The 12 Best Gluten-Free Cookbooks Ever Published
They'll definitely trick the gluten eaters in your life.
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It's a truth universally acknowledged that if you're living gluten-free, you're going to be missing a lot of your glutinous favorites, like bread, cookies, and pasta. But why can't you have your (gluten-free) cake and eat it too? Thankfully, there are tons of amazing gluten-free cookbooks out there that'll demystify how to make all the classics at home.
Getting started on the gluten-free journey can be tough. If you find yourself lost, these gluten-free cookbooks can be your map. You'll find tons of recipes (yes, even the crusty French baguettes of your dreams) to help you transition into this new way of eating. Oh, and did we mention they are all totally delicious?
Even if you don't have to follow a gluten-free diet, and are simply interested in cutting down every once in a while or seeing how your body responds with it, these cookbooks will be your friend. You'll be able to make the best muffins, layer cakes, and pizzas, as well as learn about all the dishes that are naturally gluten-free by design. Don't be surprised when some of these dishes trick the unsuspecting regular gluten eaters in your life!
Regardless of individual reasons, everyone who goes on a gluten-free diet is hoping to accomplish just about the same thing: a healthier lifestyle. Here's a comprehensive cookbook starter kit to help you along your gluten-free journey without feeling like you're missing out on anything.
(And if you ever wondered what exactly is gluten and what happens to your body when you go gluten-free, we've got tons of handy guides about this mysterious protein.)
Cannelle et Vanille: Nourishing, Gluten-Free Recipes for Every Meal and Mood
Consider Aran Goyoaga's Cannelle et Vanille to be your new gold standard for gluten-free cooking. With stories and photos as dreamy as the recipes themselves (especially that squash blossom & ricotta pizza), this a cookbook you'll find yourself turning to again and again, if not just to make her recipe for a crusty loaf of gluten-free bread.
Not only are Alanna Taylor-Tobin's recipes gorgeous, but they're also manageable in a way many bakers' are not, while including super inventive use of alternative flours. As far as the whole gluten-free bit? The Joy of Cooking's authors even said Alanna has "rescued gluten-free baking from the pasty, gritty clutches of white rice flour!" No exaggeration, her lemon ricotta biscuits truly taste like actual sunshine.
Sweet Laurel Savory: Everyday Decadence for Whole-Food, Grain-Free Meals: A Cookbook
Grain-free brand Sweet Laurel is a favorite of celebrities and Delish editors alike. So it goes without saying that their Sweet Laurel Savory cookbook is one we find ourselves constantly taking down from our cookbook shelf (if not just for their grain-free layer cake recipe). Just one bite of their Sicilian pan pizza will convince you that cooking without grains doesn't mean you're missing out on a thing.
It's an unfortunate truth: Anyone who goes gluten-free will miss really good bread at some point. Thankfully, Gluten-Free Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day pre-empts that craving with a whole bunch of new, straightforward, and unmistakably bread-y recipes. There's hardly a bread recipe this cookbook doesn't tackle, including bialys, challah, and sticky pecan rolls. Warning: Each of these breads are so good, they'll 100 percent disappear in less than five minutes post-bake.
We love Gluten-Free on a Shoestring because it considers something that not enough other cooks and cookbook authors do: Dietary restrictions can get expensive. Thankfully, Nicole Hunn's cookbook provides plenty of tips and tricks on how to keep your shopping list as cost-effective as possible without sacrificing on classics like chicken pot pie and banana cream pie.
As Hunn says, "Remember: Life is sweet and fun. Gluten is expendable." If those aren't words to live by...
Ever since it was released in 2015, Against the Grain has been a trusted source for gluten-free cooking. When author Nancy Cain took on the gluten-free life after her son was diagnosed with celiac, she was determined to help others make their favorite foods, sans gluten. And we are all the happier for it, especially now that we have her recipes for lemon-thyme summer squash ravioli and potato-rosemary bread in our back pocket.
The Gluten-Free Cookbook: 350 delicious and naturally gluten-free recipes from more than 80 countries
If your idea of gluten-free cooking involves complicated substitutions and dense breads, think again. Cristian Broglia's comprehensive volume, The Gluten-Free Cookbook, compiles all the best (and naturally gluten-free by design) recipes from across the world and brings it straight to your kitchen. Broglia's recipes for vanilla flan and paella valenciana will transport you in more ways than one.
Gluten-Free for Good: Simple, Wholesome Recipes Made from Scratch: A Cookbook
As author Samantha Seniveratne says herself, "No meal should be defined by what's not there." And we totally agree. Try a few of the recipes from Gluten-Free for Good and you'll hardly feel like you're missing out on a thing. Spoiler: Her recipe for maple-glazed butternut squash bread is as easy to make as it is to eat.
If you long for all the recipes that are filled with gluten—like fresh naan, chewy cookies, jammy donuts, etc— then this is the cookbook for you. Author Becky Excell's How to Make Anything Gluten Free lives up to its title, taking you through over 100 recipes (from cheesy calzones to chocolate eclairs!) that'll trick any reformed gluten lover out there.
We're such fans of Aran Goyoaga, we had to include her baking-specific book in addition to her seminal cookbook. And it's no surprise to us that her newest cookbook, Cannelle et Vanille Bakes Simple, is just that: Super simple baking recipes (like crusty french baguettes and buttery shortbread) that are deliciously unfussy and more than stand up to their glutinous counterparts.
If the thought of having to avoid gluten feels daunting, River Cottage Gluten Free is maybe the tastiest way to navigate the gluten-free world. Thanks to this cookbook, so many of our favorite gluten-laced favorites are now back on the table (looking at you focaccia and brioche bread). And if you're more of a baker than a cook, we think you'll love the balance of meal-time recipes and sweeter, teatime recipes (including plenty of pastries we've so missed).
Clarkson Potter My New Roots: Inspired Plant-Based Recipes for Every Season: A Cookbook
Sarah Britton has been reinventing the way we approach our health and palates for many years thanks to her blog My New Roots. So it goes without saying how much we rely on the My New Roots cookbook when we're in need of some much-needed culinary inspiration. Britton's dishes are plant-based and gluten-free, but they're hardly rabbit food; Her recipes for sweet potato tacos and mint-chip ice cream sandwiches are not only healthy but they're also pretty happiness-inducing, too.
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