"Flour substitutions" refers to using alternative ingredients instead of regular flour in a recipe.
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Hopefully, these guidelines plus the DIY gluten
free flour substitutions suggested above depending on the baked good you are making get you well on your way to years of successful gluten free baking.
I've already covered how to replace refined sugar and butter when baking, so today I wanted to share some of the
white flour substitutions I use most often.
And thanks for letting me know that whole wheat pastry flour worked - I always get questions
on flour substitutions, so I'm sure that will be helpful for some readers.
In fact, using gluten -
free flour substitutions, you can adapt many of your favorite recipes for your new gluten - free lifestyle.
It gets a little tricky when recipes only call for a cup or less of flour, but I generally replace 1/4 to 1/3 of white flour with oat flour and do a whole
wheat flour substitution for the rest.
I used the
almond flour substitution of 1 1/3 cups (reason being I was too lazy to grind the cashews) and all my measurements were made by a 4 year old (probably not too exact).
Early on in my white
flour substitution career (heh) I made the mistake of subbing all white flour for oat flour in a batch of muffins.
You can sub white rice flour for brown rice flour but almond
flour substitutions get a little trickier (often sorghum flour works 1:1 but not always).
So, with
lupin flour substitution in my mind, I remembered reading about protein powder in breads and decided to give it a go.
I can't make any solid recommendations for
flour substitutions since I haven't tried any others in this recipe, but others have reported success swapping soy flour or all - purpose flour for chickpea flour in other recipes.
I know that many of you are pulling out your old favorite recipes and wondering what to do with them (I've had many questions lately about rules of thumb
for flour substitutions, and alternatives for those with nut or egg allergies).
Kelly - I think I'll just stick to your original almond flour version (or the coconut perhaps), rather than my half Oat flour & half
almond flour substitution that I tried, which was just too «glueey» and chalky tasting.
In terms of
the flour substitution, you can also try coconut flour if you'd like, but that definitely creates a drier, spongier muffin.
Whole - wheat
flour substitutions: 100 % whole wheat — add an additional teaspoon of baking powder + 1 Tablespoon milk.
Check out
my flour substitutions post for more options.
Glad to hear
the flour substitution worked out and that you enjoyed the recipe thanks for your comment!
If you want to use the freezing or raw or frozen, then Amber's suggestion re:
the flour substitution, should work fine!
It turned out that these cookies are so rich in butterscotch flavor and oatmeal texture that
the flour substitution is not noticeable.
Any suggestions on Gluten Free
flour substitutions?
I already wrote a post a few months ago on how to replace refined sugar when baking, so today I wanted to share some of the white
flour substitutions I use most -LSB-...]
Check out
my Flour Substitutions post for info on how to substitute other flours.
Cake
Flour Substitution Is It Safe to Cook Chicken in a Slow - Cooker?
Why I don't just jot down a few sentences about chocolate chips vs chocolate chunks and
flour substitutions?
Hey Lisa, I'm afraid to say it was
the flour substitutions.
Keep in mind that
these flour substitutions will alter the flavor and texture somewhat!