Feeding a gluten-free family of eight is always an adventure, so I try to keep things simple but tasty. If you stock your pantry well, you can whip up most things in no time. Aside from my experimenting phases and special recipes, I try to keep these items on hand:
BASIC FLOUR BLENDS FOR YOUR FLOUR BLENDS
Basic flours I use for my three DIY flour blends:
Brown Rice Flour*
Tapioca Flour/Starch*
Potato Starch*
Oat Flour (I grind up rolled oats into flour)*
Blanched Almond Flour
Millet Flour
*Flours I use for my tasty all-purpose flour blend. Simple and cheap.
OTHER GRAINS AND FLOURS FOR YOU
Other grains and flours:
Rolled oats
Steel cut oats
Buckwheat flour (makes a mean pancake!)
Sorghum flour (I use this in my artisan bread)
Arrowroot powder
Coconut Flour
Organic Corn Mesa flour or Fine organic cornmeal
BASIC BAKING NECESSITIES FOR YOU
Binders, thickeners and leaveners:
Instant yeast
Xanthan gum or Guar Gum
Phyllium husk
Flaxseed/flax meal (binder)
Chia seeds
GMO-Free/organic cornstarch
Baking powder
Baking soda
spices and extracts
Real Salt
Cinnamon
Nutmeg
Vanilla extract
Lemon extract
Almond extract
Maple extract
OTHER ADD-INS
Cocoa powder
All-natural chocolate chips
Dried fruit like raisins, cranberries, apricots, dates
Nuts and seeds (e.g., almonds, walnuts, poppy seeds, sunflower seeds)
Unsweetened coconut flakes (or shredded)
Sunflower seeds
MORE ADD-INS
Organic coconut palm sugar
Organic
sugar or raw sugar
Organic powdered sugar
Raw honey
Maple syrup
Liquid stevia
OTHER ITEMS
Canned all-natural coconut milk (great for chia pudding!)
Vinegar (some of my bread recipes call for it.)
Nut butters (like almond, peanut)
Shortening (I use Spectrum)
Olive oil
Coconut oil
Avocado Oil
Grapeseed oil
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