Gluten Free Biscuits

These light and fluffy Gluten Free Biscuits come together quickly and are made using a mix of almond flour and coconut flour. They can be made in under 30 minutes, and are perfect on their own or in any recipe that require biscuits!

gf biscuits on a cooling rackGluten Free Biscuit Recipe

These classic Gluten Free Biscuits are so beloved here at Lexi’s Clean Kitchen. We decided it was time to give them their own post dedicated to making this recipe successfully. While we are partial to eating these biscuits on their own, they are also equally great as a shortcake, a cobbler, on top of a soup or made with pumpkin!

Ingredients Needed:

butter being rubbed into almond flour

How the Recipe Has Evolved

This recipe was originally developed in 2014, evolving from a pumpkin biscuit recipe. They’ve been made by hundreds of LCK readers, and countless times in the LCK test kitchen and are tried and true. But in 2019, after we started regularly using a scale to measure our baking flours, we noticed that the biscuits were baking up flatter then usual. It was at this point we discovered how important it was to use a baking scale. But additionally, we discovered that more often than not, when we measure paleo flours in a standard cup measurement, we actually overmeasure it. Which means that when the recipe was developed, we were actually measuring out 1-1/4 cup of flour, instead of just 1 cup of flour. Because of this we have updated this classic recipe to note that if the flour is measured correctly you’ll actually need 1-1/4 cup almond flour (or 120 grams) instead of 1 cup (96 grams).

How to Make These Gluten Free Biscuits

  1. Whisk together the dry ingredients.
  2. Rub the butter into the dry mix until it is completely combined.
  3. In a separate bowl whisk together the applesauce and the egg and add it to the flour mixture.
  4. Drop biscuits on a sheet tray and bake!

wet batter for gluten free biscuit recipeStorage Instructions

The biscuits are best eaten the day they are made, but you can store them for a few days in the refrigerator and they’ll reheat nicely in a toaster oven! The biscuits are more delicate when they are warm so give them a few minutes to cool after they are toasted up before handling.

Recipes Using these Biscuits

As this is such a classic LCK recipe, there are many recipes that use this biscuit dough. Check out:

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Gluten Free Biscuits

These light and fluffy, buttery, Gluten Free Biscuits come together quickly and are made using a mix of almond flour and coconut flour. They can be made in under 30 minutes, and are perfect on their own or in any recipe require biscuits!

Yields 6
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Recipe Type: side dish
Cuisine: gluten-free
Make Ahead: Easy
Author: Lexi's Clean Kitchen
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Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350ºF and grease a baking sheet.
  2. In a bowl, whisk together the almond flour, tapioca flour, coconut flour, baking powder and salt until well blended.
  3. Add the butter to the dry ingredients and using your hands rub the butter into the mix until it is completely combined, with no visible pieces of butter remaining. 
  4. In a separate bowl whisk together the applesauce and the egg. Pour it into the butter and flour mixture and combine until a smooth dough forms.
  5. Scoop a scant 1/4 cup dough on prepared baking sheet at least 2" apart, repeat with remaining dough to make 6 biscuits. Bake until light golden, about 15 minutes.

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Gluten Free Biscuits

These gluten-free cherry pie bars have all the deliciousness of a cherry pie without the time needed to actually making one! It uses nutrient-dense almond flour to make the crust and the crumble on top and is packed with fresh cherry flavor. These bars are gluten-free, dairy-free friendly, and the ultimate summer dessert!

A gluten free cherry pie bar on a plateGluten-Free Cherry Pie Bars

There is nothing better than an awesome summer dessert that is easy-to-make and made healthier using simple wholesome ingredients. These gluten-free cherry pie bars are just so delicious and so quick to put together! The crust is made out of almond flour and the filling is jam-packed with cherries that are sweetened just the right amount.

We use the same mixture for the crust as well as the crumble topping, and precook the cherry filling on the stove top so that it’s just the right texture with minimal baking time!

Let’s talk cherries

We tested this with two different types of cherries: fresh sour cherries and frozen sweet cherries. They do result in slightly different flavors and textures but both are equally delicious. The fresh cherries are of course, a bit less sweet and have a firmer texture. The frozen cherries are sweeter and are a bit more juicy. The photographs shown in this article are the frozen sweet cherries and they have a darker color, but the video features fresh cherries. You can use whatever is available to you whether it be fresh or frozen cherries.

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Gluten Free Cherry Pie Bars

These gluten-free cherry pie bars have all the flavor of cherry pie without the time needed to actually making a pie! It uses almond flour to make the crust and the crumble topping and is jam-packed with fresh cherry flavor. These bars are gluten-free, grain-free, and the ultimate summer dessert!

Yields 12
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Recipe Type: dessert
Cuisine: gluten-free, paleo

Author: Lexi
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Ingredients

For crumble crust and topping

For Cherry Filling

  • 4 cups pitted cherries, halved (see note)
  • 1/3 cup maple sugar
  • 1 tablespoon arrowroot
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350ºF and line an 8x8 baking dish with a parchment paper sling.
  2. In a large bowl add almond flour, tapioca, coconut oil (or butter), maple syrup, vanilla and sea salt and mix well until it turns into large crumbles. Place ⅔ of the mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan and press down evenly.
  3. Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes. Set aside.
  4. Meanwhile make cherry filling: in a medium saucepan add cherries, maple sugar, arrowroot and vanilla and mix well. Cook on medium heat, stirring often, until filling becomes thick, about 5 minutes.
  5. Pour cherry mixture into parbaked crust and sprinkle the remaining crumble mixture on top and bake for 20 minutes. 
  6. Let cool completely before cutting.
  7. Store in refrigerator.

Recipe Notes

  1. Do not substitute the maple syrup in the crust/topping with another sweetener, it will alter the recipe.
  2. You can substitute the maple sugar in the cherry mixture for coconut sugar if you wish.
  3. You can use frozen cherries here if you don't have fresh.
  4. Recipe and photos updated 5/16/19

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Gluten-Free Cherry Pie Bars

This nut-based Gluten Free Pie Crust is buttery and so delicious! It uses almond flour and tapioca flour and it is great for both savory and sweet pies and is so easy to work with. It’s gluten and grain free, with option for a dairy-free alternative.

Gluten free pie crust disksGluten Free Pie Crust

This gluten free and grain free pie crust has been on the Lexi’s Clean Kitchen website (and book) for some length of time, but we’ve never taken it out of the various recipes and singularly focused on how to make it, and shared all the tips we can in one spot. So we’re doing that now to talk all about how to make this buttery and delicious crust! It uses our trusted blend of almond flour and tapioca flour and it’s made quickly in the food processor. It can be used in sweet pie recipes, such as Apple Pie, or savory recipes such as Spring Vegetable Quiche or other fun projects like Pop Tarts or Hand Pies!

Here is what is in this Classic LCK Gluten Free Crust

Ingredients for gluten free pie crust

Tips for Making Gluten Free Pie Crust:

  1. Get all of the ingredients prepared before you begin: Measure out the dry ingredients, cut the butter and make sure it is chilled and crack the egg with the honey in a bowl.
  2. Don’t over-process the dough: Once it has come together stop running the food processor.
  3. Wrap it up! Wrap the dough tightly in plastic wrap, either in 1 or 2 disks, depending on if you are making a double batch.
  4. Let it chill! The longer this dough chills, the better. It’s best to let it sit overnight, but at a minimum it needs 4 hours.

gluten free pie crust recipe in food processor

Tips for Rolling Out Pie Dough

  1. Make sure your dough is thoroughly chilled first: this is the best tip we can offer! This dough is hard to work with when it is warm.
  2. To roll it out we suggest using plastic wrap. Place a piece of plastic wrap down, then place the dough on top, then place another piece of plastic wrap and roll out between the two. We don’t normally tend to suggest using plastic for anything, but with this dough it really works out better on plastic vs. parchment. If you don’t own plastic wrap (we don’t blame you!) parchment paper can work too. Wax paper might work as well, but we did not test that.
  3. Work quickly when rolling, or working with the dough. If it warms up and becomes hard to work with just place it in the refrigerator to cool back down and then begin again. This is especially true in the summer if your home is hot.
  4. If you are making a standard 9″ pie, roll the dough out into an 11″ circle. Then take off the top piece of plastic or parchment, place the pie tin on top of the dough and invert the rolled dough into the dish. Then you can crimp the crust if you desire.

Parbaking gluten free pie crust recipeWhat is par-baking?

Par-baking a pie crust means that you will partially or fully bake the pie crust before placing in the filling. Each recipe you use for the filling will indicate whether or not you need to par-bake the filling, but typically if the pie filling is going to be cooked for long periods of time (like fruit fillings) you do not need to parbake. But if you are making a pie such as a custard or even a no bake filling you’ll want to partially to fully bake the pie crust.

We don’t recommend baking this pie crust at a temperature higher than 350ºF so if you are using this pie crust in place of a regular wheat crust in another pie recipe you might have to adjust the temperature so this crust doesn’t burn.

Can you make this dough ahead of time?

Yes, the dough can be made up to 5 days ahead of time. Wrap it tightly in plastic wrap twice. We do not recommend freezing this dough.

Gf pie crust in pie pan

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Gluten-Free Pie Crust

This nut-based Gluten Free Pie Crust is buttery and so delicious! It uses almond flour and tapioca flour and it is great for both savory and sweet pies and is so easy to work with. It's gluten and grain free, with option for a dairy-free alternative.

Yields 1-2 batches
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time
Total Time 6 hours 10 minutes



Author: Lexi's Clean Kitchen
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Ingredients

For a single crust

For a double crust

Directions

To Make Pie Crust:

  1. In a food processor combine almond flour, tapioca flour, salt and cold butter and pulse until the butter is broken down into pea-sized pieces.
  2. Add in egg and honey and process until the dough comes together.
  3. Shape dough into one or two round disks (depending on if you are making a double crust), wrap tightly in plastic wrap and transfer to refrigerator until cold, at least 4 hours or overnight. 

To Roll Out Dough:

  1. Between two sheets of parchment or plastic wrap, roll out dough to fit the size of a 9 inch pie tin, about a 12 inch circle. Removing one sheet of parchment and invert the pie dough into your tin.
  2. If you are making a double crust, roll out the remaining dough disk to an 11" circle. If you are making a lattice, cut the dough into 8 or 10 strips (depending on your lattice ability!) and weave the lattice on a sheet of parchment. If at any point the dough feels difficult to work with, place in the refrigerator until the butter is chilled.
  3. Bake pie as directed per chosen recipe.

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How to Make a Gluten-Free Pie Crust

This super popular paleo bread recipe has the perfect texture and is such a satisfying grain-free, gluten-free, dairy-free bread. It’s perfect for a sandwich, burgers or a slice of toast with nut butter! It uses almond flour and tapioca flour and the batter is put together in just one bowl, making this so incredibly easy to make! Want to to make it but can’t have nuts? We also made this nut-free with this recipe here so everyone can make it and we’ve recently updated this recipe to include instructions on how to make as a bread loaf too!

Paleo bread

How to make paleo sandwich bread

This recipe is one of my most popular paleo recipes and for good reason! This recipe can be made in both a loaf pan, or also as rolls. This paleo bread is gluten-free, grain-free, fluffy, sliceable, and TOTALLY BREAD-LIKE with the best texture! Plus, it’s simple to prepare made all in one bowl without any kneading or rest time.

I wasn’t a fan of gluten-free bread, whether store-bought or homemade, until this recipe. I always felt they were dense, not the right flavor, or difficult to make. But this paleo bread recipe? It has  the right flavor and it’s fluffy, soft, air-y, and with the perfect bread-like texture.

The BEST Nut-Free Paleo Bread

Can this be made as rolls or a loaf bread?

Originally when this recipe was first made a few years back the bread was made either as rolls, or as a long square loaf. I LOVE making it that way, but per request we’ve done some recent testing to include instructions on how to make it as a loaf pan! This is such a great update and hope you enjoy it too!

Watch how to make it:

Paleo sandwich bread

Here’s what you need to make it:

We’ve made some updates to this recipe!

This bread recipe has long been a reader favorite and a cornerstone recipe for Lexi’s Clean Kitchen! We’ve recently made some updates to it to include some instructions on how to make it into a loaf pan. We still enjoy the paleo rolls, and prefer making them that way but so many requested the ability to make this into a loaf pan, so we put it through some testing to get it to be able to do that! We call for using a smaller than average sized loaf pan, a 7.75″ x 3.75″ that way you get the proper rise for the loaf. If you use a bigger one the bread loaf won’t be as tall.

What kind of bread can you eat on the Paleo diet?

Making this homemade bread is easy and kid-friendly! Paleo bread is different from gluten free bread because often on the paleo diet most grains are avoided. So gluten-free breads made with gluten-free flours like rice flour, teff flour, and corn meal would not be considered paleo bread! The combination of almond flour and tapioca flour as it creates the most legit paleo bread, and gluten-free I’ve ever tried!

The BEST Nut-Free Paleo Bread

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Paleo Sandwich Bread

Yield 4
Prep Time 7 min
Cook Time 15 min
Total Time 22 minutes



Author: Lexi
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Ingredients

Directions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • In a bowl combine almond flour, tapioca, baking powder, and dash of sea salt.
  • Add in eggs and apple sauce and mix to combine.
  • Place round molds or large mason jar lids on a baking sheet and grease well.
  • Pour batter into molds until almost at the top, a little less.
  • Bake for about 15 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean*
  • Let cool slightly, slice in half, and serve.
  • Store in the refrigerator.

Recipe Notes

  1. *Baking time might vary slightly based on how thin or thick you make your rolls
  2. I use round molds or mason jar lids, and it yields 4 fluffy sandwich rolls. See the comments for how readers have adapted!
  3. Updated 2/2017. I used to add 1 tablespoon of coconut oil or palm shortening but don't find it necessary for the texture so it has been removed.
  4. For 1 roll:
    Calories: 167
    Total Carbohydrate 17.3g
    Sugars 2g
    Protein 5.9g

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