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So, I’ve been messing around with gluten-free baking, because, you know, reasons. And let me tell you, it’s a whole different ballgame. Regular flour? Easy peasy. Gluten-free? It’s like, “Hold my beer, I’m gonna be difficult.”
But I was determined to make a decent pastry, something that wouldn’t crumble into dust the second you looked at it. So I started my experiment, and decided to make a gluten free pastry flour.
The First Steps.
I grabbed a big bowl, because, duh, you need a bowl.I threw in some rice flour. I went with the regular kind, not the fancy, expensive stuff. I figured, let’s start basic.
- Then,I added some tapioca * potato starch.
- And I tossed in a bit of xanthan gum.
I whisked it all together.I wanted to use my hand to feel.I didn’t use any fancy tools, I used my hands.
The Next Steps, Tweaking and Tasting.
I mixed and mixed until it looked, well, like flour. I probably could have sifted it, but who has time for that? Not me. I just wanted to get to the baking part.
And that was it! It was surprisingly easy. The real test, though, was using it in a recipe.I decided to make a simple pie crust.
I combined my new gluten-free pastry flour with some butter, a little sugar, and some ice * was easy,I didn’t have any * pastry was good!That means my flour worked!
My homemade gluten-free pastry flour? Total win.I felt like I had the hang of gluten-free baking.