Archives for October 2008

28Oct

Where to Buy Gluten-Free Ingredients

You might be surprised when you start looking for the flours and gluten-free ingredients needed to make gluten-free breads and treats.  It is very possible that the grocery store you go to already has a gluten-free section for baking and will contain many if not all of the ingredients called for in the recipes I publish in the menu planners.  If you live near a health food store, your chances are even greater that you will find what you are looking for.

If, however, you don’t live near a grocery store that supplies these ingredients, there are many suppliers whom you can order them from.  There are many different ones that you can find by searching the Internet, but I will list a few here.  I will say that it pays to shop around because the prices can vary quite a bit.

Ancient Harvest Quinoa: (whole-grain quinoa, quinoa flour, quinoa flakes and pastas).  www.quinoa.net

Authentic Foods:
(baking mixes, Garfava flour, Bette’s Four Flour Blend, brown and white rice flours, tapioca starch, potato starch and flour, and other GF flours and baking ingredients).  www.authenticfoods.com or www.glutenfree-supermarket.com

Ener-G-Foods, Inc.: (ready-made GF products plus gluten-free flours for baking including Egg Replacer and dough enhancer).  www.ener-g.com

The Teff Company
:  (fine-milled teff flours and whole grain).  www.teffco.com

28Oct

Gluten-Free Ingredients

The following is a list of gluten-free flours and additional ingredients that I use when baking gluten-free breads, muffins or desserts.  I personally have used Bette Hagman’s books to learn the process of creating gluten-free breads that taste just as good as regular wheat products.  I like what she says about gluten-free baking:  “don’t believe anyone who tells you that gluten-free has to taste gritty.”

It wasn’t until I started baking my own gluten-free breads that I came to discover that what she says is in fact very true.  I had tried out the commercially made gluten-free products; some were okay while others turned me off completely.  I admit I was very happy when I discovered her recipes and flour combinations that create wonderful alternatives to wheat bread.

Bette gives a thorough explanation of the different gluten-free flours in her books, which I highly recommend purchasing if you are serious about making your own gluten-free breads and desserts.  However, I will list the main flours, which I use when baking and a brief explanation for each.  Most flours listed here work much better in combination with other flours.

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