Various gums (I tend to think these should be avoided by those with digestive issues as they may cause digestive upset and some such as
xanthum gum may cause allergic reactions in those with dairy, soy, wheat or corn allergies)
Lay two pieces of wax paper, 10 inches in length, on your counter, and sift the flours and
xanthum gum three times: first putting the dry ingredients into the sifter on one piece of wax paper and sifting, then moving to the other piece of wax paper and dumping the sifted flours from the wax paper and sifting one more time.
Would I sub flour for the cornstarch and
xanthum gum also?
The sauce was John Boy and Billy's Eastern Carolina BBQ Sauce it came in a 16oz bottle and the ingredients list contained Apple Cider Vinegar, Salt, Granulated Sugar (not paleo), Cayenne Pepper, Black Pepper, Crushed Red Pepper, and
Xanthum Gum (not paleo).
I like the Tropical Traditions teeth cleaner, which only contains: purified water, organic virgin coconut oil, baking soda,
xanthum gum, wildcrafted myrrh powder, stevia, and organic essential oils of cinnamon and clove, if you get the cinnamon flavor, as I do because I take homeopathics so need to avoid mint (which is surprisingly difficult to do).
Last time, I had a gluten - free dinner guest, so I subbed brown rice breadcrumbs and
xanthum gum.
Can I sub flax meal or something else for
the xanthum gum?
This sounds like a wonderful recipe but was hoping to use something other than
xanthum gum to avoid possible GI distress
Combine the flours, salt, and guar or
xanthum gum in the bowl of stand mixer or in a large mixing bowl.
Should I have still added
xanthum gum even though the flour already had it?
Coconut Milk — If using canned coconut milk, I always recommend using a brand without any stabilizers in it like guar or
xanthum gum.
The only thing I can think of is that I used a gf flour blend that already has
xanthum gum in it.
If using canned coconut milk, I always recommend using a brand without any stabilizers (like guar or
xanthum gum) because the gums feed pathogenic bacteria in your gut (i.e. the bacteria not contributing to your health).
Love the ice cream — esp that you don't use an ice cream machine — though I avoid
xanthum gum but wonder if something like agar might work — I have used that in ice cream before.
Some of the ingredients are a little tricky to find without paying a fortune (like
xanthum gum and coconut flour), but it has a great variety of recipes!
I use Bob Mills gluten free all purpose baking flour in lieu of regular flour, 1to1, and add 1/8 teaspoon extra
xanthum gum (1/2 teaspoon if using a gluten free flour that DOES NOT already contain xantham gum).
Yep, I've never used
xanthum gum for this recipe.
I can report to you that someone commented that they replaced
the Xanthum Gum with 2 teaspoons of ground flax seed....
Replacing / substitutions that worked for others: EGGs: No Eggs by Orgran Flours: Chickpea, Brown Rice, Quinoa (not proven yet)
Xanthum Gum: 2 tsp ground Flax Seed Honey: Use Agave Nectar but keep in mind it may be sweeter than honey so experiment!
optional: 1/2 tsp
xanthum gum powder.
The stickiness from the ground chia seeds and water mixture permitted me to make these spinach muffins from my homemade gluten - free flour without using
any xanthum gum, guar gum, or psyllium husk.
We have recently added Tara Gum as a Guar /
Xanthum Gum alternative.
Hi Cathy, Did you omit
the xanthum gum in the recipe altogether then, since your mix contains it?
In a large mixing bowl thoroughly combine the flour mix, baking powder, salt, baking soda, and
xanthum gum.
Does the chia /
xanthum gum exchange really make that much of a difference?
Ok, I'm not sure what I did, but I halved the recipe (1 cup brown rice flour, ground fine in my VitaMix, 3/4 cp B's Red Mill» sweet white» sorghum flour, 1.5 cps of tapioca starch, 1 T. chia seed, instead of
the Xanthum Gum, 1T yeast, 1/2 T kosher salt, 2 eggs, 1 and 1/3 cp water, 1 / 6 cp oil, 1T honey) and it came out soupy!
Sift together the coconut flour, arrowroot,
xanthum gum (if using) and cinnamon into a bowl.
I also had trouble with my sauce not thickening so I added just a pinch of
xanthum gum which did the trick.
The pancakes turned out gummy inside even though we cut down on
the Xanthum Gum as suggested by others.
I was wondering, do you know of a good replacement for
xanthum gum?
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The xanthum gum helps bind the ingredients in a gluten - free recipe but the cake will survive without it if you can't get hold of any
I learned on Maria Emmerich's site that if you add a little
xanthum gum or guar gum (or cream of tartar if you don't have those) it stabilizes the whipped whites.
Add the quinoa flour, potato starch, and
xanthum gum, and mix until a doughy ball forms.
olive oil 1 onion, chopped 1 red or green bell pepper, chopped (I used 2 red and 2 green frying peppers, which are smaller than bell peppers) 8 oz shitake mushrooms, cleaned, destemmed, and sliced 1 can cannellini beans (or 1 c pre-soaked cannellini beans) 4 cloves garlic, minced 1 tsp dried basil 1 tsp dried oregano 1 tsp aleppo pepper 1/2 tsp dried thyme 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 tsp black pepper 2 tbsp Bragg's Amino Acids 1 c pecans, chopped 1/2 c quinoa flour 1/4 c potato starch 1 tsp
xanthum gum
1 question though... what is
Xanthum Gum, I have never heard of it (from Australia so not sure where I would look for it).
** If you are using a frozen banana, you probably won't need ice and likely won't need
xanthum gum.
1/4 tsp
xanthum gum made the egg whites super thick and I had mounds of beautiful peaked egg whites.
To make crust: combine flour,
xanthum gum, sugar, salt and coconut in food processor; pulse.
I made them vegan by replacing the eggs with 125 ml of vanilla soy yogurt, a couple tablespoons of flax meal mixed with some warm water and 1/2 tsp of
xanthum gum.
We used powdered milk with water and 3 TBS of vinegar, coconut sugar and 1 TBS of ground flax seed in place of
the Xanthum Gum....
I'm totally with you about
Xanthum gum.
First off I did, I followed the recipe as written, using liquid sunflower Lecithin, all apple cider vinegar because I couldn't find coconut vinegar and
xanthum gum.
Ingredients read: HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP * CORN SYRUP * WATER, COCOA, SUGAR * SALT, EMULSIFIER, (
xanthum gum E415) VANILLIN, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR.
I did add
the xanthum gum & quinoa flakes as the recipe called for.
Xanthum Gum and Guar Gum - These give a chewy mouthfeel to baked goods.
My doctor does not want me to use
xanthum gum due to intestinal issues and the way
xanthum gum effects it.
We live / work in Vanuatu and I use 2 parts white rice flour to 1 part manioc / tapioca flour (both avail locally) with
xanthum gum and it works well for most recipes.
Can you give me a replacement for
xanthum gum that I can use with your general purpose flour recipe?
This amount is great and your vegan bread recipe turned out much better this time than with our own mismatched amounts of
xanthum gum.