Foods Gluten Free

Almond-Rice Flour
A general purpose gluten free flour

Ingredients

900 g 8 cups white rice flour 2x – 1 lb bags
300 g 3 cups almond meal (flour) from blanched or un-blanched almonds
150 g 1 cup tapioca starch starch, flour – same thing
200 g 1 cup potato starch starch NOT potato flour
  • sift: almond flour to get uniform size
  • sift: potato starch as it tends to cake
  • combine in large mixing bowl
  • use a whisk to blend thoroughly
  • store in sealed container

shelf life is 6 months or more if kept dry and sealed

add Xanthan gum as required for specific recipes

Almond-Rice Bread
A tasty, cake like, gluten free loaf.

Ingredients

3 cups almond-rice flour
1 Tbsp xanthan gum
2 Tbsp white sugar
1 Tbsp brown sugar
3 Tbsp non fat dry milk powder
1 tsp salt
2 Tbsp olive or canola oil
2 eggs *

develop yeast in a separate bowl

  • 9 oz water
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 Tbsp yeast
  • give it 15 minutes or so

combine, in a separate bowl

  • combine the sugars, dry milk, salt, oil and eggs
  • add the yeast water
  • mix thoroughly
  • mix in the almond-rice flour and salt
  • lastly, add the xanthan gum

add the mix to your bread machine

This mix was developed for use in a Hitachi HB B101 bread machine

* use 1 egg for a less cake-like texture

Pizza Crust
a basic pizza crust

develop the yeast

  • 1 cup water
  • 1 Tbsp sugar
  • 1 tsp yeast
  • combine and allow yeast to develop for 15 minutes or so

combine

  • yeast
  • 2 Tbsp olive oil
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 2-1/2 cups almond-rice flour
  • 2 tsp xanthan gum

Note: add additional almond-rice flour to thicken (1/2 cups or so)

  • spread dough out on a 12″ x 17″ baking sheet
  • allow dough to rise in oven, 20 minutes at low setting with door open
  • add toppings
  • bake pizza 10-12 minutes at 450

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
a great breakfast cookie

Whisk together and set aside

  • 2 cups almond-rice flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp xanthan gum

Cream wet ingredients

  • 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 1-1/2 cup pure cane sugar (Demerara sugar)
  • (or 3/4 cup each; dark brown sugar, white sugar)
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla

Combine

  • stir flour mix into the wet ingredients, then add
  • 3 cups oats
  • 1-1/2 cups raisins

Baking

  • drop 2-3 tsp dough balls onto oiled baking sheet, 2 inches apart
  • bake 11-12 minutes at 350
  • allow cookies to sit on baking sheet for 5 minutes
  • transfer to cooling rack

makes 3 -1/2 to 4 dozen cookies