ideas on fresh gluten free baked goods

live to dance · Joined: 22 Sep 2009 Posts: 2

Hi everyone,

I am a recent college graduate and have been gluten free for 2 years after suffering from mystery gastrointestinal problems for 2 years. I just joined this forum and want to get your ideas on something. I am doing some personal research on the various gluten free items that are available in my local grocery stores, cafes, and restaurants. I noticed there aren't fresh gluten free baked goods ready to eat sold anywhere save for one restaurant an hour from my house in San Antonio. Do you think there is a large demand for fresh unpackaged baked goods available in a grocery store or cafe? What types of products do you think gluten free people would like to see in those locations? Thank you for your feedback.
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mrsppmrxky · Joined: 09 Oct 2004 Posts: 1612 Location: GF Kitchen

It depends on the area that you are in as to the demand for the goods.

I have baked for people and they do want breads, pastries and cookies. They have come to view cakes as a 'birthday cake' and pretty much leave cakes alone here.
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Fidissimus · Joined: 17 Mar 2006 Posts: 1881 Location: Portland, OR.

We (finally) have one dedicated gluten free bakery in our town... it's quite popular - perhaps by the limited competition or perhaps because they make very yummy baked goods.
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Flygal · Joined: 01 Apr 2009 Posts: 155 Location: Wisconsin

We also have a GF bakery nearby. It's fabulous! They have a lot of customers even though you have to order things 2 days in advance. I'm sure that's because the items don't "keep" well.

I do most of my own baking, but when I go to someone's house, I like to take things that they know are truly GF.
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Marissa · Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 11 Location: Missouri

Cinnamon rolls! I love bread too, but cinnamon rolls are what I miss the most.
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computerdyslexic · Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 11:40 am Post subject: Fresh GF baked in supermarkets.

I'll bet the corporate big shots would have to be convinced that the number of celiac and gluten intolerant customers was large enough to offset the expense of maintaining GF equipment and the education of all employees involved.
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live to dance · Joined: 22 Sep 2009 Posts: 2

Marissa, you're right. Cinnamon rolls seem a lot harder to come by than a gluten free muffin probably because they're harder to make. I tried cinnamon rolls once with Chebe cinnamon roll mix. They tasted great but not like the cinnamon rolls I remember. I need to keep working on those. I'm hoping that the corporate big shots will notice the increasing demand for more gluten free products so we can have more variety in our diet. Thank you for your feedback. Keep it coming!!
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Marissa · Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 11 Location: Missouri

Wow, I didn't even know that Chebe made a cinnamon roll mix! I have to try it. There's a new bakery around where I live that has amazing cinnamon rolls, and everything else for that matter. They taste like the real thing! They do online orders http://kneadedspecialties.com
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smalltownslackermom · Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 12:42 pm Post subject:

I live near a two-city area that holds about 100,000 souls at best. We have one gluten-free restaurant. They make their own bread and pizzas, a few cookies and scones and I think they are doing alright. We support them of course and I bump into friends there who aren't celiac or necessarily gluten-intolerant but might eat for arthitis or IBS or other conditions (I don't know) and like the food, smoothies and coffees. They do have very good raw foods too.
Several grocery stores carry gluten-free foods and supplies. One even stocks baked goods from a GF bakery about 100 miles away in a smaller town! (My understanding is that since there is a lot of northern euro blood in the white population here, we have slightly high rate for celiac...) Those tend to be white-flour simulations like white bread, angel food cake, sugar cookies, a few muffins and a German/Russian local specialty: kuchen.
We have plenty of groceries and supplies though.
p.s. kuchen is not just cake. it can also be spelled kugen and is a bread like dough laid out like a tart or pizza crust, with a custard-like filling and fruit in or on it or cinammon sugar.
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