Corn Flour

[bratcat]

Does anyone know anything about using corn flour?I just cannot stomach the gluten free breads I have come across.It all tastes so awful.I live in the south so we have an abundance of corn meal but I get so hungry for biscuits and sweets made the regular way.I have heard that you can use corn flour in much the same way you would wheat floour.Can someone please help me?

[FreyaUSA]

I use fine ground corn flour in a mix to make sandwich rolls and banana bran muffins. They turn out really nice! The mixture is 1 part each: fine ground corn flour, chickpea flour and soy flour. This flour is not extraordinarily fine, it's more like the rice flour from Bob's RM in texture than regular flour, so I always mix it with other, finer flours. However, I've heard that you can make excellent corn bread using just fine ground corn flour for all the regular flour.

Disclaimer now: I've heard that corn can be cross contaminated. I heard this after I'd been using this flour through several bags that I buy in the mid-eastern section of my grocery. However, none of us have had a reaction to it so far. (Crossed fingers here...) I also use soft corn tortillas regularly, eat corn based cereal and we all eat corn chips.

[tom]

Oh bratcat i was the same trying all the gluten-free breads in the stores and being disappointed regularly. I settled on the EnerG brand as the best tho it certainly needed to be toasted to be worthwhile. (2 types i liked - i think they make 4)

BUT . . .. . i was in Portland over thxgvg and my sister made a gluten-free loaf in a breadmachine and it was FANTASTIC !! I was simply amazed that a gluten-free bread could be that good. I'd be happy to eat it even w/ no dietary issues at all and the 2 kids ate it w/out any mention of it being different.

I bought my own breadmachine (Breadman Ultimate Bread Maker, TR2200C) 2 days ago and baked my 1st loaf last night and even tho i screwed up a little it turned out TREMENDOUS !

I've never been particulary handy in the kitchen but these things are a breeze. Pour in wet ingred, dump Bob's Red Mill gluten-free bread mix in, then the yeast from the packet inside the mix and hit start. (my screw-up was not attaching the little stirrer-paddle completely, so it sat there for an hr NOT mixing when it should've been)

The loaf was so beautiful i even took a picture LOL !

Anyway, a basic machine can be had for less ($30? $40?) but i got one where each step (of the 5-8) is programmable. Mine is $150 msrp, tho walmart.com has it for $74 (online only) and i got mine at a Kohl's w/ a buy 1 get 1 for half off deal, where it works out to $90 each.

You could get one today and eat GREAT gluten-free bread tonight.