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This is the best gluten free flour mix I have ever used! Â So easy to make at home.
Having a gluten free child has been a bit of an adventure. There is definitely a learning curve involved and a whole new world of ingredients that I never knew existed before! Each time our gluten free girl comes home to visit from college I take on the challenge of trying out new recipes and ways to make food that is hopefully just as delicious as what we are eating and doesn’t make her feel like she is being cheated. That’s not always easy. Especially since she is also dairy free and meat free!
Over the holiday break my friend Tracy who is also gluten free shared with me this recipe for a gluten free flour mix. She said you could use it to replace flour in any recipe and you wouldn’t know you are eating gluten free. I have to admit I was a bit skeptical because I had yet to find any gluten free flour that when used didn’t have a different taste or different texture.
Well, I am excited to say that Tracy was right. This flour mix is amazing. I used it to make my new Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookie (recipe next week) and aside from a very, very small texture issue that I am probably the only one that noticed since I am texture challenged the cookies were delicious. In fact, I had a hard time keeping the other family members away from the cookies so that Cali could get some. They kept asking, “are these really gluten free??”
 
I think, even my son who “only eats food with gluten in it” would like these cookies!!
So far I have only tried the flour mix in cookies but I can’t wait to give it a try in cakes, brownies and anything else I use flour in! It is used to replace the flour in a recipe equally – 1 cup gluten free flour mix equals 1 cup flour.
This gluten free flour mix is a combination of four flours – coconut flour, rice flour, gluten free oat flour, tapioca flour as well as cornstarch and xantham gum.
Most of these items can be found either in the bulk section or the baking section of your local grocery store. Depending on where you live you may have to visit a health food store to find some of them or order through Amazon.  I am lucky enough to live in Portland, Oregon where Bob’s Red Mill is headquartered. They make many great gluten free products and specialty flours.
Just put all the ingredients together in a gallon size zippered plastic bag or or a airtight container and be sure and mix well.. It is then ready to use when you are ready to bake some gluten free goodness!
I’d love to hear what recipes you try the flour mix in!
Try these recipes using the gluten free flour mix:
Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
Gluten Free Peanut Butter Cookies
Gluten Free Flour Mix
Ingredients
- 1 C white rice flour
- 1 C oat flour
- 1 C coconut flour
- 1 C tapioca flour/starch
- 1/4 C cornstarch
- 3 1/2 tsp. xantham gum
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients together and make sure they are mixed well. Store in an airtight container and use as flour in any baking recipe.
Tips & Notes:
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Lynda larsen says
My daughter is allergic to corn. What could be used as an alternative?
Charl says
Hi. Your flour blend, is it possible to substitute Almond Flour for the Coconut Flour. Thanx
Leigh Anne says
It will effect the taste a bit but it should work fine
Nayera says
Can i use this mix in baking bread?
Leigh Anne says
I have not used it in bread – just in cakes, muffins, cookies etc.
Sharon says
I intend to use this as a base for making my own GF flour. My husband is wheat sensitive and I am diabetic, so we are a joy to cook for! I need something with fewer high glycemic carbohydrates than found in the usual gluten free flour blends. I am thinking that replacing some or all of the rice flour with almond flour might work.
Also, I saw a comment about xantham gum. I have found a couple of recipes that use Psyllium husk powder as the binder. If this all works out, I will let you know. Silence means either it didn’t go so well or I haven’t gotten around to it yet.
SUSAN PEAVOY says
While making a gluten free four blend I accidentally put in 1/4 cup of extra potato starch. Will this still be ok to use.
Leigh Anne says
should be fine
Maia says
Hi! i´m from Argentina, the mix looks fantastic, i.m gonna use it.
Hannah says
What if you have an oat allergy? Is there a flour you can sub out for the oat flour?
Leigh Anne says
You could try just adding more of the other flours to replace the oat flour
Shawna Cragun says
I would love to try this for my daughter whom we have discovered has an allergy to wheat, barley, Rye and peanuts. My one question is that would it be okay to make this mixture without the Oat flour? She did test positive for oats as well so I do not want to even chance Oat flour
Leigh Anne says
Shawna, You can substitute the oat flour for more of the other flours.