A review by lora_hogan
Cannelle et Vanille Bakes Simple: A New Way to Bake Gluten-Free by Aran Goyoaga

5.0

WE LOVE THIS COOKBOOK. It's literally one of the best gluten-free cookbooks available, not to mention dairy-free.

My son has a SEVERE anaphylaxis allergy to dairy and is also vert allergic to wheat and soy. One thing he does have in abundance, though, is a love for baking and eating good food.

We literally use this cookbook (and its predecessor) nonstop. We've kept our gluten-free sourdough starter Fred (because he needs a name, DUH) going strong now for a year (fingers crossed) based from this cookbook. We also make other recipes from this cookbook every week, including the sourdough english muffins and many of the sweets. We've had birthdays with the sourdough chocolate cake. Celebrated Christmas with cutout cookies thanks the sugar cookies. And even adapted family traditions we thought were impossible in a dairy-free/wheat-free life thanks to the brioche dough.

We have NEVER had a miss with any of the recipes in either of Aran's cookbooks. Our only regret is that there are not MORE. We love her, we love her clear instructions, we love her attention to detail (she never uses a "mix" and only uses xanthan gum sparingly and when absolutely necessary) - AND DID I MENTION HOW EVERYONE LOVES THEM AND DOES NOT KNOW MANY OF OUR RECIPES ARE GLUTEN-FREE. We've brought the sea-salt chocolate chip cookies to parties and they were DEVOURED within minutes -with no one the wiser. ;-) And that says it all, folks. We also just truly appreciate her suggestions and alterations to recipes to make them dairy-free. THANK YOU!

Thanks Aran, keep it up and GIVE US MORE!!!!!