GLUTEN-FREE BAKING TIP: IT'S EASY AS 1-2-3!
Have you ever found a recipe that looks so amazing and you want to make it so badly, but you can’t because it’s not gluten-free?
I know I have and if you’re gluten-free or know someone who is, I’m guessing this is an all too familiar feeling for you as well. So what do you do? Well you can either give up or you can try your hand at converting the recipe.
As bakers, we encourage you never to give up – we want to see you succeed! So today we’ve got a handy little trick for converting traditional recipes to be gluten-free. This gluten-free baking tip, which I know you’ll find super helpful, works for stir-together recipes like muffins, quick breads, donuts, coffee cakes, etc. – but not for yeast breads, cookies, pizzas or other recipes that require kneading, rising, or creaming butter and sugar together.
Making a standard recipe gluten-free – easy as 1-2-3.
First, replace the flour in the recipe with an equal amount of King Arthur Gluten-Free Flour.
Next, substitute 1 large egg for ¼ cup of the recipe’s liquid: milk, water, or oil. The protein in egg helps add the structure gluten-free baked goods lack, resulting in better texture.
Finally, add ½ teaspoon xanthan gum – again, for help with structure and texture.
To demonstrate how this works, here are few recipes we’ve successfully tested with this method:
Gluten-Free Pumpkin Doughnuts
Here we replaced the flour with our gluten-free flour, substituted ¼ cup of the oil with an egg and added ½ teaspoon of xanthan gum. The doughnuts were perfect!
Gluten-Free Cake Pan Cake
Again, we started by substituting the flour with our gluten-free flour, then replaced ½ cup of water with 2 eggs and added 1 teaspoon of xanthan gum. Once again, the cake tasted just like the original!
And here are just a few more recipes to try!
Here’s what we recommend trying:
Replace flour with gluten-free flour
Replace ¼ cup milk with 1 egg
Add ½ teaspoon xanthan gum
Here’s what we recommend trying:
Replace flour with gluten-free flour
Replace ¼ cup buttermilk with 1 egg
Add ½ teaspoon xanthan gum
Here’s what we recommend trying:
Replace flour with gluten-free flour
Replace ¼ cup butter with 1 egg
Add ½ teaspoon xanthan gum
And now we’d love to hear from you! If you try this tip on any of our recipes, or even your own recipes, please leave us a comment and let us know how they turn out. Happy Baking!
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