Over the years, finding a yummy gluten free roll/breadstick/quick bread replacement for soup, pasta or lasagna night has been high on my priority list.
About 3 or 4 years ago, I discover Pao de Queijo {Brazilian Cheese Bread}. Life changed! These rolls are simple, quick, and I always have the ingredients on hand; plus what’s not to love about a crispy on the outside, light on the inside roll?
The staple ingredient for these delicious little rolls is Tapioca Starch. This is something I ALWAYS have on hand. It’s a must staple for your GF pantry (and if you aren’t GF, I promise you’ll still want to make these and keep Tapioca Starch on hand!)
Tapioca starch/flour can be found here.
The recipe is very simple. It has a total of 6 ingredients, that are all mixed together in a BLENDER! You can whip these up in minutes, and the best part, it doesn’t require hours of prep work or forethought!
Look at those golden toasty cheesy rolls of perfection!
You know you have a perfect and absolutely delicious Pao de Queijo, when have a hole in the bottom. My daughter finds this as perfect place for adding a little butter, or putting a spoonful of soup or sauce inside.
These rolls are excellent when served hot, right out of the oven. If you have any left over, they really only yummy reheated.
Sometimes we will also top ours with little melted butter and garlic powder.
Pao de Queijo {Brazilian Cheese Bread}
Ingredients
- 1 large egg
- 1/4 cup avocado oil
- 2/3 cup milk
- 1 1/2 cups tapioca flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup packed shredded parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Lightly grease to 12 cup mini muffin tins recipe makes about 24 Little bread.
- In a blender combined the egg oil, milk, flour, and salt process until the mixture is smooth about 30 seconds, scraping down the sides of the blender once or twice. Add the cheese and process for just a short bit; 5 to 10 seconds or a few short pulses until the cheese is in small bits all throughout the batter.
- Pour the mixture into the prepared, muffin tins, filling the cups nearly to the top, or about 3/4 full.
- Bake the Pao de Queijo until very lightly brown golden brown, about 15 to 20 minutes. Don't let them get to Brown or the bottom on the bottom or they will be to crusty and not as chewy.
- Remove them from the oven and serve! They are best eaten whilst warm. (Don't worry if some of the bread falls in the middle a bit that's completely normal.)
I recently tried the ones from Costco and did not like them! Maybe making my own would be better. I’m excited to try these. Awesome giveaway
Nat/mybowtiebox 😊
I am SO excited to make these!!! Thank you for sharing your recipe. My husband served a mission in Brazil, and we got to go back after we were married. We would get pao de queijo hit and fresh as we walked around Rio. I have wanted to make these, but was intimidated my the recipes I read through. I can make this one 😄
THose look so easy and yummy! I’m making these this weekend!
Thanks for the giveaway! We seriously love Pao de Queijo so much in our family. I like to triple the recipe and send them in my kids’ lunches (if there are any leftover).
Those little ok so good! I saw it on your Instagram and now I must make them! Plus looks super easy! 🤗
How have I never seen these??? They look so yummy😋
Can you make these with a vegan cheese? I’m dairy free.
These look so yummy!
I’m not sure, I have never tried! I would try it though and then let me know how the turned out!!
Do you have to use tapioca flour? What about almond flour? They look delicious!
yes, only Tapioca flour
These look yummy!! Any ideas for making them dairy free as well?? Love namaste foods so excited for your giveaway XO eliseoriel
I have never tired any substitutes, but i bet a dairy free milk (almond or something) would work…not sure how the flavor would compare…someone else asked about using a vegan cheese, but i have never tried that either…sorry I’m no help. If you try it though, let know how they turn out!
LOVE cheese biscuits! This is a great recipe for people who are gluten free! Thanks for hosting the giveaway and posting it to Instagram!
These look so so good and soup weather is here so I’m excited to try these! I did get some of the namaste gf flour and made peanut butter bars!! Everyone loves them! We have had lots of kids in and out the last two day and they can’t even tell the difference! Thanks so much!!
This looks deli! I’m going to make these this weekend!
I’m sooooo excited to try these!! Can’t wait to get my Namaste products so I can start trying new recipes! Thanks so much for sharing!❤️
These look yummy!!! 😍
I don’t have a mini muffin tin. Can you make them in a regular- sized muffin pan? (Mine are silicone)
I’ve never tried that before! Doesn’t hurt to try! I’m sure they’d need more cooking time…..sorry I’m not more helpful! But girl, jump on amazon and get a mini muffin tin ordered asap! You’ll want to make these bad boys weekly!
Does tapioca flour=tapioca starch
Yes! Same thing
Just made these. They turned out perfect. So easy and so yummy. Will definitely be making these regularly!
I’m so happy to hear that! 😘