2013 Blog Goal

I know that the premise of my blog is about living life spherically and moderately, but I want have a baking focus for this coming year. I'm frustrated with the challenges of baking gluten free but since I now need to do so, I want to get good at it. Its not so much about eating baked goods, but rather that I just plain like baking whether I eat the results or not - baking is fun!

Binding Gluten-Free Bread & Pizza Dough

Simply swapping regular flour for gluten free flour in a pizza, or any bread recipe, simply will not work. Period. End of story. This is because it is the gluten itself that binds the flour and makes it sticky and stretchy the way these doughs need to be to form them. In order for gluten-free bread and pizza doughs to work that gluten needs to be substituted with something that will give the dough a similar binding effect, otherwise you'll just end up with a crumbly mess.