Gluten-free All-purpose Flour

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 4 cups brown rice flour
• 3 cups tapioca starch (also called tapioca flour or cassava flour)
• 1 cup flax seeds or 1 cup flax seed meal

Recipe

• 1 place the flax seeds or flax meal into a clean, moisture free grinder or blender. grind flax until it is the consistency of whole wheat flour.
• 2 if the texture of the rice flour is gritty, it can also be placed in the blender and ground until it is more powdery in texture.
• 3 in a large bowl, combine ground flax, tapioca starch, and brown rice flour until mixture is uniform and no lumps remain. a wire whisk works well for this step.
• 4 enjoy in any recipe that calls for gluten-free all-purpose flour. it can also be a great substitute for all-purpose flour in many traditional recipes for cookies, bars, quick bread loaves, muffins, and pancakes; just add an extra egg and 1 1/2 times the amount of leavening called for in the recipe. (for example, if a recipe calls for 2 teaspoons baking powder, use 3 teaspoons instead.) however, this flour may be too heavy for cakes, biscuits, and pastries, and does not contain enough protein for use in bread recipes.