home:

From Jules GF

From Food.com

From the Food Network

If you’re not hungry yet, I don’t know what to say!

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