It's pretty rare that we ask for gluten-free bread when we're out to dinner because we know that they either won't have it, it will be chalky and dry, or it will have ingredients that I don't tolerate well. Well a couple of months ago we were out to dinner in Napa and the server offered us gluten-free bread to start. We asked what brand it was and she said it was made in house but was similar to Brazilian Cheese Bread. This Gluten-free Brazilian Cheese Bread is naturally grain-free and gluten-free so my eyes lit up and we said yes!!
We both eat some cheese now after cutting most dairy from our diets for many years. You can read about the types that I tolerate well in this post. The bread did not disappoint. In fact, Ryan asked for a second and third helping and took a few home to eat his leftover steak in between as a sandwich! haha!
He begged me to recreate the gluten-free Brazilian cheese bread at home, so after a half a dozen tester batches (which he didn't mind in the last bit!), I perfected it! This bread traditionally uses soured tapioca flour, but since I don't tolerate tapioca or cassava well, I make it with arrowroot. I tested it with both arrowroot and tapioca, and have to say I much prefer the arrowroot version, but you are welcome to sub in tapioca evenly as well!
For those who will ask if these can be made dairy-free – I will say – I may know my way around in the kitchen but I'm no wizard! 😉 The cheese is what creates the texture of these delicious, heavenly dough balls, so I would suggest trying one of my other grain-free and dairy-free biscuit recipes from my cookbooks instead!
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Sarah Irwin-Gibson
I use this recipe as a GF Pizza base option and OH MY – it makes it scrumptious!
Daria Ratliff
Hey, try pouring the dough into a waffle machine! It is amazing! I went to a cafe in my hometown in Brazil and I ordered pão de queijo waffle from their quite eclectic menu 🙂 awesome!
Danielle
that sounds delicious!
Trish Spangler
I cut the water to 1/3 cup-is and WAY less sticky and came out PERFECT! Im on batch two because my husband loves them so much!
Julie
Any ideas on how to make this non dairy? Would fake cheese work at all? I’d love to make these for my niece who is on a vegan diet for health reasons.
C R
I followed the recipe except cut in half, but it came out very soupy, added more arrowroot, but still didn’t help and when they cooked they were flat. Don’t know what I did wrong
Sue Meyers
Me too!
Somer Hansen
Same. Very disappointing
Susan R Meyers
I love these rolls but after successfully making them twice, now every batch is too watery and they flatten out. Help!
Rosaria Alesi Zambetti
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/028c72af38486b613e3446011748c84414b4ae779d7fcf0e47eada513f9d89e0.jpg My dough also came out a bit runny and hard to handle. I just used a cookie scoop to place them on my pan and baked accordingly. They turned out fantastic!! Do not alter the recipe. It will still work!
Courtney Ellis
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/dd82cadc1b7ca9e3ac83cb18e1214ab197b33771e5cfab17383b6926ae8752c4.jpg Thank you for this delicious recipe! I made them into pumpkin shaped rolls for my daughter’s pumpkin themed birthday party. I also plan to shape them for Thanksgiving.
Nathalie Tremblay
I do not tolerate arrowroot or tapioca… may I substitute with potatoe starch?
Rita
Could I replace the ghee with butter and the coconut milk with full fat milk as those are the items I have on hand?
Pati Clark
I guess these would be consider KETO too …gonna try and make these best part is like you said I can make pizza crust out of this dough too !!!!Excited to try
Pati Clark
How many does this make? I got 12 rolls …
Pati Clark
Hi …I made these today and was wondering if you had the nutritional info for these …I was also curious I got 12 rolls out of the ones I made …how many rolls does this recipe make ? I was trying to calculate how many carbs/calories was in 1 roll …thanks 😉