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Flour Question


ebrbetty

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ebrbetty Rising Star

hi guys, I've been doing pretty good adapting recipes to gluten-free, made a great seafood pasta with white sause today :D but I'm lost when it comes to flour..If a recipe calls for a cup of flour or I need to bread chicken what type of flour would I use? rice?? I've been using cornstarch when its only a TBLS or for thicking a sause.

thanks


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I have been using a gluten-free All Purpose flour mix made by Bob's Red Mill. There are several out there. I actually just bought a 5 lb bulk package of Bette Hagman's mix online the other day to use when the Bob's runs out. I used cup for cup with the Bob's. I made my homemade chocolate chip cookies with it and couldn't really tell a difference!

Kim

ebrbetty Rising Star

kim, I have the bobs all purpose, It made me sick, I think its the bean flour he uses.

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This new one I ordered online does not use the bean flour...only white rice flour, potato starch flour and tapicoa flour. I was going to mix it myself, but for 5 lbs it was only $10.79, so it seemed better to do it that way. It can be used cup for cup as well, according to Bette Hagman's cookbooks.

HTH!

Kim :)

ebrbetty Rising Star

that sounds great..where did you order it from? I was thinking of getting one of her books..do you have any?

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I have her newer one "The Gluten-Free Gourmet Cooks Fast & Healthy". I borrowed a couple of her others from DH's coworker who is Celiac too and they are great cookbooks! She has that flour mix and her 4 bean flour mix in the books, plus TONS of other great recipes! You could try the library first to see if you like them or will use them.

I got the flour from www.ener-g.com

Here is the direct link to the flour:

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ebrbetty Rising Star

thanks bunches kim

I'll take a look for the cookbook..we have a used bookstore in town. I'm sorry to say I'm banned from the library :huh: I took 3 books out 12 years ago and never brought them back, now I can't find them :rolleyes:


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You are very welcome!

I have the same problem with library books! LOL! I have been better since I have had my kids, but I can't seem to ever bring them back on time. We have a small library in town that doesn't have overdue fees....I like that A LOT! hehe!

In my opinion, the cookbooks are worth the $$. I find myself getting bored eating the same thing over and over and I am so sensitive to so many different things that it is nice to be able to try new recipes.

ebrbetty Rising Star

ya, thats whats going on with me..I'm eating chicken so much I think I'm going to wake up and find I have wings and feathers lol

I now seem to be having trouble with soy, had it this week and it felt like I was glutened, I wish there was an easy way to figure out the intolerances, its a guessing game

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