It's that time of year where we're getting into the groove of a new year while reflecting on the top gluten free baking recipes from the past year. These are the ones that graced your breakfast tables and accompanied your dinners.
Without further ado, here are the most popular gluten free baking recipes of 2021...
Rolls
The Best Gluten Free Dairy Free Dinner Rolls: Soft & Easy
These pull-apart gluten free dairy free dinner rolls are some of the best, most tender rolls you'll ever eat!
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Dinner rolls were a hugely popular item for everything from dinners to lunches. These fluffy rolls are easy to prepare and even had wheat eaters grabbing for them!
Buttery Gluten Free Crescent Rolls Recipe
Tender, fresh from the oven, gluten free crescent rolls - a basket of these beauties will have everyone wanting seconds!
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These gluten free crescent rolls accompanied your dinner feasts more times last year than ever before! They really are as good as the canned version!
Gluten Free Yeast Rolls in Under an Hour
Don't want to spend hours in the kitchen making rolls? These gluten free yeast rolls are ready in under an hour!
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It's easy to see why these yeast rolls in under an hour were so popular - they are so quick! I had comments that they really were on your table in an hour.
Potato Buns (Gluten & Dairy Free)
These delicious, light and airy gluten free potato buns taste amazing and will have everyone asking you for the recipe! Served with a dollop of dairy free butter, they're the perfect roll to serve alongside breakfast or dinner.
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Gluten free potato rolls were one of our most anticipated, updated recipes from this past year. The recipe itself has been around for a while, but updating and refreshing it made it hugely popular again!
Yeast breads
Best Sorghum Bread Recipe: Gluten Free
If you're looking for the perfect sorghum bread recipe, this is it! With a full cup of sorghum flour, this bread tastes like a cross between a hearty wheat bread and a sweeter Hawaiian bread.
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Sorghum bread was another huge hit. This was one that was at the top of our reader request lists so once we posted it, it became an instant must-make!
Buckwheat Bread: Simple Recipe for Soft Bread
This hearty, 100% buckwheat flour buckwheat bread is a delightful change of pace from ordinary bread. It's super soft and naturally gluten free.
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Buckwheat bread was a captivating recipe - this was actually updated throughout the year last year and the version we have now is definitely a keeper!
Muffins
Gluten Free Zucchini Muffins {Dairy Free}
A delicious twist on zucchini - these gluten free zucchini muffins are sweet, chock full of healthy zucchini and are simple to make!
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These zucchini muffins were a favorite especially since vegetable gardens became a thing with the shelter-in-place orders. I think everyone's zucchini patch was overflowing!
Almond Flour Blackberry Muffins
Naturally sweet and bursting with plump blackberries, these almond flour muffins are a delightful treat!
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At your request, I tried to get more unique flavors and find uses for flours that often go unused in my recipes this past year. I heard comments that these almond flour blackberry muffins satisfied that need nicely.
Buckwheat Muffins: Gluten Free & Dairy Free
Healthy, hearty and super simple - These buckwheat muffins need to be in your recipe book! They are incredibly tasty and a delicious way to get a healthy dose of flax seeds into your diet.
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A lot of muffin recipes were tested in my kitchen this year - these buckwheat muffins were a super popular one this past year. You enjoyed the simple yet unique take on buckwheat flour.
Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Muffins {Dairy Free}
These fluffy, high rising, sweet gluten free chocolate chip muffins are over the top delicious. They’re super tender with chunks of semi-sweet chocolate dotting every bite!
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Chocolate chip muffins shined bright throughout the year this past year. It's the combination of chocolate in a dairy free and gluten free muffin that we could not get enough of!
Desserts
Gluten Free Spice Cake with Dairy Free Cream Cheese Frosting
A delicious, one bowl spice cake that's the perfect way to celebrate Fall!
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At the urging of you, readers of Zest For Baking, I was very diligent in bringing in more desserts this past year - this spice cake was an instant hit. And it's easy to see why - it has a luscious cream cheese frosting and is all dairy free too!
Super Soft Gluten Free Dairy Free Pumpkin Cookies
Soft, bursting with pumpkin flavor, and super easy... these gluten free dairy free pumpkin cookies with a cream cheese frosting are the perfect addition to your cookie platter!
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Pillow soft pumpkin cookies were on your cookie platter so many times this year. They were adored by young and old which just makes me smile.
Gluten Free Apple Crisp {Dairy Free}
Served warm from the oven, this delicious gluten free apple crisp is a quick and easy dessert that's like heaven on a spoon!
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When apple season hit, this apple crisp quickly became one of our most popular recipes. It's quick, easy and absolutely delicious. Ice cream's perfect pairing!
Gluten Free Blueberry Cobbler
Serve this blueberry cobbler warm from the oven and you'll have an easy dessert that gets rave reviews!
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Blueberry cobbler was an instant favorite as soon as it was posted. And it's easy to see why - the fresh blueberries bake into a thick, delicious filling that gets two thumbs up from everyone who tries it!
Gluten Free Apple Pie Recipe with an Easy, Flaky Crust
This delicious gluten free apple pie recipe is super easy to prep and makes for an impressive dessert whether you're an experienced pie baker or not!
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Pie was a new venture for us this year - and this apple pie really knocked it out of the park. The homemade pie crust is flakey and makes for the perfect base for this tasty pie!
Gluten Free Tiramisu {Dairy Free}
This gluten free tiramisu is a beautiful dessert that isworth every minute in prep time. From the coffee soaked ladyfingers to the richcoconut cream – it’s a true classic with a dairy free twist!
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Tiramisu was so popular this year that it took the cake so to speak for most requested desserts. You talked about making this one for parties, potlucks and even receptions!
Breakfast
Oat Flour Waffles
Light and crispy, these oat flour waffles make an amazing breakfast or anytime snack!
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Oat flour waffles are so decadent, it's no surprise they rank really high on this list of popular recipes. Like our other waffles, they freeze well, but get a tasty, hearty kick from oat flour.
Coconut Flour Banana Pancakes
These coconut flour banana pancakes get two thumbs up for being delicious, soft and perfectly sweetened with banana – no refined sugar added!
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Not just any banana pancakes but these coconut flour ones were super popular for how easy and tasty they are - plus they the health benefit of no added refined sugar.
Gluten Free Cinnamon Coffee Cake
This classic gluten free cinnamon coffee cake is light as a feather, topped with a delicious, sweet, buttery topping and it’s dairy free! It’s a one bowl recipe that starts with convenient GF Bisquick!
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Honestly, I wasn't sure how this cinnamon coffee cake recipe would be received since it uses a mix, but sometimes convenience is a good thing! This recipe got a lot of tasty feedback.
I hope you enjoyed baking these recipes as much I have enjoyed creating them for you. Happy baking in 2022!