Gluten Free Flour (-Kim-)

Gluten free flour can be found a most supermarkets in the baking aisle.  I have noticed that it's a bit pricey to buy a 1 pound box of it though.  There are natural food stores that sell it too, but they make it themselves.  Which got me to thinking....why not make it ourselves?  If they can do it, I'm sure we can pull it off.  Right?

Well, I've searched the internet high and low for Gluten Free Flour recipes.  Some of them looked absolutely intimidating.  Others, not so much.  It can be quite simple to find the ingredients that make up the Gluten Free Flour of your choice.

There are many different flour blends that I have found on my hours of searching.

I found this easy recipe on the Land O Lakes website:

2 cups of rice flour (we used brown rice flour)

2/3 cup of potato starch (NOT flour)

1/3 cup of tapioca flour

1 tsp. xanthan gum

Whisk it all together and store it in an air tight container.  It can be used in place of flour in regular recipes.  (1:1 ratio too, so no complicated math in the kitchen!)  This recipe can be 
doubled or tripled.

Bob's Red Mill carries all of the above ingredients.  You can also do a search for a local health food store.  They might have their own bags of  these things.  Most of these things at our local store are about $5 per bag.  The xanthan gum is a bit more than that.  BUT it will last a long time.  All of the recipes that I've found that need xanthan gum only require a teaspoon or two.  

If you are lucky like we are and live next to an Amish community, these things are even cheaper.  You just need to do some searching.  I think that you get more for your money when you make it at home.  That way you know exactly what is in your food.