Making your own crust means you can make it as thick or thin as you like it! Personally, I am not a fan of thin, cardboard like crusts. I like the crust to be a little bit fluffy. To me, this is the perfect crust pizza!
Dry ingredients:
2 cups plus 2 tablespoons GF flour mix (I have used different flours and cup for cup or all purpose still works well, but I prefer a feather light mixture.)
2 1/2 teaspoons xanthan gum
1 1/2 teaspoon sugar (Divided- add the 1 teaspoon to the dry ingredients, but put the 1/2 tsp sugar on top of the yeast and water. )
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons quick rising yeast (Put the 1/2 tsp sugar and yeast in the warm water, before adding to the dry ingredients.)
Wet Ingredients:
4 Eggs
1 teaspoon vinegar (I usually use apple cider vinegar)
1 1/4 cups warm water
You want the mixture to be like frosting. The texture is different then a rolled out dough.
Mix together. Beat 3 minutes on medium high. Spray cookie sheet with gf non-stick spray. Spread out dough, it will be wet kind of like frosting and you’ll need to spread it with a spatula. Heat oven to 400 degrees. Bake for 20 minutes. Top with favorite toppings: sauce, hamburger, sausage, ham, etc. Bake for 8 more minutes.
*If you are making the Turkey Club Pizza, before you cook it for 20 minutes. You will need to do the lemon juice and sesame seeds.
Pizza Sauce
Option 1: Small to med. can of tomato sauce (extra sauce can be used for dipping the pizza or bread sticks into.) Add Italian herbs, Basil, oregano and parsley flakes. I like to add some garlic powder and onion powder, too. I do everything to taste.
Option 2: Use spaghetti sauce. (I suggest a meat flavored one or garlic herb.)
Option 3: Gluten free Ranch dressing. Great for chicken pizzas.
2 CupsGluten Free Flour (I have used different flours and cup for cup or all purpose still works well, but I prefer a feather light mixture.)
2TGluten Free FlourIt needs just a little bit more flour.
2 1/2tspxanthan gum
1 1/2tspSugardivided
1tspSalt
4Eggs
2tspquick rising gf yeast
1tspApple cider vinegar
1 1/2CWarm water
Instructions
Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees.
Put all ingredients except for yeast, warm water and 1/2 tsp sugar into mixing bowl.
Add yeast to warm water, sprinkle sugar on top.
When yeast has proofed, add to other ingredients in mixing bowl.
Mix all ingredients together.
Scrap sides and beat on medium high for 3 minutes.
Spray pizza pan or stone with non-stick gluten free cooking spray.
Spread dough out with a spatula. Dough should be thick like frosting. Spread as thick or thin as you like. (I usually do one rectangular stone and then a smaller (about half what is on the stone) on another stone or pan. (I use the smaller one for cheese, garlic or dessert pizza.)
Bake for 20 minutes.
Remove from oven and add sauce and other toppings.
Bake for additional 8 minutes so ingredients can warm and cheese can melt.
On our whirlwind trip to the northern Oregon coast, we booked our hotel in Astoria. We made this our homebase. There’s quite a bit to do in Astoria, but we actually didn’t spend a lot of time there. Our daughters favorite spots are actually farther south in Cannon Beach and Ecola State Park.
Astoria, Oregon
While I am always up for adventure and trying something new and unexpected, my family isn’t always on board. Astoria was pretty busy the second weekend in August. It was their city celebration and they were having a Regatta. Also, there were many people staying in Astoria and traveling down to Seaside for a huge volleyball tournament.
Astoria has a cruise ship dock, which also makes it a busy place to be. It is located right along the Columbia River.
There are several museums; including the Oregon Film Museum. I couldn’t talk my family into going there this time, but it is on my list for another time. There are several movies that have been filmed in this area!
Free Willey
The Goonies (June 7 is Goonies Day in Astoria)
Come See the Paradise
Short Circuit
Kindergarten Cop
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
The Ring Two
Gluten Free eating in Astoria
We only ate once in Astoria, we often got in late and the places we were interested in going were often closed. Frite and Scoop was a good find! I had many recommendations, before our trip to try this place.
We made it at the right time! They have some odd hours and are closed on Wednesdays. Check their hours, so you can plan to make it in time!
They only have fries and a custard-style ice cream. They offer gluten free cones and have one sorbet that is dairy free. The fries can be ordered with their special hot honey drizzled on top! Then you have a wide variety of sauces to dip into! We chose a blueberry mayo.
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Cannon Beach
Cannon Beach is the home of Haystack Rock. From the beach, you can also see Tilamook Lighthouse in the distance. This is a favorite town and beach to visit. While parking can be hard, at least in August, the town didn’t ever feel over-crowded.
There are a couple of public restrooms available and be prepared to walk a lot! There are great shops and restaurants to visit. However, the best part is going down to the beach to play!
At low tide you can walk right out to Haystack Rock. There are a tide pools where you can observe sea urchins and other sea life. Playing in the water and walking along or in the ocean is relaxing and fun!
The beach was a little crowded this visit and so we decided not to rent beach bikes this time, but have in the past, and it is a lot of fun! Beach bikes are ridden down on the packed wet sand during low tide.
The wind was just right to set up windsocks or fly a kite. I was wishing we would have remembered to bring our kite!
Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach- low tide
Tilamook Lighthouse in the distance from Cannon Beach
Gluten Free Eating in Cannon Beach
Check hours of the places you want to eat! Some places have weird hours and others close early. If you spend a long time on the beach, you may miss eating somewhere you were looking forward to.
We found a wonderful pizza at Fetta-A-Pizza! It was worth the wait! Most of the seating is outside. The crust is a large 14″ crust made in Portland, Oregon. They take precautions, but are not a gluten free kitchen. Our family is pretty sensitive and no one had any reactions.
Ecola State Park
Ecola State Park isn’t far from Cannon Beach. There is a toll fee before entering the park of $5 per vehicle. Our first stop was to the left, after leaving the toll booth. There is a viewing area, some short trails and picnic tables. There are no places to buy food in the state park, you have to bring it with you.
We stopped back at this stop one last time before we left the park and could hear sea lions but couldn’t see them, because of all the foliage.
Haystack rock in the distance at sunset
Haystack Rock, look how high the tide is. At low tide, you can walk right up to it.
Indian Beach
You get to Indian Beach by going right instead of left at the toll booth. It is a bit of a drive to get to the beach and the roads weren’t in great condition due to the heavy storms last winter. In places, you were unable to go on trails, because of damage from those storms.
Indian Beach has iconic rock formations that can be seen in the movie Goonies. Sometimes people call Indian Beach the Goonies Beach. There are fun smooth rocks and other things that wash ashore. People like this area for bonfires, barbecues, hanging out, and surfing.
Lots of smooth rocks, worn from the ocean can be found in piles along the beach.
There is a wooden trail that is a little steep and has stairs in some areas to go down to the beach.
Here we are leaving the beach.
Our girls enjoyed having a photoshoot on the beach. (All photos are uploaded at a low resolution and not for use. Please respect.) A gymnast can’t resist doing gymnastics at the beach!
One of my favorite photos! It looks so magical!
I love her laugh!!!
Long Day, Late Night
We stayed at the beach for a long, long time. People were beginning their bonfires, just before we left the beach.
By the time we got back to the towns like Cannon Beach, most of the food places were closed. The ones still open were much more expensive and fancier than we were up for.
We found an open Wendy’s in Warrenton! It was the best Wendy’s experience we have had in many years! The cashier that helped us, also has celiac disease and was able to guide us and help us have a great experience!
We desperately needed a summer getaway! Everyone has been so busy, that we could only squish in a short trip, before school starts. Even with that, my husband still had to bring along his laptop and work while we drove and during an evening or two.
The Itinerary
Day 1
Drive 4 hours to Shoshone Falls for our first stop of the day.
Head another 4 hours north/west to the outskirts of Oregon and stay in Baker City.
Set the GPS for Corbetts Fish House on Hawthorne Street in Portland
Enjoy Corbett’s Fish House and the yummy gluten free food we can’t get at home!
Head over to Powell’s Bookstore to check out the largest bookstore
Check in to the hotel in Astoria, about an hour and a half from Portland
Find Scoops and Frites for a snack of fries with spicey honey and some ice cream in a gluten free cone.
Multnomah Falls
Gluten Free Fish and Chips
Gluten Free Calamari
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Day 3
Go south to Cannon Beach and search really hard for parking
Head to the beach and play in the ocean. Walk to Haystack Rock
Relax on the beach, listen to the crashing waves and feel the sand in your toes.
Get a late lunch at Fetta-A-Pizza. Great gluten free options on a large crust made in Portland. So delicious!
Pay the toll at Ecola State Park $5 per vehicle and go to the view points and walk down to Indian Beach.
Look for cool rocks and shells.
Day 4
Go to a beach you have never gone before. For us it was Gearhart.
Get there early, we did not. Evidently, there are lots of sanddollars on the beach right after low tide. Not so many later in the day.
Drive to Seaside. Check out gift shops they have a great mall in Seaside! There’s even a carousel inside.
Eat at Doogers.
Go back to the hotel to freshen up.
Pay another $5 for your vehicle, in order to go back into Ecola State Park.
Have a photoshoot on Indian Beach and watch the sunset.
I think this one turned out so magical looking. The water is so sparkly!
Day 5
Check out of the hotel
Drive home only stopping for gas and food
Conclusion synopsis of our whirlwind coast trip
It was wonderful to get away even though it was short and a lot of driving. It could have been better and more relaxing. Especially, if hubby didn’t have to work during the trip. He worked mostly as we drove, so thankfully he was able to do that.
We have often gone to the Oregon Coast, many different times and seasons of the year. I don’t want to go during the first week of August, again. There were a lot of crowds and a lot of events going on.
Multnomah
We have never been to Multnomah Falls when it has been this crazy, busy!!! It was difficult to find a parking space and we had to hike 1/4 a mile to get to the visitors center. On our way home, we discovered there are places far away from the falls you can park and take a shuttle to the visitors center.
Hiking from the parking lot to the visitor’s center at Multnomah Falls
Portland
Corbett’s Fish House on Hawthorne Street, in Portland, is a must for us. We have eaten here on other trips and now it is one of those places we think and dream about going. They are almost completely gluten free! (I think the only think not gluten free is some of their beers.)
We had yummy gluten free fish and chips. In an adventurous spirit, we tried gluten free calamari!
After eating we were on our way to the largest bookstore, Powell’s Books! It is an amazing place! It is as big as a city block and has 3 levels.
Gluten Free Calamari
Gluten Free Fish and Chips
We called this the Princess Bridge in the Portland area
Astoria
Astoria was having their Ragatta and was a very busy place and on Saturday there were a lot of places you couldn’t park because of their parade. It’s a good thing we had all our hotels booked, because every hotel was full!
Cannon Beach
Parking at Cannon Beach was also harder than we have ever experience on any trip in the 20 years we have been going here! There were so many people! However, unlike Seaside it didn’t feel as crowded or chaotic.
The wind was warm and nice. Low tide made it easy to go up to Haystack Rock. We thought about renting bikes, like we have in the past, but the crowds made us reconsider and save that for another trip.
Tilamook Lighthouse in the distance from Cannon Beach
Gluten Free Pizza at Fetta-A-Pizza
Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach
Ecola State Park
There is a $5 fee, per vehicle, for going into Ecola State Park. There are a couple of great view point areas. Some of the trails we have taken before were closed off. Last year, they had a lot of storms that did damage to some of the trails in the area.
We started out going left to get the view of the ocean from there. We could hear seals or sea lions, but we couldn’t see them. Too much brush in the way of where they were. There are picnic tables here if you brought your lunch.
Then we headed to Indian Beach, aka the Goonies beach. We took a trail down to the beach and enjoyed finding interesting rocks and shells while we walked in the ocean. This is a favorite spot for surfers and bonfires.
You can see Haystack Rock from Ecola State Park
Walking down to the beach
Gearhart Beach
You can park on the beach, here, if you have a 4 wheel drive. We saw that some people let some air out of their tires, before venturing down. When they come out of the sand they have portable air pumps to pump their tires back up!
We weren’t confident that we could do this in our car and so we found somewhere to park and walked a long way down to the beach. This beach is messier and much windier than other places we went. The wind may have been blowing more on this day, but it was still harder and more when we were at this beach.
They say if you get to Gearhart Beach right after low tide, there are a lot of sanddollars to be found. We didn’t get there very early and what we saw was a lot of seaweed, broken shells, and yucky stuff on the beach. The waves are very choppy and it is very windy. It was not our favorite beach.
Seaside
Seaside was fun, but we didn’t make it down to the beach. However, we had fun in town. Luckily, someone warned us that where we had parked, everyone had gotten a parking ticket. The paint was almost faded away and you had to look very closely to see that it said “no parking”. After some effort, we found a parking place where we weren’t likely to get a ticket.
The Seaside mall is a lot of fun and we bought some fun souvenirs. It was crazy busy, though! Evidently, there was a huge volleyball tournament going on in Seaside! There were more than 3,000 people who descended on this tiny little town.
I was a little disappointed in my food at Doogers and he kind of messed up our order, but it was okay. He put some of our food on gluten free bread instead of lettuce wrap. It was dry and not very flavorful. However, my daughters really enjoyed their food there. One had the Salmon sandwich with Cajun spice.
Whirlwind Trip
For a whirlwind, quick trip, this was a nice itinerary to see and do what we wanted to do. We got in some rest and relaxing. There was shopping and trying new things. We checked things off our must do list and while it would have been more fun to take our time and go slower, this was just what we needed!
Disneyland parks are wonderful for gluten free eating! However, it can be difficult to know where to go. The Disneyland app is very helpful but you have to open each menu to find what you are looking for and not every place has gluten free options. It is still a good idea to ask questions about how they handle their gluten free foods, but often they will tell you before you have a chance to ask.
Here is what I found on the California Adventure side at Disneyland.
FYI: there are Turkey carts and fruit carts, just like on the Disneyland side. Often there are gluten items in the same case, but they are careful with handling. Use your best judgement in whether you feel this is safe for you. *California Adventure isn’t as good at marking their menus with gluten free options.
Hollywood Land
Award Wieners Hot Dogs
I wanted to eat here. It looked so good! However, we weren’t ever hungry when we were in the area or we had a reservation somewhere.
Dinner and a show- Frozen dining package need reservations (ask about gluten free options)
Reservationsneeded (check for gluten free options when making reservations)
Fiddler, Fifer and Practical Cafe
$14.99 and under
Smoothie
Cars Land
Fillmore’s Taste-In
$14.99 and under
Fruit, pickles, chips and cheese
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Flo’s V8 Cafe
We ate here and it was really, really good!
$14.99 and under
dedicated fryer
gluten free bread/buns
Gluten free breakfast offered: eggs, potatoes, bacon, fruit, yogurt, and more
Lunch and dinner: turkey sandwiches, burgers, fries, salad and shakes
Paradise Gardens Park
Boardwalk Pizza and Pasta
$14.99 and under
Allergy options available upon request
Pacific Wharf
Cocina Cucamonga Mexican Restaurant
We wanted to eat here, but the park closed early the night we had planned on doing so and we missed our opportunity.
My husband really wanted to get some treats here, but the girls weren’t very accommodating and we had dinner reservations. They just weren’t in the mood for lemon.
$14.99 and under
Lamplight Lounge
$15-$34.99
Reservations recommended (ask about gluten free options)
Grizzly Peak
We got soaked on Grizzly Rapids!!!
Smokejumpers Grill
$14.99 and under
Great gluten free options (we have eaten here in the past and loved it!) Check out their menu: hamburgers, barbecue, chicken skewers, salad, cookies and brownies.
Gluten free bread/buns and desserts
dedicated fryer
Happy Vacationing!
I hope this helps you to have a great vacation! This is a place to begin in planning your meals, so you can focus more on what you want to ride and shows you want to attend. For dining ideas in Disneyland check out this post.
Disneyland parks are wonderful for gluten free eating! However, it can be difficult to know where to go. The 
Fillmore’s Taste-In
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