Potatoe Starch Flour?

[kalanfan]

Im trying to do some gluten-free baking and my recipies call for potatoe starch flour and all i can find is potatoe flour in the stores......how bad will it turn out if i use the potatoe flour? and does anyone know where to find the starch flour?

[jerseyangel]

Im trying to do some gluten-free baking and my recipies call for potatoe starch flour and all i can find is potatoe flour in the stores......how bad will it turn out if i use the potatoe flour? and does anyone know where to find the starch flour?

I don't know where you live, but here in NJ, I buy my potato starch flour at either Wegmans, Whole Foods or my local health food store. All three of those stores carry the Ener-g brand.

Potato Flour is very different (much heavier) than potato starch--they can not be used interchangeably.

[ehrin]

Check the Kosher section of your supermarket...I bet you'll find it!

[kabowman]

I keep both potato flour and potato starch on hand for cooking. If it calls for flour (which is how I would intrepret that statement), maybe you can substitute a different flour but I wouldn't know which one.

[kalanfan]

ok so the brand that i buy is bobs red mill.....i just found potatoe starch on the website....is that potatoe starch flour?

[jerseyangel]

ok so the brand that i buy is bobs red mill.....i just found potatoe starch on the website....is that potatoe starch flour?

Yes--potato starch and potato starch flour are the same thing.

[2Boys4Me]

Kalanfan - I assume you're from Canada? Alberta? If you're near Edmonton or Calgary, look for potato starch at T&T Asian market or any other Asian market. Potato flour is not interchangeable with potato starch flour. I don't know why they have the word flour after starch. They are quite different.

[TinkerbellSwt]

I get mine rather cheaply in the Kosher section of my regular supermarket. I hope you find it!

[kalanfan]

yeah edmonton.....howd ya guess?...lol...thanx ill try that.....