Thursday, July 9, 2009

Prep work

I added a bunch of alternative flours and assorted ingredients to the baking arsenal this week: sorghum, amaranth, tapioca, coconut, white rice and brown rice flours. As well as xanthan gum, guar gum and potato starch.

Before we got started, I wanted to see where the bar was set for g-free cookies. So far I've tried two. The mini-choc chip cookies from Cherry Brook farms were dry and tasted like saw dust. The over-sized choc chip cookie from the Alternative Baking Company (ABC) were off-tasting and somewhat tough. The problem with the ABC cookie, is that they tried to be all things to all people. Gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free, etc.

I've been looking at a bunch of g-free recipe blogs for tips like Gluten Free Girl and The Art of Gluten-Free Baking. I also picked up Gluten-Free Baking Classics.

I can't wait to get baking!








2 comments:

  1. It sounds like we are establishing unwritten rules from the beginning. Since they are unwritten i dont know if i can write them in this blog. I guess I could paraphrase without reeeeally writing them down, but maybe we could make a paraphrased written list of unwritten rules. The first could be something about making an awesome cookie that just happens to be free of a certain protein that causes some people to feel really strange and sick...

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  2. http://www.glutenfreeingredients.com is a god alphabetized reference.

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