Baking, Baking, Baking and then . . . Celiacs

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My baking class at the Belgrade American Corners is a hit.  The class is booked every time.   I even got a mention in the State Highlights for "culinary diplomacy."  Too funny!  Who would of thought?

So, I'm feeling like Rachel Ray.  I already have a fan club (sort of) and I'm canvassing my family and friends for good ole American baked goods when . . . I'm diagnosed with Celiacs Disease.  Well, that just blows (no pun intended).  What is the most common ingredient in any baked good, any American baked good?  Flour.  Flour=Gluten, a Celiacs nightmare.

So, surgical gloves on hand and miniature helpers at my side, I'm soldiering on, breaking down borders with my baked goods!

Here are the recipes from my last class, converted to the metric system with vocabulary words on the side.  You can edit the vocab list in the printable version to use the home country language where you live.  Check out the Meat Loaf, and Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Cookies recipe!

Carry on, Bakers!  We're serving up World Peace in our bowls!

Please click on the link below each recipe for the printable version!

Sweet and Salty English:  Meat Loaf

Adapted from “Every Day Meat Loaf,” by Mrs. A.R. Rabuck

Ingredients: ⅔  cup (c) bread crumbs 1 c milk ½ kg or 1kg ground meat ¼ c grated onion ⅛ teaspoon (tsp) pepper 2 beaten eggs 1 tsp salt ½ tsp ground sage Piquant Sauce: Combine: 3 tablespoons (Tbsp) brown sugar ¼ tsp ground nutmeg ¼ c ketchup 1 Tbsp mustard Preheat oven to 180 °C. Soak bread crumbs in milk.  Add meat, eggs, onion and seasonings.  Mix well.  Pour sauce over mixture in loaf pan (22cm  x  12cm). Bake at 180°C for  1 hour .

English Serbian ingredients састојци loaf векна bread crumbs хлебне мрвице ground meat млевено месо grated onion наренданог лука pepper бибер sage Приземље жалфија piquant пикантан sauce сос brown sugar зути шећер ground nutmeg Приземље о рашчић ketchup кечап mustard сенф preheat предходно загрејати oven пећ to soak потопити seasonings зачини over на pan тигањ

Click here for the free printable Meat Loaf recipe!

Sweet and Salty English:  No Flour Peanut Butter Cookies (Gluten-Free)

Ingredients: 1 cup (c) sugar 1 c natural peanut butter 1 large egg Preheat oven to 190 °C. Mix all three ingredients.  Roll dough into 2 cm balls.  Place on a greased cookie sheet 5 cm apart.  Use the flat bottom of a glass to flatten each ball or press flat with a fork. Bake for exactly 9 minutes.  Let cookies cool in the pan for a few minutes before placing them on a cooling rack. Eat when cool.  They are firmer that way. Yield: 36 cookies

English Serbian ingredients састојци peanut butter путер од к икирикија to roll котрљати dough тесто greased подмазан cookie sheet Колачић плех apart одвојено flat (pressed) глатко flat bottom of a glass глатко дном од чаше to flatten (to press) притиснути fork виљушка exactly тачно to let (to allow) дозволити to cool охладити се to place ставити cooling rack хлађење сталак firm чврст that way тако

Click here for the free printable Gluten Free Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe!