How To Make Gluten Free Lemon Cross Drop Biscuits for Easter

A Lemon Cross Drop is a dropped biscuit with lemon pudding on top. You will need a pastry bag with a tip so you can draw a cross on each biscuit with the lemon pudding.

Substitutions: Use your favorite sugar free sweetener in place of the 'white sugar' according to the conversion on the substitute.

Serves: 12

Prep Time: 15

Total Time: 35

  

Ingredients

Bisquick Pancake and Baking Mix Gluten-Free

2-1/2 cups

3/4 cup butter or margarine

2 teaspoons white sugar

1 cup water

1 egg

prepared instant lemon pudding

1/4 cup powdered sugar

Instructions

Prepare the lemon pudding according to the package directions (instant is fine). Let set (at least 30 minutes) in the refrigerator.
Have the pastry bag and tip handy for after the biscuits cool.

While the pudding is chilling....
Preheat over to 425 degrees F (219 degrees C).
Cut the butter and baking mix until crumbly.
Beat the egg and sugar together until smooth (with a whisk).
Add egg mixture, water, and crumbs together and stir until well mixed

Drop onto lightly greased cookie sheet (about one tablespoon each biscuit).

Bake in preheated over until golden on edges (about 8-12 minutes).

Remove from the over and cool on rack.

While biscuits are slightly warm....
Using the pastry bag and tips, draw a cross on each biscuit with the lemon pudding.
Dust lightly with powdered sugar

Serve warm
OR
Refrigerate and serve chilled

Refrigerate all left overs

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Enjoying Holiday Parties When You Have Food Allergies

Originally Posted on Tue, 12/11/2012 - 1:54pm

There’s nothing like walking into an office party, holiday dinner, or visiting friends during the December holidays and being unable to eat a lot of what’s being served. If you suffer from an allergy to dairy, nuts, eggs, or wheat, these can surely be trying times.

However, it’s not impossible to enjoy the holiday festivities and foods when you suffer from a food allergy. Some targeted questions and careful planning can help you avoid undue disasters and enjoy the season without too much fuss.

Choose vegan. 
Any true vegan recipe will not contain dairy, eggs, or honey – anything that comes from an animal is omitted. Many vegan recipes are quite satisfying and are based on nuts or legumes, great sources of protein, to provide texture and substance. (If you have a nut allergy, ask about ingredients ahead of time). Vegan dishes also imply vegetables and fruits so a vegan diet is a great way to make sure you eat plenty of these important parts of the food pyramid.

Go for the crudité and salads. 
Fresh vegetables are highly nutritious and avoid common food allergens. For people who need a gluten-free diet, try salads and side dishes—especially fruit, vegetable, and grain salads. You can enjoy dishes made with quinoa, oats, millet, buckwheat, rice, or corn; potato salads (depending on its ingredients and your restrictions) and vegetable dishes. Sweet potatoes, yams, and winter squashes make excellent, versatile bases for delicious cold-weather casseroles and soups everyone can enjoy with a little forethought.

Tree nuts or peanuts? 
Tree nuts, such as walnuts, pecans, almonds, and cashews grow on trees in shells; peanuts are actually legumes that grow in the ground on vines, just as beans do. However, both are common allergens (although people who are allergic to one type are not necessarily allergic to the other). If your nut allergy is severe, don’t hesitate to reveal this to your host or the restaurant and ask about menu ingredients to determine what is safe for you to eat. Bear in mind that many international foods are prepared with peanuts or other nuts in the sauces or as ingredients. Ask to read the labels of packaged foods as protection. Depending on what’s being served, you might want to eat at home first and then show up for worry-free fun with friends and family.

Avoid the egg nog. 
Egg nog contains eggs (obvious) and dairy. Drink water, juice, soft drinks, sparkling cider if eggs and dairy are allergens for you. Or ask about or bring a dairy-free variety made with soy or nut milk (if you can eat the eggs).

Whether you eat at home ahead of time, bring an all-in-one dish to the potluck, or call ahead to ask about what’s being served, the SensitiviTees family wishes you an enjoyable (and filling) holiday season!