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).
Not exact matches
I think better batter will probably be a good option for white
flour substitution, but I used almost exclusively whole wheat
flours before and can't
get past using so much pure carb, no / low protein stuff primarily.
I'm trying to
get off wheat and sugar, so I've been loikong for a starter recipe using almond
flour, this one turned out pretty well, despite a lot of
substitutions I used half chickpea
flour, I added cocoa instead of chocolate chips, subbed earth balance for the fat and sweetened with a little coconut sugar and stevia.
This is basically made with coarse rye
flour, but as I couldn't
get it here, I went for some
substitutions.
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.
If I'm craving cake I go and
get a real white
flour butter sugar chocolate cake and have a slice - it just seems to help the most lol the
substitutions just don't truly cut it since I started having old fashioned cake again it actually is my favourite chocolate fix oh actually a warm brownie with coffee or vanilla ice cream is also high up there!
I'm trying to empty out my pantry before traveling all summer, and that
substitution would go a long way toward
getting rid of some of the
flour / grains I've
got stashed away!
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 don't bake often but I've
gotten pretty good at
flour substitutions to make a recipe gluten free.
;P Normally I'm ALL about
substitutions, and go out of my way to offer subs for anything and everything possible, but coconut
flour is simply in a category all its own; no
getting around it.
Shauna, I
got your newest book for Christmas and wanted to make the «crusty bread that even those who eat gluten might like», but I can not find millet
flour and don't have a scale yet for
substitutions.
Also as a student I've been incredibly luck in that for now I can
get prescription mixes so
substitution will usually be important to me (although I'm looking at bulk buying gluten - free granola grains and your recipes may persuade me to
get flours as well).
The good news: Gluten - free eating — making creative
substitutions for wheat
flour — is
getting easier.
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.
If I'm craving cake I go and
get a real white
flour butter sugar chocolate cake and have a slice - it just seems to help the most lol the
substitutions just don't truly cut it since I started having old fashioned cake again it actually is my favourite chocolate fix oh actually a warm brownie with coffee or vanilla ice cream is also high up there!