الجمعة، 23 نوفمبر 2018

Gluten Free Gum Substitute For Home Baked Goods

By Angela Baker


If you suffer from celiac disease or from a gluten allergy, you won't be able to pick up baked treats in stores like everyone else. If you have a severe allergy even the smell of the bakery aisle can leave you feeling sick. So, shopping for your groceries is not a great experience and there are so many tasty looking treats on sale that you can't eat. So, if you want to be able to eat pastries, invest in some gluten free gum substitute and corn or rice flour.

A natural gum is present in wheat flour and it binds mixtures together. If it is not possible for you cannot tolerate wheat then xanthan gum is the best thing to buy instead. When you add it to your baking you will be able to make scones and biscuits and pastries that are not dry and crumbly. If you try to bake with just corn or rice flour you will notice that your mix falls to pieces and the end result is not great.

Having a wheat intolerance is not hard work nowadays, There are many different flours that you can choose from. But as we said before, as well as purchasing your special mix you'll need to also add a gum to it to make it bind together.

So, you want to make some treats as you are fed up of not being able to eat bread or cakes. A trip to your local store and you can pick up everything that you need. Choose from corn or rice flour, or a special mix that is sold specifically for making bread. It may be a little more expensive than you would normally pay, but the results are great when you add some xanthan gum into the mix.

If you have cut out wheat from your diet you will have noticed that there are whole sections in the supermarket that will cater for you. You will find cookies and bread, But they will be pre-packed, processed, and overpriced. For some treats that really taste great, make your own today at home with the ingredients you can buy affordably.

If you have ever made pizza dough or bread from hand, you will have noticed the texture as your knead. It will be sticky and bind together easily, this being thanks to the special ingredients found in wheat flour. Take away the wheat from your flour and you will find corn or rice flour that is naturally very dry and crumbly. When you are going to take the time to hand make some treats, you want them to taste just perfect.

When you add this gum to your mixtures and dough, it will have the correct texture and you'll be able to knead it with ease. You can recreate almost anything that you find in the bread aisle in your local stores, something things like cookies being easier than puff pasty slices.

A wheat allergy doesn't need to mean the end of the world. It is a very well recognized allergy and you can even eat out in restaurants that will cater for your needs. Have a look online today and for sure you will find a place near you that sells wheat free pasta and bread dishes for you to feast on.




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