February 1, 2012 - 11:08pm
Weight conversion for alternative flours
Hi, I've been baking bread for some time now, I've recently started making some loaves for a friend who has recently gone gluten free. I've made two loaves from a mix he had so far, but have been looking at recipes to make my own. I normally measure flour by weight, but the recipes I've found so far all only include volume measures. Does anyone here know what proper conversion ratios for gluten free flours are?
In case it helps, the ones I'm looking at are:
Buckwheat flour
Millet flour
Arrowroot starch
Corn starch
brown rice flour
amaranth flour
sweet rice flour
sorghum flour
tapioca flour (is this the same thing as tapioca starch, or is it different, as with potato flour/starch?)
flax seed meal
Thanks,
Russ