Wheat Free Flours for Gluten Free and Wheat Free Cooking
Wheat flour cannot be used when cooking gluten free and wheat free recipes. There are now a wide range of alternative flours for those that require a gluten free diet. Specialty stores and local commercial market now recognize the demand for gluten free products. Many whole food markets have gluten free, dairy free and preservative produce sections.
Wheat Flour Cooking Alternatives
Amaranth Flour
Made from the seed of the Amaranth plant. The Amaranth plant is a green leafy vegetable. The seeds are rich in protein. Amaranth flour is a wheat flour alternative used in baking. Alternative names: African spinach, Chinese spinach, Indian spinach and elephant ear.
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Arrowroot Flour
The root of the arrowroot plant is ground into flour. Arrowroot flour is a bland and fine powder that becomes clear when cooked. Great thickening for clear sauces
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Brown Rice Flour
Brown rice flour is heavier than white rice flour. Ground from unpolished brown rice has high nutritional value. Has a grainy texture. There is a heavier texture with brown rice flour as versus to white rice flour.
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Buckwheat Flour
Buckwheat is a herbal plant. Buckwheat is not a cereal or grass. It is a pseudocereal meaning it is not related to wheat. Buckwheat’s outer husk is removed and the plant is dried. The plant is ground into flour. Buckwheat can be cross-contaminated if processed in wheat facilities. Those people that are gluten intolerant make sure to read the labels that the produce is “gluten free”.
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Chick Pea Flour
The chick pea is ground into flour. Has a nutty taste. Usually combined with another wheat flour alternative.
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Corn Flour
Corn Flour is ground corn. The grain is a fine, white powder used as recipe thickener.
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Cornmeal
Ground from corn and heavier than corn flour. Used to make cornbread.
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Maize Flour
Maize flour is heavier than corn flour. Maize flour is ground from corn.
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Millet Flour
Millet is from the grass family. Cereals used in African and Asian countries. Can be used to thicken soups and only in certain types of baking.
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Potato Flour
Potato flour is not the same as potato starch flour. Potato flour is a heavy flour with a strong potato flavor.
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Potato Starch Flour
Potato starch flour is a fine white flour. Potato flour and potato starch flour are both made from potatoes.
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Quinoa Flour
Has been used for hundred of years as a cereal. The Incas called it, “the mother seed”. Related to the plant family of spinach and beets. The seeds of the quinoa plant are ground into flour. Quinoa flour is a good source of vegetable protein.
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Sorghum Flour
Staple used in Africa and India. Used in soups and unleavened breads. The flour is ground from sorghum grains.
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Soya Flour
A successful alternative flour when combined with another wheat alternative flours. Can be used as a thickener and taste enhancer.
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Tapioca Flour
Made from the root of the cassava plant. Ground is a light and fine white flour. Adds a chewy texture and thickening agents.
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Teff Flour
From the grass family and used as cereal grain in Northern Africa. Used to make sour flat bread. Teff flour is highly nutritious.
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White Rice Flour
Ground from white rice. Does not have nutritional value compared to brown rice flour. White rice flour gives a light texture. Can be used in a variety of recipes.
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Note: Be sure to read the labels that the product is “gluten free”. Some of these grains can be cross-contaminated if processed in facilities that also process wheat.
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