![]() ![]() Potato Starch – Unlike Tapioca Starch and Flour, Potato Flour and Starch are not the same thing.Tapioca Starch – Tapioca Starch and Tapioca Flour are the same thing.When mixed with other flours for recipes, it give baked goods a mildly sweet corn taste. It is good to use for dusting pans when baking bread. Corn Meal – coarse ground corn flour and is a good source of fiber.Millet flour – ground from seeds and is high in fiber and protein.It has a strong nutty taste that makes it good to add to all-purpose flour for quick breads. Buckwheat flour – ground from seeds, is gluten free and is not wheat.Oat flour – a good source of protein and has a mild sweet taste.I use sorghum flour in addition to an all-purpose flour when making breads. Sorghum flour – high in protein, iron and dietary fiber and has a nice flavor.I would not use it for cakes or pastries but have used it successfully for bread and dinner rolls. Potato flour – different from potato starch because it is made from the entire potato and has a definite potato taste.It does however, make fantastic cheesy rolls, a household favorite. I don’t use tapioca flour for thickening gravies or sauces because it becomes slimy. Tapioca flour – adds structure to gluten free baking and gives baked goods a chewy and crisp texture.I use it in addition to an all-purpose flour for my quick breads. That being said, it tastes like almonds and is generally higher in calories than the other flours. Almond flour – made from ground almonds.Brown rice flour – has a mildly sweet and nutty flavor and retains the nutritional value of the rice bran.Usually, you will be blending several different flours together. As you become more familiar with baking gluten free, you may want to experiment with individual flours. There are many types of gluten free flour. Once you become more comfortable with baking gluten free, you should try and stock a few different flours in your pantry to give you flexibility. I cooked/baked every recipe in her cookbook over the first few months that I was gluten free. GFJules offers a Starter Pack at a discount which includes several different flour blends along with a “New to Gluten Free” eBook and her “Nearly Normal Cooking” cookbook. ![]() They also offer a wheat all-purpose flour and the boxes are very similar. King Arthur Flour – Gluten Free Multi-Grain Gluten Free Multi-Purpose Flourīe careful when buying King Arthur Flour off the shelf.Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free All Purpose Baking Flour. ![]() I still keep them stocked in my pantry and use them on a regular basis.Īvailable in most big chain grocery stores: I have had success with the following all-purpose blends. My husband discovered blends that were available online and purchased their smallest package available. After years of buying wheat flour without a second thought, I was not prepared for the variety of gluten free flours and I had no idea how to use the different flours.Īfter going back home and doing some research, I found some all-purpose blends that were available in our local grocery stores. The first time I went shopping for gluten free flour, I ended up walking out of the store with nothing but a headache. As you become more familiar with baking gluten free, you can experiment with different types of flour. Going gluten free can be overwhelming and intimidating and I am an advocate of keeping things as simple as possible. When you are first starting out, I highly recommend you pick up several gluten free all-purpose blends. I had most of the needed ingredients except for the flour, so I picked up a gf all-purpose flour blend and started experimenting. ![]() For example, the first thing I really needed to make to feel “normal” after going gluten free was chocolate chip cookies. Buy a little at a time, starting with items that you know you will use. You will find that a lot of your regular baking supplies that you already have are gluten free so when you clean out your pantry, double check your labels. The most important thing to know about stocking your pantry is to take it slow, otherwise you will end up with ingredients that you may never use. ![]()
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