All Purpose Flour?

[DElizabethE]

I love to make cookies and have been using my old recipe, but of course replacing the flour in it. Right now I'm using a mixture of white rice, potato starch and tapioca flour. Every cup of this mixture equals one cup of wheat flour. I got this from my nutritionist I had seen in the past and it is good. My question is about all purpose flour. Can you use it cup for cup of wheat flour? Does it bake well and not make things dry and crumbly? Any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks.

Diane

[Sophiekins]

All purpose flour is wheat flour. . .they are the same thing. So yes, you can substitute your flour mix one for one with the flour quantities in your recipes, though you may need to adjust the liquid contents slightly. You'll find that your baking (loaves, cakes, etc) will be less crumbly if you add a binder to your flour mix - xanthan gum or guar gum are the traditional ones, gelatin can also be used (for all three use 1 and a quarter to 1 and a half teaspoons of binder per cup of flour) - if you can handle nuts, you may also find you get better flavour using 3/6 rice flour, 1/6 potato starch, 1/6 tapioca starch and 1/6 ground nuts.

[Carriefaith]

My mom and I use Kinnikinnick's all purpose flour mix to make things and they turn out fine.

[DElizabethE]

My mom and I use Kinnikinnick's all purpose flour mix to make things and they turn out fine.

Thanks,

I realized after I posted that I should have put this in the baking and cooking tips section. I will try the Kinninnick's all purpose flour (I had meant gluten free in my first post) and see what happens. Sometimes I run out of one of my other kinds and am not sure what to do. My kids don't even notice the difference that they are gluten free (especially my older boys). Still waiting for results on my daughters so for now they are still eating regular but are so supportive of me. Last night I was making regular brownies for a sleepover, my 7 year old daughter saw me and she yelled "Don't eat any of those, Mom, they'll make you sick". The sweetest thing I've ever heard. Thanks again.

Diane