It’s true! Walmart is now carrying gluten free products in test stores with a roll out across the country to follow. Below is a letter from the woman who made it happen, Celiac Sprue Association chapter president and National Foundation for Celiac Awareness volunteer – Carolyn Lynch McKinley. She’s a gluten free dynamo!

This morning my dream came true. I waited two years to the day and it happened. I walked into Walmart and it has been remodeled with new Gluten Free 12 foot aisle. For those of you near the Bentonville store you will find the items below in grocery aisle 9. Words can not express how excited I am to have a store in our community that can help customers save money so they can live better.

The following are currently on the shelf and it is still getting stocked. All of these listed below are quality gluten free food and you can save around $1.00 buying it at Walmart.

Erewhon crispy brown rice cereal
Glutino – pretzels, crackers
Envirokids and Natures Path cereal
Ener g bread
Schar buns and pasta
Gluten free pantry muffin mix
Pamela’s mix and cookies
Mi-Del cookies
Enjoy life bars and cookies
Lundberg chips
Blue Diamond crackers
Bakery on Main granola
Mrs. Leepers dinner mixes
Tinkyada pastas
Bobs red mill
Hodgson muffin mix
Road’s end organic
I will keep you posted as more items are stocked!! And don’t forget the Great Value Brand will label Gluten Free if it truly is.

Several stores around the country are getting the gf section. Right now I know one store in Springfield, MO and another is Vineland, NJ. If the store does not have a gf section, the gf food will slowly go throughout the aisles.

Thank you to everyone who provide support on this project. Your time was much appreciated.

Carolyn McKinley
CSA Chapter 73 President, NW AR/SW MO
and Volunteer, NFCA

This just in from a member of the Las Vegas listserve. This was Burts Bees customer response to a question about whether their lip products were gluten-free. Burts Bees Consumer Care number is below so you can contact them about their other products.

Dear Susan:

Thank you for contacting us with your inquiry, we do apologize that we are unable to provide you with a gluten free list at this moment; all of our lip products with the exception of our Res-Q lip balm with SPF 15 are gluten free. We thank you for making Burt’s Bees your Natural Personal Skin Care company, in the meantime if you have any additional questions and or concerns, please feel free to contact us with your inquiries.

Best Regards,

Tiffany K.

Consumer Care Specialist
Burt’s Bees Inc
1-800-849-7112 option 2, then 1
Mon-Fri 10am-4:30pm EST

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When Apple Dumplings are baking, their unmistakable aroma fills the air. Much more satisfying than apple pie, everyone is sure to appreciate them.

Ingredients

• Pastry for 2 pie shells (see below)
• 6 medium tart apples (Jonathon, Pink Lady, Winesap, Granny)
• 2/3 cup raisins
• 2/3 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
• 6 tablespoons fructose or honey
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 teaspoons butter (optional)

Ingredients for syrup

• 2 cups apple juice
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves

Equipment

• 13x9x2 inch glass baking dish.

Process

1. Heat oven to 425 degrees.  Lightly grease bottom of baking dish.
2. Make the syrup: in a medium pot, mix together the apple juice, honey, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and clove.  Bring to boil, then turn down to low and cook 3 minutes.  Set aside.
3. Prepare the pastry dough, or see below for our recipe. Divide pastry into 6 balls, then chill.
4. Pare and core apples.  Mix together raisins, nuts, fructose or honey, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon. Evenly fill apples with this mixture and add a half teaspoon of butter.
5. Make the dumplings.  One at a time, roll each pastry ball between 2 sheets of plastic wrap to form an 8 inch circle.  Remove the top piece of plastic and place an apple in the center of the circle.  Bring the edges of the pastry to the top of the apple to enclose it, then press to seal.   Peel away the bottom piece of plastic.  Repeat with the remaining 5 apples. Space the dumplings evenly in the baking dish and pour the syrup over each one.
6. Bake 40 minutes or until crust is golden and syrup has lightly carmelized or thickened.

Pie pastry from our recipe file:

• 1 1/4 cup white rice flour
• 1/4 cup GF millet four or sorghum flour
• 1/2 tsp xanthan gum
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup non-hydrogenated shortening
• 2 large eggs, beaten

Blend dry ingredients – flours, xanthan gum, baking powder and salt.  With a pastry blender, mix in the shortening till it resembles coarse meal.  Lightly mix in the beaten eggs just until the dough pulls together. Makes 6 dumplings.

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