GF Baking Class 15, 2012
Mountain View Market
November
Comparison of Commercial GF Baking Mixes
Listed by price/ounce (highest to lowest price). When you compare a mix -- look at ingredients, type of flour, cost, organic, binder, dairy. [Prices will vary—these were the prices in 2012.] Mix Ingredients Cost King Arthur Multi-Purpose Flour Pamela’‛s Baking Mix
Domata Hodgson Mill Gluten Free Pantry All-Purpose Flour Arrowhead Mills All-Purpose Baking Mix Bob’‛s Red Mill All-Purpose Baking Mix Your Own Baking Mix (recipe below)
White rice flour, tapioca starch, potato starch, whole grain brown rice flour Brown rice flour, white rice flour, cultured buttermilk, natural almond meal, tapioca starch, sweet rice flour, potato starch, baking powder, (sodium acid pyrophosphate), baking soda, sea salt, and xanthan gum Rice flour, corn starch, tapioca dextrin, xanthan gum, rice extract Whole grain flours: millet sorghum, brown rice, xanthan gum Rice flour, potato starch, tapioca starch, guar gum, salt
Whole grain brown rice flour, organic potato starch, rice starch, organic whole grain sorghum flour, baking powder (monocalcium phosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch) sea salt Garbanzo flour, potato starch, tapioca flour, sorghum flour, and fava bean flour Brown rice flour, potato starch, tapioca flour (plus you will have left-overs to make another batch)
$9.59/24 oz (.40/oz) $8.19/24 oz (.34/oz) $6.79/20 oz (.34/oz) $3.99/12 oz (.33/oz) $4.69/16 oz (.29/oz) $7.59/28 oz (.27/oz) $4.59/24 oz (.19/oz) $3.67/24 oz (.15 oz)
Make Your Own GF Baking Mix
Use this basic blend for cakes, cookies, muffins, gravies, cream sauces, cheese sauces. If your recipe calls for wheat flour, substitute this mix spoon for spoon. Combine ingredients and store in air tight container in the refrigerator. Create a personalized baking mix by substituting from the Substitution list below. Example: add ¼ cup corn flour to substitute for ¼ cup of rice flour. 2 cups rice flour (brown or white) 2/3 cup potato starch (not flour) 1/3 cup tapioca flour
Substitutions
Other GF flours/starches/meals/ground nuts or seeds can be used alone or in combination with a GF baking mix. Caution: Always check for the GF symbols on these products. If goal is: Then substitute a portion of the baking mix with: Higher Fiber GF oats, flax, chia, rice bran, coconut, almond, hazelnut, hemp, corn, buckwheat, quinoa, sorghum, mesquite, psyllium husk flour. [Adding Higher Protein Lower Glycemic Extra Lightness Extra Flavor Higher absorption
extra fiber means you must also add more liquid. Example: substitute ½ cup coconut flour for the rice flour and add ½ cup water or other liquid.]
Seed or nut flours like teff, amaranth, quinoa, chia, hazelnut, almond or bean flour like chickpea or soy Fiber ingredients (see above) or fruits, vegetable or bean purees. More tapioca starch, potato starch, corn starch, white or brown rice, or sprouted brown rice flour. If using eggs in the recipe, separate whites and yolks and beat the whites to stiff peaks. Brown or toast butter, nuts, seeds, flour, oats before adding. Sprouted brown rice flour vs plain brown rice flour.
Go to next page for how to add a binder to the baking mix. Add A Binder or “Glue” to the Baking Mix
Most GF baking recipes require a binder such as adding a gum--either xanthan gum or guar gum. They help make the finished product less dry and crumbly. Some flours (like almond, hazelnut, chia or flax) may not require as much or any. Binders (available in Bulk Dept.) include: Basic Binders Binder Guar Gum
Cost/lb 12.89
Made from A bean
Amount to use Add 1 teaspoon per
Comments May help to lower blood cholesterol and stabilize
GF Baking Class 15, 2012
Mountain View Market from the Guar plant.
cup of flour blend to make yeast doughs.
blood sugar. Helps prevent constipation, hemorrhoids, obesity and remove toxins.
Add ½-1 teaspoon gum per cup of flour blend to make cakes, cookies, bars, muffins and quick breads. Same as guar gum.
Caution: It should not be used if you have difficulty swallowing or if gastrointestinal surgery or colon disorders
Xanthan Gum
28.29
Bacteria grown on corn sugars
Arrowroot
23.89
Arrowroot plant
1 Tablespoon to 1 cup liquid
Corn Starch
5.19
Corn
1 Tablespoon to 1 cup liquid
Agar agar
69.99
Seaweed
Use 1 1/2 teaspoons powder to 1 3/4 cups liquid.
Chia
12.99
Chia seed
¼-1/2 teaspoon per cup of flour blend. Add 1 teaspoon per cup of flour blend to make yeast bread, pizza dough or other baked items that call for yeast.
Psyllium
Egg
Seed husks from the Plantago plant
Flax
Other Binders
May act as a laxative for some. Can be interchanged with guar gum but provides more stretchiness to things like yeast bread. Acts as a laxative for some.
Used to thicken sauces, and puddings. Good for thickening acid bases like lemon curd. It is the most neutral tasting of the thickeners and produces a glossier result than cornstarch. Should be mixed into a slurry with an equal amount of cold water before it's added to a hot liquid. You then need to simmer the liquid, stirring constantly, for a minute or so until it thickens. Cornstarch doesn't stand up to freezing or prolonged cooking, and it doesn't thicken well when mixed with acidic liquids. Gelling agent. Not interchangeable with arrowroot. Good source of minerals. It can be used like gelatin in molded foods or in place of pectin in fruit spreads. Acts as a laxative for some. Grind into a flour. May help to stabilize blood sugar levels. Grind into flour and mix with water. It turns into a firm, tasteless gel. When added to bread ingredients, it eliminates the need for guar or xanthan gum. Acts as a laxative for some.
Other Substitutions
EnerG Egg Replacer Chia
Fats/Oils
November
Apple, Pumpkin, Bean, Squash, Banana, Avocado Purees Coconut Oil, Ghee, Olive Oil, Walnut Oil, Almond Oil, Macadamia Oil, Avocado Oil
1 T ground flax meal mixed with 3 T water. Let sit for 10 minutes. 1-1/2 tsp mixed with 2 T water. Let sit for 5 minutes. 1 tsp ground chia mixed with ¼ cup water or 1-1/2 tsp whole chia mixed with ¼ cup water. Let both sit for 10 minutes. Substitute one for one. Substitute one for one.