Let’s talk flours! The sad thing about gluten free flours is that they are not all created equal. I love Bob’s Red Mill, but their gluten free flours (not their starches, those are fine) are too coarsely ground for good gluten free baking. I’ll share here the sources that I use for my various gluten free flours.
There are also various other goods that I’ve found I just need to buy online if I want them in reasonable quantities – nuts not processed in a facility that processes gluten are one. In stores, I know that KIND brand is okay. Other than that… I buy online.
Anthony’s Goods
I love Anthony’s. They have a pretty crazy selection and a (generally) good price. Their rice flours aren’t quite as finely ground as I’d like, so I don’t source those from them.
I buy:
- Potato starch (theirs doesn’t have clumps, it’s great)
- Corn starch
- Oat flour
- Psyllium husk, ground and whole
- Gluten free nuts of various kinds
- Nutritional yeast
Authentic Foods
Authentic foods make the finest ground rice flours that I’ve used. They’re wonderful.
I buy:
- rice flours – white, brown, and sweet (aka glutinous – I’ve had a reaction with mochiko, so I think it isn’t Celiac-safe)
- millet flour
- sorghum flour
- potato flour (not to be confused with potato starch!)
Bouchard Family Farms
I only purchase light buckwheat flour from this company, and I do so through Amazon, although apparently they have a website where you can purchase it and they also tell you about buckwheat flatbreads, called ployes. The more you know.
Pure Original Ingredients
I get these through Amazon as well, and it seems to be the only location they are sold. These days, the only product I purchase from them is tapioca starch (you get slightly more than from Anthony’s for cheaper, that’s about the only advantage).
Yupik
Yupik is a new brand that’s selling through Amazon. They have a wide variety of gluten-free nuts as well as some promising gluten free flours for significantly cheaper than the brands I’ve mentioned so far. I’ve only tried their tapioca starch, but I’ll be slowly testing their other flours and I’ll update as I do. If you’ve tried them, please let me know about your experience in the comments!
- Tapioca starch
- Brown rice flour
- Millet flour
- Sorghum flour
- Oat flour
- Buckwheat flour (I believe this is also light buckwheat, but I’m unsure)
- Quinoa flour
- Amaranth flour
- Chickpea flour
- Coconut flour
Bob’s Red Mill
Like I said, I don’t really like their flours, although they can be good in a pinch. I do appreciate some of their products, though.
I buy:
- Gluten free rolled oats
- Nonfat dry milk powder
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