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All-purpose Flour


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I've been searching for a good gluten-free all-purpose flour for quite a while and haven't had much luck. I know many people make their own blends but to me it would be easier to buy one. I've tried Bob's Red Mill but noticed a weird texture or something. I don't know. Something wasn't right with it. I was wondering if anyone has found a good reliable gluten-free all-purpose flour that is inexpensive and does the same thing as gluten-filled all-purpose flour.


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happygirl Collaborator

better batter gluten free flour is my vote. you can order it online.

hez Enthusiast

I use Authentic Foods multi blend flour and love it. I sub cup for cup in my cookie and pancake recipes.

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I use Kinnickinninck all purpose flour.

their website:

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My local health food store recently gave me a bag of a new flour that they were thinking of getting in. I really liked it, especially for scalloped potatoes. It is Tom Sawyer brand. I also like this one for coating chicken etc. Another good one is Pamela's gluten-free baking mix, it makes great biscuits and stuff but does have buttermilk in it.

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I think you'll get a much better value by blending your own. Also, AFAIK there is no one single blend that will work well for everything, not to mention personal preferences. There is no gluten-free flour blend that works the same as the gluten-filled stuff. That doesn't mean you can't make delicious things with gluten-free flour, only that you need to use it differently, and the results will be somewhat different for many items. Some things can turn out close enough that nobody can tell it's gluten-free, like cookies and muffins for instance. But bread (I think white sandwich bread in particular) is one of those things with which you'll probably have to just do the best you can, and it takes practice to get really good results. Opinions on blends, mixes, and what company makes the best gluten-free bread seem to vary quite a lot.

There are a lot of suggestions on blends, so I'd look at those first. Also, start with something easy, like cookies. Then maybe try muffins, pancakes, or biscuits. Work your way into other things as you get to know how the blends work, taste, etc.

Lastly, I recommend avoiding Bob's Red Mill bean flours. They stone grind their bean flours, which creates too much heat for the oils in the beans. This leads to rancid flour, thus a foul taste. As I recall, Bob's gluten-free blend has bean flours in it.

Rpm999 Contributor

to add on to what raven said: www.glutenfreeflour.com

that's the site for the tom sawyer flour, and if you read the testimonials, most people really love it...same with orgrans, and i've also heard the gluten-free pantry flour is great as well....personally, i've tried none, but i want to try the sawyer and orgran one since i've heard NOTHING but great things


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I used to mix my own, but now I use the betterbatter gluten-free flour. I don't notice any difference between it and the gluteny stuff. In fact, it was so good, I was really worried that somehow there had been a mistake and they'd shipped me real flour!

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I really like this one - it's called Domata.

Domata Living Flour, Inc.

23950 E. 2160th Road

Fair Play, MO 65649

417-276-7789 office

www.domatalivingflour.com

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better batter gluten free flour is my vote. you can order it online.

I've searched and searched and cant find them. Their website seems to be not there any more?

However, I"m sure that they, like every other blend, contain tapioca, which I cannot tolerate. It seems to be the key to replicating wheat flour texture . . .

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if you google 'better batter gluten free flour" its the first page that pops up

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