I have a friend and co-worker who cannot tolerate gluten found and most flours. As such she cannot enjoy my wares when I bring them in. Is there any type of flour that I could substitute that is free of gluten? She can handle other types of protiens, so I can add eggs as necessary for structure. Thanks
baking for a gluten-intolerant friend
Jun 30, 2005
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You have to face the fact that gluten free flour does not perform similarliy as the normal gluten containing flours. There is no way you can reproduce exactly the results in your bakery products using non gluten flours. Therefore if you opt for substitution think of the result as a product unique by itself ,
Many recipes I've seen are pretty gross and unbelieveable. Bob's Red Mill makes a gluten free baking mix that handles very much like flour.
The best book I've seen is the "Gluten Free Gourmet Bakes Bread" by Betty Hagman. We tried a number of her recipes, and they even pleased bread lovers.
Check and see if your library has it...
Mike
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