DIY Gluten-Free Flour Blend

Love your recipe! Well I’ll be using Bobs Red Mill blend that’s gluten free bc we cannot have the rice flour. But I want to try!! Thx for sharing!

I found a gluten free all purpose flour mix at Whole Foods the other day. Easier than making your own.

Could not find potato starch at all at my health food store. So I had all the flours but that, so I decided I would get Gluten Free Pamela’s Artisan Blend flour all purpose. I t had all the ingredients you ask for except it adds Sorghum flour And Arrowroot Starch 5th ingredient and 6th ingredient. Will see how we do using this with your recipe. Was pressed for time so I could not go to any other places or order from Amazon for the potato starch. Did not know Bobs would be a good substitute, this is the very first thing I have baked as I never have done a recipe for gluten free baking. Hope this works out its a surprise for my Celiac disease daughter. Thanks for your dedication!

HI there, I love your blog it’s my go to for all my baking. I can only use Teff, rice, corn flour, millet, soy flour in my diet. How can I mix these to make GF all purpose flour. Tank you!

Great flour mix! I’m a beginner at gluten free cooking so I’m glad to have found this. My boyfriend is gluten free and I really wanted to make some cookies for him, so I found this mix and it seems to work pretty well and the flavor isn’t bad! :) You can tell it’s gluten free, but not nearly as much as some blends I’ve had. Thanks!

Should have been vitamin mix grain blender.

I just made your pancake mix. I used brown rice, white rice, millet, tapioca, and corn meal for the flour. This is what I had on hand. I put the grains, rice etc in the vitamin grain grinding part and ground it all up. Mixed it per your instructions. I then made waffles with the mix. It was outstanding. Not gummy at all. Thank you so much. This was even better than any waffle mix regular or gluten free I’ve ever ate.

What do I do if I *can’t* use tapioca starch? Everywhere I look, all the basic blends include tapioca starch. I understand that it helps the bread “crust” and “brown” more like a wheat-based flour, but it also makes me sneeze (powdered) or makes my tongue feel odd (in bread). In other words, creates a mild allergic reaction.

I mentioned this to someone where only gluten-free bread was used for communion. I took a baby Benadryl right afterwords… I guess people with gluten allergies can’t do something like that? So she suggested I get or make gluten free without the tapioca starch. I’m going to try, but can’t find a recipe or bread flour mix without the tapioca.

HELP!

I have been gluten-free and dairy free for fifteen years. The GF alternative flour mixes have improved over the years. With the addition of other ingredients such as sorghum, fava beans, garbanzo beans and xanthem gum, your baked goods seem more like the original recipes with wheat. I have good luck with Bob’s Red Mill All Purpose flour which is a mix using fava beans, soughum flour, garbanzo beans. It smells like beans when mixing it but I do not taste it in the finished product. I have also had good luck with Bob’s Red Mill one-to-one baking flour. It has the xanthem gum and starches in it and you can use your regular recipes just swapping out your flour with this mix. Pamela’s has a good bread mix that can be used for the bread machine. I have replaced about 2 cups of the bread mix flour with Bob’s All purpose flour and cornmeal to keep the cost down and give it a bit more fiber and it works great. I saw a paleo flour mix in the health food store with a mix of coconut flour and almond flour. I have not tried that. Also a non-dairy milk alternative I have had good luck with is DariFree. It is a powder that you mix with water to make milk. I use it in my coffee just dry, sort of like a Coffee Mate. Everyone is different. We all have hits or misses with special diets.

I used this flour blend in a basic corn bread recipe with great results. As you know you get different results sometimes with different flour mixtures. I am anxious to try this blend again in an oatmeal cookie recipe.

Hi :) Can you tell me what combinations you would use if using green banana flour as the prominent flour?

Hi, silly question but would substituting the brown rice flour with white rice flour work as well?
I’ve only got tapioca, white rice and potato flour?
Thanks :)

Can this blend be used for bread machine bread recipes?

Thanks!

I have found many of the
gluten free flours at our local Big Lots and Brookshires stores.
Making my own flour blend today.I make trying to make bread for a friend whose daughter has problems with gluten. she is also allergic to dairy which most store flour GF has powdered milk .
will try again to make this recipe with my own flour blend without milk . will use almond milk in recipe.

Have you tried using this flour with bagels? I was using 6 parts white rice flour to 2 part potato starch and 1 part tapioca flour but it didn’t work out. Any ideas?

I would love to see a version of this that is not just gluten free, but grain free.
All the items you used are very high in carbs and that causes problems with insulin resistance.
Thanks!

I am allergic to potato starch. What could I substitute to make the flour blend?

Thank you so much for the flour blend recipe. I have been cooking gluten free for a few years and have tried countless blends of flour. This is an exceptional blend and better than all of the store bought combinations. We made chocolate chip cookies (special treat) and they turned out perfectly.

I have been gluten free for 10 years. Before that I was an avid baker. I have not had time to rediscover my love for baking in a gluten free vein, so I have relied on premade products. Some have improved, others not so much!
I made your recipe for One Bowl Banana Bread yesterday and am delighted with it! It’s a flash from the past for me. It rose beautifully to a full loaf, and tastes like a recipe I would make in spite of the fact it is gluten free. Many thanks! I will continue to explore your recipes.

Have you used this mix to make pancakes/waffles? I know you have a dedicated blend for that but I have the flours on hand for this one and I want to make waffles. Thanks!

I do all my measuring by weight. Do you have weight equivalents? Or can you describe your measuring methods (scoop and sweep, sprinkle and sweep…) I’ll start by following the package equivalents, but everyone’s measuring methods are different, and those differences can really impact baked goods. Thanks!

Hi, I love your blog! Use it all the time! I have a tough question though, because I have looked at sooo many different blogs and recipes tonight, but everything calls for at least 1 thing I don’t have. I want to make a GF alternative to AP flour, but I’d like to use a mix of the flours/starches I already have in my pantry rather than go buy more (this stuff gets expensive!). For example, can Arrowroot powder or cornstarch replace Tapioca starch/flour or Xantham gum?

This is what I already have, can I make an AP GF flour out of any combo of these ingredients?

– Brown Rice flour (I have LOTS of this, this is what I’d like to use up as the primary base for the flour. I don’t mind it being closer in texture to Whole Wheat flour, rather than a delicate AP flour)
– Arrowroot flour/starch
– Cornstarch
– Coconut flour
– Almond flour
– Flaxseed meal

Thank you!

My family has recently gone gluten free, dairy free, and sugar free. Actually, we are also doing low grain, but the kids HAVE to have their “samiches.” So I’d like to make ahead a good gluten free flour mix that I can just measure out and drop into a bowl with the wet ingredients and whip up some quick bread (no yeast). Have you experimented using this flour mix with any bread recipes? If so, can you or your readers share? I’m having trouble finding any recipes that I can just substitute. Thanks!

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Hi! I love your website. Do you have a recipe for Gluten Free Self Raising Flour yet ?
Thank you

Hi. My sister in law has to avoid gluten and tapioca. What could I use in place of tapioca in this flour blend?

Also do you have a good substitute for oat flour for your choc hazelnut cake as even though gluten free she doesn’t venture into oats at all

Thank you!

Can clearjel be used in a gluten free flour mix?

Can I use clear jel in a gluten free flour mix?

I just made chocolate chip cookies and they turned out so flat. It is the same recipe that I have used for years. Do I need to add anything extra since this is gf flour?

Do you grind your own rice flours? With my son’s wheat allergy we’re considering buying a Vitamix to be able to make our own blends. Most blends are packaged in facilities using nuts (he’s also anaphylactic to tree nuts) and we’re trying to avoid that. Do you purchase your potato starch and tapioca online? We really love baking and baked goods and don’t want to miss out on those things with his allergies but also allergy free things are expensive! Any tips would be appreciated.

Thanks for the recipe. Tastes good.

Question? Tapioca starch is it sweet. I don’t do well on sugar. I’m over sensitive to sugar.

I just used this flour for the first time and it was a flop :( disappointed as the ingredients are expensive and not easy to find in Perth. I followed the recipe to a t (no xantham gum) and my cocoa quickbread came out dry and “cluggy” was my husband’s expression. I’ve made this recipe successfully before using whole wheat pastry flour but I can’t find it here and just didn’t want to use white flour. Any ideas? Love your website and was hoping to leave more positive feedback.

Thanks for posting up this recipe! I’m looking forward to trying it soon. I noticed that most gluten free recipes call for xanthan gum if it has not already been included in the blend itself. Is it necessary to have it in the recipe or can I just omit it?

It would be very helpful to me for the CARBOHYDRATES of each type of flour to be listed along with the “protein” and “fiber” that is usually listed on the flour label. Where is the best place to look to find this information? I want to avoid potato and rice flours, specifically, because of their carb. content.
Thanks!

What would you suggest in place of the almond? #nutfree dairy free soy free gluten free egg free

Also any preference on a good blender?

So I love your blog and pretty much all of the recipes I’ve tried. Thanks! I’m confused by this post… I recently made the gf vegan gingerbread cookies, and they turned out amazing. I used your gf baking mix/pancake mix flour blend. But in this post for your gf flour blend… You have a link to the gf vegan gingerbread men… So which flour blend are we to use in the gingerbread men?

Thanks for creating such an enjoyable blog!

I want to make gf cookies with cookie press can you advise.

I am looking for a GRAIN FREE….. baking blend (flour)….. that best substitutes for AP Flour, turns out well in cookies, cakes, pie crust, breading, bread, crackers, etc. — Every time I search GRAIN FREE… I get only GLUTEN FREE results. Rice is a grain.
How do nut and coconut flours do, as far as baking and such? Anyone working with grain free, not just gluten free recipes and ingredients…. any suggestions on where to look, or how to make a grain free flour blend?

I tried a gluten free flour in yeast rolls and they did not rise, were more like hockey pucks. The original recipie for regular flour does not call for baking soda and I am just starting with gluten free products so I did not add it. In your experience, would that have helped. If so, what ratio would you use?

Hiya, i love your site! I’ve recently made the change to be gluten free so I’m still learning, I want to mix my own bread four but it needs to not use potato also…. Can you suggest a good flour mix please?

Dana, will the gluten free pancake mix linked in the instructions work without an egg? Can a flax egg or apple sauce be substituted?

Great blog, very soothing and easy to follow :-)

I was looking for this kind of mix, but I have a doubt. Could I use Psyllium instead of xanthan gum?

Hi..can I substitute sorghum flour to brown rice flour? What is the ratio?

My son has sensitivity to brown rice but not white rice… how would you modify this recipe to accommodate that?? Thanks.

I just stumbled upon your blog and it’s literally a breath of fresh air. I just discovered I have IC which limits my diet and I’ve been pretty much in a funk. But I love your gluten free recipes. They’re so helpful, THANK YOU!

Remember that “white” and “starch” = not good for you. Try using ATK’s gluten free blend. I always replace tapioca, white rice, and potato flours/starches with brown rice, amaranth, almond, quinoa, and flax flours/meal. Unless you are doing ultra refined pastry (there’s that bad for you word again-refined), there is NO reason to use “bad” flours.

Hi Dana, my husband was recently diagnosed with Celiac’s disease, it hasn’t been that difficult to substitute breads and such but for Thanksgiving dinner I didn’t want him to miss out on pie so I bought the Robin Hood gluten free flour to make pie crust and it was just awful, looked like cement and tasted even worse. I need to find flour blends for general baking and a good blend for making breads with yeast. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

wow, thanks for this! Just a quick question though, if i cant find brown rice flour, can i just substitute with white rice flour? thanks! =)

Dana,

I love your flour blend but my son has an intolerance to potatoes which means he can’t have it very often. What would be a good substitute for the potato starch in your flour blend? Cassava, arrowroot, corn, sweet rice flour? which would you recommend?

Thanks for your many delicious recipes!

Jackie

Hi Dana – do you happen to have this recipe by weight? Thanks!

Still loving your site for super recipes that address my many food intolerances…just wondering if you have tried this GF flour blend to make a standard loaf of bread?
Basically I am looking for a vegan and wheat free loaf recipe.
Thanks
Lisa

I used this basic recipe with Quinoa flour in place of the brown rice and left out the potato because someone had an allergy to nightshades. Worked fantastic. I made cupcakes for a wedding shower and a wedding cake. Both turned out great. Even the non-gluten free people ate it happily.

Can I use buckwheat flour for the white rice flour or tapioca flour?

Brown rice flour….not grown rice flour.

I Live in Ecuador, my husband can’t have gluten. I can’t find The grown rice flour or potato starch. Can I use white rice flour and more tapioca starch ? I also have soy, quinoa, plantain flour available.

I was wondering if you have tested any gluten free flours without tapioca. Unfortunately, it has the same effect on me as flour.

Can I substitute corn starch for potato starch? I’m allergic to potato.

I as just wondering if the recipe is going by weight when you say it makes 2 3/4 cups, because adding up the ingredients only comes out to be 2 1/2 cups. Hoping you could clarify!
xx Jess

I just wanted to ask, why does the gluten free flour call for both brown and white rice flour? Did you mean brown rice flour and glutinous white rice flour?

Can I use regular flour: white or whole wheat?

Hi Dana! Its my second week as a vegan and im over excited from all your delicious and easy recipes. You are a true artist! Love your work and thank you for all your help.
Just a quick question on this recipe… can i use chickpea flour to substitute tapioca, for i cant find it where i live. If not, what would be a substitute for tapioca flour?

I was wondering if the potato
Starch and tapioca flour can be substituted with Ener-G Egg Replacer.

Hello,

Can I simply use Bob Red mill brown rice flour and buckwheat flour? My son has lots of allergy.

Thanks.

Hello there,

Had a quick question–I’m going to use this blend to make your GF banana bread, but I am just wondering; do you think it would still work out well if I sub the white rice flour for quinoa flour?

Thanks in advance!

Thanks so much for this blend! It turned out beautifully in my cake recipe.

Do you use Bob Red mills brand flours or the superfine flours like authentic foods? I mainly have access to BRM’s but it can leave baked goods grainy does this blend help with that?

Can you use this flour mix in yeast
breads? If not do you have flour blend I could use ?

Thanks Dana. So a touch of baking powder/soda will do the trick? Happy baking for me!

I have just bought the flours for this mix and then found that many of your recipes (including ones suggested in this article) recommend using a pancake/baking blend instead. I don’t want to waste the ones I already have so can I realistically substitute this blend for the other? If so, can you advise on the proportions?

Can I use something like garam or white mung flour for any of the tapioca or the white rice flour for a savoury blend?

My nutrition plan forbids tapioca starch – except for Expandex modified starch (go figure) and no potato starch. I want to substitute arrowroot. How much would I use?

Hi. I am so confused on xanthum gum/no xanthum gum. You don’t ever use it in anything?? I love your recipe for flour so will definitely try that one! Haven’t check your recipes but you don’t even use it in cookies? Thanks so much!

Hi! If subbing your flour blend into a non-GF recipe, would you have to use to xanthum gum as well? I see in your One Bowl Banana Bread that you don’t use any! I recently tried a flour blend using brown rice flour, potato starch, and tapioca starch (for muffins) but the recipe called for xanthum gum. I’m new to the ‘GF-flour baking world” so I thought I’d ask!

For your gluten free flour blend I can’t seem to find white rice flour. Could I just use brown rice? If not what could I sub it with? Thanks

Can you use coconut flour in place of the white rice flour?

Ive never used GF flour and want to try your GF flour blend. Where can I find the flours & starches?

I can’t have tapioca or rice so what could I replace the gluten free flour blend with?

I have recently found your blog and I love it! I am an experienced baker but new to gluten free and dairy free baking. How long does this flour mixture keep? Also I purchased some coconut oil to use in place of butter for baking. Any experience with this? Do I use it 1:1 ratio to replace butter or is there a better option for baking?

Thanks for sharing your recipes!